Train Collection (page 95)

Train of Tomorrow
The railway train of tomorrow will be totally streamlined for greater speed and economy

Evening Dress / Oct 1803
Yellow gown with round neckline worn with matching turban & slippers. A light blue gown & white tunic with a divided front cut away at the sides and ending in a train. Date: 1803

Camel Train Cross Sahara
A camel train is silhouetted on the horizon of the Sahara desert

Wwi / French Troops Rest
French troops, being transported by train, break their journey with a refreshment stop at a railway station

Wwi / Germans Return Home
German prisoners of war disembark a train on their return home after the war

Family & Train Set
A young father and mother play with a train set with their two young sons and one daughter

Coming home Again
A mother and her children interrupt their work in the fields to wave at a train of soldiers returning from the war

Foch accepts German surrender
Marshall Foch studies the terms of the German surrender in a railway carriage at Compiegne

Train in China 1886
The first French railway in China, a Decauville line from Tientsin to Tsching-Yang, is admired by the Chinese authorities

Train Picks up Mail
North-bound train at speed picking up mail bags : the south-bound one is pretty much the same, only in the other direction

French Mail Train 1909
The wagon-poste of a French mail train : the bureau ambulant (mobile sorting office)

Crossing the Plains 1869
A wagon train makes its way across the Great Plains towards where the sun is sinking splendidly in the west

Rep on Platform
A elegant commercial traveller stands waiting as a train moves along the platform

First German Train
NUREMBERG - FURTH RAILWAY Spectators wave as the first railway train in Germany makes its first journey

Liverpool Manchestr Rail
THE LIVERPOOL - MANCHESTER RAILWAY : the departure of the worlds first passenger train, drawn by Stephensons Rocket and with rolling stock resembling road carriages

Skeens River, Canada
A train of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway passes through the Cascade Mountains alongside the Skeens River

FLAMME PACIFIC
The journey from Brussels to Ostend is brief, and runs over flat terrain : yet this locomotive - the Flamme Pacifique - is the most powerful in Europe

Train Takes up Water
A locomotive of the Great Northern Railway taking up water - an essential part of steam engine operation

Protecting Rail, Canada
A train emerges from a rail shed, timber-built to withstand even an avalanche

Forth Bridge
A passenger train can cross the Forth Bridge while maintaining a speed of 90 km/h. Completed in 1890, it is one of the engineering triumphs of its time

Rail in Fraser Canyon
A passenger train of the Canadian Pacific Railway passes through the Grand Canyon of the Fraser River - a remarkable engineering feat

Pink & Blue Dress 1878
Grey-blue dress with V neck, central panel ornamented with horizontal straps, the sleeves & upper bodice with tassels & a white chemise with stand up collar with a ruffle edge

Pink & Black Dress 1878
Pink princess dress: jacket bodice ornamented with black embroidery, cuffs & hem bordered in black with buttons. A black vandyked band applied to the skirt

Great Eastern Loco 1901
Great Eastern Railway express locomotive no 1000, Claud Hamilton

Great Northern Loco
Great Northern Railway, single express locomotive Number One

Toy Train on Beach
Children playing with a toy train set on the beach

Boy Holding Toy Engine
A small boy standing on the seat of a chair holding a toy train

Belgians Leave Antwerp
The Belgian Army is forced to evacuate Antwerp, overwhelmed by the German advance : at Maldeghem, near Bruges, a train carrying infantry crosses a column of cavalry

Plane Hits Train
An RAF fighter flies too low over the London to Manchester express, hits the roof of the restaurant coach : it comes down in a nearby field, but without serious damage

New York Subway / 1909
A Train-despatcher

Airship Mail Project
AIR MAIL : a scheme to pick up mail by airship from a moving train is tested in Illinois, but does not seem to have proved practicable

MENs COATS 1943
Two men off to catch a train wear coats in window pane check wool, trilby hats and trousers with turn-ups. One man carries his wire-haired fox terrier in a zip-up bag

Rail / Parkside / 1830
LIVERPOOL - MANCHESTER RAILWAY A locomotive takes in water at Parkside station

Victorias Rail Carriage
Queen Victoria travelling in the south of France: the drawing room car of her railway carriage

Baker Street Station
A train arrives at Baker Street station, on the Metropolitan Line : the high roof is needed because the first trains are pulled by steam locomotives

Metro - Crowd
In a crowded coach You can put your gloves on again, dear this is our station !

Metro - Palais Royal
A train at Palais Royal station in the heart of Paris. The coaches are made of varnished wood, highly flammable - leading to serious accidents in years to come

Trial Trip, Underground
A successful trial trip on the Metropolitan Railway : the train - drawn by a steam locomotive - is about to enter Portland Road station, near Euston

Workmens Train Baker St
The scene at Baker Street underground station, seven years after the opening of the Metropolitan Line; the Workmens special train carried men to work at special low fares

Train V Diligence
The Iron Horse replaces the horse-drawn diligence

Pullman Limited Express
The Pullman Limited of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

Greenwich Railway 1836
LONDON-GREENWICH LINE Elevated on either arches or embankment throughout most of its length, the line passes St Jamess church, Bermondsey, as well as gardens

Rail / Uk / Accident Cartoon
Muddleby Junction - a confused pointsman tries to remember which line the fast approaching express train is travelling on

Chiffon Frocks 1929
Pretty chiffon frocks: rose print with flounces from shoulder to hem, blossom print with pleated skirt & hanging scarf ends, chrysanthemum print with train & cape back

Evening Modes for 1929
A device to lengthen hemlines: the train of this grey princess-shaped gown, also a velvet bridge coat with ruffle trim, a lace gown & a green gown with double bolero corsage

Society of Rail Servants
A wonderfully illustrated commemorative certificate, conferring the rail workers of Market Rasen into membership of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants

Coach and Train
A coach rolls peacefully along the road - but in the distance is the train which will soon put the stagecoach out of business

Rocket Train Project
This is German inventor Max Valiers magnetic rail car project of 1932, but given a face-lift by the American publisher. It sounds great in principle, but

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