Train Collection (#90)

Preparing for Court
A prospective debutante being instructed in the correct way to approach the King and Queen at a court presentation. A sheet acts as a train and two ladies sit on " thrones"

Blighty, Sweet Blighty
Two optimistic and rather over-excited Tommies, home on leave during World War I, lean out of their train carriage to breathe in the sweet smell of - the local gas works

Belgian Civilians being deported to Germany, 1916
Illustration showing Belgian civilians being ordered around a train station by German soldiers as they were deported to Germany to work in heavy industry there, December 1916

Romanian Troops attacking Ghemesh Station, Austro-Hungaria
Illustration showing the surprise attack launched by Romanian troops on Ghemesh railway station in Austro-Hungaria, 1916. On the first day of hostilities between these two countries the Romanians

Week-end Leave and How to Obtain It
The bureaucracy facing a young officer simply wanting weekend leave while serving at the Front during World War I. Frustratingly, he manages to miss his train

West Berlin Train Crew Prepare to Travel, Berlin, 1949
Photograph showing the crew of a West Berlin locomotive hoisting the banner Greetings to Western Germany onto the front of their train at the end of the Berlin Blockade, May 1949

Port Madryn, Nuevo Gulf, Patagonia, 1887
Engraving of the coast-line of Port Madryn, with a schooner in the foreground and a steam train in the background, a remote area of South America (now Argentina)

The Flow of Gold from the USA to France. Bullion in Kegs. A
Photograph of interior of a Railway wagon with a large number of kegs full of gold, during the train journey from le Havre to Paris

Bombed Train
Polish insurgents raid a mail- train at Rogoff on the Vienna- Warsaw railway, seizing money from the border customs tolls

Train Derailed
Train derailed by the Bolsheviks at the Tomsk station, no doubt for good reasons

Propaganda Train
The left-hand figure in this group is John Reed, author of the enormously influential Ten days that shook the world, described here as il communista americano

Repairing Red Army Gun
Engineers of the Red Armys 24th Division repair a gun in a workshop installed on a train, enabling it to be moved to where it is needed

Emigrants to Canada 1888
Emigrants on a Canadian Pacific train: Scots on the left, Irish on the right

Boer / Armoured Train / Iln
TROOP MOVEMENTS Soldiers travel in an armoured train near Frere

Prince of Wales opening the new electric railway
The Prince of Wales opening the new electrical railway. The arrival of the train into Stockwell.The underground electric railway runs for three miles from a point in King William Street

Sorting mail on a train
Illustration by Ernest Prater showing male postal workers aboard a London and North-Western train sorting mail

The Portuguese Army attempts to seize a railway train, South
Engraving showing the encounter between a British operated steam train and a detachment of the Portuguese army, Delagoa Bay, South East Africa, 1889

Luggage being moved onto a narrow train
Passengers and luggage being moved from broad gauge to the narrow gauge carriages

Train that runs on a single curve, the Gyroscopic car
The train that runs on a single rail. The Gyrscopic car invented by Louis Brennan, exhibited at Gillingham in Kent. The 22 ton car was designed to carry 10 to 15 tons

Immigrants on a train to the Mid-West, USA, 1886
Engraving showing immigrants from Europe, sleeping in a train carriage, travelling to the West Coast of America, 1886

Waiting room at TowerHill underground station
Tower Hill undergroud station waiting room. Passengers waiting for a train to Tooley Station

Railway accident at Chester showing a dilapidated span of the Dee Bridge. It was thought that the weight of the train caused it to strike a girder at which point the bridge gave way

Travelling telephone in use on a express train
A travelling call office, a telephone in use on an American express train. The train ran from Salt Lake, Utah to the mining camp of Ely, Nevada

American oli powered diesel electric locomotive
The Streamline Union Pacific Train for high speed passenger service. This oil powered diesel electric locomotive is fitted with a 900 H.P twelve cylinder diesel engine

The threads of the railway timetable system. Arranging the running of the railway service, each section of the board represents one hour, which inturn is subdivided into five minute sections

Emigrants arriving at a train station in the Mid-West of Ame
Engraving showing a small group of immigrants, with boxes and bundles, arriving at Griggsville Station, in the Mid-West of the USA, 1886

The First Penny Post from England to America, 1908
Photographs and Illustrations showing the first mail service to operate between England and America for the price of a penny. At top left, photograph of the Royal Mail Van at Waterloo Station

Immigrants getting on trains at New York, 1886
Engraving showing immigrant families waiting to board a train at New York Cental Station, 1886. This train was bound for the Mid-West of America

Pakistan Bolan Pass
Looking down the pass which runs from Sibi to Quetta in Baluchistan : the British- built railway offers an alternative to the mule-train on the road

American Indian Country. A Manitoba Dog Train
Before the advent of horses, the American Indians used teams of dogs to pull carts for transporting goods

Immigrants arriving at Winnipeg, Canada, 1909
Photograph of crowds of immigrants arriving at the train station in Winnipeg, Canada, 1909. Winnipeg was at that time the chief distributing centre for Western Canada

Children on board a train off on a school trip
A day in the country; a childrens school treat in 1889

The dramatic position of two engines after colliding near Lu
A dramatic sight after two engines collided travelling near Ludhiana, India, resulting in 20 fatalities

Rus-Jap War / Hosp Train
Near Port Arthur, the Japanese fire on a Russian ambulance train

Social / Tech Progress 19C
Six scenes illustrating technological progress during Queen Victorias reign, including a steamship, a train, bicycles and street lighting

Armoured Train
Iron-car battery on the Philadelphia Railway

Fashions for 1878
Girl: lace edged tunic with a pleated insert set into the back. Women: purple floral dress with train & square neckline; 2 colour costume with simulated waistcoat

History of Fashion 1875
Elongated, bodice with front lacing, (applied also to the outer sleeves) over a double skirt with apron front. The puff or bustle at the back of the skirt is still discernible

USA Reno Station Nev
Travelers transferring from the train to coaches at the depot of the Central Pacific Railway

USA Sacramento
Street scene : traffic halts to allow a railway train to pass

Passenger Train
An early passenger train, showing guards seated on the roofs of each coach. Date: 1830s

Deer Hunt & Railway
A Check on the Railway Bank - huntsmen check their hounds as they try to pursue a deer across a railway line with a train approaching

The Civil War in America. Train with reinforcements for Gen
Hundreds of Confederate soldiers leap from the train, as it derails in the Mississippi forest

Confederate sharpshooters firing at a supply train, American
This lively and vivid sketch shows Confederate snipers attacking a Unionist wagon train, near the Tennessee River, 1863. The wagon train was trying to supply local Union troops

Belgian Factory
Etablissements & Charbonnages du Grand-Hornu, near Mons : a passenger train is passing in the foreground, and over on the right is a freight train carrying coal to the works

REDRUTH - 1907
Redruth Station, Cornwall

PADSTOW - 1907
Railway Bridge, Padstow, Cornwall

WATCHET - 1921
Watchet Harbour, West Somerset Date: 1921

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