Railways Collection (page 17)

The General Strike
Cartoon sketch of a society lady helping out during the General Strike, accompanied by her pet poodle. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

How the Trains get Delayed
A courting couple are oblivious to the delay they are causing on the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. Please note

Glasgow & South Western
The beautiful decorative Coats of Arms of the Glasgow & South Western Railway, with the specific locomotive number 789 set in the centre

Jets to clear snow drifts in Wales in 1947
Men engaged in fitting jet units to the rear of a wagon on a snow encrusted stretch of line near Brecon, an ingenious way of clearing the disabling snow drifts preventing trains carrying coal

The war in South Africa, where railways and armoured trains were much used: A Burgher Commando detraining

Trains Sabotaged
In protest against the forced enlistment of Poles to help Russia fight the Japanese, patriots sabotage the railways on which they will have to travel

German Invasion - 2
With the railways in their hands, it will be easy for the Germans to seize control of a strategic town such as Colchester as headquarters (scene 2 of 4)

The patent Impoulsoria, horse powered engine
An ingenious means of applying animal power to the working of railways, to supersede the costly locomotive engine. The engine, called Impulsoria

Hospital saloon on the London and North Western Railways
A hospital on wheels, the invalid saloons on the London and North Western Railway. Special thick flooring was used to deaden the vibrations and noise from the patient

Cable Railway Future
Overhead railways, in the form of cable lines, would avoid the problems of surface transport in todays congested environment

Nils Ericson, Engineer
NILS ERICSON Swedish engineer, responsible for cross-Sweden channel Gsta Kanal and railways. Younger brother of John Ericson

The great railway strike, Stratford
Deserted railway track at Stratford. The station was at a standstill during the great railway strike. The strike took place in the last two weeks of September 1919

Locomotive / Wedgwood
Named after Sir Ralph Wedgwood, chief general manager of London and North East Railways

Train-Passing Project
By enabling trains to pass each other on the same track, the cost of building railways could be substantially lower. So could the life-expectancy of rail travellers

Belgian Express
The Ostend to Brussels express of the Belgian State Railways

Festiniog Railway 2
FESTINIOG RAILWAY TAN-Y-BWLCH STATION Fairlie engine pulls train, horse & carriage wait

DIVERS AND NORTHFLEET
Divers prepare to descend to investigate the wreck of the Northfleet which sank after a collision, drowning some 300 navvies bound for Australia to build railways there

Tarradale Viaduct
View of the Tarradale Viaduct on the Melbourne and Sandhurst Railway, Australia

GEORGE HUDSON (1800-71)
GEORGE HUDSON English financier. Invested inheritance in railways and eventually controlled over 1000 miles of railroad. Lost fortune due to corruption

Gabriel Lame
GABRIEL LAME French mathematician and engineer, worked on first French railways

French Rly Telegraph
The electric telegraph used on the French Railways

EDISONs TELEGRAPH 1886
Edisons electric telegraph system for railways

Railways in Brazil
A temporary rail bridge and the Station of Rodeio on the Railway of Pedro II in Brazil

Electric Monorail 1909
That electricity will replace steam, and the monorail the twin tracks of conventional railways, seems an inevitable development

Rigibahn View Colour
The Rigibahn, one of the worlds most specular mountain railways

Belgian Locomotive
Locomotive of the Belgian State Railways

Signals at Blackfriars
Inside the signal box at the London terminus of Blackfriars

Railway on Snowdon
A spectacular ascent in this railway car carries you to the summit of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales

German Invasion - 1
When the Germans invade England, the first thing they will do after landing is to make for the stations and seize control of the railways (scene 1 of 4)

Wwi Repairing Railways
British army engineers repair light railways near Hangard, damaged by shell-fire during the struggle for Amiens

Future Monorail
Most predictions of future railways presuppose a monorail, as in this German proposal

Sir Benjamin Baker
SIR BENJAMIN BAKER English civil engineer Planned London underground railways, designed Forth Bridge, consulted Aswan Dam

Snowdon Station
Beddelgert/ Snowdon railway station

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