National Railway Museum Collection (#9)

View looking North West towards St Ives station, with the Huntingdon branch to left, St Ives Junction signal box centre top and March line to the right. The river Ouse is in full flood

Nelson station, London Midland and Scottish Railway (formerly Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway), 1929
Nelson, London Midland and Scottish Railway (formerly Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway). Horses and carts loaded with cartons from covered wagons carrying a special consignment of Victory-V gums for

Low Moor station. Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway, 1 November 1906. View of two through platforms and a terminating trains platform. Train is in the right of the photo

Halifax station, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. View of the entrance to the booking office from the station approach. There are suspended gas lights under the canopy. 13 December 1913

Looking south towards London at Audley End Junction. Line in foreground branch running line, leading to branch platform behind camera. Empty coal wagons on main line down refuge

Newmarket Warren Hill station looking east, taken from tunnel mouth. The station was opened in 1855 for race traffic only. Signal box in the distance

Newmarket, west end of the 1902 station. Through lines diverted to the south and down platform, and buildings built on site. Refreshment room on right of building

West end of the 1902 station at Newmarket. Through lines diverted to the south and down platform, and buildings built on site. Refreshment room on right of building

Newmarket, through station completed in 1902, taken from the east end of the platform. Station signal box at the end of the platform, and cattle pens in the distance

Newmarket, through station built in 1902, taken from the east end of the platform. Station signal box at the end of the platform, and cattle pens in the distance

View looking east from signal post at Dunmow Station, about 1911. Station Road underbridge between sets of buffer stops. Point rodding on independent bridge supports. Great Eastern Horse box in spur

View west over Dunmow station railway yard, taken from ground level

View west over Dunmow station and yard from sky signal. At top left is the goods shed. Chelmsford Road is in the background; goods yard in centre

Looking west from signal post at Felstead railway yard. A Hasler & Clapham seed merchant shed can be seen on the left. There is a Great Eastern Railway 10-ton box van, number 4699

View looking west at Burnt Mill station showing the level crossing and signal box. At left is a small water tank, possibly for domestic supply. Up siding on the right beyond the station building

Harlow station, view looking west. Note the gas works left centre served by a turntable from down siding

View looking west through Harlow station. Passenger train on down refuge siding. The end carriage is a composite hearse vehicle for carrying coffins

Harlow station, view looking West showing down platform, up refuge siding on right. The inclined way behind the fence gives access to the footbridge

Bishops Stortford, view north at London Bridge over the railway line. End of up platform can be seen beyond the bridge. Line on extreme left serves maltings (later a timber yard)

Bishops Stortford station, looking South from North signal box. Showing water column to the down line

Bishops Stortford station, looking south from station approach road. North Station building on right foreground, station covered footbridge leading to No 2 London Road Booking office

Bishops Stortford station, taken from the footbridge looking North. Main station building on left, two water tanks beyond. North signal box centre distance beyond of down platform

Bishops Stortford station, view south from just beyond the end of the down platform. Island platform on left. Sleeper boarding between tracks to aid horse shunting

Bishops Stortford station, looking South. Up island platforms on left. Up end of down platform. South station building up side beyond canopy

Mildenhall, view into terminal station, goods shed, with border of roses on the left. The 50ft turntable to the right of the signal box, end loading dock is behind the platform

Mildenhall, view west from the station towards goods shed. At right is a signal post

Mildenhall, overlooking the approaches to the station from the foot of the signal box. At the right is a J&H Girling, Peterborough, coal wagon and two Midland wagons loaded with animal bones

View into station from the South, taken from steps of public footbridge. Main buildings and station masters house on up side at right, permanent way dept sheds on left

South end of station, from passengers footbridge, looking towards Marks Tey. Base of junction signal box visible beneath public footpath bridge, peak roofed lime wagons stand on private siding

Ely, at north end of station. Station North signal box by level crossing, underbridge passes beneath the end of down platform

Ely West Junction signal box stands on the Ely to March mainline, a refuge siding joins the main up line left of the box. In the foreground is the Ely avoiding line

Ely Dock JunctionTaken from the front of Dock Junction signal box. The main line south to Cambridge is in the foreground, headshunt to Ely station yard on the extreme right

Ely, view North from station starter signal, overlooking level crossing and Station North signal box. On the left are coal sheds

Ely North Junction between Kings Lynn main line, at left and Norwich mainline. Adelaide signal is in the left background

View looking North from Ely Dock Junction box. Line to extreme right to Ely dock. Goods shed behind signal box in foreground

Ely station, general view of the station approaches. Corrugated iron clad engine shed and timber-built coal stage on the right. Station South signal box in the centre

Ely station, view north into the station. Engine shed on the right, Station South signal box in the centre at the end of the island platform.Carriage storage sidings adjoin

On the Ely to March mainline, West Junction signal box in centre background. The Ely avoiding line join main line from the left

Ely station, looking southwards from station south box. Engine shed is to the left, water tower beyond. Goods sheds on right, upper floor was headquarters of Sack Superintendant and store

Ely station. The down platform from the Station South signal box, with the goods and coal yard on the left. Horse boxes in dock behind the platform fence; Great Eastern Railway brake 3rd

Ely, looking South from Station South signal box towards Cambridge. Engine shed on left
Ely station, 1911 Ely, looking South from Station South signal box towards Cambridge. Engine shed on left, engine beyond is on 55ft turntable

Express Passenger Engine No. 563, built 1893, at Locomotion, The National Railway Museum at Shildon, County Durham, England, United Kingdom, Europe

National Railway Museum, Delhi, India, Asia

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