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the opening of the stockton and darlington railway

1825

Portrait of Constance Garstin in Darjeeling, India

1861-08

Behind the Scenes - Derby St Mary's Goods Depot

1951

Charles Babbage

1845

Glass Making, Whitefriars Foundry

1959

Calico printing

circa 1834

Carding, drawing and roving

circa 1834

Swainson Birley Mill

circa 1834

Power loom weaving

circa 1834

Jedburgh Abbey

1932-1933

Peterborough

1937

Lincoln - The Glory Hole; Colchester Castle

circa 1953

Midland Coalfield

circa 1935

Behind the Scenes - Lawley Street Goods Depot, Birmingham

1951

Crystal Palace

1979

Cannon Street Station from Southwark

1979

Distant Steam Train

1920-1929

Nairn

1928

British Industries, Coal

1923-1924

Huddersfield

1979

King's Cross

1979

Mule spinning

circa 1834

Pencil and watercolour drawing by T. Sulman. Aviary on W. Epp's Nursery, Ashford, South Eastern Railway, 25 August 1852. One of series of drawings for the South-Eastern Railway by George Measom

Aviary on W. Epp's Nursery, Ashford

1852

Pencil and watercolour drawing by T. Sulman. Works at Ashford, 10 October 1852. One of a series of drawings for The Illustrated Guide to the South-Eastern Railway by George Measom

Works at Ashford

1852

Pencil and watercolour drawing by T. Sulman. Front of an Old House at Maidstone, South Eastern Railway, September 1852. One of a series of drawings for The Illustrated Guide to the South-Eastern Railway by George Measom

Front of an Old House at Maidstone

1852

Pencil and watercolour drawing by T. Sulman. Canterbury Station looking up, 27 August 1852. One of a series of drawings for The Illustrated Guide to the South-Eastern Railway by George Measom

Canterbury Station looking up

1852

Pencil and watercolour drawing by T. Sulman. No.136 Express Engine, 2 September 1852. One of a series of drawings for The Illustrated Guide to the South-Eastern Railway by George Measom

No.136 Express Engine

1852

Pencil and watercolour drawing by T. Sulman. Dorking Town from the line, 20 September 1952. One of a series of drawings for The Illustrated Guide to the South-Eastern Railway by George Measom.

Dorking Town

1952

Pencil and watercolour drawing by T. Sulman. Redhill and Reigate Junction Station, South Eastern Railway, c. 1852. One of a series of drawings for The Illustrated Guide to the South-Eastern Railway by George Measom

Redhill and Reigate Junction Station

circa 1852

Pencil and watercolour drawing by T. Sulman. South-Eastern Terminus, London Bridge ( interior with platforms), c1852. One of a series of drawings for The Illustrated Guide to the South-Eastern Railway by George Measom

South-Eastern Terminus, London Bridge

1852

Pencil and watercolour drawing by T. Sulman. Dorking Station, South Eastern Railway, c1852. One of a series of drawings for The Illustrated Guide to the South-Eastern Railway by George Measom

Dorking Station

1852

Pencil and watercolour drawing. 'Southern Railway, Brighton Electrification. Central Control Room, Three Bridges'. Drawn by G D Carter.

Southern Railway, Brighton Electrification. Central Control Room, Three Bridges

Print. Two Cast Iron Bridges on the Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway at Castlefield by Geldart. Proof copy with hand-written note on back "Two of the cast iron bridges of the Manchester South Junction and Altringham Railway at Castlefield built by David Bellhouse of Manchester - opened 1/8/1849" View of bridges over canal. 315 x 450mm. Copyright: Geldart. 12.4016 x 17.7165 in.

Two Cast Iron Bridges on the Manchester South Junction & Altrincham Railway

Print. Central Station, Manchester by Geldart. Signed by artist. Exterior view of station. 315 x 450mm. Copyright: Geldart. Handwritten note on back "Central Station Manchester - Just prior to the commencement of work to connect it to G. MEX." 12.4016 x 17.7165 in.

Central Station Manchester

Watercolour, proposal for a new Euston station, believed to be by William Walcot after a design by the architect Percy Thomas, about 1937. Depicts a projected view of the monumental facade of a new Euston station, built in Staffordshire limestone in a sparse neoclassical style. There are wings on either side of the main station building for offices and a hotel. Produced for the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Framed and glazed.

Proposed rebuilding of Euston Station

circa 1937

Watercolour and pencil on paper, Carlisle Station, unknown artist. A painting of a station building with people standing in front. There is a banner in the top left corner inscribed 'CARLISLE STATION'. Framed and glazed (glass). The building was designed by architect William Tite in the Gothic style and was built in 1847. Also known as Carlisle Citadel Station.

Carlisle Station

Watercolour by Bertram Augustus Curry, 1907. North Eastern Railway (NER) 2-2-4T locomotive no.66 Aerolite with York Minster in background. 1907. In glazed frame.

North Eastern Railway 2-2-4T locomotive no.66 Aerolite

1907

Portrait, caricature, watercolour and pencil, "Great Central", Sam Fay, General Manager of the Great Central Railway, by Spy (Leslie Ward), 1907. Framed and glazed. Published as number 1090 in the "Men of the Day" series featured in a supplement to 'Vanity Fair, 30th October 1907, see 1977-7220 for an example.

Great Central

1907

Pencil Drawing by CJC (C J Cropper), "The Chairman", 1910/12/01, portrait of Lord Stalybridge, Chairman, London & North Western Railway (on headed LNWR Board Room notepaper). Framed and Glazed, glass.

Portrait of Lord Stalbridge, Chairman, London & North Western Railway

1910

Pencil Drawing, by CJC (C J Cropper), portrait of Frank Ree, General Manager, London & North Western Railway, reading report of arrangement with Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway, 4 March 1909. Framed and glazed, glass.

Portrait of Frank Ree General Manager London & North Western Railway

1909

Pencil drawing. To the Western Region from the General Staff - Steam on Earth and Good Will to All Men. Steam locomotive with angel and holly above. Drawn by Major General Wansbrough-Jones, Secretary General, BTC, at Christmas 1956 when the Western Region secured its last sanction for 30 2-10-0 steam locomotives. Framed and glazed, glass.

Steam on Earth and Good Will to All Men

1956

Watercolour and pencil, London & Brighton Railway, Shoreham Bridge over River Adur, by W Richardson, c1850.

Shoreham Bridge over River Adur

1850

Watercolour and pencil, Ouse Valley Viaduct, London & Brighton Railway by W Richardson.

Ouse Valley Viaduct

Great Western Railway King class locomotive with the Cornish Riviera Express passing through Reading, 1939. Watercolour by Laurie Cleeton. Framed and Glazed.

Great Western Railway King class locomotive with the Cornish Riviera Express passing through Reading

1939

Pencil drawing on paper, Great Northern Railway, 4-2-2 'Stirling Single', No. 1, by P. Russell, 1st April 1886. Framed and glazed, glass.

Stirling Single, Great Northern Railway

1886

Painting, watercolour, Slough Station, by an unknown artist, about 1842. Depicts a view of the Great Western Railway station seen from the north. A train of what appear to be open carriages, hauled by a 2-2-2 steam locomotive, is waiting in the 'up' train shed, heading for London. Further down the track is the train shed for 'down' trains for Bristol, with a bridge over the railway beyond. Passengers are standing near the station entrance, and there is a water column beside the track. Behind the station is the newly completed Royal Hotel. In the foreground is a field, surrounded by a wooden fence. Ivory plaque on the frame reads "Slough Station, 1841, 576". Framed and glazed.

Slough Station

circa 1842

Pencil and watercolour drawing by T. Sulman. Gravesend Station, South Eastern Railway, North Kent Line, 5 October 1852. One of a series of drawings for The Illustrated Guiide to the South-Eastern Railway by George Measom

Gravesend Station

1852

Pencil and watercolour drawing by T. Sulman. Viaduct at Folkstone, South Eastern Railway, October 1852. One of a series of drawings for The Illustrated Guide to the South-Eastern Railway by George Measom

Viaduct at Folkstone

1852

Pencil and watercolour drawing by T. Sulman. Dover, 29 September 1852. One of series of drawings for The Illustrated Guide to the South-Eastern Railway by George Measom

Dover

1852

Pencil and watercolour drawing by T. Sulman. Folkestone Junction, 1852. One of series of drawings for The Illustrated Guide to the South-Eastern Railway by George Measom

Folkestone Junction

1852

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