Railways Collection (page 11)

Seal showing an unidentified Bedlington Works locomotive, probably by George Stephenson. Date: circa 1830s

Adler locomotive built by Robert Stephenson (Forth Works, Newcastle). Gold medal struck by the German State Railways to commemorate their first steam locomotive in 1835. Date: 1835

Third class carriage no 220. Inscribed An old passenger III brake of the GIP. These vehicles are now replaced by handsome bogie cars as photo sent'. Date: circa 1905

Sindh, 2-4-0 locomotive. Inscribed verso Old GIPR 4 passenger engine built by Kitson in 18- and sold to old IMRy [Indian Midland Railway] in - Since reverted to GIPR'. Date: circa 1905

Horse box 665, rolling stock photograph. Inscribed verso New horse box built at Parel to carry 6 horses. Steel underframe'. Date: circa 1905

Third class carriage interior. Inscribed verso Interior of III class local car GIPR. New local trains, turn over seats, electric lights'. Date: circa 1905

Trial train of 12 vestibuled corridor cars
Inscribed verso Trial train of 12 vestibuled corridor cars, over 400 tons with 6 cpl goods engine - to imitate requirements of Royal train, GIPR'. Date: circa 1905

Mail train under steam. Inscribed verso 4 coupled express locomotive with the Calcutta mail train at Jhansi'. Date: circa 1905

Locomotive no 190, 0-8-0 tank engine. Date: circa 1905

Locomotive number 157 Barcelona, an E Tank Special c1890. Date: c1890

Southern Railway Firemen
Firefighters working for Southern Railway spray water onto the roof of a train. Southern Railway employed eighty A.F.S. men in order to fight fires caused by Luftwaffe incendiary bombs. 1940

Lord President Locomotive - British Railways P2 Class engine designed by Sir Nigel Gresley - built in 1935-1936, with the external design modified to resemble the Silver Link locomotives

Magnetic evitated train by Emile Bachelet 1914
Diagram for a magnetic evitated trains, primarily the invention is designed for the carrying of mail at the speed of 300 miles per hour

Beijing (Peking), China - East Zhengyangmen Railway Station
The East Zhengyangmen Railway Station (Beijing Station), located just outside Zhengyangmen (also known as Qianmen), a gate in the city wall directly south of Tiananmen Square

British Railways - The Flying Scotsman - Bittern Class
British Railways - The Flying Scotsman (Bittern Class - Dominion of New Zealand - No 4492) - the new streamlined engine introduced on this route on 4th July 1938. Date: 1938

Poster, Finnish Railways, Finland. circa 1950s

Train Derailed in Snow
The Great Western Railways Flying Dutchman express goes off the rails in heavy snow at Camborne, Cornwall. Date: 1891

Train driver and stoker on engine footplate
On the footplate: a driver and a stoker on the open footplate of a night train at Christmas-time, discussing the recent railway strike in Scotland. Date: 1891

The Workmans Train. Interior of a third class carriage running workers from the suburbs of London into the city centre. The illustration related to a feature in the same issue of The Illustrated

46138 Royal Scot Class Steam Locomotive - British Railways Livery, Basford Hall, Crewe, Cheshire, England. Showing Welshman Date: 1959

Railway Station, Wearhead, County Durham
Railway Station, Wearhead, Bishop Auckland, near Cowshill, County Durham, England. British Railways NE Region (Formally North Eastern Railway)

Image of the construction of the railway in Cuba between Havana and Bejucal (27, 5 km), 1835. It was the first railway in Latin America and Spain. Engraving

Paddington Station, London - Platform 5 - GWR Terminus designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Date: early 1930s

Steam trains in Kentish Town Train Sheds
Steam trains refueling in Kentish Town Train Sheds, London Date: early 1930s

Caucasian oilfields by G. H. Davis
The Achilles Heel of the Soviets: the Caucasian oilfields. A pictorial map of the strategically vulnerable oilfields on either side of the Caucasus upon which Russia depends for the bulk of her

George Hoy challenge
George Hoys challenge to the directors of the Eastern Counties Railway Company, to race his donkey against their trains, 1856 Date: 1856

Uganda Railway poster, showing the track from Nairobi to Mombasa in Kenya, Africa 1908 Date: 1908

An old fashioned steam train and workers

Poster advertising Finland for winter sports
Poster by Finnish State Railways, advertising Finland for winter sports. A giant snowman welcomes a group of happy skiers who have just arrived by train

Indian Railways

Train snowed in, Wales in the winter of 1947
A train and locomotive brought to a standstill by snow drifts on the line between Merthyr and Abergavenny following the renewed blizzards of early March during one of the coldest recorded winters in

Railways and Wild Boar
In Sweden, a herd of wild boar are panicked by a railway train plowing through their forest habitat

Wintry Weather and British Railways
Wintry weather and British Railways: some causes of the delays; and measures taken to prevent them. A detailed diagrammatic illustration showing various reasons why trains may be delayed during

Advertisement for the Basque coast, France
French railways advertisement for the Basque coast, south-west of France. circa 1946

Advertisement for Perigord, France
French railways advertisement for Perigord, France. circa 1946

Advertisement for Brittany, Northern France
French railways advertisement for Brittany, Northern France. circa 1946

Advertisement for Normandy, France
French railways advertisement for Normandy, France. circa 1946

Advertisement for Savoie, France
French railways advertisement for Savoie, France. 1946

Advertisement for Dauphine, France
French railways advertisement for Dauphine, France. circa 1940s

Advertisement for Alsace, France
French railways advertisement for Alsace, France. 1946

Road Communications in Afghanistan. Sketch No 1. Map showing details of railways, roads and telegraph lines. Published by General Staff, India, February 1939

Map of India Shewing the Lines of Railways, Telegraphs?
?Map of India Shewing the Lines of Railways, Telegraphs, and Dawk Routes?, specially engraved for the Indian Traveller?s Guide (nd); from papers collected by J P K Murphy, 52nd Sikhs and 9th Hodson

A diagram of the proposed Charing Cross Bridge
Plans for a new double-decker bridge at Charing Cross, designed by Sir Owen Williams and at the time recently approved by a royal commission

Copenhagen, Denmark - The Central Railway Station Date: circa 1910s

Steam train celebrating Malcolm Campbells record
Sir Malcolm Campbell shakes hands with the driver of a steam engine with a special plaque on the front reading, Welcome Campbell - The Bluebird Special

Proposed extensions of transport links into London 1919
Diagram showing a map of London and the movement of commuters by different travel means from Greater to Central London, and the proposed extensions of transport links

Bulawayo-Bukama train crossing the Zambezi River
The Bulawayo-Bukama train crosses the Zambezi River in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) with a stunning waterfall in the background. Date: late 1930s

The Continental Limited of Canadian National Railways
The Continental Limited service of Canadian National Railways, hauled by a majestic streamlined (4-8-4) Locomotive from Montreal to Vancouver. Date: late 1930s

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