Steam Collection

The Flying Scotsman arriving at Goathland station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway
The Flying Scotsman steam locomotive arriving at Goathland station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Vale Of Rheidol Railway Aberystwyth to Devils Bridge

Shipping on the Avon BB89_03975
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol. A view looking towards the gorge and bridge showing the pier in the foreground and sailing and steam vessels on the Avon

Baker Street underground station, London
A train arrives at Baker Street underground station, London, on the Metropolitan Line: the high roof is needed because the first trains are pulled by steam locomotives. Date: 1881

Viaduct across the Sankey Valley, Warrington, Cheshire, February 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Viaduct Across the Sankey Valley, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with a plate of The Coaches, Machines

Astronaut standing on the edge of a lake of liquid methane at the bottom of a large
An astronaut is standing on the edge of a lake of liquid methane at the bottom of a large impact crater. Exploring the moon of a distant gaseous planet is a lonely

Wylam Dilly, with its sister locomotive Puffing Billy, is the earliest surviving locomotive in the world. Wylam Dilly was built by the inventor and colliery official

Woodcock, A4 Class steam locomotive No 60029, c 1954. Locomotive billowing smoke as it leaves Copenhagen Tunnel near London Kings Cross station with a Newcastle-bound express passenger train

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

OCEAN LINER QUEEN MARY. The Cunard White Star liner Queen Mary launched in 1934. Painting, 1934, by William McDowell

York Railway Station
A steam train entering York railway station, Yorkshire, England

The Flying Scotsman No. 4472, LNER
The Flying Scotsman, 4-6-2 locomotive No. 4472, built for the London and North Eastern Railway in 1923

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

Steam Engine / Governor
Governor, or Fly-Ball Governor, invented by James Watt to regulate the supply of steam in order to preserve a nearly fixed engine speed

Panhard travel poster
An art deco style travel poster for Panhard showing a steam ship, steam engine and a car radiator grill

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

Man riding on a steam rocket
The Flight of Intellect. A comic image of a thin man riding on a steam rocket, with his top hat flying off behind him. Portrait of Mr Golightly experimenting on Mess Quick & Speeds new patent high

Liverpool Docks
The Princes Half-tide Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, showing a steam ship pulling an industrial barge

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

British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd
A poster advertising the British India Steam Navigation Company, better known as B.I. and its shipping agent Gray Dawes & Co. of London

Ferrybridge Power Station, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

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

STEAMBOAT RACE, 1870. The Great Mississippi Steamboat Race between the Robert E. Lee and the Natchez from New Orleans to St. Louis won by the Robert E

1928 Austin 7 Gordon England Cup at the Exeter trial struggling uphill

Canadian National Railways Poster showing a steam engine train in Canada

Cornish Riviera Train
The Great Western Railways Cornish Riviera express is hauled by a King class locomotive beside the sea

Mauretania Postcard
Steam ship of the Cunard line at New York

Paddle steamer Medway Queen, Sheerness, Kent
Paddle steamer Medway Queen, arriving at Sheerness-on-Sea, Kent. During the Second World War she acted as a minesweeper, and made seven evacuation trips from Dunkirk in 1940, rescuing 7000 men

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

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, Charlie Gould the fireman standing on the running plate and the driver Nickie Curnow standing with his feeder (oil can)

George Stephensons Rocket - the pre-1923 replica. George Stephensons Rocket Locomotive was built in 1829. Built for the Rainhill Trials held by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

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

Locomotive no 5000 Lovett Eames 4-2-2, tender painted Eames Vacuum Brake Company

Adlestrop Railway Station, Gloucestershire
The railway station at Adlestrop, Gloucestershire. Station staff stand on the platform while the Paddington-Worcester Express steams towards the station

Soviet Armenia
Tourism poster for Soviet Armenia, with a steam train passing over a viaduct and a motor car driving through the landscape

Durango and Silverton vintage steam engine, Hermosa, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Tony Thompsons Elizabethan Express (1954)

Dumbarton Castle 1880S
View of the Castle at Dumbarton

The wreck of the collier Bessie, with all that remains of the wrecked Vulture in the surf beyond, Carbis Bay, Lelant
A view of the Bessie wrecked at Carbis Bay, broadside to the surf, with the machinery of the Vulture beyond. SS Bessie (ON 49984) was an iron three masted brigantine rigged steamer of 287 tons gross

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

The Blue Comet train
The Blue Comet, an all-steel passenger train than ran between New Jersey and Atlantic City from 1929 to 1941 on the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Date: c. 1930s

Chris Reynolds Victorian fire engine cartoon
Chris Reynolds was a fireman at Paddington fire station and a talented cartoon artist. He produced a series of LFB/MFB cartoons of which this is one

1921 Burrell Earl Beatty Showman Traction engine

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

Fowlers Steam Engine
Fowlers patent engine and windlass for steam-ploughing

Orient Express train in a rural setting
The Orient Express - countryfolk stop to watch the express go by

Tracks leading into Newcastle station

A group scene from The Titfield Thunderbolt
taken on the platform of Mallingford station

Old fashioned steam train locomotive
Vintage engraving the plasn and diagram of an old fashioned steam train locomotive, the Bogie and radial tank engine by Neilson and Company of Gaslgow

HMS Dreadnought
A fine forward view of the HMS Dreadnought - pride of the British fleet

Brighton Belle, Southern Railway Pullman by C.T. Howard

Mallard steaming over Ribblehead Viaduct
The steam locomotive engine Mallard crossing the Ribblehead Viaduct in Lancashire in 1995

Lea Hall Colliery and Rugeley A Power Station, Staffordshire, 1963. Lea Hall was the first colliery planned and sunk by the National Coal Board (NCB) and work began in 1954

The thunderbolt
the engine used for the classic Ealing comedy was in fact named The Lion

J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851). British painter. Rain, Steam an
J.M. W. Turner (1775-1851). British Romantic landscape painter. His work is regarded as a Romantic preface to Impressionism. Rain, Steam and Speed The Great Western Railway (1844)

Illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- The building of Saltash Bridge. Date: 1935

Rainbow Falls, near Hilo, Hawaii, USA. Date: 1935

White Star dock with three liners, Southampton
White Star dock at Southampton with three liners, RMS Aquitania, Mauretania and Olympic. Date: circa 1910s

Schematic view of George Stephensons locomotive The Rocket of 1829
STEPHENSONs ROCKET, 1829. Schematic view of George Stephensons locomotive " The Rocket" of 1829

GNR Stirling Single Locomotive
GNR Stirling Single locomotive no.5, 1891 Date: 1891

The Mammoth Iron Steam-Ship Great Eastern designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel Date: ca. 1873

Marietta on the Ohio River, 1870s
Steamboats on the Ohio River at Marietta, Ohio, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Box Tunnel, Wilts
Isambard Kingdom Brunels famous Box Tunnel, Corsham, Wiltshire, took 5 years (1836- 41) to build. Two miles long, it was the longest railway tunnel in Europe when it opened

Great Eastern 1857
The steamship of Brunel & Scott Russell in full steam

Cambrian Coast Express
The Cambrian Coast Express steam locomotive train, at Llanbadarn crossing, near Aberystwyth, Wales

Advert, Richard Irvin & Sons, Aberdeen, Scotland
Advert, Richard Irvin & Sons, Steam Fishing Vessel Owners, Licensed Auctioneers and Fish Salesmen, Aberdeen, Scotland. 1905

RMS Mauretania, First Class Lounge Date: circa 1910s

After bringing his steam engine, Hielan Laddie, from Aberdeen, 35-year-old William Barrack, right, owner, and Mr William McGonachie

Train passing Manchester United Football Ground, 1935
Manchester United grandstand platform under construction, with steam train passing Old Trafford Main Stand and the train station around the time it was built in 1935

The Mallard, steam engine
Mallard, railway engine in 1990

40th Anniversary for the Flying Scotsman
Driver John Hill and fireman Raymond Spiller aboard The Flying Scotsman on its 40th anniversary run from London to Edinburgh

RMS Windsor Castle, Union Castle Line, at Capetown
RMS Windsor Castle, Union Castle Line, off the coast of Capetown, South Africa. Date: 1950s

Pacific Line Poster
Pacific Line, Pacific Steam Line Navigation Company Liverpool, royal mail steamers to brazil and South America, 1904 1904

Dartmouth and Paignton Railway, Kingswear Station, Dartmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Albany & Buffalo Railroad schedule, 1843
Albany & Buffalo Railroad timetable, showing fares and routes, 1843. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century printed piece

Locomotive no 4002 Evening Star 4-6-0

Germany travel poster
Germany wants to see you : travel poster encouraging tourism, featuring an elegant lady carrying a bunch of yellow flowers in front of a steam train from which she has presumably just disembarked

Drax coal fired power station, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Rhodesia Railways
ZIMBABWE : a massive steam locomotive hauls a long train across Rhodesias wide open spaces

Flags & Funnels
House flags and funnels carried by steam ships belonging to some of the main companies of the British Mercantile Marine

A long run from Tarland, Aberdeenshire, necessitates a thorough clean-up for this 1925 Tasker traction engine, so its owner Mr William McConachie, an Aberdeen farmer

Steam locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley, Welwyn Garden City
Steam locomotive 60007, Sir Nigel Gresley, near the Welwyn Garden City tunnel. It was built in 1937, and is still preserved today. Date: circa 1960s

The old and new forms of Accringtons Trams - the older steam tramcar from 1886 (top) dubbed the Baltic Fleet and (below) the new modern electric car - the Flying Squadron ! Date: 1907

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"Unleashing the Power of Steam: A Journey through Time and Adventure" Step into a world where billowing smoke and roaring engines transport you to an era long gone. The enchanting sight of The Flying Scotsman arriving at Goathland station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway takes us back to a time when steam locomotives ruled the tracks with their majestic presence. Woodcock, A4 Class steam locomotive No 60029, circa 1954, captivates our imagination as it gracefully glides along, leaving behind a trail of swirling smoke. Its timeless beauty reminds us of the golden age travel. In Snowdonia National Park's picturesque landscape, we witness the Snowdon Mountain Railway train chugging along beside the Llanberis path. This breathtaking scene showcases how steam power conquered even the most challenging terrains. The iconic Flying Scotsman No. 4472 from LNER evokes nostalgia for an era when this legendary locomotive symbolized speed and luxury in rail travel. Its sleek design and powerful engine continue to captivate enthusiasts worldwide. A vintage poster produced for British Railways transports us back in time as we see a railway worker manually operating machinery amidst clouds of steam. It serves as a reminder that behind every magnificent machine were skilled individuals who ensured its smooth operation. The mention of British India Steam Navigation Company Ltd conjures images of grand ocean liners majestically sailing across vast oceans, powered by mighty steam engines. These vessels connected nations and brought people together like never before. York Railway Station stands tall as a testament to Britain's rich railway heritage. Stepping onto its platforms is like stepping into history itself – surrounded by echoes from countless journeys made possible by steaming locomotives that once graced these tracks. On Dorset's Swanage Railway lies Corfe Castle – an idyllic setting where a charming steam train passes through ancient ruins against rolling green hills. This picturesque scene reminds us of the enduring allure travel.