Rail Collection (page 9)

Bridge Over The Avon
The Clifton suspension bridge, which spans the river Avon near Bristol, circa 1880. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was completed in 1864. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

WW1 - French 400 mm railway howitzer and artillery squadron
WW1 - Camo de mailly - French 400 mm railway howitzer and artillery squadron. The outbreak of the First World War caught the French with a shortage of heavy field artillery

Arrival of troop train by Fortunino Matania
Back for Christmas holidays: arrival of a troop train in London by Fortunino Matania. Scene in Victoria train station a few minutes after the arrival of a troop train bringing back British soldiers

Two Farewell to Steam trains were run by Briitsh Raill to mark the end of the steam
Two " Farewell to Steam" trains were run by Briitsh Raill to mark the end of the steam era on Southern Region. The Orient Line

The Bournemouth belle,s R All Pullman Luxary Train, London to Bournemouth passing through the New Forest 7 July 1931

Winchmore Hill railtrack in January 1947

The Mallard, the fastest train in the world

Stainless steel steam locomotive as challenger of diesel electrics. The new stainless steel steam locomotive has been introduced on the Burlington Railroad in America to battle with diesel electric

York station, June 1987. Platforms 10 and 11, showing an terminated intercity train and a Huddersfield bound Class 144 and Class 150 coupled together

Midland Railway Class 2 4-4-0 steam locomotive number 2192. Bullt by Sharp, Stewart and Co as 3802 in 1892. Rebuilt with H boiler in 1906 (as shown). Re no as 412 in 1907

Midland Railway Class 4, 4-4-0 steam locomotive number 998. Built Derby in April 1909. Renumbered as 808 in 1926. Withdrawn in February 1929

Midland Railway 4-4-0 steam locomotive number 1738. Built Derby in November 1885 1738. Renumbered as 358 in 1907. Withdrawn in July 1929

Midland Railway Class 3, 4-4-0 steam locomotive number 740. Built Derby in 1903 as 830. Renumbered as 740 in 1907. Withdrawn November 1949

Ipswich station, about 1911. View from Ranelagh Road Crossing signal box looking towards the main line. Branch to lower goods yard in foreground, locomotive coal wagons against stops

Liverpool Street station, about 1911. General view into station, suburban lines from platform 1 to 6 at right, local lines in centre foreground, the west side lines veer off to the left

Ipswich Upper Yard railway sidings, about 1911
Ipswich Upper Yard, looking south-east close to the goods transhipment shed. There is a Great Eastern Railway gas tank wagon and two unventilated vans on the right

York North Motive Power Depot. North Eastern Railway locomotive 2-2-4T no. 1679

York Carriage and Wagon Works. Interior view of the carriage building shop, with six Travelling Post Office carriages under construction. 1933

York station, London & North Eastern Railway. View from the south of a train leaving the station. The locomotive is ex-North Eastern Railway class R 4-4-0 no

London Victoria station, British Railways, January 1949
London Victoria station, British Railway. Part of the concourse showing the tea room in the central section of the station. 25 January 1949

Kings Cross station, British Railways, c1950s. The luxury Queen of Scots Pullman train arriving into Kings Cross station, hauled by a Class A3 engine, built by the London & North Eastern Railway

Streamlined Rock Island Rocket - American train
Streamlined Rock Island Rocket of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad - Innovative (and futuristic) American diesel-electric passenger locomotive design built by the Budd Company

New Street Station, Birmingham Date: 1906

Single track railway near Charter Towers Queensland Australia

Haverfordwest Railway Station, Pembrokeshire, South Wales
Passengers waiting for the 1040 to Paddington, on the up platform of Haverfordwest Railway Station in Pembrokeshire, South Wales

The Micheline - a train on pneumatic tyres
The Micheline - the first train on pneumatic tyres. In commercial use since 1931 - the birth of the Michelin Tyre. This example was run on the L.M.S. Line (Bletchley to Oxford) in 1932

Queen Victoria Goes by Train
Queen Victoria travelling by train in its early days, along the Royal route to Scotland on the Great Northern Railway. The Queens progress on these journeys was slow for she so disliked fast

The Great Western Railway terminus at Paddington Station
A view of the newly developed Paddington Station in London. It was designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel as the London terminus for the Great Western Railway

Aerial image of Battersea Power Station, an unused coal-fired power station on the south bank of the River Thames, Battersea, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Aerial image of entrance to The Channel Tunnel (Chunnel) (Eurotunnel), beneath the English Channel, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ipswich Shunting Yard
Steam goods trains at the busy shunting yard of Ipswich railway station, Suffolk, England

Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway at the Great Asulkan Glacier in the Canadian Rockies. The Glacier Hotel is beside the railway

Platform at Rugby railway station, Warwickshire, England
Down platform at Rugby railway station, Warwickshire, England. Date: 1894

Waterloo Railway Station, London 1912
The scene from the Waterloo Railway Station platform, London. Date: 1912

Wood engraving of Roelandt Saverys painting of the dodo
Painting of the dodo and other ducks, macaws and rail drawn from life by Dutch artist Roelandt Savery. Presented to the British Museum by George Edwards, 1759

Anglesey, c. 1925 (colour litho)
742353 Anglesey, c.1925 (colour litho) by King, Henry John Yeend (1855-1924); 102x125 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English, out of copyright

The Hejaz Railway at Zabadani, Damascus, Syria. circa 1910s

Islington and Highbury Station 1873
Exterior of Islington and Highbury Station, North London Railway. Date: 1873

UK, Scotland, Edinburgh
Scotland, Edinburgh, Forth Rail Bridge, South Queensferry

Great Northern and City (Electric) Railway - Finsbury Park
Great Northern and City (Electric) Railway (London Underground) - Finsbury Park - Platform Number 1. This line opened on 14th February 1904

The Landing Jetty - Port Elizabeth, South Africa Date: circa 1905

Railway Station at New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada
The Intercolonial Railway of Canada (ICR) Station at New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, Canada Date: circa 1910s

The Fast Mail by Lincoln J. Carter. First produced in England at Rochdale on 26th December 1891 and at the Grand Theatre, Islington, London on 27th June 1892

Newcastle upon Tyne Railway Crossing - Castle - Tyne Bridge
Newcastle upon Tyne Railway Crossing (then the largest crossing of its type in the world) Newcastle Castle and distant misty view of the Tyne Bridge (which opened in 1928). Date: circa 1930

The Empire Builder, the majestic streamlined Diesel-Electric makes its way through Glacier National Park in the Rockies from Seattle to Chicago USA, Date: late 1930s

The Beard and Moustache Movement, John Leech
The Beard and Moustache Movement, cartoon in Punch by John Leech commenting on the fashion for large beards. Railway Guard: Now, ma am, is this your luggage

Woman police officer Kathleen Saville, London, WW2
Woman police officer Kathleen Saville (joined January 1940), on duty in London during the Second World War, seen here at a railway station helping a group of child evacuees find their train

Loco Old Coppernob
The Furness Railways locomotive no 3, known as Old Coppernob - no prizes for guessing why, though the prominent boiler must have impeded the drivers vision. Date: 1846

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