Station Collection (page 6)

Swedish Church Mission, Mnene, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Group of people assembled after a baptism ceremony. Date: circa 1910

Lots Road Power Station, Chelsea, London
The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR) Power House (Lots Road Power Station), Chelsea, London. Built to power the newly created Piccadilly underground line

Gerald Road Police Station, Belgravia, London
Gerald Road Police Station (left), Belgravia, London. Date: circa 1910

WW1 recruitment poster, Teufel Hunden, US Marines
WW1 American recruitment poster, Teufel Hunden (Devil Dogs), German nickname for US Marines, showing a bulldog chasing a dachshund. Devil Dog Recruiting Station, Smithfield & Water Streets

Railway Station, Old Hill, Warwickshire
Railway Station, Old Hill, Halesowen, near Cradley Heath, Warwickshire, England. The Halesowen Line Date: 1950s

Railway Station, Fareham, Hampshire
Railway Station, Fareham, near Portsmouth, Hampshire, England. Date: 1900s

Station Road, Deganwy, Gwynedd
Station Road, Deganwy, Conwy, near Llandudno, Gwynedd, Wales. Showing Bryans Chemists Date: 1940s

A London Underground platform at Bank station
An empty London Underground platform at Bank station, on the Northern Line. early 1930s

SSZ28 at Slindon Mooring-Out Station, Polegate

Hendon Fire Brigade (later part of Middlesex FB)
In 1855 a fire brigade was established in Hendon, renamed the Hendon Volunteer Fire Brigade in 1866, and a manual fire engine was kept in a building near the church

LCC-LFB - North Kensington fire station
The firefighters from North Kensington fire station, Faraday Road, W10, pose on the station forecourt on their pump escape and pump

Breakdown lorry from Lambeth fire station in action
The breakdown lorry, from Lambeth fire station, being deployed to move a lorry involved in a serious accident with the OXO lorry in the distance

LCC-MFB firefighters at Dulwich fire station
Opened in 1892, Dulwich fire station was located at 250 Lordship Lane. The firefighters pose on the horse drawn steamer whilst a child looks out the first floor window

NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2
An Ajax style wheeled escape ladder, wound out in its carriage, from Fire Force Area 34 Acton fire station (E1Z) located at 24 Gunnersbury Lane, Acton, West London

Hook Colliery Railway, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
A view of the Hook Colliery Railway, a spur of the Great Western Railway which connected with Johnston Station, four miles away, in Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Steam lorry, Llandyssil, Powys, Mid Wales
A steam lorry (Manns patent steam cart) belonging to Evans & Jones, haulage contractors, laden with goods which have just been loaded from a train at Llandysul (or Llandyssil)

Policemen in station parade room, London
Four policemen stand ready in their uniforms, with notebooks, whistles and truncheons, in the station parade room at Ruislip, north west London, watched by their commanding officer

Railway Sleeper - Crewe Station
The Railway Sleeper series - A snoozing railway porter at Crewe Station. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Metropole Hotel, Nainital hill station, Uttarakhand, India
Aerial view of the Metropole Hotel, Nainital hill station, Uttarakhand, India. Date: circa 1910s

Main Street in Kurseong, Darjeeling district, India
Main Street in Kurseong, a hill station in the Darjeeling district, India, with a narrow gauge railway track running along it. Date: circa 1910

Rhayader Railway Station, Powys, Wales - Mid Wales Railway Date: circa 1908

Lobby, Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Lobby of the Union Terminal railway station, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Date: circa 1940s

Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Depot, Nevada, USA
The Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Depot, Nevada, USA, on 7 December 1907, with a steam train, crowds of people on the platform and cars and horses waiting alongside

WW1 - Troops returning to front, Victoria Station, London
WW1 - British troops gathered by Victoria Station, London. They prepare for their return to the front after leave. Grouped together under the street lights at the station

WW1 - Recruitment Poster - York Railway Station
WW1 - A series of Recruitment posters calling on Men of the North to join the Armed forces - York Railway Station, 1914. A large noticeboard with a message urging me to join up

The Royal Oak Inn - Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire
The Royal Oak Inn - Station Road, Didcot, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1927

Scene at a petrol station, with an attendant filling up a car

Helsinki, Finland - Central Railway Station
Helsinki Central railway station (Helsingin paarautatieasema), Finland. Designed in fine Art Deco style by Eliel Saarinen. Date: circa 1920s

Arrival of troop train by Fortunino Matania
Back for Christmas holidays: arrival of a troop train in London by Fortunino Matania. Scene in Victoria train station a few minutes after the arrival of a troop train bringing back British soldiers

Bristol Station, The GWR by J C Bourne. illust

LFDCA-LFB Clapham fire station turnout
One of a series of photos capturing Claphams three fire engines turning out from the fire station at night

LCC-MFB Brixton fire station, Stockwell, SW London
Brixton fire station, located in Shepherds Lane, Ferndale Road, Brixton, built in 1867. Brixton firemen pose with their two engines (an escape cart and steamer pump)

GLC-LFB Foam Tender
A foam tender, with a fixed monitor, attached to East Ham fire station in East London

GLC-LFB appliance fleet -- Breakdown Lorry
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

GLC-LFB - Foam Tender at Edmonton
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

LCC-LFB Fire engines in the HQ drill yard
Lambeth fire station appliances in the drill yard together with senior officer staff cars, and a lorry delivering stores

LCC-LFB Wandsworth Fire Station appliance room
The newly opened fire station at Wandsworth, West Hill, with the stations appliances plus an Auxiliary Fire Service pump lined up in the appliance room

The London Salvage Corps HQ, 40-42 Watling Street
Built in 1907 and located in the City of London, the headquarters station of the London Salvage Corps until it moved to its new premises in 1960

LCC-LFB Edgware Road fire station Paddington
Built by the London County Council (LCC) Edgware Road fire station opened in 1899, located at 494 Edgware Road. It was originally called Paddington fire station (A13)

LCC-LFB Magirus (screw) 100ft turntable ladder
An example of the Dennis Morris Magirus turntable ladder in its fire station appliance room

LCC-LFB fire station appliance room with engines
London firefighters turning out on a fire call from Wandsworth fire station, SW London

Fire station drill, hook ladder and 50 foot escape ladder
Regular training continued at all London fire stations during WW2, though it was unusual for a sub-station to have a drill tower

Blitz in London -- Greenwich fire station, WW2
Blitz in London -- Greenwich fire station, SE London, suffered extensive bomb damage during the early days of the bombing campaign

New Street Station, Birmingham Date: 1906

Poster advertising Post Office Savings Bank
Poster advertising the Post Office Savings Bank -- money is power. Showing two tall smoking chimneys, possibly of Battersea Power Station. 20th century

Fire Station at Quarriers Homes, Bridge Of Weir
Fire station, fire engine, ladders and uniformed firemen at the Quarriers childrens homes, Bridge of Weir, Renfrewshire. The cottage homes were opened in 1878 by William Quarrier

Haverfordwest Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Passengers waiting for the 1040 to Paddington, on the up platform of Haverfordwest Railway Station in Pembrokeshire, South Wales

Queen Alexandra and Empress Marie leaving Victoria Station
Queen Alexandra (1844-1925) and her sister Empress Maria Feodorovna of Russia, formerly Princess Dagmar of Denmark (1847-1928), in an open carriage, leaving Victoria Station, Central London

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