Track Collection (page 27)

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

Railway track at Landore, near Swansea, South Wales
View of the railway track at Landore, near Swansea, on the Great Western Railway, Glamorgan, South Wales

Haulier and horse in a South Wales mine
A haulier guides a horse, pulling a loaded dram (truck) along an underground track in a South Wales mine

Coast at Solva, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
View of the coast at Solva, Pembrokeshire, Dyfed, South Wales, as seen from the Gribin, the headland which overlooks Solva village

South Devon Foxhounds follow a trail down a woodland path

City of Paris ship at Milford Haven Docks, South Wales
View of the City of Paris ship in for repair at Milford Haven Docks, South Wales, with a railway track in the foreground

Workman with slate quarry tram, North Wales
A workman with a slate quarry tram, somewhere in North Wales. This small tram can carry half a ton of raw slate, and one man can operate it

Lowering a tram, Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, North Wales
Lowering a tram full of slate onto the rails at Penyrorsedd Slate Quarry, Nantlle Valley, Caernarvonshire (now Gwynedd), North Wales. From here the slate will be transported to the dressing sheds

Workman pushing slate quarry tram, North Wales
A workman pushing a slate quarry tram with a large block of slate resting on top of it, somewhere in North Wales. These small trams can carry up to half a ton of raw slate

Tramway, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of part of the tramway at the top of Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales, with rope haulage and brake equipment

Slate tram, Dinorwig Slate Quarry, North Wales
View of a slate tram and part of the main buildings at Dinorwig (or Dinorwic) Slate Quarry, near Llanberis, North Wales

Main haulage track, Tirpentwys Colliery, South Wales
A miner stands alongside the main haulage track or road at Tirpentwys Colliery, near Pontypool in South Wales

Glyn Pits, Pontypool, South Wales
External view of the Glyn Pits in Pontypool, South Wales

Various tank track designs, as used during the First World War

New tank design, inspection and testing
A new tank design undergoing inspection and testing during the First World War

Testing a new tracked vehicle
Soldiers field testing a new tracked vehicle during the First World War -- it doesn t appear to be very stable on uneven ground

Soldiers building a battlefield railway track
A group of soldiers building a railway track across a battlefield during the First World War

End of broad gauge, 1892
Brunels Great Western Railway pioneered the broad gauge from 1838 until 1892 when the final break with broad gauge took place. Here, the engineers are shown converting the tracks to dual gauge

Elderly couple on a country walk
An elderly couple going for a country walk down a sloping track

Spring Street Subway, New York
Express trains at Spring Street Subway, New York City, America

Pacific Electric Railway, on the way to Pasadena, California, America

View down a railway line, Iraq
View down a railway line crossing the desert, somewhere in Iraq

Filling large fuel barrels - Hackney Wick
A factory employee checks progress as large barrels are filled with fuel oil at Hackney Wick, London

Shimla, India - Kalka to Shimla Railway
General view with Kalka to Shimla Railway of Shimla, originally called Simla, the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India

Georgia, Surami - Railway sidings and tunnel

Georgia - Georgian Military Road - Station at Mlet
The Georgian Military Road is the historic name for a major route through the Caucasus from Georgia to Russia. Station at Mlet

Georgia - Batumi - Workers at a quarry
Quarry workers mining one of the many seams of good quality stone to be found in the area around Batumi (formerly Batum or Batoum), a city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara

Caterpillar track trials WWI
Trials of the American caterpillar-tractor intended to draw heavy artillery at Vincennes during World War I

Clarksville, Georgia
Street Scene in Clarksville, Georgia - July, 1888

Railway junction in the morning mist
A superb atmospheric photograph looking across a complicated railway junction. From the collection of a Scottish rail accident investigator

Railway junction in the morning mist (alternate version)
A superb atmospheric photograph looking across a complicated railway junction. From the collection of a Scottish rail accident investigator

Evocative Railway scene with Cooling Towers. Two small steam engines in a sding close to a Power Station and a signal box in Scotland

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