Boat Train Collection

Proposed Channel Railway Ferry: station and pier at Dover, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Proposed Channel Railway Ferry: station and pier at Dover, 1870. '...a steam railway-ferry from Dover to a point of the opposite French coast, near Cape Grisnez, [has been] proposed by Mr

The Channel Railway Ferry: sections of the proposed steam-boat, 1870. Creator: Unknown
The Channel Railway Ferry: sections of the proposed steam-boat, 1870. 'Mr. John Fowler, C.E. [has devised a plan] for the more expeditious conveyance of mails

A ship...to carry trains over sixty-five miles of open sea: the train-ferry "Deutschland", 1909
A ship that is to carry trains over sixty-five miles of open sea: the train-ferry "Deutschland", 1909.'The "Deutschland" is one of the four British-built train-ferries that are to carry trains

Route of the proposed Channel Railway Ferry, 1870. Creator: Unknown
Route of the proposed Channel Railway Ferry, 1870. Map showing '...the proposed harbours at Dover and Andrecelles [sic]...a point...south of Cape Grisnez and north of Ambleteuse

The Golden Arrow Service, Southern Railway, c1930. Creator: Unknown
The " Golden Arrow" Service, Southern Railway, c1930. The Golden Arrow luxury boat train ran between London and Dover on the south coast, where passengers took the ferry to Calais. Postcard

The S. R. Dover Boat Train, Hauled by Sir Gawain A King Arthur Type Locomotive, c1930
The S.R. Dover Boat Train, Hauled by " Sir Gawain" A King Arthur Type Locomotive, c1930. The well-known S.R. [Southern Railway] Dover Boat Train ascending Grosvenor Road Bank

Down Continental Pullman Limited Express, c1920s. Creator: Unknown
Down Continental Pullman Limited Express, c1920s. Southern Railway steam locomotive which took passengers to the coast for connection with ships to the Continent. Postcard

The Continental Boat Express, Southern Railway, c1920s. Creator: Unknown
The Continental Boat Express, Southern Railway, c1920s. Southern Railway steam locomotive which took passengers to the coast for connection with ships to the Continent. Postcard

Lord Nelson, one of the most powerful locomotives owned by the Southern Railway
" Lord Nelson", one of the most powerful locomotives owned by the Southern Railway, 1935-36. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 2"

The Golden Arrow, S. R. leaving Shakespeares Cliff, Dover, 1940
The Golden Arrow, S.R. leaving Shakespeares Cliff, Dover, 1940. The Golden Arrow was a luxury boat train of the Southern Railway and later British Railways

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