Train Collection (page 33)

Medal commemorating the centenary of the birth of George Stephenson, railway engineer, 1881
Medal commemorating the centenary of the birth of George Stephenson, British railway engineer (1781-1848), 1881. It shows the Rocket

Niagara Cast Iron Bridge, New York, USA, c1855-c1860
Niagara Cast Iron Bridge, New York, USA. The railway bridge connecting Canada and the USA across the Niagara River was engineered by John Augustus Roebling

Stephensons Rocket winning the Rainhill Trials, 14 October 1829 (1898). George Stephensons (1781-1848) locomotive Rocket winning the competition held at Rainhill, Merseyside

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

Locomotive emerging from the Kingwood Tunnel through the Alleghany Mountains, 1861
Locomotive emerging from the 4100 ft Kingwood Tunnel through the Alleghany Mountains, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. From The Illustrated London News, May 1861. Wood engraving

Prairie Fires of the Great West, USA, 1871. Artist: Currier and Ives
Prairie Fires of the Great West, USA, 1871. A locomotive with cowcatcher and headlamp hauls a passenger train across the prairie while buffalo stampede in the face of a huge fire

Train crossing Chat Moss, Lancashire, 1831. Artist: Henry Pyall
Train crossing Chat Moss, Lancashire, 1831. A large 12 square mile peat bog five miles west of Manchester, Chat Moss was considered unsuitable for the building of rail tracks

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

North American Indians attacking a train in Arizona, 1906
North American Indians who have left their Reservation, attacking a train on the South Pacific Railroad, Arizona. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 25 February, 1906

Japanese firing on Russian Red Cross train, Russo-Japanese War, 1904
Japanese firing on Russian Red Cross train on Trans-Siberian Railway carrying wounded to Port Arthur, Russo-Japanese War 1904-5. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 15 May 1904

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

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

Compartment on the Orient Express reserved for women, c1895. Wood engraving published in Leipzig

The Adventure of Silver Blaze, Holmes and Watson on train. Artist: Sidney E Paget
The Adventure of Silver Blaze: Holmes gave me a sketch of the events. Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson on train to Devon to investigate a murder and the disappearance of a famous racehorse

Casualty of the 2nd Boer War, 1899-1902. A wounded British officer in a railway carriage with his wife and daughter on the last lap of his journey home from South Africa

George Stephensons locomotive Rocket, c1875

Sunday morning on the Union Pacific Railroad, USA, 1875. Singing hymns and sacred songs around the Harmonium

Dining car on the Union Pacific Railroad, USA, 1870. From The Graphic, London, 1870

Opening of the Mont Cenis railway tunnel linking France and Switzerland, 1871
Opening of the Mont Cenis railway tunnel linking France and Switzerland: the inauguration train passing through, September 1871

The New North-West Passage, 1887. Artist: Joseph Swain
The New North-West Passage, 1887. Britannia points towards the Canadian train and says that no more will lives have to be lost, as were those of Franklin and his crew

Sisters of Mersey, 1886. Sir E Watkin had proposed a scheme for a Channel Tunnel but this had not been accepted. This cartoon illustrates the newly constructed Mersey Tunnel that connected Liverpool

Dr. Birch and His Young Friends, 1880. Artist: Joseph Swain
Dr. Birch and His Young Friends, 1880. Sir William Harcourt, the Liberal Home Secretary, prepares a birch labelled Juvenile Offenders Act

Likes His Moneys Worth, 1872. The discomforts of the night trains are highlighted in this cartoon. Bunks were not provided in second class and passengers had to find their comfort where they might

Patent First-Class Costume for the Collision Season, 1876. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Patent First-Class Costume for the Collision Season, 1876. Travel by train was a risky business in the 1870s and collisions were not uncommon

Tout Vient A Qui Sait Attendre, 1875. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Tout Vient A Qui Sait Attendre, 1875. Frightened passengers in the first-class compartment call to the guard, asking why the train has had to come to such a sudden halt

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 Pleasure Excursion - First-Class!, 1824. Artist: Joseph Swain
A Pleasure Excursion - First-Class!, 1824. A mixed group of passengers enjoy the comforts of first-class railway travel. The large gentleman in the top hat claims to be a director

Necessitas Non Habet Bye-Laws!, 1874. Artist: Charles Samuel Keene
Necessitas Non Habet Bye-Laws!, 1874. The perils of over-indulgence and mistaking the alarm bell for one that summons servants are illustrated in this cartoon about the gentleman travelling first

Poor Buffer, 1878. Artist: Joseph Swain
Poor Buffer, 1878. The Ameer of Afghanistan, holding a tiny shield and raised sword, straddles the buffers of a Russian steam train

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