Trains Collection (page 13)

Earl of Lanesborough with his model railway
Denis Anthony Brian Butler, 9th Earl of Lanesborough (28 October 1918 27 December 1998), Irish aristocrat pictured with the large model-railway he had set up in his home, Swithland Hall

Scene in Santa Cruz Mountains, California, USA
Scene with train on the Southern Pacific Railroad in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California, USA. Date: circa 1930

Trains with searchlights
Meeting of two locomotives equipped trains with electric lanterns. Date: 1903

Midland Railway Station, Gloucester. Date: circa 1905

Railway strike 1911: Affecting holiday crowds
Strikes causing massive disruptions for holiday makers leaving and entering London. Crowds of people escaping from London trying Margate steamers at London Bridge

Fun on the Midland
Promotional postcard for Fun on the Midland, a revue show by Dick Thomas and Lincoln Taylor. Thomas and Taylor toured with this music hall act in the early twentieth century

See India advert - Imperial Indian Mail train
See India advertisement from the Indian Railways Bureau. From Bombay to Calcutta the Imperial Indian Mail runs its weekly journey carrying first class passengers only with their servants. Date: 1935

Electric Train Bridge over Taunton River, Massachusetts, USA
Electric Train Bridge over the Taunton River at Fall River, Massachusetts, USA Date: circa 1908

Victorian Scrap, steam engine. circa 1880s

The Port Baikal loading installations
A view of the installations at Port Baikal for loading/boarding the icebreaker Baikal. Trains were loaded on a track that led through the gantry at the left

Tyler railway station, Minnesota, USA, with a large crowd of people meeting trains of the Chicago and North Western Line, 9 July 1908. Date: 1908

Hammond railway station, Minnesota, USA, on the Chicago and North Western Line. Date: circa 1914

Band playing at Hammond railway station, Minnesota, USA
A band playing on the platform of Hammond railway station, Minnesota, USA, with the arrival of a Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul train. Date: circa 1914

Advertisement, Great Rock Island Route, Chicago, USA
Advertisement for the Great Rock Island Route, Chicago, USA, with a map of railway routes in the Chicago area. Date: 1885

People riding on a miniature steam train
Adults and children riding on a miniature steam train with a British flag on the front. Date: circa 1950s

Steam engine Fishbourne of the Southern Railway, named after Fishbourne on the Isle of Wight. Date: circa 1930s

Steam engine and carriages at a coastal station
Steam engine and carriages pulling out of a coastal station, with the sea and a ship on the right. Date: circa 1930s

People with miniature steam train
People with a miniature steam train on a raised track. Date: circa 1930s

Children on miniature train at seaside
Children riding on a miniature steam train at a seaside resort. Date: circa 1930s

Steam engine and carriages on a railway track. Date: circa 1930s

Children gathered around a miniature train
Children gathered around a miniature steam train. Date: circa 1930s

The West Bottoms, Kansas City, Missouri, USA
View of the West Bottoms, an industrial area in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Date: 1905

Railway station, Englewood, New Jersey, USA
Railway station at Englewood, New Jersey, USA. circa 1905

Opening of the East Indian Railway
The opening of the East Indian Railway, showing the Burdwan Station. The huge railway line connected Calcutta, Delhi and Lahore. Date: 3rd February 1855

View of the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Aerial view of the State of Louisiana Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, USA, showing the public cotton warehouses and terminal, with trains and ships. Date: circa 1910s

Bystander masthead 1929, playing with train set
Bystander masthead illustrated by Alfred Leete showing a mother and father rather taking over a little boys train set. Date: 1929

Inside of a post office-wagon (1854). Illustration published in the magazine La Ilustraci󮧮 Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

Steam train arriving at a station at the beginning of 19th c. Illustration by Lluis Bargall󮠗 atercolour

Travel to Scotland by West Coast route
Travel to Scotland by the West Coast route. Euston to the boarders in six hours, luxurious luncheon dining and sleeping cars. Date: 1909

The Channel Tunnel - hints to builders, Heath Robinson
An unaccountable delay in the Channel Tunnel. A hold up due to the hook on a line belonging to a fisherman in a boat above the surface - unforeseen problems with the Channel Tunnel imagined by

The Channel Tunnel - hints to engine drivers, Heath Robinson
Heroic endeavour of an engine-driver to stop a leak. An engine driver sticks his head in a hole threatening to flood the Channel Tunnel - a humorous scenario envisaged by William Heath Robinson

South of England excursion flyer and timetable
Flyer and timetable advertising a cheap 8 or 15 days excursion to the South of England on Friday 24th May travelling by Lancashire and Yorkshire and Great Northern Railways

Christmas Leave by A. C. Michael, WW1
Scene on the platform of a British railway station as a troop train arrives bringing with it officers and men back from the Front for a period of leave over Christmas. Date: 1916

Arrival of Christmas leave trains at Victoria, WW1
A crowded scene at Victoria train station, London, showing the arrival of numerous servicemen home on leave for Christmas during the First World War

Sir R Bulkeley, Vanity Fair, Spy
Thomas George Shaughnessy, 1st Baron Shaughnessy (1853 1923), American-born Canadian railway administrator who rose from modest beginnings as a clerk and bookkeeper for the Milwaukee and St

Frank Ree
Sir Frank Ree (? - 1914), British railway manager, General Manager of the London and North Western Railway and the North London Railway from 1909. He was made a knight bachelor in 1913

Central Station and River Tunnel, Detroit, Michigan, USA
Michigan Central Station and entrance to Detroit River Tunnel, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Date: 1913

Present Day Types - the Straphanger by Arthur Watts
A gentleman in a top hat and smoking a pipe tries to keep his balance on a London Underground train by hanging onto one of the overhead straps whille holding his umbrella

Bunyola, Mallorca, Spain, - Old Train Palma
Bunyola, Mallorca, Spain. Train journey running from the centre of Palma, travelling through a small town of Port de Soller. Date: 2013

The Leave Train, WW1
Troops arriving (or possibly departing) at an unidentified London rail station during the First World War. Numerous women and family members stand on the platform bidding farewell

The Trench train, Victoria station, WW1
Moving scenes at Victoria railway station as British soldiers and officers, bound for the Front, bid farewell to their loved ones. 1915

Train with snow plough at Blue Canyon, California
The rotary snow plough at Blue Canyon, California(Southern Pacific Railway).The plough is nearly 10 foot in diametre, and is pushed by a powerful freight train. Date: c. 1930s

On the Leave Train by Bruce Bairnsfather
On the " Leave" Train You will never quite realise how closely we are bound to our French ally until you have had the good fortune to travel on one of those " leave" trains - six

The Outflanking Machine by Heath Robinson
In this Heath Robinson cartoon, we have the steady advance of a bayonet wall bearing down on the German flank. This time, however, the bayonets are carried by a simple train engine

The Southern Railway engine, Lord Nelson, 850, which gave its name to this class of engines, named after famous admirals. The Lord Nelson is the only preserved engine of this class. Date: c.1926

LNERs Queen of Scots
The London and North Eastern Railways Queen of Scots No. 2549 Pullman car express, pictured here entering a tunnel

Stephensons Rocket with a George V class engine
An interesting comparison: a full sized model of Stephensons Rocket(originally built in 1829), alongside an engine of the George the Fifth class(construction of which ceased in 1915)

The Flying Scotsman cleaned
A wash and brush up for steam locomotive No. 2545, the Flying Scotsman

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