Engines Collection (#9)

Railway engine driver and fireman Victorian period Date: 19th century

Milnsbridge Traction Engines early 1900s

Worthingtons Brewery, Burton on Trent

Doncaster Railway Station

Breda-Zappata BZ. 308 MM61802
Aeronautica Militare Italiana - Breda-Zappata BZ.308 MM61802, seen during ground-runs - testing of the Bristol Centaurus engines, circa July 1948

Daimler R. I (G. I) 478/15
Daimler R.I (G.I) 478/15, a four-engined bomber in the R (Riesenflugzeug) category, at Sindelfingen in Autumn 1915. (Originally designated G.I in the Grossflugzeug category)

Wallis and Steevens Steam Roller ACG 760 Mallard
Wallis and Steevens Advance-class steam roller ACG 760 Mallard (msn 8096), built 1935, at the Peterborough Steam rally on 26 August 1973

WW2 - Engines Urgently Needed
A photograph which shows a row of empty passenger locomotive trains. Date: circa 1944

WW2 - Handley Page Halifax Engines
A photograph which shows two of the four engines of a Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber, relative to a true to life novel, Seven Pilots written by Charles Patrick Ranke Graves. Date: 1942

WW2 - R. A. F. Engine Assembly
A photograph of some British WW2 Royal Air Force trainees assembling engines. Date: circa 1940s

WW2 - Sunderland Flying Boats
A photograph taken by engines of a British WW2 Short Sunderland flying boat, providing a view of other aircraft of the type, flying over the channel. Date: circa 1940s

American Helicopter XA-5 Top Sergeant
The American Helicopter XA-5 Top Sergeant having one of its AJ 8.75in rotor-tip mounted pulse-jet engines started, using an external compressed air source. Date: 1949

Burrell General Purpose Traction Engine PW 6287 Firefly number 4032, with 7nhp single-cylinder Engine, built in 1925. Seen at York on 16 May 1971

Garrett Showman's Tractor number 33987 The Leader BJ 5597, built in 1920. Converted from a Garrett 4nhp 5 ton General Purpose engine. Seen at Newark on 12 June 1971

8x Douglas DB-7A Havoc II aircraft awaiting delivery
Royal Air Force - Douglas DB-7A Havoc II intruder aircraft lined up at the factory before delivery. The nearest aircraft is AH433, the fourth production aircraft

English Electric Canberra PR. 9 WH793
English Electric Canberra PR.9 WH793 (msn EE-242), the prototype PR.9, at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show from 3-9 September 1956

Handley Page Sapphire-Hastings TE583. The second Hastings prototype fitted with Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire turbojet engines in the outer engine nacelles for in-flight engine testing. Date: 1950

Handley Page HPR. 7 Dart-Herald G-AODE
Handley Page HPR.7 Dart-Herald G-AODE (msn 1), the first prototype Herald, seen during a photo-shoot rendezvous with an HP Victor

Cunard Line, QE2 turbine blade limited edition
Cunard Line, QE2 turbine blade. In 1986 the Queen Elizabeth 2 underwent a £90 million refit that marked the end of her life as a steamship as her turbine engines were replaced by a diesel

HMS Mutine
Royal Navy - HMS Mutine, a turbine-powered Algerine-class minesweeper, pictured on 1 May 1958 whilst on the reserve at Chatham

The Engineer, three bound volumes, 1910-1911
The Engineer, three bound volumes CXI from January to June 1910, July to December 1910 and January to June 1911, including in supplement Olympic launch, page 209 Olympic fitting-out

Advert, Vickers Viscount, BEA
Advert, Vickers Viscount Airplane flown by British European Airways, with Rolls Royce engines Date: 1954

King George V inspection of Danton
King George inspection the battleship Danton (French war ship in Malta). She was the first ship in the fleet with turbine engines. The king is seen in the centre with soldiers on either side

Medieval war machine. Catapult. Parabolic motion machine, used to launch long-distance projectiles. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Ballista. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration
Ancient Age. Ballista or bolt thrower, ancient missile weapon. Engraving. Museo Militar, 1883. Later colouration. Date: 2019

Taurus, fishing boat

Advert for Rolls-Royce, emphasising the success of their aero engines, as used in Spitfires and Hurricanes. Date: 1940

Advertisement for Armstrong Siddeley cars, showing woman standing by a car in front of a grand house. Mono photograph, with colour borders

The Motor Picture Book, Fire Engines Past and Present Date: 1930

McDonnell Douglas F-4E Phantom 67-0223
United States Air Force (USAF) - McDonnell Douglas F-4E-34-MC Phantom 67-0223 (msn 2875, base code GA'), on the flight line at George Air Force Base

Messerschmitt Me 262A T2-4012 - White 9
Messerschmitt Me 262A-1a/U3 T2-4012 / White 9 (W.Nr.500453), at the Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, CA. (currently, 2021, under restoration to fly using original Jumo 004 engines). Date: circa 1980

Four Bristol engines of Imperial Airways Airliner Scylla Date: 1938

Advert, A W Gamage Ltd, Holborn, London, Steam Engines and Model Railway Trains Date: 1908

Vickers Viscount 708 G-ARIR (msn 36), of DAN-Air having number 1 and number 4 engines replaced, at Castle Donington-East Midlands Airport, in May 1972. (DAN-Air - Davies & Newman Airways). Date: 1972

Boeing E-4B 75-0125
United States Air Force - Boeing E-4B 75-0125 (msn 20949), of the 1st Airborne Command and Control Squadron, at Offutt Air Force Base, in Nebraska, on 8 July 1979

Nord Aviation N 500 Cadet (msn 001), at the Paris Air Show held at Le Bourget in June 1967, with airshow serial 344'. In 1966 Nord (later part of Aerospatiale) built two Cadets

Hawker Siddeley HS. 125 Series 1 G-ARYC
Hawker Siddeley HS.125 Series 1 G-ARYC (msn 25003), of Bristol Siddeley Engines, at Luqa International Airport - RAF Luqa, in May 1965. Date: 1965

The Royal Yacht Victoria and Albert at Southport
The Royal Yacht (HMY) Victoria and Albert at Southport. The yacht was designed by the Chief Constructor of the Royal Navy Sir William White, launched in 1899 and ready for service in 1901

Beech-SFERMA 60A Marquis F-BKOP (msn 9), at RAF St. Mawgan / Newquay Airport, in May 1966. (The Marquis were Beechcraft Barons re-engined with Turbomeca Astazou turboprop engines)

Beech-SFERMA 60A Marquis F-BJSJ (msn 3), of Europ-Assistance, at Birmingham-Elmdon Airport in January 1964. (The Marquis were Beechcraft Barons re-engined with Turbomeca Astazou turboprop engines)

Daimler-Benz DB 721, 2200hp turboprop engine
Daimler-Benz DB 721 (a.k.a. PTL 10), experimental turboprop engine, one of a trio of experimental gas turbine engines designed and built by Mercedes-Benz in the 1950s and 1960s. Date: circa 1980

Westland WG. 13 Lynx G-BEAD
Westland WG.13 Lynx G-BEAD (msn WA00-001, ex XW835), of Westland Helicopters Limited, at the SBAC Farnborough Air Show, held between 5-12 September 1976

Britten-Norman BN-2A-27 Islander G-AVUB (msn 9), of the Hants & Sussex Aero Club at RAF St. Mawgan during July 1968. (AVUB was used for trials on board the aircraft carrier HMS Hermes)

Engine test of machinery by Lawrence Hathaway, Member of IMechE, at his Trinity Pumps Company, Gobowen. The company produced floating pumps which were first used in fire engines and then cars

Coventry Climax Engines (L Hathaway Ltd) fire engine, where Laurence Hathaway worked during Second World War [WWII]. Hathaway's company produced floating pumps which were first used in fire

One of the eight engines built under contract by the North British Locomotive Company, Ltd, being shipped aboard the M.V Beldis. Date: 1933

Longitudinal section of the Great Eastern Steam Ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. To be launched on 3 November 1857 but there was major logistical issues. Date: 1857

The Best Friend of Charleston, from The History of Our Country, published 1905 (litho)
2657619 The Best Friend of Charleston, from The History of Our Country, published 1905 (litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

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