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Archival box of postcards

Archival box of postcards

1890-1949
Postcard, British Railways, Faverdale Hall, Darlington, aerial view

British Railways, Faverdale Hall, Darlington, aerial view

postcard depicting LNER's Queen Street Museum, York, being set up in 1927. Depicts locomotives including Hetton Colliery Engine, GNR Stirling Single, Fletcher 2-4-0 coupled, Chaldron Waggons and parts of Gaunless Bridge in background behind the individual wearing a long overcoat.

LNER's Queen Street Museum, York

1927
Postcard, Diesel Series D220 - Collectors item no 8, British Rail class 47 2750 bhp Co-Co No 47405 at York, Published by E T W Dennis & Sons Ltd, Scarborough

British Rail Class 47 2750 bhp Co-Co No 47405 at York

Coloured Postcard. "Alphalsa" Publishing Company. The "Flying Scotsman" passing Hadley Woods. Reproduced from a painting by F Moore. Published by the "Alphalsa" Publishing Co Ltd, 2 & 4 Scrutton Street, London EC2. "Alpha" postcard no 1406.

The Flying Scotsman passing Hadley Woods

Coloured Postcard. "Alphalsa" Publishing Company. Great Central Railway. Manchester Express passing Rickmansworth. Reproduced from a painting by F Moore. Published by the "Alphalsa" Publishing Co Ltd, 2 & 4 Scrutton Street, London EC2. "Alpha" postcard no 1402.

Great Central Railway. Manchester Express passing Rickmansworth.

Coloured postcard. North Eastern Railway, New Electric Services. (Tynemouth bound train arriving at station). c1905. Published by Bealls Ltd, Newcastle.

Coloured postcard, Tynemouth bound train arriving at station

1900-1910
Postcard, London & North Western Railway, To Ireland via Holyhead by Norman Wilkinson, printed by McCorquodale & Co. Ltd. Dimensions 85mmx135mm

To Ireland via Holyhead

Coloured Postcard. "Alphalsa" Publishing Company. On the Manifold Valley Light Railway, Derbyshire, near Beeston Tor (North Staffordshire Railway). Published by the "Alphalsa" Publishing Co Ltd, 2 & 4 Scrutton Street, London EC2. "Alpha" postcard no 1402.

North Staffordshire Railway. On the Manifold Valley Light Railway, Derbyshire, near Beeston Tor

Postcard, Mersey Railway, 'Mersey Railway Electric Trains Every Three Minutes Liverpool to Birkenhead' with image of train, Blank.

Mersey Railway Electric Trains Every Three Minutes Liverpool to Birkenhead

Coloured Postcard. "Alphalsa" Publishing Company. North British Railway. Express leaving Edinburgh. Reproduced from a painting by F Moore. Published by the "Alphalsa" Publishing Co Ltd, 2 & 4 Scrutton Street, London EC2. "Alpha" postcard no 1401.

North British Railway. Express leaving Edinburgh.

Coloured postcard. Locomotive Publishing Company. (Great Western Railway) 4-4-0 Express Engine "Stanley Baldwin" starting from Paddington. Reproduced from a painting by F Moore. Published by The Locomotive Publishing Co Ltd, 3 Amen Corner, London, EC.

Coloured postcard. Locomotive Publishing Company

Postcard. Cotman-Color series. LTSR 4-4-2 passenger tank engine "Thundersley" at Bressingham. Printed and published by Jarrold & Sons Ltd, Norwich.

Postcard, LTSR 4-4-2 passenger tank engine "Thundersley" at Bressingham

Coloured Postcard. Raphael Tuck & Sons. Collection "Villes de France". Chemin de Fer d'Orleans. Sud-Express Paris-Madrid. Raphael Tuck et Fils Ltd, Paris, "Oilette", serie 123, no 2.

Villes de France. Chemin de Fer d'Orleans. Sud-Express Paris-Madrid

after 1903
Postcard, BR (North Eastern) class J72 0-6-0 side tank locomotive No 69023 "Joem" on the Derwent Valley Railway, York

Class J72 0-6-0 side tank locomotive No 69023 'Joem'

Postcard, coloured, North Eastern Railway, York, Royal Station Hotel. The Lounge, published c1917.

ner royal station hotel york postcard

1917
Postcard of the Adelphi Hotel Liverpool with a colour illustration of the hotel. Unused.

Adelphi Hotel Liverpool

Postcard - "The Great Snowstorm 1906". Represents condition of telegraph and telephone poles for about 10 miles on the line between Arbroath and Dundee

The Great Snowstorm 1906

1906
Coloured Postcard. Raphael Tuck & Sons. Collection "Villes de France". Chemin de Fer d'Orleans. Rapide de Paris. Raphael Tuck et Fils Ltd, Paris, "Oilette", serie 124, no 7.

Villes de France. Chemin de Fer d'Orleans. Rapide de Paris

after 1903
Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. 1st Class Brake Carriage, 2.30pm Euston to Birmingham 2-hour Express. Published October 1907. Perforated on left-hand side. Originally one of a series of six cards joined together in a concertina strip to form The Birmingham Express. Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. 1st Class Brake Carriage

1907
Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Sleeping Compartment, Queen Adelaide's Coach. (Built 1842. L&NW Railway). (Revised series). (Originally published November 1904. Reissued October 1906). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

London & North Western Railway: Sleeping Compartment, Queen Adelaide's Coach

1906
Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Shugborough Tunnel, near Stafford. (Additional series). (Originally published January 1905. Reissued October 1906). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Shugborough Tunnel

1906
Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Tunnels on the L&NWR. (Series of six views featuring Wansford, Linslade (Leighton), Kilsby, Beechwood (near Coventry), Belmont (Bangor) and Sutton Tunnels). (Additional series). (Originally published January 1905. Reissued October 1906). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Tunnels on the L&NWR

1906
Postcard, British Railways, British Railways Staff Training College, Faverdale Hall, Darlington, view of Hall across gardens

British Railways, British Railways Staff Training College, Faverdale Hall, Darlington

Postcard of Arbroath Railway disaster, December 1906 - Scene of the wreckage after the accident at Elliot Junction.

Arbroath Railway disaster, December 1906 - Wreckage at the scene

1907
Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. L&NWR Signal Boxes. Old & New Methods). (Additional series). (Originally published January 1905. Reissued October 1906). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. L&NWR Signal Boxes. Old & New Methods)

1906
Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Watford Old Tunnel (South End). (Additional series). (Originally published January 1905. Reissued October 1906). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Watford Old Tunnel (South End)

1906
Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Tring Cutting in course of construction, 1837. (Additional series). (Originally published January 1905. Reissued October 1906). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Tring Cutting in course of construction

1906
Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Roade Cutting in 1839. (Additional series). (Originally published January 1905. Reissued October 1906). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Roade Cutting in 1839. (Additional series)

1906
Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Hampstead Road Bridge, 1838. (Additional series). (Originally published January 1905. Reissued October 1906). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Hampstead Road Bridge

1906
Postcard. Locomotive Publishing Co. London Tilbury & Southend Railway Southend-Fenchurch St Express.

London Tilbury & Southend Railway, Southend-Fenchurch Street Express

Coloured Postcard. Valentine's Series. London Brighton & South Coast Railway. "Southern Belle". Published by Valentine & Sons Ltd, Dundee.

London Brighton & South Coast Railway. Southern Belle.

Postcard. London Midland & Scottish Railway Company, Highland Hotel, Strathpeffer postcard with a black and white photograph of the hotel. Unused.

London Midland & Scottish railway Company Highland Hotel, Strathpeffer

Coloured Postcard. 'Railways of the World'. The Rigi Rack Railway, Switzerland. Raphael Tuck & Sons, Oilette postcard no 9274.

Railways of the World, The Rigi Rack Railway, Switzerland

1903-1920
Postcard of Arbroath Railway disaster Dec.1906 - Depicting "The Fatal Carriage"

Arbroath Railway disaster, December 1906 - The Fatal Carriage

1907
Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Railway in the "Thirties". Train crossing Chat Moss and Interior of Wapping Tunnel, Liverpool. (Revised series). (Originally published November 1904. Reissued October 1906). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Railway in the "Thirties"

1906
Postcard of Arbroath Railway disaster Dec.1906 - "The Overturned engine of the special train at Elliot"

Arbroath Railway disaster, December 1906 - The overturned engine of the special train at Elliot

1906
Coloured Postcard. Raphael Tuck & Sons. Collection "Villes de France". Chemin de Fer d'Orleans. Rapide de Paris a Bordeaux. Raphael Tuck et Fils Ltd, Paris, "Oilette", serie 123, no 3.

Villes de France. Chemin de Fer d'Orleans. Rapide de Paris a Bordeaux.

after 1903
Coloured Postcard. Raphael Tuck & Sons. Collection "Villes de France". Chemin de Fer d'Orleans. Express de Clermont-Ferrand a Bordeaux. Raphael Tuck et Fils Ltd, Paris, "Oilette", serie 124, no 12.

Villes de France. Chemin de Fer d'Orleans. Express de Clermont-Ferrand a Bordeaux

after 1903
Postcard. London & North Western Railway. The London & North Western Railway Company's Exhibits at the St Louis Exposition, 1904. (Series of seven views featuring model of SS "Anglia", original Queen Adelaide's Saloon (built 1842), model of "Diamond Jubilee", model of King Edward VII's Saloon, Pavilion and Enquiry Office, model of sleeping car and length of standard L&NW permanent way). Published 1904. (Printed by Raphael Tuck and Sons).

The London & North Western Railway Company's Exhibits at the St Louis Exposition, 1904

1904
Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. SS "Scotia". Holyhead & Dublin Service. (Revised series). (Originally published November 1904. Reissued March 1911). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. SS "Scotia". Holyhead & Dublin Service

1911
Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. The Doric Arch & Hotels, 1840. (Additional series). (Originally published January 1905. Reissued October 1906). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. The Doric Arch & Hotels

1906
Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Electric Signal Box, Crewe. (Interior and exterior views). (Additional series). (Originally published January 1905. Reissued October 1906). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Electric Signal Box

1906
Postcard, British Railways, British Railways Staff Training College, Faverdale Hall, Darlington, view of Hall across lawn

British Railways, British Railways Staff Training College, Faverdale Hall, Darlington

NRM Postcard, No Y11, London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive "Gladstone".

London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive 'Gladstone'

Coloured Postcard. Raphael Tuck & Sons. Collection "Villes de France". Chemin de Fer d'Orleans. Rapide de Paris a Bordeaux. Raphael Tuck et Fils Ltd, Paris, "Oilette", serie 123, no 1.

Villes de France. Chemin de Fer d'Orleans. Rapide de Paris a Bordeaux

after 1903
Coloured Postcard. "Alphalsa" Publishing Company. London & North Western Railway. 4-4-2 Tank Engine passing over Bushey Watertroughs. Reproduced from a painting by F Moore. Published by the "Alphalsa" Publishing Co Ltd, 2 & 4 Scrutton Street, London EC2. "Alpha" postcard no 1402.

London & North Western Railway. 4-4-2 Tank Engine passing over Bushey Watertroughs

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. L&NW SS "Anglia". Ladies Deck Cabin. Holyhead & Dublin Service. Published October 1906. With unused acknowledgement (on reverse). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. L&NW SS "Anglia". Ladies Deck Cabin

1906
Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Accepting a Train at Harrow. (Interior of a signal box). (Additional series). (Originally published January 1905. Reissued October 1906). Printed by McCorquodale & Co Limited.

Coloured postcard. London & North Western Railway. Accepting a Train at Harrow

1906
Postcard, York - Royal Station Hotel, London & North Eastern Railway, sepia view of Hotel from city walls with statue of George Leeman to right.

London & North Eastern Railway York Royal Station Hotel postcard

1923-1948