Items matching transport

Re-constructed “Atlantic” Type Locomotive

This steam engine was rebuilt in 1930 to add a “booster” engine to the front axle of the bogie under the driver’s cab. The booster was a small steam engine used only at low speeds, to give additional [...]

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, wallpapers, backgrounds

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-03-22

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High Pressure Compound Locomotive

Keywords: railways, transport, engines

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-02-16

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11.—The “Cornwall”

A 2-2-2 steam engine [US: railroad locomotive] shown with driver and fireman.

Keywords: railways, transport, engines

Places shown: England

Added: 2009-02-16

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4-4-0 Engine “City of Truro”

This locomotive was known for breaking the railway speed record in 1904, at over 102 miles per hour.

Keywords: railways, transport, engines

Places shown: England

Added: 2009-02-16

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206b1: Carriage Pulled By Death.

This is a detail from plate 206, “Entrance of Henry of Lorraine, marquess of Moy, under the name of Pirandre” from the series The Combat at the Barrier, 1627. Here in a carriage whose seat is a scallo [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, death, nudity, bare feet, transport, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-13

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Carriage pulled by a Dragon.

This is a detail from plate 206, “Entrance of Henry of Lorraine, marquess of Moy, under the name of Pirandre” from the series The Combat at the Barrier, 1627. Here is a carriage with a scuplted lion a [...]

Keywords: mythical creatures, dragons, transport, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-12

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Carriage Pulled by Hounds.

This is a detail from plate 206, “Entrance of Henry of Lorraine, marquess of Moy, under the name of Pirandre” from the series The Combat at the Barrier, 1627.

Here is a carriage pulled by two dogs.

Keywords: carriages, transport, animals, dogs, people

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-06-13

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A Railway Cutting

The engraving shows maybe 20 or more men working on making a railway cutting. In the background men are digging away at the ground; at centre, they lod the dirt onto a railway truck (US: a railroad w [...]

Keywords: people, workmen, railways, transport

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-30

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Great Western express engine

“General Description of a Locomotive.—This is one of the Great Western express engines, running on eight wheels; the large wheel is the driving wheel, the others are called the leading and triling wh [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, transport, engines

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-02-06

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Crampton’s Engines

“The above figure is another plan of arranging the locomotive. The examples given on page 238 have eight wheels, the general run is six wheels with the large driving wheel in the middle; but in Crampt [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, diagrams, transport, engines

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-15

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Plate I.—Section of Locomotive Engine [coloured letters]

This is a version of Plate I in which I have coloured the letters blue, to try to make it easier to follow the description, which I have also repeated here: In this sectional elevation F is the furnac [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, diagrams, transport, engines

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-06

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Side Lever Engine

This is a steam engine for driving a ship (a paddle-boat in fact) taken from the Marine Engines chapter: 87. The Side Lever Engines.—The first engine employed to drive the paddle wheel was a side lev [...]

Keywords: machinery, engines, transport

Places shown: none

Added: 2007-09-20

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