Train Collection (#86)

Company & Band, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Ships company and band of the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall

Cutlass Exercise, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a cutlass exercise on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Tailoring Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a tailoring class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868

Practical Seamanship, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a practical seamanship class using a large model boat on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Navigation Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a navigation and compass class with a large model boat on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Fire on Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
The fire which destroyed the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall

Sleeping Cots, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys in sleeping cots on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall

Before and After, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Before (on joining) and after (ready for sea) photos of a boy recruit on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Sailmaking, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a sailmaking class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

James Hall, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
James Hall, who In 1868, with other local businessmen, set up a charity to provide shelter for Tyneside waifs and train young men for naval service

Captain Baynham, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Captain Henry Baynham of the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall

Cookery class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a cookery class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868

Seamanship Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a seamanship class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Gymnastics Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a gymnastics class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Mess Room, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Scene in the boys mess room on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland. In 1868, James Hall

Shoemaking Class, Training Ship Wellesley, North Shields
Boys taking part in a shoemaking or repairing class on the Training Ship Wellesley, on the River Tyne at North Shields, Northumberland

Machine for testing wagon springs
The Worlds First Railway Laboratory was set up at Crewe in 1864. One hundred years later, the Duke of Edinburgh opened new engineering research laboratories at Derby

The Glasgow Electric Railway, Scotland. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

LMR Dual-Purpose Maintenance Depot
The Depot at Allerton on the outskirts of Liverpool, opened to serve the maintenance needs of the London Midland Railway (LMR) to maintain and service electric and diesel rolling stock

Russian soldiers WWII
The last Russian train passes Helsinkis Frederiksber station where soldiers receive tulips from the Finns after the armistice with Finland during Word War II

Refugees travelling WWII
Refugees travelling by train during World War II

Child evacuees WWII
Child evacuees travelling towards Liverpool during World War II

Refugee family at station WWII
Family of refugees at a train station during World War II

Travelling refugees WWII
Refugees travelling by train during World War II

Egypt - Cairo Railway Station
A train at the platform Cairo Railway Station

Tunisia - Carthage with Railway Train
Carthage - view of the Ancient Ports and the Railway Line - Tunisia

Ferry transporting railway wagons
A wonderful nightime photograph of the Suffolk Ferry departing Harwich with a load of railway wagons. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Laying railway tracks at night
A very atmospheric shot of a steam engine and cranes aiding the laying of a new set of railway tracks. Photograph by Heinz Zinram

Inter-Colonial Railway
Train of the Inter-Colonial Railway running between Canada and America. Burns wood fuel and has a spark arrester on the smoke stack

American Steam Engine

Empire State Express
Inter State Express train running between New York and Buffalo in America

New York Subway
New York subway train in the tunnel connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn under the East River

Elevated Subway, New York
Elevated subway curve and 110th street station in New York, America

Algiers - The Station at Bab el-Oued and Malakoff Street (named after the Russian fort the French captured at the Battle of Sebastopol), Algeria

Blida, Algeria - The Station
Blida, Algeria - The Railway Station

Hotel Bertrand - Constantine - Algeria
The Hotel Bertrand at El-Kantara, a suburb of Constantine, Algeria

Algeria - Camel Transport
A camel palanquin (covered litter), used to transport wives and children across the arid desert of southern Algeria, each with a central ventilation shaft

Railway Station at Izmir, Turkey
The tracks of the Railway Station complax at Punta, Izmir (Smyrna), Turkey

Mountain Postal Service, Switzerland
The Mountain Postal Service in Switzerland. The post is transported in a variety of panniers and boxes on the backs/flanks of mules

Estracion Railway Station - Guantanano Bay, Cuba. The United States assumed territorial control over Guantanamo Bay under the 1903 Cuban-American Treaty

Camp-Fire concert at a reserve in South Africa
A Camp-fire concert in a big game reserve in South Africa. A scene in the Kruger National Park, as tourists and rangers surround a camp fire and enjoy some musical entertainment

Co-ordination of Transport Service in South Africa
The co-ordination of the transport services in South Africa - rail, road and air travel. A pictures priaisng the infrastructure advances of the Union of South African States

Summit of Hex River Pass - South African Railways
A classic feat of railway construction in South Africa - the summit of the Hex River Pass on the South African Railways

Dining car on the Great Northern Railway

Railway passing the Little Aya Sofya
The Turkish railway passing the Little Aya Sofya - the Saint Sergius and Saint Bacchus Church, now a Mosque. Begun by Justinian in 527

Great Northern and City Railway - London
The Great Northern and City Railway (opened 1904), which only lasted a short time until it developed into the Northern Line of the London Underground system

Turkish Prisoners being transported
Turkish prisoners being sent from Junction Station, Cairo in a captured Turkish Ottoman Empire train - World War One

Karachi - Camel Train
A Camel Train - Karachi. In 1937, Karachi was in India - became part of newly created Pakistan in 1947. The camels appear to be carrying large bundles of reeds

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping