36 Rights Managed
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Goods sheds and other buildings Collection24 Rights Managed
Railway stations Collection96 Rights Managed
Steam Locomotives Collection18 Rights Managed
Viaducts and railway bridges Collection31 Rights Managed
Liverpool Street Station a063096LIVERPOOL 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
Station Master BB98_05551STATION 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
Crewe Locomotive Works OP03590Crewe Locomotive Works, Forge Street, Crewe, Cheshire. From the L G Fisher Collection, photographed in 1910. A steam locomotive engine being assembled on the production line
Brodsworth Main Colliery EPW012843BRODSWORTH MAIN COLLIERY, Adwick-le-Street, South Yorkshire. Aerial photograph taken in May 1925. The Colliery was opened in 1905 and closed in 1990
Didcot Junction in 1904 CC97_02192DIDCOT, Oxfordshire. Looking from the east at a signal box towards the junction station, with an engine approaching and a line of carriages to the right
Mallard steam train, Flying Scotsman service a062835MALLARD. 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
Derwent steam locomotive BB057005BANK TOP RAILWAY STATION, DARLINGTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. The Derwent steam locomotive on display. Built for the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1845 by William and Alfred Kitching
Locomotion No. 1 BB057004BANK TOP RAILWAY STATION, DARLINGTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE. Locomotion No. 1 on display. Ordered for the Stockton and Darlington Railway and built in 1825 by George and Robert Stephenson
Box Tunnel 27463_016Box Hill, Wiltshire. Box Tunnel West Portal. The tunnel was constructed for the Great Western Main Line between 1838 and 1841. The West Portal was designed by Brunel in a grand classical style
Kingfisher steam train, Flying Scotsman service a062841KINGFISHER. 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
Upgrading the line OP04913A Star Class steam locomotive passing along part of the South Devon and Tavistock Railway
Rail Crash EAW047081The aftermath of the Harrow and Wealdstone rail crash, Wealdstone. A locomotive lies on its side and mangled carriages are strewn about
Railway works OP04912Plymouth area. Renewal work being carried out on the girders and rail bearers of part of the South Devon and Tavistock Railway, using a mobile crane
Box Tunnel 27463_009Middle Hill Tunnel, Box, Wiltshire. The tunnel was constructed for the Great Western Main Line and opened in 1841
Lancaster Castle EPW002086LANCASTER, Lancashire. Aerial view of Lancaster with the Castle, church and railway station. Lancaster Castle houses the Shire Hall and County Court and until 2011 it was used as a prison
Orchestra of the Midland Adelphi Hotel 1914 BL22620MIDLAND ADELPHI HOTEL, Liverpool. Interior view. Group portrait of the hotel orchestra. The hotel was re-opened in 1914 after partial rebuilding and refurbishment in the Neo-Classical style
Royal Train BL17842ROYAL TRAIN. The South Eastern and Chatham Railway Royal Train showing the exterior of the Royal saloon
Steam power, Charwelton, Northamptonshire a97_05431Workers at Charwelton, Northamptonshire. Construction workers on Great Central Railway
Railway tracks, Kings Cross a073103KINGS CROSS, London. An elevated viewpoint of the railway track to the north of Kings Cross Station, a steam engine on the tracks to either side and St Pancras Station in the far distance. John Gay
Hitchin gasometer EAW020885HITCHIN, Hertfordshire, 1949. Aerial view. A gasometer and the tips of trees rise up through the fog, as well as steam from a railway train passing the gasworks. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)
Kings Cross Station a072950KINGs CROSS STATION, London. The front of steam locomotive engine No. 60006 (The Herring Gull, renamed the Sir Ralph Wedgewood on 6th January, 1944) standing at a platform in Kings Cross Station
Flying Scotsman service EPW016431An LNER A1 " Pacific" class locomotive hauling the " Flying Scotsman" towards Edinburgh. Red House, Framwellgate Moor, County Durham. Photographed by Aerofilms Ltd in 1926
Sir Thomas BL24637Sir Thomas - a Hudswell Clarke & Co 060 tank locomotive, built in 1918. Photographed here by Bedford Lemere and Company in 1919 for the Oxfordshire Ironstone Company
Kings Cross EAW119962Kings Cross Station, London. The Midlands Goods Shed, Western Goods Shed and surrounding lines. Photographed in September 1963. Aerofilms Collection
Track repairs, Bodmin Road Station, St Winnow a97_07468BODMIN ROAD STATION, St Winnow, Cornwall. Four tracklayers at work
Gospel Oak, London a070042GOSPEL OAK, London
Victoria Station a061899VICTORIA STATION, London. Interior of the station showing two adjoining platforms, one with a train departing, the other with a standing train. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 1960-1972
Railway lines a080321Railway track, Hertfordshire. An elevated view of four parallel railway tracks running into the distance, with electricity or telephone pylons running at each side beside farmed fields
Victoria Street Station a061883VICTORIA STREET STATION, London. A train passing beside a deserted outdoor section of platform at Victoria Station. John Gay. Date range: 1960-1972
Dog standing at the top of railway footbridge a071511TUFNELL PARK, Camden Town, Greater London. Looking up the steps of a railway footbridge which crosses the line to Churchill Road, to a dog standing at the top of the steps
Wood blocks DP039617View of discarded wooden blocks, probably used on the floor of the old Swindon Railway Works
Footbridge to North of Whitchurch Railway Stationc1872, built for the London and North Western Railway Company. This is a very early and rare example of a pedestrian suspension bridge. IoE 469008
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