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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

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Added: 2014-01-26

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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

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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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Vertical Steam Engine—For Manufacturing Purposes.Hand-book of The Useful Arts (1852)

The accompanying engraving represents a vertical high-pressure engine, not occupying much space and adapted for printing or manufacturing purposes. The engraving is I think signed, Butler & S. Rype. D [...]

Keywords: machinery, steam engines, greyscale

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Added: 2015-02-09

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Side Lever EngineSteam and the Steam Engine (1880)

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, steam engines, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-20

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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

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Added: 2011-03-24

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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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Added: 2006-09-19

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High Pressure Compound LocomotiveBritish Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

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

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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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Darjeeling Railway 1The Leisure Hour (1896)

“India can show a most interesting experiment in railway constructioon in the recently built line to Darjeeling, on the slopes of the Himalayas. The problem to be solved by its projectors was how to c [...]

Keywords: steam engines, railways, trains, people, greyscale

Places shown: Darjeeling; India

Added: 2006-12-14

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28.—4-4-0 Engine “City of Truro”British Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

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

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

Places shown: England

Added: 2009-02-16

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Thomson’s Road-Steamer and Coal-WaggonsIllustrated London News Vol 56 (1870)

The engraving shows a man driving a three-wheeled steam-powered traction engine named Enterprise; the traction engine has broad wheels with lots of rectangular metal plates aound them; the text, below [...]

Keywords: steam engines, transport, steampunk, people, trains, greyscale

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Added: 2018-08-14

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33.—“Cornish Riviera Express” – Great Western RailwayBritish Locomotives Illustrated (1933)

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 tim [...]

Keywords: railways, transport, engines, wallpaper, backgrounds, steam engines, signal boxes, signals, trains, greyscale

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Added: 2018-08-13

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