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:

For A Start Use Crompton!

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A Crompton Parkinson Limited advert from 1966 for their Crompton Batteries. Pictured is Class 24 D5134.

This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: Class 24 ; Supplier: Crompton Parkinson ; Component: Batteries

More Samples:

A First Class Achievement

British Railways use A-MP solderless wiring devices

More Power at Lower Cost

Gresham's "Quick Release" Chosen for New Diesel Railcars

'On-time' Arrival

Re-Signalling for Scottish Region

Wickham of Ware Diesel Railcars for High-Revenue

Rolls-Royce Oil Engines for Railcar Traction Applications