Ton Collection

Non-Stop Scotsman
11th May 1928: The 150 ton LNER Pacific class locomotive Flying Scotsman, pulling the train of the same name, leaving Kings Cross Station in London on its first non-stop run to Edinburgh

Princess Flying Boat
19th August 1952: Holidaymakers at Cowe, Isle of Wight, watching the launching of a 140 ton Saunders-Roe Princess flying boat prior to flight trials

SS Ormonde
circa 1925: The 14, 982- ton Orient Line steamer SS Ormonde, which was requisitioned for war service in 1918 but then reverted to acting as a passenger ship

SS Ascania
4th May 1925: Cunard liner 14, 000 ton Ascania tied up at Southampton, she will service the Southampton to Montreal run. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Robot Alpha
17th August 1932: Alpha, a two ton robot that can read fluently in any language, on display at the Radio Exhibition in Olympia, London

In For Repairs
1st July 1929: German liner the 48, 000 ton Bremen in a floating dock at Southampton where she will have her hull painted. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Flying Scotsman LNER Pacific locomotive used to pull the train of the same name
The 150 ton Flying Scotsman LNER Pacific locomotive used to pull the train of the same name. Alongside it is the 8 ton Typhoon of the Romney

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

Lancastria
20th October 1936: Crowds gather to see the 16, 243 ton Cunard cruise liner Lancastria, grounded in the River Mersey off Egremont

Thick-Skinned
July 1958: Belinda, the two and a half ton hippo with her 90 pound newborn offspring Junior at Whipsnade Zoo. (Photo by Ken Harding/BIPs/Getty Images)

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