Railway Staff Collection (page 2)

Uniform vest and trousers owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas, ca. 1920
A Pullman Porter uniform owned by Robert Jackson Thomas. Being a Pullman porter was one of the jobs that helped build the black middle class in America

Uniform owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas, ca. 1920
A Pullman Porter uniform jacket and trousers owned by Robert Jackson Thomas. Being a Pullman porter was one of the jobs that helped build the black middle class in America

Uniform cap owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas, ca. 1920
A Pullman Porter uniform cap owned by Robert Jackson Thomas. Being a Pullman porter was one of the jobs that helped build the black middle class in America

Shoehorn carried by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas, ca. 1920. Creator: Unknown
Metal shoehorn with one end flat while the other end is concave. One end of the tool has the word " DOBSON" imprinted on the one side

Tunnel signal - "All right", 1844. Creator: Unknown
Tunnel signal - " All right", 1844. Top-hatted railway worker signalling to a steam locomotive with a flag. From " Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol V

Railroad Wipers, Late 1850s. Creator: Unknown
Railroad Wipers, Late 1850s

Bull Run. Orange and Alexandria R. R. near Union Mills, 1861-65
Bull Run. Orange and Alexandria R.R. near Union Mills, 1861-65. Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady

Mind Your Points, 1867, (1945). Creator: Unknown
" Mind Your Points", 1867, (1945). Railway worker operating a set of points, a mechanical installation enabling trains to be guided from one track to another, such as at a junction

A London and North Eastern Mixed Engine Engine with Smoke-Box Opened, c1930. Creator: Unknown
A London and North Eastern Mixed Engine Engine with Smoke-Box Opened, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co

The Lord Nelson, Southern Railway, c1930. Creator: Unknown
The " Lord Nelson, " Southern Railway, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

A Great Western Knight Mounted For The Inspection Of Public School Boys
A Great Western " Knight" Mounted For The Inspection Of Public School Boys Visiting Swindon, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding

A Wash and Brush Up for the Flying Scotsman. c1930. Creator: Unknown
A Wash and Brush Up for the " Flying Scotsman". c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

Two of a Trade, c1930. Creator: Unknown
Two of a Trade, c1930. From " The Wonder Book of Engineering Wonders", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne]

A Greathead Shield: Excavating a Tube Tunnel, 1930. Creator: Unknown
A Greathead Shield: Excavating a Tube Tunnel, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

Traffic Controllers Office, London Underground Railways, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Traffic Controllers Office, London Underground Railways, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

Interior of a Great Western Booking-Office, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Interior of a Great Western Booking-Office, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

Electrically Equipped Train Kitchen, London and North Eastern Railway, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Electrically Equipped Train Kitchen, London and North Eastern Railway, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co

The Southern Belle (Southern Railway), 1930. Creator: Unknown
The " Southern Belle" (Southern Railway), 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

Overhead Electric Parcel Carrier, Victoria Station, Manchester, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Overhead Electric Parcel Carrier, Victoria Station, Manchester, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

The Wonderful Trans-Andine Railway, 1930. Creator: ENA
The Wonderful Trans-Andine Railway, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

A Manual Box on the Great Western Main Line, Reading, 1930. Creator: Unknown
A Manual Box on the Great Western Main Line, Reading, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

Deepening the Water-Troughs, 1930. Creator: Unknown
Deepening the Water-Troughs, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

A Pacific Engine Picking Up Water at the Rate of 2, 500 Gallons in Ten Seconds - London
A " Pacific" Engine Picking Up Water at the Rate of 2, 500 Gallons in Ten Seconds - London and North Eastern Railway, 1930

The Night Mall, 1930. Creator: William Newenham Montague Orpen
The Night Mall, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co. Limited, London and Melbourne, 1930]

Track-Laying Machine, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Track-Laying Machine, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

A Moving Staircase, 1922. Creator: Unknown
A Moving Staircase, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

A Bridge of Signals, 1922. Creator: Unknown
A Bridge of Signals, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

Keeping the Tunnels Clean, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Keeping the Tunnels Clean, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

Making A Railway Carriage, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Making A Railway Carriage, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

The Railway Strike - Meeting on Tower Hill, 1919, 1920. Artist: CRW Nevinson
The Railway Strike - Meeting on Tower Hill, 1919, 1920. From Londoners Then and Now As Pictured By Their Contemporaries, edited by Geoffrey Holme. [The Studio Ltd. London, 1920]

The Guard of 1852 and The Guard of 1832, 1852. Artist: J Harris
The Guard of 1852 and The Guard of 1832, 1852; showing a comparison between a train guard and a coach guard. The phenomenal growth and popularity of the railways between the 1830s

Warehouses &c at the end of the Tunnel towards Wapping, London, c1831. Artist
Warehouses etc at the end of the Tunnel towards Wapping, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with plates of the Coaches, Machines

Inside a Greathead Tunnelling Shield, 1926. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

Testing A Miniature Atlantic Engine at Northampton, 1926. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

On the Footplate of a Great Western Express Engine, 1926. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

A Steam Excavator at Work on the Edgware Tube Extension, 1926. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

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

Left Luggage, 1876. Artist: Joseph Swain
Left Luggage, 1876. Disraeli, the Conservative Prime Minister, stands with all his luggage on a railway platform. As the current session of parliament came to an end for the Summer Recess

Railway Responsability, 1874. Artist: Joseph Swain
Railway Responsability, 1874. Mr Punch tells a fat railway director that his train operators - seen in the background amidst the buffers

A Hitch, 1874. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
A Hitch, 1874. The traffic manager receives with annoyance the station masters report. There was growing disquiet at the number of accidents that happened each year on Britains railway network

War Memorial Locomotive, Remembrance, Brighton Section, Southern Railway, 1930
War Memorial Locomotive, " Remembrance, " Brighton Section, Southern Railway, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co

Enlarging Tunnels on the City and South London Railway, Shoowing New and Old Diameters, 1930. From " The Wonder Book of Railways", edited by Harry Golding. [Ward, Lock & Co

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