Railway Collection (page 99)

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

John Taylor Johnston
JOHN TAYLOR JOHNSTON American railway magnate and art collector. Date: 1820 - 1893

King Hudsons Home
The home of KING HUDSON, railway promoter, at York. Date: 19TH CENTURY

Liverpool Road Station, Manchester, Lancashire, England, the original terminus for the Liverpool to Manchester Railway, which was opened in 1830. Date: 1960s

Robert Viscount Horne
ROBERT STEVENSON, viscount HORNE statesman, when Sir Robert Horne, depicted at the window of a railway carriage. Date: 1871 - 1940

Repeating Pattern - Train / Steam Engine
Repeating Pattern - Steam Engines / Trains. *PLEASE NOTE that the magifying glass is solely to show the detail of the repeating pattern and will not feature on the final file.*

Evacuation of Children, Great Northern Railway Station, Belfast c.1941. Conor, William 1881-1968. Date: 1941 (circa)

Interior of the Railway Station at Amaga, Medellin, Columbia. Date: circa 1930

Timetable - Burgenstock Furnicular Railway, Switzerland. The main image shows the Burgenstock, a famous mountain in Switzerland located on the eponymous peninsula Burgenstock

LMS Holiday Caravan - London Midland & Scottish Railway
An LMS Holiday Caravan - London Midland & Scottish Railway. Advertised as: " All the fun of Camping, with none of the bother" !! Date: circa 1935

Japan - Four-coupled Bogie Express Locomotive
Japan - Japanese Government Railways - Four-coupled Bogie Express Locomotive, outside cylinders ad water-tube firebox Date: 1905

Japan - Light Railway at Atami. The line closed in 1923 as a result of the Great Kanto earthquake. Date: circa 1910s

Wood Green and Alexandra Park Station, London
A marvellous postcard looking down on Wood Green and Alexandra Park Station, London (now called Alexandra Palace Railway Station). Date: circa 1905

Greetings postcard from Wood Green and Alexandra Park, London, featuring inset of Riversdale Gardens, Buckingham Road, Alexandra Park Road, Palace Gates Railway Station, a balloon over the Palace

The Packing Warehouses - Bournville, Birmingham, England
The Packing Warehouses - Cadbury Chocolate Factory Bournville, Birmingham, England Date: circa 1904

Little Hagia Sophia - Kucuk Ayasofya Camii, Istanbul, Turkey
The Little Aya Sofya - the Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus Church, now a Mosque. Begun by Justinian in 527. Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus were Patron Saints of Christians in the Roman Army

Yokohama, Japan - the second Yokohama Railway Station
Yokohama, Japan - on October 15th, 1928, the third (current) Yokohama Station opened on the north side of the site of the second station (see: 10994502). Date: circa 1929

Tokyo, Japan - Yotsuya Mitsuke and Railway
Tokyo, Japan - The outer moat around Edo Castle, site of the Yotsuya Mitsuke watch tower, which stood near the present-day Yotsuya Railway Station. Date: circa 1910s

Tokyo, Japan - Ginza-Dori Avenue (or Ginza Street). Today, one of the most luxurious shopping districts in the world. Date: circa 1910s

Tokyo, Japan - Marounouchi Street - The Metropolitan Business Center. Marunouchi is a commercial district of Tokyo located in Chiyoda between Tokyo Station and the Imperial Palace

Railway Tracks - Winter - Kobe, Japan. Date: circa 1907

Central London Railway Twopenny Tube - Shepherds Bush. The station originally opened in 1900 (the original western terminus of the Central London Railway - CLR)

When do we get Off ?
When do we get " Off" ? A lady train passenger makes a moderately suggestive enquiry to the handsome young man sharing her compartment! Date: 1913

WW2 - Red Cross Canteen - Evansville, Indiana, USA Date: 1942

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - The Railway Station Date: circa 1910s

Heidelberg Railway Station, Transvaal, South Africa. Date: circa 1902

Estacion Colonia Railway Station - Mexico City, Mexico Date: circa 1910s

Kobe, Japan - Sannomiya Railway Station Date: circa 1910s

Keage (Biwako) Incline / Cable Railway at Kyoto, Japan
Keage (Biwako) Incline, Kyoto, Japan - an old cable railway that was in use until 1948. Date: circa 1910s

Japan - The Arsenal at Osaka. The caption for this card is rather charming: " Sound of the Various engines are rolling at the Osaka Arsenal." Date: circa 1910s

Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine - Pit and Railway Tracks
Japan - The Mitsui Miike Coal Mine at Omuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto - The Pit and Railway Tracks. Date: circa 1910s

Tunisia, North Africa - Tunis - South Railway Station Square Date: circa 1910s

Square close to the Hijaz Railway Station, Damascus, Syria Date: circa 1910s

Jungfraujoch Station, Switzerland Date: circa 1930s

France, Beaugency - The Viaduct and Wash-house
France, Beaugency, a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France. It is located on the Loire river - The Viaduct and Wash-house. Date: circa 1920

Chile - Valparaiso - Recreo - Vina del Mar
Chile - Valparaiso - Recreo (Highway) - to the suburb of Vina del Mar. Date: circa 1920s

Peru - Railway Station at Surco - Ferro Carril Central del Peru (F. C. C. Peru) Date: circa 1905

Andermatt and the Furka Pass, Switzerland, which connects the Urserental (the upper valley of the Reuss ) in the canton of Uri with the district Goms in the canton of Valais. Date: 1916

Switzerland - Visp-Zermatt Railway. Date: 1906

Taft on the Campaign Trail in Colorado, USA - Giant Veg
William Howard Taft (18571930), on the Campaign Trail in Colorado, USA - the card is entitled Prosperity due to the funny addition of piles of exaggerated-size vegetables

Seoul, Korea - Open Temple area and view toward Station
Seoul, Korea - Open Temple area (no longer there) and view toward the Old Railway Station (back right). Date: 1930s

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