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:
Stone-Vapor steam generators
A J Stone and Company (Deptford) Limited advert from 1959 for their boilers suitable for diesel locomotives, steam heating cars, and stationary installations.
This advert appears in the following categories: Supplier: J Stone ; Component: Heating
More Samples:
...Working in Close Co-operation
Quality in quantity
British United Traction ...Diesel Engines Power Fowler Shunters
Wickham Multiple Unit Diesel Trains and Lightweight Railbuses
Special Coaches to suit any Climate
Maybach Power Comes to Britain
Main Line Diesel Electric Locomotives for British Railways
532 Tube Cars for Piccadilly Line