Railway Collection

St. Paul's and Ludgate Hill, c. 1887 (oil on canvas)
CH405696 St. Paul's and Ludgate Hill, c.1887 (oil on canvas) by Logsdail, William (1859-1944); 73.3x55 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway train arriving at the Dungeness railway station, Kent, England

Downland Rambles, BR poster, 1950s
Poster produced for British Railways (BR) promoting rail services to the East Sussex coast, showing a panoramic view of the cliffs of Beachy Head at Eastbourne

Rocky Mountaineer train at Morants curve near Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies, Banff National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta Canada, North America

Cornwall, GWR poster, 1938
Poster produced for the Great Western Railway (GWR) to promote monthly return tickets to Cornwall. The poster shows holidaymakers on a beach surrounded by rocks and cliffs

Aberdeen - The Silver City by the Sea, LMS / LNER poster, 1923-1947
Poster produced for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), promoting rail travel to the Scottish east coast city and resort of Aberdeen

Pendolino tilting train
A Pendolino tilting train, heading to London, tilts as it rounds a bend on the West Coast main line near Wolverton station, Bucks

Steam train on the Swanage Railway, Corfe Castle, Dorset, England, UK

Pen-y-ghent and Ribblehead Viaduct on Settle to Carlisle Railway, Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, England, UK

Freight train on the Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, by Selwyn Pearce-Higgins. This narrow gauge railway line was opened in 1903

Putney Bridge OFH01_01_01_f03_17
PUTNEY BRIDGE, PUTNEY, WANDSWORTH, GREATER LONDON

Aerial view of Busselton Jetty on a sunny day with tourists in front of souvenir shop in Busselton, Western Australia, Australia

Brighton Station, East Sussex a062906
BRIGHTON STATION, East Sussex

Last of the Summer Wine actors Brian Wild who plays Foggy Dewhirst, Peter Sallis (Norman Clegg) and Bill Owen (Compo Simmonite) out anad about at Oakworth station in Yorkshire

Miniature Railway, Bognor, 1909
This railway of 10.25in gauge ran for one summer season. The builders of the Locomotive named " Winnie" were Robert Alexander Briggs and his son (seen driving) Robert Westrope Briggs

'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

Actors in the BBC situation comedy series Last of the Summer Wine, at a railway station during filming of the series

Wolverton EAW313366
Wolverton Railway Station and Wolverton Park Sports Ground, Wolverton, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, 1976

Actors in the BBC situation comedy series Last of the Summer Wine Bill Owen who plays Compo Simmonite

Actors in the BBC situation comedy series Last of the Summer Wine, at a railway station during filming of the series

Molten steel being poured into rail trucks at the Stanton Steelworks, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, 1962. The blast furnace at the steelworks

Brighton Belle, the S. R.s Electric Locomotive, over Ouse Viaduct, 1940
Brighton Belle, the S.R.s Electric Locomotive, over Ouse Viaduct, 1940

Swindon Works Map, c. 1940s
Swindon Works Map, c.1940s, showing the growth of the GWR Works in Swindon between 1846 and the 1940s. The sheer volume of workshops and sidings can be seen in fascinating detail

Swanage, BR poster, c 1955
Poster produced for British Railways (BR) Southern Region to promote rail travel to the coastal resort of Swanage in Dorset. The poster shows a view of Swanage Bay. Artwork by Verney L Danvers

A row of Class 55 Deltic diesel locomotives built by English Electric in 1961-1962. The fleet of 22 Deltics did the work of 55 A4 steam locomotives and cut an hour off the working timetable

Stockport viaduct a98_05394
RAILWAY VIADUCT, Stockport, Greater Manchester. This evocative urban landscape shows the railway viaduct in Stockport, looking along the river. Photographed by Eric de Mare in 1954

Mallard steam train, Flying Scotsman service a062835
MALLARD. View of the LNER Class A4 train during its time on the Flying Scotsman express passenger service between London and Edinburgh. A man in a trilby hat looks at the engine

Aberdeen, Gateway to Royal Deeside, LNER / LMS poster, 1923-1947
Poster produced for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), promoting rail travel to the Scottish east coast city and resort of Aberdeen

Forth railway bridge at night, Queensferry, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Hayling Island, poster advertising Southern Railway, 1923 (colour litho)
CH466627 Hayling Island, poster advertising Southern Railway, 1923 (colour litho) by MacDonald Mackintosh, Margaret (1865-1933); 99x64 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English

The Flying Scotsman pulls out of Londons Kings Cross station to make the last steam-hauled non-stop run to Edinburgh 1 May 1968 vintage stills archive picture library stock photographic

St. Pancras. A terminus of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway, 1935. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 1". [The Amalgamated Press Limited, London, 1935]

Kingfisher steam train, Flying Scotsman service a062841
KINGFISHER. View of the LNER Class A4 train during its time on the Flying Scotsman express passenger service between London and Edinburgh. Photographed by John Gay, 1948

Loch Lomond, LNER and LMS poster, c 1940s
London Midland & Scottish and London & North Eastern Railway poster promoting Scotland for holidays. Artwork by Patrick MacIntosh

Morants Curve, Bow River, Canadian Pacific Railway, near Lake Louise, Banff National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America

Central Railway Station, Newcastle upon Tyne, 1884. BL12764
CENTRAL RAILWAY STATION, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. A steam train passing through the station in 1884. Bedford Lemere

Union Pacific Class Steam Locomotive 4-8-8-4 Wheel arrangement Big Boy Class Designation First of type built in 1941 for freight service. Locomotive and string of PFE cars in Echo Canyon Utah

Weston-super-Mare, BR poster, 1948-1965
The Smile in Smiling Somerset. Poster produced by British Railways (BR) to promote train services to Weston-super-Mare in Somerset. Artwork by an unknown artist

John Browns Shipyard, Clydebank, 1950
Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland

Engine House, GWR Works, Swindon BB94_04685
THE ENGINE HOUSE, Great Western Railway Works, Swindon, Wiltshire. 1846 interior view. Lithograph by John Cooke Bourne (1814-1896)

Wootton Bassett United Dairies, 1930. EPW032627
WOOTTON BASSETT UNITED DAIRIES, Wiltshire. The Dairy Supply Company opened its factory in 1908 and merged with United Dairies in 1915

Earl of Clancarty, No. 5058 with Dinmore Manor, No. 7820 at Aller Junction, September 1958

Poster produced for British Railways (BR), showing a railway worker manually operating the signals in the Greenwood signal box, New Barnet, London

Station Master BB98_05551
STATION MASTER, Finmere Station, Oxfordshire. In 1898-99 the Great Central Railway Company (formed 1897) created a main railway route from Sheffield through Nottingham and Leicester to London

Euston Arch a98_05420
EUSTON ARCH, Euston Station, Euston Road, Camden Town, London. Traffic outside the Euston Arch

St Pancras Station 1895 CC73_02377
ST PANCRAS STATION, Camden, London. An interior view of St Pancras Station, looking down on the platforms which are busy with commuters

Liverpool Street Station a061617
LIVERPOOL STREET STATION, London. Interior view of the station showing the piers of the double aisle and crowded platforms beneath. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1960-1972

Paddington Station a061937
PADDINGTON STATION, London. Elevated view showing passengers awaiting the arrival of a train on Platform 2 at Paddington railway station. John Gay. Date range: 1960-1972

UK, Scotland, Highlands, Jacobite Steam Train crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct

Map of the Trans-Siberian Railway, produced by J. Bartholomew & Co. c. 1920 (engraving)
XJF696541 Map of the Trans-Siberian Railway, produced by J. Bartholomew & Co

Snowdon Mountain Railway train and the Llanberis path, Snowdon, Snowdonia National Park, Gwynedd, Wales; United Kingdom, Europe

The Jacobite, Fort William to Mallaig railway, Loch Eil, Lochaber, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

England, Cleveland, Saltburn-by-the-Sea. View from the top of the funicular railway, one of the worlds oldest water-powered cliff lifts, towards the Victorian Pier and North Sea Beach

Station sign at Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgo-gerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (Llanfair-PG.), Anglesey, North Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Taxi rank a061644
LIVERPOOL STREET STATION, London. Taxi rank with black cabs at Liverpool Street railway station with the roof structure visible behind. John Gay. Date range: 1960-1972

The famous Lickey incline between Bromsgrove and Blackwell, Worcestershire, 1935
The famous Lickey incline between Bromsgrove and Blackwell, Worcestershire, on the L.M.S. Bristol to Birmingham line, 1935. From " Railway Wonders of the World, Vol. 1"

GWR tank number 34 pictured with four men on the St Ives branch. Around 1905
The image shows GWR number 34 pictured with two unnamed men

Steam train on Bluebell Railway, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Steam train pulls out of Berwyn station on the Llangollen Heritage Railway, Dee Valley, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Liverpool Street Station a063096
LIVERPOOL STREET STATION, London. Interior view. Passengers waiting for a train on a platform at Liverpool Street Station. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1947-1948

Royal Albert Bridge a98_05393
Royal Albert Bridge, Saltash, Cornwall. This bowstring tubular plate girder railway bridge over the River Tamar connects Devonport in Devon to Saltash in Cornwall

Ramsgate Harbour Railway Station EPW000093
RAMSGATE HARBOUR RAILWAY STATION, Kent, photographed in 1920. Aerial view

St. Pancras Station a062329
ST. PANCRAS STATION, London

Forth railway bridge, Queensferry, Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Kings Cross Station a062825
KINGS CROSS STATION, Euston Road, London. A view at night from the platform at Kings Cross York Road station looking back towards the illuminated signal box and train sheds at Kings Cross

UK, England, Dorset, Corfe Castle and station on the Swanage Railway

Kings Cross railway station, London
Crowds at Kings Cross railway station, London

The Shambles, York, LNER poster, c 1930s
Poster produced for London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to promote rail travel to the city or York. Artwork by H Tittensor

Canadian Pacific freight train locomotive at Banff station, Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada, North America

Monsal Dale and railway viaduct, Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Alaska Railroad near Girdwood, Alaska, United States of America, North America

Battersea Power Station & Gasworks 24411_018
BATTERSEA POWER STATION AND GASWORKS, London. Aerial view looking north

Shinkansen (Bullet train) which reaches speeds of up to 300km per hour passing Mount Fuji, blurred motion, Honshu, Japan, Asia

Train on North York Moors Railway, Goathland, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Close-up of Eurostar train engine in London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Simplon-Orient-Express, Londres-le Caire, c. 1930. Private Collection

York station, 1953. A member of the station staff checking a boys platform ticket. The man is wearing an LNER cap, although by this time he worked for the nationalised British Railways

Long Hanborough Station Master BB69_05293
LONG HANBOROUGH RAILWAY STATION, West Oxfordshire. The Station Master and a guard standing on the platform of the small station, with a railway bridge visible in the background

Crewe Station 20670_020
CREWE RAILWAY STATION, Cheshire. Aerial view. Built in 1837 Crewe is one of the worlds most historic railway stations, and remains a very busy junction on the West Coast Main Line

The Tube Station, c. 1932 (linocut printed in colours on tissue Japan)
659543 The Tube Station, c.1932 (linocut printed in colours on tissue Japan) by Power, Cyril Edward (1874-1951); 25.5x29 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tube Station)

Uniform cap worn by Pullman Porter Philip Henry Logan, 1966. Creator: Unknown
A black cap with metallic braid trim and a label reading PULLMAN PORTER in black

Exactitude, 1929 (after). Creator: Pierre Fix-Masseau
Exactitude, 1929 (after)

Carvedras Smelting Works, Truro, Cornwall. Around 1892
A general view of the tin smelting works with workmen outside and Brunels viaduct behind

The bishop and Vicar struggle with the Thunderbolt
Godfrey Tearle and George Relph in The Titfield Thunderbolt

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"Journey through Time and Beauty: Exploring the Wonders of Railways" Rocky Mountaineer train at Morants curve near Lake Louise in the Canadian Rockies: Embark on a breathtaking adventure aboard the Rocky Mountaineer, as it winds its way through the majestic Canadian Rockies. Prepare to be mesmerized by nature's grandeur. Cornwall, GWR poster, 1938: Step back in time with this vintage GWR poster showcasing Cornwall's picturesque landscapes. Discover how railways have long been an integral part of connecting people to stunning destinations. Swindon Works Map, c. 1940s: Uncover the history engineering with this Swindon Works map from the 1940s. Witness how meticulous planning and craftsmanship shaped our modern rail networks. Downland Rambles, BR poster, 1950s: Experience a nostalgic countryside getaway with British Railways' "Downland Rambles" poster from the 1950s. Let your imagination wander along scenic routes that have captivated travelers for decades. Pendolino tilting train: Witness innovation in motion as you board a Pendolino tilting train. Designed for speed and comfort, these marvels of engineering ensure a smooth journey even around challenging bends. Aberdeen - The Silver City by the Sea, LMS / LNER poster, 1923-1947: Immerse yourself in Aberdeen's rich heritage showcased by this striking LMS/LNER poster from yesteryears. Explore Scotland's coastal gem while relishing its connection to railway history. Class 55 Deltic diesel locomotives built by English Electric in 1961-1962: Marvel at these powerful Class 55 Deltic diesel locomotives that revolutionized rail travel during their heyday. Their iconic design and robust performance left an indelible mark on the railway industry.