Trans Collection

The RMS Olympic - White Star Line - sister ship of the ill-fated RMS Titanic. Many postcards have the incorrect ship depicted as the two were very similar

The Endurance
A cutaway view of the Endurance, the flagship of Ernest Shackletons Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, which began in 1914. Encountering pack ice, the ship became icebound in January 1915

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, polar explorer
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874 - 1922), Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer. Seen here at the age of 40 in windproof garments

Sir Ernest Shackleton and others, Antarctic
Sir Ernest Shackleton and three members of a polar exploration party, photographed within 111 miles of the South Pole in 1907-9 on board the Nimrod

Imperial Airways Poster, seaplane Scipio
Imperial Airways Poster, showing a diagrammatic drawing of the seaplane Scipio, one of the new Kent class, for use on the trans-Mediterranean service. 1931

Ernest Shackleton preparing for a trans-antarctic expedition
Sir Ernest Shackleton, dressed in kit suited to Antarctic conditions prior to his trans-Antarctic expedition in 1914

Czech armoured train 1918
A Czech armoured train (Orcik). These were used by the Czechoslovak Legion to control the trans-Siberian railway during the Russian Civil War

Algiers, Algeria - Waterfront Boulevards
Algiers, Algeria - Les Boulevards et les Coteaux (the slopes/ramps) de Mustapha Superieur. Date: circa 1920s

The R. M. S. Berengaria entering harbour
The R.M.S. Berengaria of the Cunard line (originally launched as the S.S. Imperator for the Hamburg-America line in 1912) entering harbour in the 1930s. It was scrapped in 1938. Date: 1930s

Millwall Docks, London
Taking aboard stores and special equipment for the commonwealth trans-antarctic expeditiion: the Canadian seal-catcher M.V

The Trans-Atlantic French ocean liner, SS Normandie
The 79, 000 ton Trans-Atlantic French ocean liner, SS Normandie. She was steam/electric driven (turbo/electric) - steam turbines drove electric generators that passed on the current to huge electric

Trans-Siberian Railway Terminus, Vladivostok, Russia
Trans-Siberian Railway, Vladivostok, Russia. In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, the port of Vladivostok in far eastern Russia was of great military importance for the Far Eastern Republic

SS Amerique being towed into Plymouth, Devon, 1874
Engraving showing the French Trans-Atlantic Companys steamship Amerique, which was one of the quickest trans-atlantic steamers of the time, 1874

Front cover design for a brochure for Liner RMS Mauretania
The attractive front cover design for a brochure for the Liner RMS Mauretania, designed by Leonard Peskett and built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson for the British Cunard Line. Date: 1922

The Long, Long Drift
Illustration by Raymond Sheppard to an article entitled: The Long, Long Drift by John Prebble, relating to the The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-17

Frank Wild (1873-1939)
Photographic portrait of Frank Wild, the British naval officer and explorer, London, c.1916. Wild had just returned to Britain following his role as second in command during Ernest Shackletons

Douglas DC-3S N1R (msn 4129) of the BROOKLYN DODGERS (Brooklyn National League Baseball Club), marked with Dodgers World Champions just behind the entry door

Lockheed L1049 Constellation Trans Canada, flying

Trans=Siberian Railway
Mounted soldiers at a crossing watch a train of the Trans- Siberian Railway steams through the snow

Rail / Break of Gauge
The break of gauge at Gloucester: the trans-shipment of goods from the broad gauge to the narrow gauge carriages

Caronia and Sisters
The Caronia. Carmania, Franconia and Laconia are sister passenger liners on the trans- Atlantic run

Andania, Alaunia
Passenger liners on the trans- Atlantic run

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJU John Roe (msn 47552 / Line Number640), first flown 19.08.71 and operated from new by Trans Australia Airlines

Steam train on the Trans-Siberian Railway, Russia. Date: circa 1900

Advert for Nord Lloyd
An advert for the Nord Lloyd (or Norddeutscher Lloyd) shipping line. Date: 1939

Poster, Ireland via Trans-Canada Air Lines Date: 1957

Poster, Orient Line Trans Pacific Date: circa 1955

de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter CF-UXE (msn 9), of Trans Australia Airlines, at the 1966 SBAC Farnborough Air Show, held from 5-11 September 1966 Date: 1966

Port Columbus, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Date: circa late 1930s

Boeing 767-231ER N601TW (msn 24564, line number 14, fleet number 16001), of Trans World Airlines, at Gatwick Airport in September 1997. Date: 1997

Curtiss C-46F Commando N69343 (ex 44-78579), of Trans Caribbean. Date: circa 1961

1943 Syria Trans-Jordanian Frontier Force TJFF regiment
1943 Syria - Trans-Jordan or Trans-Jordanian Frontier Force TJFF army regiment Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Munitions supply to Russia
Japan to the rescue! How our Far-Eastern ally supplies Russia with munitions 1915

Douglas B-26B Invader N202PP (msn 27847, ex 44-34568), of Purolator Products. 1945: Built as a Douglas A-26B-61-DL Invader for the United States Army Air Force, re-designated B-26B in 1948

Convair CV-240 N94264
Convair CV-240-0 N94264 (msn 137) of Trans Texas Airways (TTA). Date: 1963-1966

Hughes 300 EI-AOU of Trans World Helicopters at London Heathrow Airport. Date: circa 1968

Vickers 818 Viscount VH-TVR (msn 318) John Murray of Trans Australia Airlines ( Ta ) First flown in August 1958 and delivered to Cubana de Aviacion on 19 November 1959 as CU-T622; sold to Ta in

Douglas DC-8-61CF N8961T (msn 45902) of Trans International Airways. Date: 1970s

Douglas DC-3 N886Q. Delivered new to Trans World Airways as NC17324 in August 1937 and served until February 1952. Later became N8860, then N886Q, then to N57700. Note - Flags under cockpit

Douglas DC-1 N233Y (TWA fleet number 300) of Trans World Airways Date: circa 1935

Conroy Super Turbo Three N156WC. The second RR Dart powered conversion by Conroy was a surplus Douglas R4D-8-C-117D and was called the Super Turbo Three

Curtiss-Wright C-46D-15-CU Commando N95445 (msn 33477 - ex 44-78081) of Phenix Airlines. One of several irregular carriers which existed specifically for the purpose of transporting gamblers to

LONDON TRANS. TICKETS -1
London Transport bus tickets - 1d, 2d and 3d. Date: unknown

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJK (msn 47008 / Line Number98), first flown 24.01.67 and operated from new by Trans Australia Airlines. Sold in the US as N908AX to ABX Air on 08.01.83

McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 VH-TJO (msn 47326) of Trans Australia Airlines (Ta) Date: 1970-1980s

McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63F N4863T (msn 45951) of Trans International Airlines (registration cancelled 03-01-1972) Date: 1970s

Douglas Street, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - note the wonderful signage advertising the Hotel Metropolis and the (rather wonderful) Poodle Dog Cafe !! Date: circa 1940s

Building the Trans-Australian Railway - using a Camel Buggy Date: 1914

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