Railroad Track Collection (page 11)

Army At Tonypandy
1910: Military tents at the colliery during the Tonypandy strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Replica Of Rocket
21st April 1913: A replica of the steam locomotive Stephensons Rocket, designed by English railway engineer Robert Stephenson, on display at Crewe for a visit by King George V and Queen Mary

Flame Thrower
August 1915: The projection of liquid fire across a railway line by French troops. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Railway Porter
26th October 1907: A railway porter stands with a trolley on a platform luggage weighing scale at Marleybone station, London

Railway Shunter
26th October 1907: A railway shunter ready to couple two wagons, one of which is a Stephenson Clarke 10-tonner. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Mangled Wreckage
15th October 1907: Men inspecting the damage after a train crash at Shrewsbury. The engine was a 4-6-0 Stephenson. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Wheeltapper
26th October 1907: A man tapping the wheels, examining for cracks, on the Great Central Railway at Marylebone, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Goods Porter
26th October 1907: A goods porter on the Great Central Railway pushing a crate. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Derailed Train
1920: This train was blown off the line at Owencarra Viaduct in Eire. Passengers were flung from the coach, falling almost 40 feet to the ground below the viaduct

Paddington Station
1st May 1911: The arrival of the Boston Boat Train, at Paddington Railway Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Coal Wagons
29th August 1907: Coal trucks awaiting shipment from Grimsby Brickpit Sidings, during the great coal crisis. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Coal Train
1st April 1908: Railway sidings at Fishguard. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Southampton Docks
16th September 1913: A view of Southampton Docks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Inflation Gas
12th May 1911: Storage of the gas cylinders for filling Britains first naval airship. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Crowded Platforms
August 1924: Holidaymakers waiting for the Cornish Riviera express train at Paddington Station, London. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Conservative Vans
10th December 1907: Conservative Party propaganda vans used for political campaigns on Westminster Bridge, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Scene at Waterloo
8th April 1919: A lady with a pile of luggage and a dog, writes a letter whilst waiting for her train to arrive at Waterloo Station. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ascot Train
circa 1923: The Ascot Special leaving Waterloo Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Visit To Gasworks
10th July 1926: A train passing round the plant of the Gas Light & Coke Company, Beckton, with the king and queen aboard. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Roof Travelling
circa 1922: A loaded train with passengers on the roof ready to leave Tashkent station during the Russian famine. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Boat Train
4th September 1909: The dining car of the Lusitanias boat train, at Fishguard. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Coaling Station
29th August 1907: Setting up the new belting system at the coaling station at Grimbsy docks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Railway Employees
26th October 1907: A platelayer and ganger working on railway track. It was many years before bright clothing was introduced to make track workers readily visible

Dining Car
May 1918: Interior of a South Western Railways ambulance train at Eastleigh, Hampshire. (Photo by V. M. Palmer/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Rail Clinic
May 1918: Interior of a South Western Railways ambulance train at Eastleigh, Hampshire. (Photo by V. M. Palmer/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Traction Engine
1908: A traction engine drawing a tar-sprayer for road repair experiments near Putney. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Train Driver
1852: The driver of a locomotive by his engine. Original Publication: From Isaac Briks collection at the Science Museum (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ivatt Atlantic
2nd June 1924: A Pullman train, Ivatt Atlantic No 4426, leaving Kings Cross station, London, on its inaugural run to Sheffield, first stop Nottingham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Power Wheel
circa 1900: Actual power wheel used by railways engineer George Stephenson to drive a lathe at Killingworth Colliery, Northumberland. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Liverpool Street
June 1921: Liverpool Street Station in London which is run by Great Eastern Railway and connects passengers with the South East. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Day Trip
18th April 1935: A group of friends arrive at Euston Station, London, for a trip to the countryside. (Photo by Douglas Miller/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Charing Cross
July 1923: Looking across The Strand at Charing Cross station in London with a reproduction of the cross set up by Edward I in memory of his Queen Eleanor in front of the building

Liverpool Street
June 1921: Liverpool Street Station in London which is run by Great Eastern Railway and connects passengers with the South East. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

St Pancras Station
July 1907: St Pancras Railway Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

St Pancras
July 1907: St Pancras Railway Station, Euston Road, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Kennel Special
January 1909: Putting dogs onto a train for the Manchester Dog Show. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Waterloo Station
February 1911: The exterior of Waterloo Station, London, a London and South Western Railways station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Railway Disaster
July 1906: The wreckage of the trains following the Salisbury railway disaster. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Coal Discharger
7th June 1926: Barges waiting for access to Regents Canal from Regents Canal Dock, viewed from one of two new electric coal dischargers erected at the dock at Limehouse

Flute Line Train
22nd May 1936: A steam locomotive entering a railway tunnel at full steam. The tunnel is on the Flute Line, a popular name for a section of the LMS (London)

Kings Cross
circa 1850: Crowds outside Kings Cross railway station in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Reggio Earthquake
circa 1908: The wrecked station house by the railway in Reggio de Calabria, following the earthquake of 1908. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Delivery Van
July 1927: A Thornycroft motor van belonging to the London and North Eastern Railway Express Parcels Service. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Railway Station
5th July 1911: Holidaymakers arriving at Henley-on-Thames station for the Regatta. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Train To Siberia
1911: A steam crossing a bridge on the Siberian railway. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Maiden Voyage
1st June 1928: Canadian Pacific Railways liner, Duchess of Bedford by Liverpool landing stage at the start of her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. (Photo by Edward G)

Flooded Track
4th January 1928: A main line train splashes along a flooded track at Temple Mills, Stratford, East London. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Christmas Mail
22nd December 1916: Sacks of Christmas mail piled up at Waterloo Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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