Railway Collection (page 98)

Flying Scotsman in a railway station
The famous Flying Scotsman steam locomotive in a railway station

LNER steam engine
An LNER (London & North Eastern) steam engine on a railway track

Two women at a railway station, South London
Two young women at a railway station in South London. An advertisement on the opposite platform is for property, houses of character for 745 freehold

Holidaymakers painting a railway carriage
A group of holidaymakers painting a railway carriage which appears to have been converted into a caravan-style holiday home

Group of holidaymakers
A group of six holidaymakers sitting in front of a caravan which appears to have been adapted from an old railway carriage

Large group of holidaymakers
A large group of holidaymakers sitting in front of a caravan which appears to have been adapted from an old railway carriage

Group of five smiling holidaymakers
A group of five smiling holidaymakers. They appear to be in front of a caravan adapted from an old railway carriage

Little boy playing with his toys
A little boy playing with his toys and riding a hobby horse

Steam train travelling at high speed through a station

View inside Waterloo Station, London, with passengers coming and going. Probably taken in mid-afternoon. Date: circa 1930s

Street scene outside Victoria Station, London, viewed from above. Date: circa 1930s

View of trains leaving London Bridge Station
View of trains leaving Platforms 9 and 10 of London Bridge Station, with passenger carriages on the left, and cargo trucks on the right. Date: 20th century

Aerial view of trains near Grand Central Station, New York
Aerial view of steam trains just outside Grand Central Station, New York, USA. Date: 1906

London Railway under Construction
A group of navvies working on an elevated section of an inner London railway. Date: 19th century

Tientsin (Tianjin) dockside
A good view of Tientsin (now Tianjin) dockside in China, showing the railway sidings next to the embarkation platform for the troopship moored alongside

Mitchell Hedges off exploring again, 1926
Archaeologist and explorer Mr. F.A Mitchell Hedges(1882-1959) receives a hearty send off at Paddington railway station, London

Kissing Controversy
The Khaki Boy: " If I had known that tunnel was so long, I d have kissed you." The Mauve Girl: " Gracious! Didn t you? Somebody did!" Date: circa 1924

Craiova, Romania - Railway and Locomotive Date: 1912

Sir William G. Granet, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR WILLIAM GUY GRANET (1867-1943) Italian born, British railway administrator, becoming general manager of the Midland Railway (later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway)

Steam engine and tender on a railway track
A steam engine and tender on a railway track outside a shed

LNER steam engine and tender
An LNER (London & North Eastern) steam engine and tender on a railway track

Oliver R. H. Bury, Vanity Fair, Spy
OLIVER ROBERT HAWKE BURY (1861-1946) English railway engineer, chief mechanical engineer on the Great Western Railway of Brazil, General Manager of the Great Northern Railway

Damascus, Syria - Hedjaz Railway Station Date: circa 1910s

Building the Baghdad Railway, Iraq
The Baghdad Railway (German: Bagdadbahn ), built from 1903 to 1940, was planned to connect Berlin with the (then) Ottoman Empire city of Baghdad with a 990 mile line through modern-day Turkey

The Baghdad Railway, Iraq
The Baghdad Railway (German: Bagdadbahn ), built from 1903 to 1940, was planned to connect Berlin with the (then) Ottoman Empire city of Baghdad with a 990 mile line through modern-day Turkey

Baghdad Railway Station, Iraq - WWI era Date: circa 1917

Woman holidaymaker in a deckchair
A woman holidaymaker sitting in a deckchair in front of a caravan which appears to have been adapted from an old railway carriage

Flying Dutchman steam engine
The Flying Dutchman steam engine standing in a station

Steam train seen from ground level
A steam train in motion, seen from ground level

Three British soldiers outside Cypher Office, WW2
Three British soldiers outside a railway carriage being used as a Cypher Office during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

People on a railway track alongside a train
People on a railway track alongside a halted train. Date: circa 1930s

Russian Locomotive transported by road
View of a bridge over which a locomotive is being pulled by fourteen horses to be delivered to the Orlovsko-Kitebskaya line. Crowds of people have gathered in the snow to watch it go by. Date: 1867

Rural Russian railway station
A view of a railway station building and passengers standing on the platform waiting for the approaching steam train, in the countryside of Russia. Date: Late 19th Century

Hackney Station and watercress plantation
The Camden-town Railway at Hackney Station, with a watercress plantation alongside the track. Date: 1851

Ust-Kara on the Shilka River, Russia
The Shilka - a river in Zabaykalsky Krai, Russia. It originates as a confluence of Onon and Ingoda rivers. This settlement is called Ust-Kara. Date: circa 1910s

The General Strike - distributing the countrys food
Volunteers save the situation: Undergraduate Railway Workers. Illustration by ILN special artist, Steven Spurrier depicting the successful distribution of the countrys food during the General Strike

Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine 1849
SHjorth (1801- 1870), Danish inventor Hjorths electro-magnetic motive engine. The motor was a significant development from earlier electro-magnetic engines

River Rheidol
A striking view of the River Rheidol and the outskirts of the town of Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales. By the river can be seen the Vale of Rheidol narrow gauge railway Date: 1960s

Leland Stanford (1824 - 1893) American senator and railway magnate

Underground Construction
Construction workers and engineers work to build tunnels for one of the early London Underground lines. Date: 1860s

Sir Edward Watkin
Sir Edward William Watkin (1819 - 1901) Engineer and railway promoter 1881

Vanderbilt New York Home
The picture gallery in the New York home of William Henry Vanderbilt, railway magnate. None of the pictures depicts a railroad train, surprisingly. Date: 1883

William Hanry Vanderbilt
WILLIAM HENRY VANDERBILT American railway magnate Date: 1821 - 1885

Wellington Applauded
WELLINGTON cheered by the crowd at Rugby railway station. Date: 1814

Bernhard Tauchnitz
BERNHARD baron TAUCHNITZ German publisher, famous for his low-cost reprints of texts in English etc. popular with railway travelers. Date: 1846 - 1895

Edward Pease
EDWARD PEASE British railway promoter Date: 1767 - 1858

Derbyshire Countryside
Monsal Dale, Derbyshire, England, viewed from Headstone Head. This view shows the hill Fin Cop on the left, and the railway viaduct which carries the main Manchester-Derby line Date: 1960s

Samuel Laing, Railways
SAMUEL LAING English railwayman, chairman of the London and Brighton Railway Company, a promoter of railway excursions. Date: 1812 - 1897

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