Great Northern Railway Collection

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: the scene on Saturday night, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, near Huntingdon: working parties removing the injured, from a sketch by Mr. Gompertz, a passenger, 1876

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train, 1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: raising an engine from the wrecked train, 1876. On 21 January 1876, the Edinburgh-London Special Scotch Express was involved in a collision

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: general view of the scene of the accident, 1876. Creator: Crane
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, Huntingdon: general view of the scene of the accident, 1876. On 21 January 1876, the Edinburgh-London Special Scotch Express was involved in a collision

The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, near Huntingdon...1876. Creator: Unknown
The Railway Accident at Abbotts Ripton, near Huntingdon: working parties removing the injured, from a sketch by Mr. Gompertz, a passenger, 1876

James Jerome Hill, President - Great Northern Railway - Before Stanley Committee, 1911. Creator: Harris & Ewing
James Jerome Hill, President - Great Northern Railway - Before Stanley Committee, 1911. [Canadian-American railway entrepreneur and businessman]

The Line at Peterborough, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Line at Peterborough, [in Cambridgeshire], 1850. Steam train crossing the railway bridge over the river at Peterborough on the London-York section of the Great Northern Railway

The Welwyn Viaduct, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Welwyn Viaduct, [Hertfordshire], 1850. Railway bridge on the London-York section of the Great Northern Railway. At Welwyn the train stopped for some time

The Station at Huntingdon, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Station at Huntingdon, [now in Cambridgeshire], 1850. Crowds on the London-York section of the Great Northern Railway

The route of the Alaska excursion steamers, 1891. Creator: Charles Sumner Fee
The route of the Alaska excursion steamers, 1891. This map, published in 1891, shows the excursion steamship routes from Seattle

Timber Viaduct on the Darlington and Newcastle Railway, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Timber Viaduct on the Darlington and Newcastle Railway, 1844. Railway bridge over the River Sherbourne. The value of timber viaducts

A Fine Mixed Traffic Type, Great Northern Railway, c1930. Creator: Unknown
A Fine " Mixed Traffic" Type, Great Northern Railway, c1930. From " The Splendid Book of Locomotives", by C. Gibbard Jackson. [Sampson Low, Marston Co Ltd London, c1930]

Three American businessmen, 1900s. James J Hill (1838-1916) of the Great Northern and Pacific Railroad, Charles Steele of JP Morgan and George F Baker (1840-1931) of the First National Bank

The Iron Horse Past and Present, c1900. The development of the railway locomotive from George Stephensons Rocket of 1829, through North Star which worked on the Great Western Railway 1836-1870

The Rival Curtii, 1858. Above the new cutting in the heart of the countryside, two rival railway companies, dressed as gladiators

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