Trains Collection (page 6)

London Bridge, terminus 1843
London Bridge Terminus of the South-Eastern, Greenwich, Brighton, and Croydon Railways, Date: 1843

Kings Cross railway station, London
Arrival of steam engine in Kings Cross, railway station, London. Date: 19th century

Kings Cross Railway Station, goods shed 1853
The view of the goods shed at Kings Cross Railway Station. Workers loading goods into the boats. Date: 1853

Terminus of the Great Northern Railway, Kings Cross 1852
View of the terminus of the Great Northern Railway, Kings Cross, London. Date: 1852

Kings Cross, departure of the Scotch Express
Kings Cross Railway Station, departure of the Scotch Express. London. Date: 19th century

A Sohere suggestion for meeting increasing congestion
Illustration suggesting the need for specially constructed motor-ways to help ease increasing traffic congestion in 1924. The drawing accompanies an article by R. P

How a railway train is propelled -- two diagrams of a locomotive engine, showing firebox, boiler, smoke box, steam chamber, cylinder and piston, safety valves, steam whistle and feed pipe. Date: 1841

The Biggest Banquet Scotland Ever Saw
Diagrammatic drawing giving an impression of the huge quantities of food and drink transported from London by the firm J. Lyons to Aberdeen to cater for a great banquet given by Lord Strathcona to 2

Miniature Railway, Marine Lake, Rhyl, North Wales
Holidaymakers enjoying a ride on the Miniature Railway, Marine Lake, Rhyl, North Wales. Date: 1937

Busy station scene, Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada
Busy station scene at Digby, Nova Scotia, Canada, with the arrival of the Flying Bluenose train. Date: circa 1910

Railroad station, St Leonards, New Brunswick, Canada
Canadian Pacific Railroad station, St Leonards, New Brunswick, Canada, with a horse-drawn carriage belonging to the Van Buren Hotel in the foreground. Date: circa 1910s

Llandrindod Wells railway station, Powys, Wales, with the Euston Express West coast Royal Mail train approaching, and people waiting on the far platform. Date: circa 1904

Advert, Neilson Reid & Co, Locomotive Trains, Glasgow
Advert for Neilson Reid & Co, Locomotive Trains, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Trains
Painting of steam engine and railway workers mending track. Artist: Leonhard Sandrock (German, 1867-1945) Date: circa 1890

Concourse, Chicago & Northwestern Terminal, Illinois, USA
Train concourse, Chicago & Northwestern Passenger Terminal, Chicago, Illinois, USA, looking towards the Clinton Street exit. Date: circa 1912

Advert, Hurst, Nelson & Co Ltd, Motherwell, Scotland
Advert for Hurst, Nelson & Co Ltd, builders of Railway Train Carriages and Wagons, Motherwell, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Neilson Reid & Co, Glasgow, Scotland
Advert, Neilson Reid & Co, Glasgow, and Walter Macfarlane & Co, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

School boy trainspotters
A group of school boys from Reigate Grammar School on a school trip to Nine Elms locomotive depot c.1948 standing on a platform next to a large steam engine. Date: 1948

Platforms and trains at Victoria Station, London. Date: early 20th century

Platform 10, King Cross Station, London
The Flying Scotsman just before 10 am (according to the clock) on Platform 10, King Cross Station, London. Date: 1920s

Soldier guarding GWR railway line at Slough
Soldier guarding the GWR railway line at Slough, 30 September 1919. 1919

Llyweln locomotive 8, Vale of Rheidol Railway, Wales
Llyweln locomotive 8, pulling carriages, Vale of Rheidol Railway, Wales. Date: 1950s

Henry M Flagler Streamliner train approaching Miami, USA
Henry M Flagler Streamliner train approaching Miami, Florida, USA. Date: circa 1939

Union Pacific Railway, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Union Pacific Railway Yards and Shops, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Date: 1920s

Hop-picking season in Kent 1901
Summer months were very popular for going to Kent for the annual hop-picking season. People would come from miles around to spend the summer months sleeping in primitive camps for two or three weeks

Miniature railroad, Dreamland, Coney Island, New York, USA
People riding on the miniature railroad, Dreamland, Coney Island, New York, USA. Date: circa 1905

Underground railroad, Brooklyn Bridge Terminal, New York
Underground railroad and Brooklyn Bridge Terminal, New York, USA. Date: circa 1905

Metropolitan L over Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Metropolitan L (elevated railroad) over Lake Street, Chicago, Illinois, USA. circa 1915

Union Loop, Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Union Loop, looking down Wabash Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1915

Kings Cross underground station 1868
Junction of the Midland, Great Northern, and Metropolitan railways at Kings Cross. Part of new work being carried out between Kings Cross and Farringdon Road in 1868. 1868

Metropolitan Extension under construction 1864
Metropolitan Extension Railway under construction at Smithfield, London. 1864

Entrance to the Clerkenwell tunnel from Farringdon Street, London, on the Metropolitan line, Great Northern Railway. 1860s

Trial-trip on the Underground Railway 1862
Dignitaries taking a ride on the first underground train on the Metropolitan Railway line, waving their hats in the air as they ride on a wooden steam locomotive between Paddington and Farrinton

Widening of Cannon Street Bridge, London 1926
Cannon Street Station was being widened in order to allow the construction of two new lines of railway track and new system of electrical signalling Date: 1926

Arranging railway timetables, 1908
An ingenious system of threads used by railway timetable planners to secure the perfect working of a great railway system in 1909. This was achieved by stretching threads across a board

Cutting sixty miles of tunnel in Paris
Cross-section of plans for the tunnel extension to the Paris Metro under the Paris Opera House 1903

The new tunnel under the Seine
Plans for the extension to the Paris Metro beneath the River Seine 1905

Metropolitan railway and Fleet Ditch 1862
Engraving from the foot of Frederick Street, Grays Inn Road, at its junction with Bagnigge Wells Road. of a portion of the works in progress for this vast undertaking. 1862

Resuming work after Great Railway Strike, Portsmouth
Resuming work after the Great Railway Strike, Portsmouth Station. 1919

Modes of travelling in India. Clockwise from top left: tramps; hindu pilgrim; travelling beggar; charry dawk; an ekha; the East Indian railway; a bhylie; camel caravan; palky dawk; and in the centre

Loaded freight train in the Illinois tunnel system, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 1907

Hotels on wheels by the Midland Railway, 1893
Hotels on wheels, by the Midland Railway. Interior of a first class dining carriage, showing portion of saloon with smoking room; and third class interior. Page 1 of 2. Date: 1893

By electric train to Brighton, 1932
By electric to Brighton, 1932. Feature on travelling by electric train. Date: 1932

The Workmans Train. Interior of a third class carriage running workers from the suburbs of London into the city centre. The illustration related to a feature in the same issue of The Illustrated

British enterprise in railway travelling: the salon de luxe, 1904 Date: 1904

Luxurious Hotels on Wheels, G. N. R. ad, 1907
Page of The Tatler with advert for the G.N.R. Luxurious Hotels on Wheels, 1907 Date: 1907

Travel by train to the Edinburgh International Festival
Page of adverts in the Illustrated London News, 1949, including for British Rail - travel by train to the Edinburgh International Festival - for Rolls-Royce and Prices Energol

Adverts including for The Flying Scotsman
Page of adverts in The Bystander, including for the Anglo-American Bridge Match with Ely Cuthbertsons own comments in the News Chronicle the next day;

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