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Photographs of British steam engines (railway locomotives) from British Locomotives Illustrated by W. J. Bell, M.I.Loco.E., A & C. Black Ltd., London, 1933.
The photographs in this book are out of copyright because they were taken before 1944 in the UK, and are either by the author or are anonymous.
W. J. Bell was a partner in the Locomotive Publishing Company, the consulting editor for The Locomotive, and a founding member of the Institution of Locomotive Engineers. He died in 1938.
Title: British Locomotives Illustrated
Published by: A. & C. Black Ltd.
City: London
Date: 1933
Total items: 8
Out of copyright (called public domain in the USA), hence royalty-free for all purposes usage credit requested, or as marked.
![[picture: 24.---Re-constructed ``Atlantic'' Type Locomotive]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Bell-BritishLocomotivesIllustrated/wm/big/24-Re-constructed-Atlantic-type-Locomotive-q75-333x200.jpg "[picture: 24.---Re-constructed ``Atlantic'' Type Locomotive]")
24.—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 traction. I’m not sure [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: 1.---``Royal Scot'' train, near Shap summit, Engine No. 6134 ``Samson'']](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Bell-BritishLocomotivesIllustrated/wm/big/01-Royal-Scot-train-near-shap-summit-q75-319x200.jpg "[picture: 1.---``Royal Scot'' train, near Shap summit, Engine No. 6134 ``Samson'']")
1.—“Royal Scot” train, near Shap summit, Engine No. 6134 “Samson”
Among the outstanding features of British Railway operation of to-day is the development of the long distance non-stop run. This has been made possible by water-troughs, enabling an engine to [...] [more...] [$]
![[picture: 28.---4-4-0 Engine ``City of Truro'']](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Bell-BritishLocomotivesIllustrated/wm/big/28-4-4-0-Engine-City-of-Truro-q75-352x200.jpg "[picture: 28.---4-4-0 Engine ``City of Truro'']")
28.—4-4-0 Engine “City of Truro”
4-4-0 Passenger engine, No. 3440, “City of Truro.” G.W.R., 1903 [more...] [$]
![[picture: 33.---``Cornish Riviera Express'' – Great Western Railway]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Bell-BritishLocomotivesIllustrated/wm/big/33-gwr-cornish-riviera-express-q72-320x200.jpg "[picture: 33.---``Cornish Riviera Express'' – Great Western Railway]")
33.—“Cornish Riviera Express” – Great Western Railway
The “Cornish Riviera” train passing Twyford, 10.30 a.m. Ex Paddington, G.W.R.
The locomotive here is probably a King class 4-6-0, and there are I think thirteen coaches. The picture was taken some time after 1927.
The Great Western Railway clung to a design of signal visible here in which down meant “go” and horizontal meant “stop”–the trouble with this is that mechanical failure (sometimes caused by an [more...] [$]
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![[picture: 9.---7ft Single Express Locomotive, No. 123]](https://www.fromoldbooks.org/Bell-BritishLocomotivesIllustrated/wm/big/09-drummonds-7ft-single-driver-loco-q75-319x200.jpg "[picture: 9.---7ft Single Express Locomotive, No. 123]")
