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:
BRC&W 25kv AC Electric
A July 1961 half page advert from The Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon Company. Illustrated is loco E3001 built in conjunction with the Traction Division of A.E.I. (Associated Electrical Industries). It would be designated an AL1 type, later a Class 81 as 81001.
This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: Class 81 ; Builder: Birmingham Railway Carriage & Wagon
More Samples:
Over 650 Sulzer Engines for British Railways Modernisation
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The Hey-Back Rail Fastening
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