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Steam Train Collection (page 6)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Thirsty Giant

Thirsty Giant
9th August 1933: A down train on the tebay troughs, Westmoreland taking up water prior to the ascent of Shap Fell one of the steepest main line gradients in the country

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Railway Houses

Railway Houses
1956: A steam train passing houses which back onto the line, in Yorkshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8067 - The Importance of Being Yorkshire - unpub

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Flying Scotsman

Flying Scotsman
July 1931: The Flying Scotsman train leaves Kings Cross station, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Royal Scot

Royal Scot
20th February 1933: The Royal Scot steam train in action. It is to be exhibited at the World Fair in Chicago. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Steam Locomotive

Steam Locomotive
circa 1950: A steam locomotive. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Railway Bridge

Railway Bridge
circa 1950: The cross-over railway bridge at Newcastle on Tyne. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Royal Train

Royal Train
11th November 1911: The Royal Train, carrying King George V and Queen Mary, arrives at Portsmouth on the first leg of the Royal trip to India to celebrate the Coronation

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Drifting Steam

Drifting Steam
circa 1950: A steam train about to enter a newly completed tunnel in Denmark. The tunnel will allow passengers from Copenhagen to travel to the island of Mon. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Hoisting Locomotive

Hoisting Locomotive
June 1927: A steam locomotive being hoisted on a ship at Newcastle, bound for India. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Loading Locomotive

Loading Locomotive
June 1927: A steam locomotive being hoisted by a crane onto a ship at Newcastle, bound for India. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: New Yorks El

New Yorks El
1884: A section of New York Citys Third Avenue elevated railway, built in 1879, at Coenties Slip. (Photo by Otto Herschan/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Swedish Engine

Swedish Engine
circa 1908: A Swedish locomotive on snow-covered tracks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Doomed Station

Doomed Station
18th April 1958: The grand roof over the platforms of Cannon Street Station, London, just before it was dismantled. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: GWR Boat Train

GWR Boat Train
May 1908: The Great Western Railway boat train, taking passengers to the Mauretania, leaving Fishguard station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Peruvian Train

Peruvian Train
circa 1950: A Peruvian steam engine. (Photo by Kenneth V. Hilliard/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Rail Journey

Rail Journey
circa 1875: A steam train travelling through the Sierra Nevada hills. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Stephensons Rocket

Stephensons Rocket
circa 1829: The steam engine designed and built by George Stephenson (1781 - 1848) (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: La France 1913; The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway railway engine decorated

La France 1913; The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway railway engine decorated
24th June 1913: The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway railway engine La France for the Royal train is decorated for use by the French President during his visit

Background imageSteam Train Collection: The Steam Age

The Steam Age
circa 1885: An East Coast Express train at Kings Cross Great Northern Railway, London. The Stirling 8ft Single No 221 is at the main arrival platform. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: LNER Train

LNER Train
October 1929: An LNER locomotive at full steam ahead. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Flying Scotsman

Flying Scotsman
1st May 1928: The 150 ton LNER Pacific class locomotive Flying Scotsman, pulling the train of the same name, leaving Kings Cross Station in London at 10am on its first non-stop run to Edinburgh

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Paddington Station

Paddington Station
circa 1910: Special trains, laid on for the Kings garden party, leaving Londons Paddington Station with guests. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Steam Locomotive

Steam Locomotive
circa 1946: Steam Locomotive called the Queen Elizabeth. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: LNER Train

LNER Train
1st May 1925: An express train travelling south from Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. (Photo by Davis Jr/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: LMS Centenary

LMS Centenary
19th September 1938: The Coronation Class engine Duchess of Gloucester leaving Londons Euston railway station. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Pendennis Castle

Pendennis Castle
22nd April 1925: Great Western engine Pendennis Castle pulling a London North East Railway train from Kings Cross Station on its way to Peterborough

Background imageSteam Train Collection: New York Elevated Railroad Train

New York Elevated Railroad Train
Illustration of a four-wheel locomotive for the New York Elevated Railroad built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia in 1878. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Fireless Locomotive

Fireless Locomotive
Illustration of a fireless locomotive designed by Theodore Schaffer for the Crescent City Railroad of New Orleans, Louisiana in 1876. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Arriving At Manchester

Arriving At Manchester
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway enters Manchester across Water Street, 1831. Engraving by H. Pyall after T. Bury (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Engine At Charing Cross

Engine At Charing Cross
A South Eastern & Chatham Railways locomotive at Charing Cross Station, London, January 1924. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: King Class Locomotives

King Class Locomotives
Seven of the new King Class steam locomotives, 2nd July 1930. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: King Class Locomotive

King Class Locomotive
A Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 King Class steam locomotive, 2nd July 1930. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: GWR Goods Wagons

GWR Goods Wagons
A steam locomotive hauling a train of 50 of the newly-introduced 20-ton open goods wagons of the Great Western Railway (GWR), UK, August 1924. (Photo by J. B)

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Fury In Glasgow

Fury In Glasgow
The newly-built locomotive 6399 Fury, of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, Glasgow, December 1929. The Fury was an experimental express passenger locomotive using a high pressure steam boiler

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Fury In Glasgow

Fury In Glasgow
The newly-built locomotive 6399 Fury, of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, Glasgow, December 1929. The Fury was an experimental express passenger locomotive using a high pressure steam boiler

Background imageSteam Train Collection: Trainload Of Bridge Girders

Trainload Of Bridge Girders
A London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) train with an overhanging load of girders, on its way from Darlington to Middlesborough, 20th September 1926



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