Steam Locomotive Collection (#5)

The Britannia Tubular Bridge - entrance from the Bangor Side, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Britannia Tubular Bridge - entrance from the Bangor Side, 1850. Steam train on the newly-opened bridge....showing two of the four colossal statues of lions - "we must not, " says Sir F

Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Various interesting experiments have been made from time to time

Opening of the Aberdeen Railway - Dee Bridge and Aberdeen Terminus, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Aberdeen Railway - Dee Bridge and Aberdeen Terminus, 1850. In the foreground is represented the elegant bridge across the Dee, from the designs of Messrs

Arrival of Her Majesty at the Castle Howard Railway Station, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Arrival of Her Majesty at the Castle Howard Railway Station, 1850. Queen Victoria visits the Earl of Carlisle in North Yorkshire

Departure of English Members of the Peace Congress for Frankfort, 1850. Creator: W. T
Departure of English Members of the Peace Congress for Frankfort, 1850. The friends of peace, from various countries in Europe, and from the United States of America

The Station at Huntingdon, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Station at Huntingdon, [now in Cambridgeshire], 1850. Crowds on the London-York section of the Great Northern Railway

The Landore Viaduct, near Swansea, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Landore Viaduct, near Swansea, [Wales], 1850. This...magnificent wood structure - perhaps the most striking object on the line...conducts the Railway over the river Tawe

The Terminus, at Swansea, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Terminus, at Swansea, [Wales], 1850. Opening of the South Wales Railway. The...Railway is intended to effect a direct communication with the Great Western line at Gloucester...[it] communicates

Camden Town Engine Sheds, c. 1935, (1945). Creator: Norman Wilkinson
Camden Town Engine Sheds, c. 1935, (1945). London, Midland & Scottish Railway poster of steam locomotives at Camden Motive Power Depot in north London

Travelling on the Liverpool and Machester Railway, 1831, (1945). Creator: SG Hughes
Travelling on the Liverpool and Machester Railway, 1831, (1945). Steam locomotives on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (L&MR)

Arrival of the first train from St, Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo on 30 October 1837, Early 1840s
Arrival of the first train from St. Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo on 30 October 1837, Early 1840s. Found in the collection of I. Turgenev Memorial Museum, Moscow

The Night Scotsman, L. N. E. R. leaving Kings Cross, 1940
The Night Scotsman, L.N.E.R. leaving Kings Cross, 1940. The Night Scotsman offered an overnight passenger service between London and Edinburgh. From Trains of Today. [Juvenile Productions Ltd

Rain, Steam and Speed - the Great Western Railway, c1844, (1912). Artist: JMW Turner
Rain, Steam and Speed - the Great Western Railway, c1844, (1912). A colour print from Famous Paintings, with an introduction by Gilbert Chesterton, Cassell and Company, (London, New York, Toronto)

Railway junction near Bois-Colombes, 1885. Artist: Signac, Paul (1863-1935)
Railway junction near Bois-Colombes, 1885. Found in the collection of the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Workers of Magnitogorsk, USSR, 1932. Magnitogorsk is a city in the Urals with large-scale mining and iron and steel industries

Jacobite steam train crossing Glenfinnan Viaduct, Glenfinnan, Inverness-shire, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, UK

Old Patagonian Express La Trochita, steam train, Nahuel Pan Train Station, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina

Buffalo killed from a train on the Great Plains
Passengers and crew shooting buffalo from a train on the transcontinental railroad, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Firebox for first Copper River steamer, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Hunt, Phinney S
Firebox for first Copper River steamer, between c1900 and 1927

Messrs. Allsopp and Sons pale-ale brewery at Burton-on-Trent, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Messrs. Allsopp and Sons pale-ale brewery at Burton-on-Trent, 1862. [This] establishment...[has] attained a world-wide celebrity. Messrs

The International Exhibition: Austrian locomotives - the Duplex engine, 1862. Creator: Mallett
The International Exhibition: Austrian locomotives - the Duplex engine, 1862. This locomotive is the first application of a doubled system of cylinders, pistons

The Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company's pier at Sandridge, near Melbourne, Australia, 1862. In 1853-4

The International Exhibition: locomotive tank-engine, by Manning, Wardle and Co... 1862. Creator: Unknown
The International Exhibition: locomotive tank-engine, by Manning, Wardle and Co. of Leeds, 1862. Engine designed...for the mineral traffic at ironworks, collieries, &c

View of Bilbao, Spain, from the railway station, 1862. Creator: Unknown
View of Bilbao, Spain, from the railway station, 1862. View...looking inland, of the maritime terminus of [the Bilbao and Tudela Railway]...This great work

Georgia, Savannah, Railroad Museum
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American steam locomotive with cow catcher
Vintage 19th century photograph: American steam locomotive with cow catcher on the front

A goods train crossing the points outside Newcastle station on the last day semaphore arm signals were used on the East Coast mainline. 7th May 1955

Trolley bus wires frame this Southern Railway passenger train speeding over Malden railway bridge while it undergoes rebuilding in April, 1935

Express train with the mail signals, 1844. Creator: Unknown
Express train with the mail signals, 1844. Postal service between Britain and India - the mail travels from the port of Folkestone to London via...a special train...despatched in less than two hours

A Blenkinsop Locomotive at a Yorkshire Colliery, 1814, (1945). Creator: Unknown
A Blenkinsop Locomotive at a Yorkshire Colliery, 1814, (1945). Man smoking a pipe, and a Blenkinsop steam locomotive at Middleton colliery near Leeds, West Yorkshire

Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Creator
Olive Mount Cutting on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831, (1945). Steam locomotive in the 2-mile sandstone railway cutting which opened in 1830

The Excursion Train Galop, sheet music cover, c1860, (1945). Creator: Unknown
" The Excursion Train Galop", sheet music cover, c1860, (1945). Third Class Travel, c. 1845 : railway passengers in open-air carriages, cover to a piece of music composed by Frank Musgrave

Harpers Ferry by Moonlight, 1872. Creator: Robert Hinshelwood
Harpers Ferry by Moonlight, 1872. View of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA, a town situated on the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers

Cuban Soldiers (?)... June 23rd, Spanish-American War, June 1898, (1899). Creator: Burr McIntosh
Cuban Soldiers (?) beside Ruins of Roundhouse, Morning of June 23rd, Spanish-American War, June 1898, (1899). A group of men posing in front of steam locomotives

Stephensons (1833) Locomotive, (1887). Creator: Unknown
Stephensons (1833) Locomotive, (1887). Diagram showing fire box, smoke box, steam head, boiler, wheels and flanges etc. The Patentee steam locomotive was introduced by pioneering British railway

The Flying Scotsman... non-stop run between Kings Cross and Newcastle, 11 July 1927, (1935)
The Flying Scotsman making a non-stop run between Kings Cross and Newcastle, 11 July 1927, (1935). In 1927, the LNER (London & North Eastern Railway)

Surpris Par Un Express, 1929. Creator: Unknown
Surprised by an express train, 1929. Surpris Par Un Express. A steam locomotive bears down on people taken unawares. Back cover of " Le Petit Journal Illustre". [France, 17 November 1929]

The Golden Arrow Service, Southern Railway, c1930. Creator: Unknown
The " Golden Arrow" Service, Southern Railway, c1930. The Golden Arrow luxury boat train ran between London and Dover on the south coast, where passengers took the ferry to Calais. Postcard

The L. N. E. R. Mikado Locomotive, . Creator: Unknown
The L.N.E.R. Mikado" Locomotive, early 20th century. London & North Eastern Railway 2.8.2. steam locomotive and tender. Postcard

Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits (International Sleeping-Car Company), 1927. Private Collection

A Double Locomotive, 1922. Creator: Unknown
A Double Locomotive, 1922. From The Romance of Modern Railways, by T. W. Corbin. [Seeley Service & Co. Limited, London, 1922]

The logo of the Compagnie internationale des Wagons-lits et des Grands Express Europeens, c. 1940. Private Collection

Coronation Express L. N. E. R. 1940
Coronation Express L.N.E.R. 1940. A streamlined express passenger train which ran between London Kings Cross and Edinburgh Waverley

The Golden Arrow, S. R. leaving Shakespeares Cliff, Dover, 1940
The Golden Arrow, S.R. leaving Shakespeares Cliff, Dover, 1940. The Golden Arrow was a luxury boat train of the Southern Railway and later British Railways

Cock O The North Locomotive, L. N. E. R. in the Highlands, 1940
Cock O The North Locomotive, L.N.E.R. in the Highlands, 1940. From Trains of Today. [Juvenile Productions Ltd. London, 1940]

Locomotion no 1, built for the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VII

Early railway Coaches, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, England, 1831, (c1900-1920). The first steam locomotives with three different classes of railway travel

Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831. Top: goods train drawn by the locomotive Liverpool. Bottom: cattle train drawn by the locomotive Fury

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"The Magnificent Era of Steam Locomotives: A Journey through Time" The iconic Flying Scotsman gracefully arrives at Goathland station on the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, captivating all with its majestic presence. Witnessing history in motion, Stephensons Rocket of 1829 stands as a testament to the pioneering spirit that revolutionized transportation forever. Glimpses into the past unfold at Saffron Walden railway sidings, offering an enchanting view from Debden Road overbridge towards a bygone era. Embarking on the Heritage Poppy Line from Sheringham to Holt, a steam train chugs along with Weybourne Mill standing tall in the picturesque background. Amidst Scotland's breathtaking Highlands, behold the Jacobite Steam Train crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct - an awe-inspiring sight straight out of a fairytale. Transport yourself back to 1888 with a vintage poster advertising none other than the legendary Orient Express – an epitome of luxury and adventure. London Paddington station, birthplace of Great Western Railway in 1840, echoes with whispers of countless journeys embarked upon by steam locomotives throughout history. Once again traversing Scotland's Highland beauty, catch another glimpse of the Jacobite Steam Train majestically crossing Glenfinnan Viaduct – truly a scene worth cherishing forever. Nostalgia fills Newton Abbot Station as Castle Class No. 7029 Clun Castle graces it during the vibrant 1950s - an era when steam locomotives reigned supreme. Step into South Road at Saffron Walden Station and be transported back in time as you witness unloading banks and run-round loops bustling with activity - remnants of days gone by.