Images Dated 12th July 2017 (page 2)

American Signal Box Int
The interior of a signal box using Saxby and Farmers system of switches and signals. The standing man shifts the levers, his colleague uses the telegraph. Date: 1875

Charles Balloon Lands
The unmanned gas-filled balloon flies from the Champ de Mars, Paris, to Gonzesse, where it is attacked by peasants who know a device of the Devil when they see one. Date: 27 August 1783

Charles Balloon Leaves
The unmanned balloon with inflammable Air drawn from Iron by a Vitriolic Acid soars from the Champ de Mars, Paris, to Gonzesse where it will be attacked by peasants. Date: 27 August 1783

Charles Balloon Soars
The unmanned balloon with inflammable Air drawn from Iron by a Vitriolic Acid rises from the Champ de Mars, Paris : landing at Gonzesse it will be attacked by peasants. Date: 27 August 1783

Inflating Charles Ballon
The balloon is filled with inflammable Air drawn from Iron by means of a Vitriolic Acid; it will make an unmanned flight from the Champ de Mars to Gonzesse. Date: 27 August 1783

Victoria Station 1960S
An incredibly packed Victoria Station, London, with passengers waiting with their luggage and keeping an eye on the train arrivals and departures notice boards. Date: late 1960s

Berlin Blue Biplane 1932
The Berlin Blue passenger biplane, whose route was Paris - Lyons - Marseilles. Date: 1932

French Dining Car - 2
Rail passengers in France enjoy a meal in the wagon restaurant. Date: 1881

London Bridge Station B
Inside the Brighton and South Coasts ticket office at London Bridge station. Date: 1903

Rail Accident London
Crowds gather to watch workmen as they start to clear up the wreckage after an accident at Camden Road on the North London Railway. Date: 1864

Stopping in the Snow
A train halts on a Scottish moor when the water goes off the boil, lowering pressure to the point where it is insuf- -ficient to turn the wheels. Passengers must be patient. Date: 1876

Welsh Rail Ticket
LLANFAIRPWLLGWYNGYLLGOGER- YCHWYRNDROBWLLLLANTYSILIO- GOGOGOCH The station with the longest name is in Wales Date: 1970s

Laying Railway Track 30S
Workmen laying a railway track Date: 1930s

Euston Station 1950
People wait for their trains at Euston station Date: 26 September 1950

Funicular / Paris 1930S
The famous funicular of Montmartre, Paris, shortly before its demolition for being too slow.The background shows the Church of the Sacred Heart. Date: 1930s

AIRSHIP: LA FRANCE / 1884
La France : built by Renard & Krebs; the first electric powered airship. Date: 12th September 1884

Mrs. Cody / Aviator
wife of Samuel Franklin Cody. Became the first woman to fly in England at Laffins Plain, Aldershot, Hampshire, here modelling the latest fashions Date: 1909

First Class / India / 1894
A first class compartment on the train to Bikanir. Date: 1894

Algerian Rail Station
ALGERIA : the station at Hussein-Dey (named after the Dey Hussein of Algiers) on the Blida line. Date: 1862

Station in Eritrea
ERITREA : station at Otumlo, near Massawa in Italian Eritrea. Date: 1895

Pietermaritzburg Rail
SOUTH AFRICA : the first train arrives in Pietermaritzburg, on the line from Durban. Date: 1881

Rail Travel in India
Rail travel in India is very comfortable - for Europeans, with native servants to polish their boots, sustain them with coffee, and keep their hookah in good nick... Date: circa 1860

Madras Railway Opens
The opening of the Madras Railway in southern India, European ladies in crinolines and a bishop to bless it on one side of the tracks, mutinous natives on the other. Date: 1856

Train Stopped by Snow
A passenger train of the Ligne du Midi is stopped by snow between Lesignan and Mons, and the unfortunate passengers have to make their way across the snow to safety. Date: 1865

Head-On Collision
Two trains of the Ligne du Nord meet face to face near Arras, with distressing consequences for the coaches and wagons, though the two locomotives survive ! Date: 1864

Rail Crash Near Belper
Near Belper, Derbyshire, a goods train goes off the rails at a bridge, the wagons go down the embankment and pile up on the riverbed. Date: November 1859

Rail Crash Kentish Town
On the Hampstead Junction Railway, a train goes off the rails and down the embankment at Kentish Town in north London. Date: 1861

Station at Napoli
The railway station at Napoli (Naples): evidently in sunny Italy they see no reason to roof the station ! No platforms, either. Date: 1863

GUARD (1860S)
The guard stands on the platform, raising his left arm and blowing his whistle, informing the driver that the train may leave. Date: circa 1860

Driver Peers Ahead
The driver peers ahead from his open footplate which gives him only minimum protection from rain and wind, hail and snow. Date: 1888

Open Footplate by Day
Bearded driver and young stoker on the open footplate : the caption reads Safety is of the Lord but our driver prudently keeps his hand on the brake-handle. Date: 1860s

Train Stopped by Snow
A night train stopped by snow - workers clear the drift by the lights from the locomotive. Date: 1854

Train in Bad Weather
Fallen branches halt a train, and a telegraph pole leans dangerously, during a severe gale. Date: 1884

Bricklayers Arms Stn
The newly completed Bricklayers Arms station is the terminus of the South Eastern Railway, whose trains are not yet able to cross the river into central London. Date: 1844

Blackfriars Station
The terminus of the London, Chatham and Dover Railway is at first known as Ludgate Hill Station. Date: 1863

Charles Green. Balloon
Charles Green pilots a scientific flight from Vauxhall Gardens, with Nicklin, Welsh & Adie Date: 1852

De Groofs Fatal Crash
DE GROOFs device is launched from a balloon over Cremorne Gardens, London. Unfortunately, something goes terribly wrong, and he plunges fatally to the ground. Date: 9 July 1874

Le Bourget Airport
The embarkation area at Le Bourget, the principal airport for Paris : a Buffet caters for travellers needs. Date: 1932

Air-Sea Kite Device
A combination of raft and kite, this device should be able to take you anywhere so long as theres a wind and that its blowing in the direction you want to go. Date: circa 1890

Maillots Kite
French experimenter Maillot demonstrates that a kite can be made which will lift a man off the ground. Date: 1886

De Sandervals Project
De Sandervals project : the engraving shows him in a state of suspension - did he ever get it off the ground ? Date: 1873

Sage Air Advert
Advertisement for the English aircraft manufacturer, Frederick Sage, featuring a seaplane. Date: 1914

Reconnaissance Balloons
Rodeks observation balloon for the German Army reduces weight by dispensing with the basket, but the observer might feel over-exposed, and become uncomfortable after a while. Date: 1895

Charvins Aeroscaphe
Charvins ambitious design for the Societe Francaises des Aeroscaphes has propellors at each end as well as rotors on the side for steering. Date: 1864

Balloons at Bath
Two balloons fly above the abbey, Bath. Date: 1991

View from Balloon 1790S
A View from a Balloon above the clouds, seen by Mr Baldwin Date: 1790s

Cattaneos Rocket Plane
Italian pilot Cattaneo tests his rocket-powered monoplane. Date: 1932

Rail Accident Beckenham
Wreckage from the rail accident near Beckenham, on the London, Chatham and Dover railway line Date: 1866

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