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Frontispiece: Restormel Castle Steam Locomotive, GWRBritish Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

4-6-0 four-cylinder express engine No. 5010, “Restormel Castle,” G.W.R. [Great Western Railway] [. . .] Designed primarily to avoid double heading with trains weighing up to 360 tons, on the heavy ban [...]

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2014-01-26

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Front Cover of Evers’ ‘Steam and the Steam Engine’Steam and the Steam Engine (1880)

The front cover says that the book is part of Collins’ Advanced Series.

Keywords: book covers, titles, railways, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-06

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Railway Trains in SpaceThe Book of Knowledge Volume 1 (1911)

Ten passenger trains, each with five carriages pulled by a steam locomotive, are heading for the sun, the moon, the nearest star, and for each of the other planets in this steam-punk Vctorian illustra [...]

Keywords: humour, space, trains, railways, steam engines, steampunk, retro, vintage, planets, solar system, diagrams, infographics, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2018-02-13

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1.—“Royal Scot” train, near Shap summit, Engine No. 6134 “Samson”British Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

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 replenis [...]

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, steam engines, trains, shap, colour

Places shown: Shap; Cumbria; England

Added: 2010-02-09

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In the TrainThrough the Looking-Glass And What Alice Found There (1871)

“Tickets, please!” said the Guard, putting his head in at the window. In a moment everybody was holding out a ticket: they were about the same size as the people, and quite seemed to fill the carriage [...]

Keywords: alice, illustrations for children, transport, railways, people, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2008-04-14

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9.—7ft Single Express Locomotive, No. 123British Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

Caledonian Railway, 1886 This steam engine was built by Neilson and Company for the Edinburgh Exhibition in 1886. Originally bought by the Caledonian Railway, the engine was later L.M.S.R. No. 14010. [...]

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2011-03-24

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Santa Fe All The WayScribner’s Magazine 1903 No. 11 (1903)

This vintage advert for the Santa Fe Railway (modern US: Railroad) shows a beautiful lady (I imagine) fastening her hair with the aid of a mirror, wearing a long evening dress or gown; there is an ele [...]

Keywords: advertisements, romance, people, travel, railways, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2010-06-07

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11.—The “Cornwall”British Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

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

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2009-02-16

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Old Advert: Illinois Central RailroadScribner’s Magazine 1903 No. 11 (1903)

New Line * Fine Service Illinois Central Railroad Minneapolis and St. Paul Through from Chicago via Dubuque, Waterloo and Albert Lea. Fast vestibule Night train with through Stateroom and Open-section [...]

Keywords: advertisements, travel, first nations, railways, transport, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-01-05

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A Railway CuttingMagazine of Art Illustrated (1878)

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, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-10-30

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Le Tunnel du Saint-Gotthard.—Machine à perforer, mue par l’air compriméLa France Illustrée: Journal Literaire, Scientifique & Religieux (1878)

A man stands facing left, apparently calm, wearing overcoat and wide-brimmed hat, in an underground tunnel; behind him is a large metal cylindrical tank, horizontal, fitted with railway wheels; to th [...]

Keywords: machinery, steampunk, railways, people, wheels, men, engines, tunnels, excavation, digging, hats, greyscale

Places shown: Gotthard Tunnel; Broager; Uri; Switzerland

Added: 2020-10-31

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Sharp, Brothers, And Co.’s EngineSteam and the Steam Engine (1880)

“The annexed illustration will give a much better idea of the locomotive engine and boiler than the last one.” (p. 241) There is also a cross-section of this locomotive, which I have scanned but not y [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, transport, engines, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-02-06

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24.—Re-constructed “Atlantic” Type LocomotiveBritish Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

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, wallpaper, backgrounds, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-03-21

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Plate I.—Section of Locomotive EngineSteam and the Steam Engine (1880)

This is a cross-section through a steam engine (i.e. a railway locomotive, or a railroad engine as they say in North America). The description is a little hard to follow, so I made a version in which [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, diagrams, transport, engines, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-06

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Plate I.—Section of Locomotive Engine [coloured letters]Steam and the Steam Engine (1880)

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, steam engines, colour

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-02-06

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Crampton’s EnginesSteam and the Steam Engine (1880)

“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, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-03-15

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[Festiniog Railway Locomotive]Steam and the Steam Engine (1880)

“In the example here given, the engine is on two trucks [bogies]. The one end can be turned so that the double sets of wheels are not in the same straight line. In practice it is found that bogie carr [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, transport, engines, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: Wales

Added: 2006-06-08

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Locomotive BoilerSteam and the Steam Engine (1880)

“256. Locomotive Boiler.—All locomotive boilers are of the class called multibar: they consist essentially of the barrel filled with tubes, while the two ends are named respectively the furnace, or fi [...]

Keywords: railways, machinery, diagrams, transport, engines, steam engines, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2006-09-19

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High Pressure Compound LocomotiveBritish Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: none

Added: 2009-02-16

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Great Western express engineSteam and the Steam Engine (1880)

“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, steam engines, greyscale

Places shown: England

Added: 2006-02-06

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