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Railway crossing at Newcastle-on-TyneView of the railway crossing at Newcastle-on-Tyne -- claimed to be the largest crossing in the world. Date: circa early 20th century
Steam locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley, Welwyn Garden CitySteam locomotive 60007, Sir Nigel Gresley, near the Welwyn Garden City tunnel. It was built in 1937, and is still preserved today. Date: circa 1960s
The HMS Victory - brought in to Portsmouth HarbourThe HMS Victory - in Portsmouth Harbour. Fitted up as a Naval School of Telegrapha before becoming a floating signal school proper (as can be seen on this card) until 1904
Railway Crossing - Newcastle-upon-Tyne - an absolutely stunning photographic composition, shot in the misty light of the early morning. Engineering works are still in progress!
The Railway Junction. A signal changing from stop to go. This is a classic British semaphore stop signal (lower quadrant type)
Eve Adamised 1927Eve Adamised : new woman in a liberated age dons male attire of suit & tie with hair in an Eton crop, but signals her gender with make-up, earings & a cigarette holder
Rail Operations CentreA British Rail operations and track maintenance centre
Traffic Police OfficerTraffic police officer giving stop signal number 2. Metropolitan police
Queen Mary Ocean Liner, whistles used for signallingQueen Marys three giant whistles two on the fore funnel and one on the midships funnel, were fitted
Draycott, Cotswold village, Blockley Station, on the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway, viewed from the south-east. Date: circa 1917
Railwayman - 180 lever railway signal box at ShrewsburyA railwayman walks across the tracks to the 180 lever railway signal box at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. First published The Daily Telegraph Date: 1991
Royal Navy sailor with Union Jack and Red Ensign flags. circa 1900
Castle Pill railway, near Milford Haven, South WalesView of the Great Western Railway at Castle Pill (pill is a local name for a tidal inlet), near Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Newcastle upon Tyne Railway Crossing - Castle - Tyne BridgeNewcastle upon Tyne Railway Crossing (then the largest crossing of its type in the world) Newcastle Castle and distant misty view of the Tyne Bridge (which opened in 1928). Date: circa 1930
Completion of the new Earls Court station, LondonCompletion of the new Earls Court underground station, London. Top: an illuminated train indicator which shows trains in motion. Middle: the new flyover junction
Little boy on rocking horseA rather superior looking little boy dressed in a tartan kilt and Scottish velvet jacket rides on a rocking horse
The Naze Tower, Walton-on-the-Naze, EssexThe Naze Tower at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. An historic landmark, it was built on the cliffs in 1721 by Trinity House as a navigation mark to guide shipping
Strike / Volunteer SignalsAn undergraduate volunteer in a railway signal box during the General Strike
Electric Signal BoxThe all-electric signal-box outside Waterloo Station, London
CLAUDE CHAPPE 1763-1805CLAUDE CHAPPE French Engineer. Invented a telegraph system employing visual semaphore signals. With his brother, he erected signals between Paris & Lille
Signal Box 1940SA signal box at Kingston showing a hand-operated frame
Lookout man operating signalling lamp, Croydon AirportLookout man operating signalling lamp from the Control Tower, Croydon Airport Date: 1930s
Vignette illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- An early and interesting type of signal. Date: 1935
Signal Room 1940SA signal box at Surbiton for the Southern Railway
Traffic Police OfficerTraffic police officer giving stop signal number 1 and 2. Metropolitan police
Lieut.Colonel Roy, commanding the Wellington College cadet force, inspects the signals section during a training section. Date: 1959
The Major of Westminster and Rev. E St. George Schomberg inaugurating the new traffic light system. Replacing the sixteen policemen which controlled vehicles travelling in Trafalgar Square, London
Traffic Self Controlled Street Signals 1933New automatic traffic lights, know as mat system, replacing the sixteen policemen on point duty in Trafalgar Square, London
Traffic signals, New York, USAUSA - Traffic signals, New York
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway - Southern BelleLB & SCR (London, Brighton and South Coast Railway) - Southern Belle Date: 1917
Ludgate Circus, London, Victorian period Date: circa late 19th century
Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, Shenandoah, PA, USALehigh Valley Railroad Station, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA, with people waiting on the platform. Date: circa 1907
Boeing RC-135U-BN Combat Sent 3 63-9792United States Air Force - Boeing RC-135U-BN Combat Sent 3 63-9792 (msn 18706). Built as an RC-135B specification from the outset and later modified by Martin as an RC-135C
Fighting Cocks railway station, Stockton-Darlington lineFighting Cocks railway station, on the Stockton to Darlington line. It opened in 1825, named after the local pub where train tickets were sold
The 180 lever railway signal box at Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England Date: 1991
Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy E.1 XN816Royal Air Force - Armstrong Whitworth AW.660 Argosy E.1 XN816 (msn 6745), of No.115 Squadron, part of No.90 (Signals) Group, at RAF Cottesmore. Date: 1970
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R. 1 XV249Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XV249, of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton
Wartime Railway SignalsA photograph of some ominous wartime railway signals, leaping out of the darkness. Date: circa 1944
WW2 - Train Driver Watches AheadA photograph of a WW2 train driver looking on ahead, as signals sound for an oncoming raid. Date: circa 1944
Advert, Hudson's Extract of Soap, railway signalman shining a beam of light Date: 1888
Shipping Wonders of the World, four cover designsShipping Wonders of the World, Romance of the Seven Seas in Story and Picture, four cover designs in a weekly series, Parts 1-4. Date: 20th century
Funeral of King George V, Royal Train leaves PaddingtonA Railway Guard signals for the Royal Train to leave Paddington, Funeral of King George V Date: 1936
Edinburgh Fire Brigade - silent hand and arm signalsEdinburgh Fire Brigade, photographs showing silent hand and arm signals, outdoor action photographs Captioned, ??Silent orders for the firemen: signals adopted: by the Edinburgh Fire Brigade??
Photograph of rail strike in France, with soldier and striking worker with rifles and bayonets, on railway line by signals, at the exit from a tunnel
Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14841United States Air Force (USAF) - Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14841 (MSN 18781), a highly specialised Signals and Communications intelligence gathering aircraft. Date: circa 1990
Traffic signals New York
Armstrong-Whitworth Argosy C. 1 XN814Royal Air Force - Armstrong-Whitworth AW.660 Argosy C.1 XN814 (msn 6743), of No.90 (Signals) Group, at RAF Kinloss. Date: 1972
A Young man signals his amorous intentions to his beloved - she seems to be weighing up his proposal'... Date: circa 1904
Telephoning Australia by Short-Wave Wireless 1924Diagram showing the possibility of extensive new development in long-distance communication using short-wave wireless telephone to Australia. Date: 1924
Tamper with a Railway Signal by William Heath RobinsonSixth column strategy, frustrating a dastardly attempt by the fifth a tamper with railway signal. Date: 1940
Traffic Signals, by H. M. BatemanPoliceman: Now, sir. Come along. You've been waiting here for the last ten minutes. What's the matter? Reveller: Conshtable, I can't poshibly proceed till that light goes green
Traffic Policeman directing the traffic at Parliament Street, London. Date: circa 1930
Beech RC-12K Guardrail 85-0152United States Army - Beech RC-12K Guardrail 85-0152 (MSN FE-006), fitted with Common Sensor System 4, for airborne signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection. Date: circa 2000
Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW665Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW665 (msn 8040), of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton
Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1, of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. One of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft
Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW664Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW664 of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton
Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14843United States Air Force - Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14843 (MSN 18782), a highly specialised Signals and Communications Intelligence gathering aircraft, at RAF Mildenhall, November-December 1997
Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14842United States Air Force - Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14842 (MSN 18782), a highly specialised Signals and Communications Intelligence gathering aircraft, at RAF Mildenhall, December 1997. Date: 1997
Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14846United States Air Force - Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint 64-14846 (MSN 18786), a highly specialised Signals and Communications Intelligence gathering aircraft, at RAF Mildenhall circa January 1999
The Driver's Signals by Alan Anderson
Switzerland - Alpenhorn (Alphorn) - a very long valveless wooden wind instrument played like a horn - used for signalling in the Alps. Date: circa 1910s
Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway - Interior of the Signal cabin. Now the Piccadilly Line on the London Underground network. Date: circa 1906
Cock O the North locomotive waiting for signalsLNER 2001 Cock O the North 1933 locomotive waiting for the signals to move. Date: circa 1930s
Indicator Board - Victoria Station - LondonA gigantic indicator board at Victoria Railway Station, London, 1908 Date: 1908
Signal Station - Hungerford Bridge - Charing Cross 1864The Signal Station on the North end of Hungerford Bridge over the River Thames, leading into Charing Cross Station, London. Date: 1864
Terrific Apparition - Londons First Traffic Light 1869Terrific Apparition - Seen during the recent fog at Westminster. A satire on Londons First Traffic Light
View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, 1821View of the town of Hobart, Tasmania, with 2, 700 inhabitants in 400 homes, 1821. Showing the government building, school, church, prison, battery and telegraph signals
WWII Post Office reservists, September 1939Post office reservists of the Royal Corps of Signals arriving in London to augment the telephone and communications staff in government offices in the early days of the Second World War. Date: 1939
Patriotic poster, Buy British - Broadcast this messageBuy British - Broadcast this message to your friends
General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteersThe General Strike - Varsity undergraduate volunteers manning the signal box at LMS Bletchley. 1926
Railway signals on a Christmas and New Year cardRailway signals on a Christmas and New Year (New Century) card. Date: circa 1899
Wireless signals from the Eiffel Tower giving Greenwich timeGreenwich time communicated via wireless to a London home by means of an installation on the Eiffel Tower in Paris
British soldiers carrying telegraph wire, WW1British soldiers carrying telegraph wire for communication purposes, the Battle of the Bridges, Western Front, First World War
General James Wolfe leading the attack on QuebecSeven Years War - General James Wolfe leads the British redcoat forces up the steep path to the Heights of Abraham in their daring night attack on Quebec, Canada. 1759
Guglielmo Marconi with his Assistants Kemp and Paget, behind is the experiments kite. Date: 12th December 1901
Guglielmo Marconi (1874 - 1937), Italian inventor and electrical engineer, shown in photograph with his apparatus, after receiving signals at Newfoundland
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R. 1 XW665Royal Air Force - Hawker Siddeley Nimrod R.1 XW665 (msn 8040), of No.51 Squadron
Hawker Siddeley HS. 801 Nimrod R. 1 XW665Hawker Siddeley HS.801 Nimrod R.1 XW665 of no.51 Squadron at RAF Wyton. XW665 was one of three Nimrods especially ordered for use as Electronic and Signals Intelligence gathering aircraft
USAF - United States Air Force - Boeing B-17GUnited States Army Air Force - United States Air Force - Boeing B-17G, seen, presumably, at Shaw Field or a satellite field
Operating the levers in the signal box at London Bridge, one of the busiest stations in the country. Date: 1866
Trainee Signalmen use semaphore to spell their regimentcirca 1910s
Flags most commonly flown in Bermudacirca 1910s
Using Dictation Machine Date: 1954
Baby Scouts -- signallerBaby Scouts -- A girl scout signaller you notice here, she warns the camp when enemies are near. Date: 1900