Steam Train Collection (page 5)

Clifton Depot Great Western Railway, Canada
1859: Passengers waiting at the Clifton Depot on the Great Western Railway, Canada. The Niagara Suspension Bridge is seen in the background

Suspended Railway
1859: Two men sit on the cliffs as a steam train crosses the Railway Suspension Bridge over the Niagara River, built in 1855 by John A Roebling to carry the Grand Trunk Railway between Canada

Crossing Niagara
1859: A steam train crosses the Railway Suspension Bridge over the Niagara River, built in 1855 by John A Roebling to carry the Grand Trunk Railway between Canada and New York State, USA

Columbia Bridge
1859: A steam train on the Columbia Railway Bridge, crossing the Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania. (Photo by William England/London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

Urban scene with small steam train

Devon Floods
1st October 1960: Flooding in a South Devon river valley. (Photo by Ron Case/Keystone/Getty Images)

London Rail Works
August 1919: Railway traffic is controlled from Farringdon Street, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Making A Wheel
September 1911: A man shrinking a tyre onto the wheel using water to cool it at the London and North Western Railway carriage works. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Torquay Trains
circa 1922: A general view of Torquay railway station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The King George
July 1927: The King George V locomotive engine leaving Paddington Station for a non-stop trial run to Plymouth. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Atlantic Coast
18th July 1926: The Atlantic Coast Express leaving Waterloo Station, London, for the West of England. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Derwent
11th July 1925: The 1845 Derwent locomotive in the Railway Centenary procession. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Sea Wall Line
circa 1890: A cargo train on Admiralty Pier, Dover, and the paddle steamer Calais/Dourre I moored alongside at one of the Western Berths. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Skeleton Service
27th September 1919: The 12.30 leaving Waterloo Station in London for Portsmouth during the railway strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Paddington Station
18th July 1912: Passengers at Paddington Station, London, boarding special trains bound for the Kings garden party at Windsor. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Paddington Station
1914: Passengers boarding the Cornish Riviera Express at Paddington Station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Skeleton Coach
22nd May 1915: A burnt-out carriage balanced precariously on the rails after a troop train crashed at Gretna Green in south-west Scotland. Many soldiers were injured in the incident and 158 died

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

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)

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)

Ascot Train
circa 1923: The Ascot Special leaving Waterloo Station, London. (Photo by 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)

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)

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)

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

King Arthurs Triumph
A battle of giants taking place on the Southern Railway at Eastleigh, Hampshire, 12th March 1925. In a demonstration of the power of its new Pacific Class locomotives

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR)
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway whizzing alongside the streets of Darjeeling. India

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. Also known as the Toy Train, is a narrow gauge railway built to navigate the Himalayan foothills around Darjeeling, West Bengal. India

Salvaged Coaches
Salvaged coaches from a Southern Railway electric train after they were lifted from Portsmouth harbour, 12th September 1946. The coaches sank during a World War II air raid

Number 1 Engine
The number 1 engine, Cecil J. Rhodes, which pulled the first train from Umtali to Salisbury, one leg of the trans-African railway running from Cairo to the Cape of Good Hope

Abbots Ripton Crash
The aftermath of a train crash at Abbots Ripton, Huntingdonshire, January 1876. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cuban Sugar Transport
A crop of sugar cane is transported by rail, Cuba, circa 1900. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Steam Trains
Fine Art Storehouse Vintage Photo Gallery: Transportation: Steam Trains

Britannia Bridge
23rd March 1850: The entrance to the Britannia Tubular Bridge, designed by Robert Stephenson. Original Publication: Illustrated London News (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

An LNER Pacific class locomotive pulling The Flying Scotsman, December 1929
December 1929: An LNER Pacific class locomotive pulling The Flying Scotsman express which travels 393 miles non-stop from Kings Cross station in London to Edinburgh in Scotland every day

Night falls on the Abbots Ripton Crash, January 1876
Night falls on the Abbots Ripton rail disaster, in which the Flying Scotsman collided with a coal train at Abbots Ripton in Cambridgeshire, 21st January 1876

Famous Steam Engine The Flying Scotsman
The famous steam engine the Flying Scotsman. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images). The 21.34m-long, 100-tonne machine was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley

Union Pacific Train
A Union Pacific freight train moves through a mountainous area, circa 1930. (Photo by Gabriel Hackett/Getty Images)

The Royal Scot pulling out of Euston Station, London, on the way to Blisworth, Northamptonshire, amongst the passengers was the Minister of Transport, Leslie Burgin

St Pancras Station
The life of St Pancras station continues beneath its enormous vaulted roof. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Kopernicus
The German built steam engine Kopernicus, fresh from the locomotive factory in Esslingen am Neckar, near Stuttgart. Factory workers stand on and around the new engine

Gare Du Nord
A crowded platform at Gare du Nord train station in Paris. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Steam Engine
Steam locomotive Princess Anne at Camden, London, beside an array of LNWR (London North-Western Railway) lower quadrant signals. (Photo by Dean/Getty Images)

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