Compartment Collection (page 5)

Snow sheds in the Cascade Mountains, c1916. Artist: Asahel Curtis
Snow sheds in the Cascade Mountains, c1916. From Souvenir Folder, The Switzerland of America, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington. [Lowman & Hanford Co. Seattle]

Some cheerful wounded from the Neuve Chapelle fighting, wearing captured German helmets, 1915. The Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10-13 March 1915) was a British offensive in the Artois region of France

Viaducto da EF Ingleza, 1895. Artist: Paulo Kowalsky
Viaducto da E. F. Ingleza, 1895. From Sao Paulo by Gustavo Koenigswald. [S. Paulo, 1895]

Cannon Street Station - Night, 1891. Artist: William Luker
Cannon Street Station - Night, 1891. Cannon Street, [4] also known as London Cannon Street, is a central London railway terminus

Alto da Serra: Petropolis - Leopoldina Railway, 1914. From The Beautiful Rio De Janeiro by Alured Gray Bell. [William Heinemann, London, 1914]

Back to the trenches from Victoria Station, London, 1915. Soldiers who have been home for a day or two on leave saying good-bye to their friends. From The Manchester Guardian History of the War, Vol

Explosion at Cairo Railway Station: Bursting of Shells and Ammunition, c1882-85
Explosion at Cairo Railway Station: Bursting of Shells and Ammunition, c1880. Episode of the Anglo-Egyptian War (1882). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. IV, by James Grant

The Railway Station, 1862, (1917). Artist: William Powell Frith
The Railway Station, 1862, (1917). Painting held at the Royal Holloway, University of London, London. From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J. Bibby & Sons, Liverpool, 1917]

Saloon car on the Orient Express, c1895. Wood engraving published Leipzig. (Colorised black and white print)

Non-Stop, 1919. Artist: Frederick Henry Townsend
Non-Stop, 1919. This illustration was featured in Punch magazine, 1919. From The Studio Volume 68. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1916]

Army recruits off to join up, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

Scene of the Terrible Railway Disaster at Salisbury, 1906. The Salisbury rail crash of 1 July 1906, occurred when a London

Wounded English troops on their way to a base hospital, c1914. From The Manchester Guardian: History of the War, Vol. I.-1914-15. 1915

A woman ticket inspector at work, c1914. A women ticket inspector, London Bridge Station, London, May 1915. Many men had gone off to fight in the First World War

Lord Beaconsfield and Lord Salisbury at Charing Cross Railway Station, 1896
Arrival of Lord Beaconsfield (1804-1881) and Lord Salisbury (1830-1903) at Charing Cross Railway Station, 1875. From The Life and Times of The Right Honourable The Marquis of Salisbury, K.G

Soldiers of the Wiltshire Rifles boarding a train, Cape Town, South Africa, World War I, c1915. Wiltshire Rifles back from Windhoek entrain at Cape Town for depot to re-volunteer for East Africa

On His Way to His Own Country For the Last Time, King Edwards Return From Biarritz, 1910. King Edward VII returned to London on 27th April 1910, suffering from severe bronchitis

Lifting wounded soldiers onto a hospital train, East Africa, World War I, 1914-1918. Stereoscopic card detail

Louis Bleriot, pioneering French aviator, 1909. Bleriot (1872-1936) made his fortune through manufacturing acetylene headlamps for motor cars but he is famous for being the first person to fly across

Sunday on the Union Pacific Railway, USA, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, 20th March 1875

Signing of the Armistice to end the First World War, 11 November 1918 (1935). French Military and British Naval representatives outside the railway carriage in Compiegne in which the Armistice was

Leon Trotsky arriving for peace negotiations with the Germans, Brest-Litovsk, 7 January 1918. Trotsky led the Russian delegation at the negotiations

Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich, Russian First World War general, 16-17 March 1917. Grand Duke Nikolai (1856-1929) was Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army when the First World War broke out in

Return of Colonel Marchand to China, 1902. Jean-Baptiste Marchand (1863-1934) was a French soldier and African explorer. He fought in China in the Boxer Rebellion (1900)

Musicians of the French Republican Guard, Turin, Italy, 1902. Artist: Yrondy
Musicians of the French Republican Guard, Turin, Italy, 1902. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 20th July 1902

General Pendezecs diplomatic mission to Russia, 1903. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 13th September 1903

English people visiting the Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. Exposition Universelle of 1900 was a worlds fair held in Paris, France

Russian cavalry heading into Mandchourie, China, 1900. Artist: Eugene Damblans
Russian cavalry heading into Mandchourie, China, 1900. Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese rebellion from November 1899 to September 7, 1901, against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics

Departure of the Madagascans, Universal Exhibition of 1900, Paris, 1900. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 21st October 1900

Railway accident, Munchenstein, Switzerland, 14th July 1891. An iron girder bridge collapses as a crowded passenger train passes over it, 71 dead, 171 injured

Armed robbery in the East, 1891. Artist: Henri Meyer
Armed robbery in the East, 1891. A print from a supplement to the Le Petit Journal, 20th June 1891

Palace Hotel Car, Union Pacific Railroad, c1870. Artist: A R Ward
Palace Hotel Car, Union Pacific Railroad, c1870. A black waiter serves customers on board a train. Illustration from Adventures of America, 1857-1900, by John A Kouwenhoven

Various systems of railroads, Zermatt, Switzerland, c1900. French advertising for Liebig Extract of Meat. Private Collection

Electric Tramway, 19th century. Private Collection

Broadway Limited, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1927

German soldiers awaiting transportation in a railway station in the Paris suburbs, August 1940
German Wehrmacht unit awaiting transportation in a railway station in the Paris suburbs, August 1940

Honour to Agneta Frances Ramsay! Cambridge, June, 1887. Artist: George du Maurier
Honour to Agneta Frances Ramsay! Cambridge, June, 1887. Mr Punch bows to Agneta Frances Ramsay who sat, and passed with First Class Honours, the papers set

The Railway Carriage Companys works, Oldbury, West Midlands, 1869. The forge, showing the mass production of components at about 40 identical forges

Part of a French railway wagon-lit (sleeping car), 1890. Showing accommodation by day and night and (centre) the lavatory

Pullman drawing room car on the Midland Railway, England, 1876. The Midland Railway was formed in 1844 as an amalgamation of the North Midland, Midland Counties and Birmingham & Junction Railways

Underground Railway, Leningrad, 1970s. Artist: CM Dixon
Underground Railway, Leningrad, 1970s. Saint Petersburg Metro has been open since 15 November 1955 and is one of the deepest metro systems in the world

Underground Railway, Leningrad, c1970s. Artist: CM Dixon
Underground Railway, Leningrad, c1970s. Saint Petersburg Metro has been open since 15 November 1955 and is one of the deepest metro systems in the world

Scene from The Adventure of the Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1893. Artist: Sidney E Paget
Scene from The Adventure of the Final Problem by Arthur Conan Doyle, 1893. Illustration by Sidney E Paget, the first artist to draw Sherlock Holmes

Local residents supplying refreshments to soldiers evacuated from Dunkirk, World War II, 1940. After the dramatic German advance through the Low Countries and France in May 1940

Girl on her way to starting work in domestic service, 1884. Artist: Marian Gardiner
Girl on her way to starting work in domestic service, 1884. A country girl in a railway carriage leaving home for the first time to go into service as a maid in a city

Passengers on a London to Glasgow train, 1884. Top: as it should be (comfortable and well-ordered). Bottom: as it is (crowded and smoky)

Pullman sleeping car on the Union Pacific Railroad, c1869. Wood engraving

Sleeping compartment on the Orient Express, c1895. Wood engraving published Leipzig

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