Railway Adverts from the Modernisation Era
This website features over 1,000 trade advertisements from the 1950s and 1960s when the British railway stock businesses were busy building for the modernisation schemes.
There are adverts from rolling stock builders, and from suppliers of components used to build the vehicles. There are also adverts from other developments such as signalling, permanent way and electrification.
Most adverts were aimed at attracting more orders at home and abroad — but many also just seemed to be just a proud statement of what some firms had achieved!
Featured Advert:
Produced by ICI Speeded by British Railways
A July 1961 British Railways advert for their 'Modern Freight Services' with an illustration of EE Type 4 (Class 40) D200 hauling a rake of wagons.
This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: Class 40 ; Supplier: British Railways
More Samples:
Southern Electrics for the Kent Coast
BICC can supply all this...
Kaye's Automatic Wedge Locks
Buoyant Lace Web Seating in Derby Built Railcars
Now Mexico
The English Electric 'Deltic' Diesel-Electric Locomotive
Alpax Aluminium Alloy
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