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'In War and Peace We Serve'

'In War and Peace We Serve'

'In War and Peace We Serve'

'In War and Peace We Serve'

circa 1945
Staggered Holidays 1945

Staggered Holidays 1945

28 May 1945
Restricted Areas

Restricted Areas

1942/04/15
Classification of Goods

Classification of Goods

1877
Transport of Flowers by Rail

Transport of Flowers by Rail

1943
packages tendered for conveyance

packages tendered for conveyance

1915
To Senders and Consignees of Goods

To Senders and Consignees of Goods

restricted access

restricted access

1942
Restricted Areas

Restricted Areas

1942/04/15
Holiday Trains in Short Supply

Holiday Trains in Short Supply

24 July 1945
notices of increase of railway charges

notices of increase of railway charges

1937
restrictions on access to coastal areas

restrictions on access to coastal areas

1943
The Railways are Short of Locomotive Coal

The Railways are Short of Locomotive Coal

1946
To Smokers

To Smokers

restricted area

restricted area

1942
To Smokers

To Smokers

restrcited access

restrcited access

Reservation of Seats

Reservation of Seats

1940
To Smokers

To Smokers

An Appeal to the Regular Traveller

An Appeal to the Regular Traveller

Holiday Trains in Short Supply

Holiday Trains in Short Supply

24 July 1945
Notice of Increase in Through and Port to Port Passenger Fares

Notice of Increase in Through and Port to Port Passenger Fares

1939
Withdrawal of Restaurant Cars from 5 April 1944

Withdrawal of Restaurant Cars from 5 April 1944

1944
Avoid The Peaks, Travel Midweek

Avoid The Peaks, Travel Midweek

1946
restricted access

restricted access

1939-1945
To Smokers

To Smokers

Notice of Increase in Through and Port to Port Passenger Fares

Notice of Increase in Through and Port to Port Passenger Fares

1939
Transport of Flowers by Rail

Transport of Flowers by Rail

1943
An Appeal to the Regular Traveller

An Appeal to the Regular Traveller

Rulebook for the Thetford & Watton Railway Company

Rulebook for the Thetford & Watton Railway Company

1876
'No, not that one - it's a non-smoker...'

'No, not that one - it's a non-smoker...'

1945/01/10
'No, not that one - it's a non-smoker ... '

'No, not that one - it's a non-smoker ... '

1945/01/10
'To Senders and Consignees of Goods'

'To Senders and Consignees of Goods'

Notice is Hereby Given that, due to the National Emergency the following alterations in Passenger train travel ...

Notice is Hereby Given that, due to the National Emergency the following alterations in Passenger train travel ...

1939/09/11
Restrictions on Access to Coastal Areas

Restrictions on Access to Coastal Areas

Staff notice. Stevens and Sons Patent Semaphore Signals for Railway Stations, Junctions, etc, Darlington Works, Southwark Bridge Road, London. Instructions to Engine Drivers, Signal Men, etc. (Station Signals/Junction Signals). Black text on white background. Printed by James Truscott, Nelson Square, London. Stuck to card.

stevens and sons patent semaphore signals for railway stations

Booklet, paper, List of Exceptional Rates, Scale of Charges for Depot and Warehouse Rent, &c., Special Instructions relating to Goods and Live Stock Traffic, List of Parties whose Returned Empty Packages may be Charged Forward and List of Stations with Crane and Other Accomodation, issued by the North Eastern Railway, printed by Ben Johnson & Co. of Micklegate, York, January 1886. Bound within the booklet are the Railway Clearing House's Special Instructions relating to Goods, Mineral and Live Stock Traffic printed by Jas Truscott & Son in London.

List of Exceptional Rates, Scale of Charges for Depot and Warehouse Rent, &c.

1886-01
Poster. Midland Railway. Royal Agricultural Society. London Show, Park Royal, 23-27 June 1903. Season Tickets at Reduced Rates/Cheap Excursions on 26 & 27 June. Red and blue text on white background with crest and coat of arms in centre. Stamped: "Midland Railway. Authorised for Exhibition". Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, Printers to the Royal Agricultural Society, Suffolk Lane, London, EC. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

Royal Agriculture Society, London Show

1903
Notice. Transport of Flowers by Railway. Restrictions on the conveyance of flowers form 25 March 1943. Black text on white background. REC ref: No 75. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge.

Notice, Railway Executive Committee

1943
Notice. Railway Executive Committee. Christmas Week Travel. Limited Services - You have been Warned. 1941. Black text on white background. REC ref: No 60. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: double royal, 25 x 40 inches, 635 x 1016mm.

Christmas week travel

1941
Notice. British Railways (GWR/LMS/LNER/SR). Collection and Acceptance of Goods. Extension of collection and acceptance hours at Stations and Depots. Black text on white background with green border. British Railways ref: No 18. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: double royal, 25 x 40 inches, 635 x 1016mm.

British Railways notice regarding collection and acceptance of goods

Notice. (Railway Executive Committee). Notice of Increases in Sea Surcharges on through and Port to Port Rates for Conveyance of Merchandise Train Traffic, Passenger Train Traffic and Livestock between Grat Britain and Ireland and between Great Britain and the Isle of Man from 1 May 1946. Green text on white background. Ref: No 95. Printed by Jas Truscott & Son Ltd, London & Tonbridge. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 1016 x 635mm.

notice of increases

1946
Timetable and Advertiser, London & Brighton Railway, 1 November 1844, 8 pages, with timetables, maps, illustration and advertisements. .

London and Brighton Railway

1844
Book, paper, General Classification of Goods by Merchandise Trains on Railways, issued by the Railway Clearing House, printed by Jas. Truscott & Son, Suffolk Lane, City, London, January 1886. 131pp.

General Classification of Goods by Merchandise Trains on Railways

1886-01
Notice. British Railways (GWR/LNER/LMS/SR). Christmas and New Year Passenger Travel Arrangements. Black text on white background with orange border. British Railways ref: No 39. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: double royal. Dimensions: 40 x 25 inches, 635 x 1016mm.

Christmas and New Year passenger travel arrangements

Notice. British Railways (GWR/LMS/LNER/SR). Send Fewer Parcels this Christmas. Red and black text on white background. British Railways ref: No 80. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: royal. Dimensions: 20 x 25 inches, 508 x 635mm.

send fewer parcels this christmas

Notice. Railway Executive Committee. Public Notice. Cheap Day Tickets by ordinary trains from 9 October 1939. Black text on white background. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London, EC4. Format: double royal, 25 x 40 inches, 635 x 1016mm.

Cheap Day Tickets by ordinary trains from 9 October 1939

1939
Notice. Railway Executive Committee. Christmas Week Travel. Limited Services - You have been Warned. 1941. Black text on white background. REC ref: No 60. Printed by Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: double royal, 25 x 40 inches, 635 x 1016mm.

Christmas Week Travel

1941
Notice. British Railways (GWR/LMS/LNER/SR) and London Transport. Christmas Parcels. Black text on white background with orange border. British Railways/London Transport ref: No 59. Printed Jas Truscott and Son Ltd, London and Tonbridge. Format: royal. Dimensions: 20 x 25 inches, 508 x 635mm.

Christmas parcels