Track Collection (page 26)

Allied troops in Mesopotamia, WW1
Allied troops (mostly of the Indian Army) next to a railway line in Mesopotamia during the First World War. Sixteen men are needed to carry each rail. Date: 1916-1918

Train crossing Orange River, South Africa, WW1
A train pulling loaded trucks across the Orange River in South Africa during the First World War. The driver and his mate are standing by the engine

Aerial photograph of an urban area with harbour during WW1
Aerial photograph of an urban area with harbour and shipping during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British battalion on a train for Cameroon, Africa, WW1
A British colonial battalion on a train for Cameroon, west central Africa, during the First World War. They belong to the 1st Battalion, Nigeria Regiment

Motorcycle racing at Crystal Palace, South London
Motorcycle racing on a track at Crystal Palace, South London. Date: early 20th century

Greyhounds at White City
Greyhounds racing round the first bend at the White City greyhound racing track while a packed crowd looks on. 1936

Hurdles, 1948 London Olympics
The photograph on the left shows the semi-final of the 400 metres hurdling. Second from left competitor, Larsson of Sweden (no.128) is about to draw ahead and take the victory

Swiss Rack Railway at Rigi Kulm, Switzerland. The line ascends Mount Rigi from Arth-Goldau and Vitznau and is operated by the Rigi-Bahnen

Railway staff laying track in South Africa, WW1
South African railway staff laying track across scrub land to join up with the Windhoek line (now in Namibia, but then in German South West Africa) to Kaalfontein and Upington (South Africa)

Station on Susa North Railway, Cameroon, Africa, WW1
View of a station on the Susa North Railway, German Cameroon, west central Africa, around the time of the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Empress of Germany inspecting hospital train, Berlin
Empress of Germany, Augusta Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein (1848-1921), wife of Kaiser Wilhelm II, seen here inspecting a hospital train in Berlin during the First World War. Date: circa 1914-1918

Festival of Britain - Transport Pavilion - base of the Skylon visible in the background, behind the Fairway Fountains. The locomtive is an IGR Steam Locomotive

A casualty at the 1948 London Olympics
A. B. Toulsen of Denmark receives medical treatment after collapsing during the 5, 000 Metres. Date: 1948

Ahmed Jemal Pasha inspecting troops, WW1
Ahmed Jemal (Djemal, Cemal) Pasha (1872-1922), Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Ottoman Army, seen here inspecting troops during the First World War. circa 1915

Large British gun being assembled, France, WW1
A large British gun being assembled on the Western Front in France during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Three soldiers using lamp for signalling, France, WW1
Three soldiers of a Pioneer Battalion using a daylight lamp for signalling at the side of a railway track near Feuchy, Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Date: May 1917

Experiments with tractors, Burton on Trent, WW1
Experiments with two Creeping Grip or Bullock tractors coupled together at Burton on Trent during the First World War. Date: June 1915

Experimenting with tank tracks, WW1
Experimenting with tank tracks during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Athletics event with men on a race track
An athletics event with men running round a race track. circa 1940s

Ahmed Jemal Pasha greeted by a Sheik
Ahmed Jemal (Djemal, Cemal) Pasha (left), Commander-in-Chief of the Fourth Ottoman Army, being greeted by a Sheik in Turkey during the First World War. Date: circa 1915

American Scouts playing with cars
Three American boy scouts and two leaders stand and watch one of them operates a toy car racetrack. circa 1980s

Vehicle which crossed the Sahara Desert
A Citroen caterpillar half-track vehicle which crossed the Sahara desert, travelling 3200km in 22 days between Touggourt, Algeria and Timbucktu in Mali (between 17th December 1922 to 7th January 1923)

Omsk on the Trans-Siberian Railway
Two stands of the Trans-Siberian Railway meet at Omsk, Russia. This is the very impressive bridge over the north-flowing Irtysh River at Omsk, the view looking directly down the line of the track

Border between Poland and Russia
British macabre sense of humour on a Christmas card.... The Road to Russia The bleak landscape at the border between Poland and Russia

A Motor Tour of Lakeland If you desire to go the pace, try motoring through this lovely place !! circa 1920s

Childern Watching Trains
French children in the countryside waiting beside a railway track to watch the passing trains go by. Date: June 1901

Muybridge Work Place
His open-air studio at the Palo Alto stock farm, California : camera shed on right, background wall left, four cameras on stands at corners of the track area Date: 1878

Marlborough College Race
A group of runners approach a corner during a race at Marlborough College. Date: 1950s

Ancient Roman charioteer driving four horses
An Ancient Roman charioteer drives his four horses hard around the track. The prime venue for this type of sport was the Circus Maximus in Rome. Date: BCE

The last steam engine at Carnforth
Tradesmen at Carnforth standing in front of their engine. Left to right: boiler washer, Norman Wilson; firedropper, Norman Cottier; bar lad, Tommy Longstaffe; driver, Joe Harrison; and steamraiser

Horse racing in America
Whitney Race Track, Aiken S.C. America. Crowd of people, horses and carriages at the Whitney Race Track

Navvies building a new railway line, UK
Navvies building a new railway line at an unidentified location in the UK. A station building can be seen in the top right

Calton Hill, Prison, Railway, Royal High School, Edinburgh
A general view of central Edinburgh showing Calton Hill (upper centre), Edinburgh Prison (centre), rail tracks (lower centre) and the Royal High School (centre left)

Americas greatest automobile course, Savannah Georgia
Americas greatest automobile course, grand prize auto race, Savannah Georgia

The mechanical mule team, Los Angeles aqueduct. These caterpillars crawl across the desert wastes and over mountain roads about three miles an hour, drawing several tonnes of machinery and supplies

Greyhound Derby winner Mr Johnson
Mr S. Johnson, owner of Wild Woolley, the winner of the 1932 greyhound Derby addresses the 75, 000 strong crowd at White City greyhound racing stadium via a microphone

Dining at White City greyhound derby, 1932
Derby night at the Shepherds Bush enclosure; the club at White City where dining tables command a view of the greyhound racing track below. In 1932, the Derby was won by Wild Wolley owned by Mr S

Policeman and dog by a railway line
A policeman and his alsatian dog by a railway line, next to a freight train transporting mini cars

Cardonnel Junction, near Neath, South Wales
View of the track at Cardonnel Junction, near Neath, on the Great Western Railway, South Wales

Swansea Loop East Junction, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of the railway tracks at the Swansea Loop East Junction on the Great Western Railway in Glamorgan, South Wales, with details of lamps and points

GWR line at Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of the Great Western Railway line at the Treffgarne cutting, Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales. The navvy hut can be seen on the left

Near Skewen Railway Station, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of the track, with a road bridge in the middle distance, near Skewen Railway Station on the Great Western Railway, Glamorgan, South Wales

New tunnel, Newport, Monmouthshire, South Wales
Completion of the new bore (left) of the Newport tunnel, on the Great Western Railway near the city of Newport, Monmouthshire, Gwent, South Wales

Swansea main railway sidings, Glamorgan, South Wales
View of Swanseas main railway sidings on the Great Western Railway in Glamorgan, South Wales, with a large number of trucks loaded with coal

GWR cutting at Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
General view of the Great Western Railway cutting at Treffgarne, Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, with a wooden bridge on the left

GWR navvies at Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, South Wales
A group of Great Western Railway navvies straightening the track at Ferryside, Carmarthenshire, South Wales

GWR locomotive, Treffgarne, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Four railway workers with a Great Western Railway locomotive, Amesbury, at Treffgarne, Nant Y Coy, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales

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