Railway Collection

A train of the Rhaetian Railway on the Landwasser Viaduct, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Filisur, Canton of Grisons, Switzerland

Views from Snowdon Mountain Railway Snowdonia National park

Bridge On the River Tamar
The Royal Albert Bridge, over the River Tamar at Saltash, Cornwall, 1869. Designed by British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was completed in 1859. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Warning sign, rail traffic

steam railway climbing Mount Rigi, Lake Lucerne, Burgenstock mountain and Pilatus mountain at the back, Vitznau, Canton of Lucerne, Switzerland

Spring Forward In London
A railway worker stands on a ladder and changes a clock ahead one hour to begin Daylight Savings (or Summer) time, at Liverpool Street Station, London, early 20th Century. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Handmade Logging Train
A hand-made, jerry-rigged, locomotive built round a steam engine circa 1890. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Derbyshire Railway
A steam train passes along the Buxton branch of the Midland Railway in Derbyshire, circa 1910. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bridge Over The Avon
The Clifton suspension bridge, which spans the river Avon near Bristol, circa 1880. Designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, it was completed in 1864. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hell Gate Bridge In Queens Under Construction
The Hell Gate Bridge over a part of the East River called Hell Gate, which separates Astoria, Queens, from Wards Island, during construction, mid 1910s. Construction began in 1914 and ended in 1916

City of Truro green steam engine

Bernina Express Filisur Switzerland
Bernina Express passes through the snowy woods Filisur Canton of Grisons Switzerland Europe

Newly Built Bridge
Crowds on the banks of the River Tamar at Saltash, Cornwall celebrate the opening of the Royal Albert Bridge, designed by British engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel, 1859

Union Dime Savings Bank On Broadway, NYC
View of the Union Dime Savings Bank Building on Broadway, next to the Sixth Avenue and 33rd Street elevated train station, New York, New York, 1889. (Photo by P. L. Sperr/Frederic Lewis/Getty Images)

UK Train Travel
Liverpool Street train station concourse, London, UK

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Express Locomotive, 1899
Vintage engraving of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Express Locomotive, No. 1400. The Railway Magazine, 1899

Battle of the railway embankment near Bethoncourt, France, Situation from the time of the Franco-Prussian War or
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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

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

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

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)

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)

Princes St Gardens
1911: Princes Street, Edinburgh, with Forsyths Department store (completed 1910) (right), Edinburgh Castle (background), the Scott Monument (centre) and the roof of Waverley Station (left)

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)

Spit And Polish
Workmen giving the LNER Pacific engine Pretty Polly a good polish. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Loulla upper viaduct is a railway (railway) bridge, semi-circular arch bridge
Illustration of a Viaduc superieur du Loulla is a railroad (railway) bridge, semi-circular arch bridge and masonry bridge

Train Traveling on a Viaduct

Railroad Tracks and Train

Railroad Yard

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

Zugspitze
1957: A cable car ascending to the top of Zugspitze in the Austrian Tyrol. (Photo by Keystone/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)

Modes of Transportation

Union Pacific
The original wooden viaduct at Dale Creek, Wyoming, built for the Union Pacific railroad. It was later replaced by a steel construction before the route was abandoned altogether

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)

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

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