Railway Collection (page 94)

Woman railway officials on the Underground, WW1
Two women in uniform working on the London Underground during the First World War in jobs which were previously carried out by men. Date: 1914-1918

Tom Purvis. 1888-1959. Best known for his poster designs for the London North Eastern Railway, outfitters Austin Reed and the 1932British Industries Fair. Date: circa 1932

NFS personnel helping evacuees, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping evacuees board a train at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

NFS personnel unloading luggage, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping to unload luggage from buses onto trolleys outside St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

NFS firefighter helping evacuees, St Pancras, WW2
NFS firefighter handing a baby to its mother after she is safely installed in a railway carriage at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944

NFS personnel loading luggage, St Pancras, WW2
NFS personnel helping to load luggage from a trolley onto a train at St Pancras railway station, 14 July 1944, as part of an evacuation exercise during a period of bombing. Date: 1944

Blitz in London -- GWR yard, Millwall, London
Blitz in London -- the Great Western Railway yard, Preston Road, Millwall, 7 September 1940. General view with the West India Dock in the background. Date: 1940

LMS building damaged by fire, Millwall, London
A building of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway damaged by fire, Millwall, London

London Underground Station Indicator
A new invention on the Underground Railway in London. After a train leaves a station, a bell rings and the name of the next station appears, keeping passengers informed of their location. Date: 1896

Blitz in London -- bomb disposal at Charing Cross
Blitz in London -- soldiers using a trolley to remove a land mine on Hungerford Railway Bridge, Charing Cross, on 17 April 1941. Date: 1941

Distorted rails after fire in Hackney, East London
Distorted rails after a fire at Wallis Road, Hackney, East London, 16 August 1955. The fire involved baled cork in the arch under Clarnico Bridge on the railway line between Stratford

The Leave Train, WW1
Troops arriving (or possibly departing) at an unidentified London rail station during the First World War. Numerous women and family members stand on the platform bidding farewell

British troops arrive from the trenches at Waterloo Station
Troops just arrived at Waterloo Station from the trenches buying tickets at the booking office for travel to their suburban homes. A typical scene at London train stations during the First World War

Sir Vincent Raven
Sir Vincent Litchfield Raven KBE (3 December 1859 14 February 1934), chief mechanical engineer of the North Eastern Railway from 1910 to 1922

Westminster Fusiliers mobilised at the start of WWI
Westminster Fusiliers, at the outbreak of World War I, waiting for their troop train in Waterloo Station, London. Date: 1914

British sentries at railway tunnels at the start of WWI
Once Germany had declared war on Russia, war with France was certain to follow, with the possibility that Great Britain could be forced into the conflict too

Colchester station, 1846
Colchester station, pictured when it first opened in 1846. Colchester station was the terminus for the Eastern Union Railway, which began 17 miles away in Ipswich. Date: 1846

Soldier and family at Victoria train station, WW1
Illustration showing soldiers either returning home from the front or returning to France at Victoria Station accompanied by anxious wives and families. Date: 1915

H M Forces Overseas First Class Leave & Railway Ticket
H. M. Forces Overseas (in uniform) First Class Combined Leave and Railway Ticket. Leave granted from 27.1.16 to 3.2.16. Commemorative Art

Railway carriage - Armistice was signed - Compi觮e
Model of the railway carriage in which the Armistice was signed in the forest at Compi觮 e. Commemorative Ware

Ypres as seen from Railway Dug outs. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. Born September 1889

Candlestick holder made from an 18 pounder shell case, dated 1917, with the badge of 10th Battalion Canadian Railway Troops. Trench Art

In railway embankment, looking toward Vimy Ridge. 313870 Gunner Vivian John Cummings, Born 31.07.1875, 3Rd Canadian Division, Canadian Expeditionary Force

2nd Lieutenant Leslie Frederick Forbes bombing the railway
2nd Lieutenant Leslie Frederick Forbes (Royal Flying Corps.) descending to within 350 feet to bomb the railway. He was subsequently awarded the MC. Deeds That Thrill The Empire - Page 796. W. Avis

Lt George Ivan Carmichael dropping bombs - Menin Station
Lieutenant George Ivan Carmichael (Royal Artillery and Royal Flying Corps) dropping bombs on the rails at Menin Railway Station from a height of only 120 feet

Model of railway carriage where Armistice signed
Model of the railway carriage in which the Armistice was signed in the forest at Compi觮 e, November 1918. Commemorative Ware

WW1 diecast desk ornament, Field Marshal Foch
WW1 diecast desk ornament, a model bust of Field Marshal Foch, together with a model of the railway carriage in which the Peace Treaty was signed at Compiegne. Commemorative Ware. Date: circa 1918

Terrors of the Terrier, Territorial Army cartoon, WW1
The Short-Sighted Matron - (to Territorial on guard at a railway station): Now, don t stand there like a stuffed image, porter! Come and label this luggage

Scouts of the 2nd East India Railway Company, India
Scouts of the 2nd East India Railway (EIR) Company, Howrah (Haora), India

Sketch cover - King George V & Albert I, end of WW1
Front cover of The Sketch showing King George V and King Albert of the Belgians stopping for an impromptu snack using a railway truck as a table at Zeebrugge, shortly after the Armistice. Date: 1918

1st East India Railway Company Scouts, India
1st East India Railway (EIR) Company Scouts, Jamalpur, India

International Horse Show at Olympia, 1907
The exterior of the International Horse Show at Olympia in 1907, as viewed from Kensington train station. Date: 1907

SNCF poster, Cannes brille a travers le monde (Cannes shines across the world). Designed by Guy Serre. Date: circa 1937

SNCF poster, Bretagne, by Roland Goujon. Depicting a Breton couple of Northern France. Date: 1939

A contractors Locomotive, removing cleared earth and rubble from the site of a new stretch of railway track. Date: circa 1904

Retreat from Antwerp, October 1914
Retreat from Antwerp during and after bombardment by the German army; great exodus of the population into Holland, retirement of the Belgian army towards the west, 9th October 1914

Railway, Kobe

Railway, Kobe, Japan

Plantation and railway, Ceylon, Sri Lanka

Railway Station, Yokohama, Japan

Departure of Irish emigrants
Poverty-stricken Irish folk waiting on the railway platform for a train to take them to the port for embarkation to America or elsewhere

Portugal, Madeira - Antique mountain train
Portugal, Madeira, Funchal, Monte: Antique mountain train (Rack Railway). Date: 1893

Queen Alexandra serving at London Bridge buffet, WW1
Queen Alexandra pictured serving soldiers at the free buffet organised by Lady Limerick at London Bridge station in December 1915

Buffet for soldiers at Victoria Station, WW1
Various scenes at the free buffet for soldiers and sailors at Victoria railway station in London. The buffet, staffed by volunteers

The Trench train, Victoria station, WW1
Moving scenes at Victoria railway station as British soldiers and officers, bound for the Front, bid farewell to their loved ones. 1915

Belgian soldiers wait for railway passes, WW1
Belgian Army troops, on leave in London, wait at Aldwych for railway passes to visit their refugee families. As many men who were granted leave from the front had relatives in England

Free buffet for soldiers & sailor, Victoria station, WW1
The free buffet for soldiers and sailors at Victoria Station, staffed by volunteers during the First World War to provide free food and drink to soldiers and sailors returning from the Front

W H Smith book stall at Cannon Street Station, 1915
The book stall of W. H. Smith at Cannon Street station, London showing in particular, the display of Printers Pie magazine, a twice-yearly charitable publication produced by Hugh Spottiswoode

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