Rail Transport Collection

Forth Bridge
Construction of the Forth Bridge, on the Firth of Forth at Queensferry in Lothian, 23rd June 1888. The steel cantilever construction was designed by John Fowler

Traffic At Holborn
A mix of horse drawn and motorised traffic at the junction between Holborn and Kingsway, London. The new Underground station is on the corner. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

London Midland & Scottish Railway's ‘Coronation Scot
May 1937: The sleek Coronation Scot 4-6-8 locomotive at Crewe. The 1930s saw remarkable advances in railway technology, which produced improved journey times and better comfort for travellers

Earls Court Exhibition Tunnel Construction
1st May 1936: Six underground railway tunnels run under the Earls Court Exhibition building which is under construction near Earls Court Station, London

The Underground
February 1927: Part of the tunnel being built at Piccadilly Circus tube station. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Going Overseas
21st September 1926: Soldiers at Uxbridge Station, London, before leaving for Egypt and Iraq. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

London Tube
circa 1930: A passenger takes a ticket from the machine at Piccadilly Circus underground station. (Photo by Sasha/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Easter Holiday Half Fare
April 1928: A young Easter holiday maker tries to reach up to the ticket office window to buy his ticket. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/London Express/Getty Images)

Train Camouflage
circa 1916: Soldiers preparing a railway howitzer for action by covering it with pine branches. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Monkey Commuters
circa 1930: Monkeys watching commuters on a railway platform in India. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Staff And Engine
circa 1930: Railway employees beside a steam locomotive. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Time For Bed
September 1928: Interior of the sleeping coaches on American Railways. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

A Fond Farewell
circa 1927: A soldier kissing his child goodbye before leaving for India. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Sevenoaks Rail Crash
August 1927: Workmen dig out the locomotive of the 2-6-4 tank engine which crashed near Sevenoaks on the Southern Railway. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Rail Workers
13th January 1925: Signalman Roberts of Liverpool Street Station, London, synchronising the clocks which send the time out to all the signal boxes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

All Clear?
circa 1955: The snow has been cleared after a snowstorm and a trial run is being taken to check the line on a mountain railway. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Train Guard
1929: A railway guard sounds the all clear signal at Gare du Nord in Paris. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Ferry Station
12th March 1870: Illustrated London News - Proposed Channel Railway Ferry Station And Pier At Dover - pub. 1870 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Under the Alps
13th February 1869: Engineers building a railway tunnel under Mount Cenis in the Alps. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

Rock Face Railway
circa 1910: A train passes through a stretch of the Colombo to Kandy railway in Ceylon, constructed on a narrow piece of rock face. (Photo by Spencer Arnold Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

City Of Ripon
circa 1930: London and North-Eastern Railway locomotive the City Of Ripon. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Railroad Repairs
9th April 1931: London and North-Eastern Railway workers repair the tunnel and lines at Kings Cross Railway Station in London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Engine In Station
June 1929: A steam engine on the LNER (London and North-Eastern Railway). (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Station Closed
circa 1958: Young travellers look at a train that is going anywhere. (Photo by Nocella/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Weekend Train
circa 1955: A locomotive on an early Saturday morning train taking New Yorkers to the countryside. (Photo by Douglas Grundy/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Model Railway
circa 1955: Three realistic miniature trains owned by members of the New York Society Of Model Engineers line up on the track. (Photo by Orlando /Three Lions/Getty Images)

Model Trains
circa 1955: Model train engines lined up around a circular track waiting for repair. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Model Diesel Trains
circa 1955: Model diesel trains emerging from repair yards. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Railway Viaduct
circa 1940: A railway viaduct in Germany. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cape Colony
circa 1955: Railroad terminal of Cape Town in the area of the British Cape Colony. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Train Ferry
circa 1950: A train ferry in port at Harwich loaded with goods wagons. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Red Star
1950: A Russian engine in Finland. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Tyne Bridge
circa 1950: Tyne Bridge in Newcastle. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Film Shoot
8th May 1934: Cameramen on the railway track getting a shot of the Aberdonian express train, with an actor disembarking on to a tender, for the film Night Mail, directed by Herbert Smith

End Of Tunnel
22nd February 1930: Workmen laying the new track at Kings Cross Station, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Hoisting Carriage
circa 1930: A third class Southern Railway carriage being hoisted at Southampton Docks in Hampshire. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Station At Rannoch
circa 1930: Rannoch railway station on the West Highlands Railway in Perthshire. The WHR took many years to plan as it crosses rough terrain and moorland

Sloping Seats
circa 1930: The seats of a street car in Wellington, New Zealand are slanted to counteract the slope of the hills that the cars ride. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Ticket Queue
Commuters wait in line at a railroad station to buy train tickets, including one young boy wearing knickers and fedora. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Subway Passengers
Interior of a subway car with female passengers and a uniformed male conductor. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Elevated Railroad
View of an elevated train traveling along its track at 110th Street in New York City. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Streamlined Trains
Two Zephyr locomotives of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad sit side-by-side on adjacent tracks at a station in West Hinsdale. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Grand Central
circa 1915: Exterior view of Grand Central Station, at 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan, New York City. The front clock facade is visible on the right

Railway Carriage
21st February 1912: The interior of a railway carriage of a petrol train on the Great Western Railway. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Elevated Railway
A steam elevated railway on Market Street near Lake Street in Chicago, 30th June 1895. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Stoneyhurst OTC
Members of the Stoneyhurst public school O.T.C. (Officers Training Corps) at a London railway station on their way to their annual camp at Aldershot, 31st July 1928

Engine Wheels
circa 1950: A close-up of the wheels of a steam locomotive on the track. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

New Locomotives
circa 1865: After the fall of Vicksburg the Northern troops built five locomotives for the USMRR, they are seen here when just finished. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

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