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:
Main Line Electrification going ahead on SKF
A June 1960 advert from The Skefko Ball Bearing Company Limited. Illustrated is E3001, the first electric loco built under the Modernisation Plan.
This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: Class 81 ; Supplier: Skefko (SKF) ; Component: Axleboxes
More Samples:
London Transport Light Alloy Rolling Stock
Five more Pullman Trains
Design and Craftmanship
Experience Counts!
3 repeat orders
Workington rails fishplates soleplates steel sleepers
New Approach to Wagon Handling
A type 2 diesel electric locomotive