Railway Collection (page 23)

Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Creator
Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Steam locomotive in the 2-mile sandstone railway cutting which opened in 1830

The Excursion Train Galop, sheet music cover, c1860, (1945). Creator: Unknown
" The Excursion Train Galop", sheet music cover, c1860, (1945). Third Class Travel, c. 1845 : railway passengers in open-air carriages, cover to a piece of music composed by Frank Musgrave

Harpers Ferry by Moonlight, 1872. Creator: Robert Hinshelwood
Harpers Ferry by Moonlight, 1872. View of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA, a town situated on the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers

Cuban Soldiers (?)... June 23rd, Spanish-American War, June 1898, (1899). Creator: Burr McIntosh
Cuban Soldiers (?) beside Ruins of Roundhouse, Morning of June 23rd, Spanish-American War, June 1898, (1899). A group of men posing in front of steam locomotives

Stephensons (1833) Locomotive, (1887). Creator: Unknown
Stephensons (1833) Locomotive, (1887). Diagram showing fire box, smoke box, steam head, boiler, wheels and flanges etc. The Patentee steam locomotive was introduced by pioneering British railway

St. Paul, from Daytons Bluff, 1874. Creator: Nathaniel Orr
St. Paul, from Daytons Bluff, 1874. Steamboats on the Mississippi at Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA....Daytons Bluff, on the east side of St

Sketch Map of the Valley of the Aisne above Soissons, 1914, (c1920). Creator: Unknown
Sketch Map of the Valley of the Aisne above Soissons, 1914, (c1920). Part of northern France, showing Laon and Rheims, at the start of the First World War

Queen Victorias first train journey, from Slough to Paddington, June 13, 1842, (1901). Victoria (1819-1901) travelled on the Great Western Railway from Slough in Berkshire to Paddington in London

King George V and Queen Mary... British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, London, 1925, (1935)
King George V and Queen Mary riding on a model railway at the British Empire Exhibition, Wembley, London, 9 May 1925, (1935). George V (1865-1936) and Mary of Teck (1867-1953) on a miniature train

The rebuilding of Waterloo Bridge, London, 1934, (1935). Creator: Unknown
The rebuilding of Waterloo Bridge, London, 1934, (1935). London County Council demolished the old bridge which was damaged, and commissioned a new structure designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott

The Flying Scotsman... non-stop run between Kings Cross and Newcastle, 11 July 1927, (1935)
The Flying Scotsman making a non-stop run between Kings Cross and Newcastle, 11 July 1927, (1935). In 1927, the LNER (London & North Eastern Railway)

Surpris Par Un Express, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Surprised by an express train, 1929. Surpris Par Un Express. A steam locomotive bears down on people taken unawares. Back cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre". [France, 17 November 1929]

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 L. N. E. R. Mikado Locomotive, . Creator: Unknown
The L.N.E.R. Mikado" Locomotive, early 20th century. London & North Eastern Railway 2.8.2. steam locomotive and tender. Postcard

The Flying Scotsman, famous locomotive No. 4472, leaving Kings Cross, 1935
The " Flying Scotsman", famous locomotive No. 4472, leaving the L.N.E.R.s London terminus at Kings Cross with a night express for the north, 1935

Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (International Sleeping-Car Company), 1927. Private Collection

The Queens Carriage, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Queens Carriage, 1922. Queen Marys bedroom on the Royal Train. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

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

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

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

Uncle Toms Cabin tea stall, Wandsworth Road, London, 1909
Uncle Toms Cabin tea stall, 394b Wandsworth Road, London, 1909. Customers stand at a corner tea and coffee stall under the railway bridge

The loop at Agony Point at Tindharia on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, 1880s. The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is a narrow gauge line connecting Siliguri and Darjeeling

The logo of the Compagnie internationale des Wagons-lits et des Grands Express Europeens, c. 1940. Private Collection

The Flying Scotsman Passing Hadley Wood, L. N. E. R. 1926
The Flying Scotsman Passing Hadley Wood, L.N.E.R. 1926. From a photograph by F. E. Mackay. From My Railway Book, No. 40, by Cecil J. Allen. [John F. Shaw & Co. Ltd. London, 1926]

Coronation Scot Express, L. M. S. R. 1938
Coronation Scot Express, L.M.S.R. 1938. From Willss Cigarettes - Speed: A Series of 50 [W. D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol, 1938]

Bristolian Express, G. W. R. 1938
Bristolian Express, G.W.R. 1938. From Willss Cigarettes - Speed: A Series of 50 [W. D. & H.O. Wills, Bristol, 1938]

Canteen piece, 1941. Artist: Cecil Beaton
Canteen piece, 1941. A soldier orders a cup of tea in the forces canteen at Victoria Station. The soldier pictured was the butler of a close friend of the photographer Cecil Beaton

The Grand Duke Michael of Russia leaving Ballater Station, 1900
The Grand Duke Michael of Russia leaving Ballater Station on a visit to the Queen At Balmoral, 1900. From Black & White Budget, Vol. III. [The Black and White Publishing Company, J P

Bombay-Poona Mail, Great Indian Peninsula Railway, c1900. Mumbai-Pune Mail (started as Bombay-Poona Mail) was a luxurious train on the Mumbai-Pune section by the Great Indian Peninsula Railway

Coronation Express L. N. E. R. 1940
Coronation Express L.N.E.R. 1940. A streamlined express passenger train which ran between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley

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

Cock O The North Locomotive, L. N. E. R. in the Highlands, 1940
Cock O The North Locomotive, L.N.E.R. in the Highlands, 1940. From Trains of Today. [Juvenile Productions Ltd. London, 1940]

Charleroi, 1911, (1914). Artist: Joseph Pennell
Charleroi, 1911, (1914). From King Alberts Book. [The Daily Telegraph, London, 1914]

Locomotion no 1, built for the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VII

View of the Caterham Railway, Surrey, c1850s. Artist: E Evans
View of the Caterham Railway, Surrey, c1850s. Showing a station and hotel. The Caterham Railway opened in 1856, running between Purley and Caterham

Mr Stephenson putting in the last rivet, 1886. From Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts, Mechanical and Chemical, Manufactures, Mining, and Engineering, volume I

Early railway Coaches, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, England, 1831, (c1900-1920). The first steam locomotives with three different classes of railway travel

The iron and steel works at Barrow, c1880. A print from Great Industries of Great Britain, Volume I, published by Cassell Petter and Galpin, (London, Paris, New York, c1880)

Viaduct on the Baltimore & Washington Railroad, c1838. Artist: Henry Adlard
Viaduct on the Baltimore & Washington Railroad, c1838. Illustration after a painting by William Henry Bartlett (1809-1854) who visited the United States in the 1830s

Moscow, Underground, c1970s. Artist: CM Dixon
Moscow, Underground, c1970s. Opened in 1935, the Moscow Metro is a rapid transit system serving Moscow, Russia and the neighbouring Moscow Oblast towns of Krasnogorsk, Reutov and Kotelniki

Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831. Top: goods train drawn by the locomotive Liverpool. Bottom: cattle train drawn by the locomotive Fury

Medal commemorating the building of the Britannia Tubular Bridge, North Wales, c1850. The Britannia Tubular Bridge was designed by Robert Stephenson (1803-1859)

The Express Train, USA, 1870. Artist: Currier and Ives
The Express Train, USA, 1870. A locomotive with a cowcatcher hauls a train through a cutting

The East Coast, Ideal for Golfing, Great Eastern Railway poster, early 1920s. Artist: John Hassall
The East Coast, Ideal for Golfing, Great Eastern Railway poster, early 1920s. This poster is in the style of John Hassall and was issued to promote travel to the east coast of Scotland

The Country in the Future, 1876. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
The Country in the Future, 1876. A gentleman who has retired to the country tells his city gentleman visitor about the peace and quiet of his new surroundings

Mr. Charles Gilpin, M.P. for Northampton, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Charles Gilpin, M.P. for Northampton, 1858. British Quaker, orator, politician, publisher and railway director. From "Illustrated London News", 1858

Captain Huish, Late General Manager of the North-Western Railway, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Captain Huish, Late General Manager of the North-Western Railway, 1858. Engraving from a photograph by Mayall. As soon as the Captain's intention to resign was communicated to the directors

The Elevated at One Hundred and Tenth Street, New York City, c1900. Creator: Unknown
The Elevated at One Hundred and Tenth Street, New York City, c1900

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