Railway Worker Collection (page 2)

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]

Railway line near Wandsworth Station, London, 1838. Artist: JR Jobbins
Railway line near Wandsworth Station, London, 1838. View showing navvies working on the line. Possibly the Surrey Iron Railway, a narrow guage railway that opened in 1805

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

Repairing a railway track, Charing Cross Bridge, London, 20th century. The bridge is officially known as Hungerford Bridge. It carries trains over the Thames in and out of Charing Cross Station

Work, c1910. Artist: James Akerman
Work, c1910. From The Fitzroy Pictures, published by George Bell & Sons, London, c1910

Final adjustments to a rail truck hauling coal from Lynemouth Colliery, Northumberland, 1963. The colliery opened in 1927 and eventually closed in 1994

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]

Monster festival for railway employes at Crewe, 1861. Banqueting tables full of workers at Crewe, one of the main interchanges, and the home of many railway employees

Construction work on the Trans-Siberian Railway, USSR, 1929. Found in the collection of the Russian State Film and Photo Archive, Krasnogorsk

Riot by railroad workers at Martinsburg on the Baltimore-Ohio Railroad, USA, 1877
Riot by Baltimore-Ohio Railroad workers at Martinsburg, West Virginia, USA, 1877. The riot occurred after workers went on strike because the company cut their wages

Midlands and Great Western Railway (Ireland) 2-4-0 locomotive Rob Roy, 1873. Built by Neilson & Co of Glasgow

Riot by railway workers at Martinsbury on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, August, 1877. Workers went on strike when the Company cut their wages. Wood engraving

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, North America. Ladder of inclines over Boardtree Hill which allowed two carriages at a time from a full train to be shunted up an over the hill

Central Pacific Railraod in the Sierra Nevada mountains, c1875
Central Pacific Railraod in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Train cheered by railroad workers, including Chinese labourers. Wood engraving c1875

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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