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:

To counteract the effect of mining subsidence

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A Pirelli-General advert from January 1961 noting some special structures they created for the Glasgow suburban electrification. The one pictured is in Milngavie station.

This advert appears in the following categories: Supplier: Pirelli-General ; Component: Electrification

More Samples:

Railway electrification by the BICC Group

Crossley Diesel Power for main line locomotives

Design and Craftmanship

Quicker by rail - and safer with BTH Speed Indicators

Metro-Cammell Builders of Diesel Rolling Stock

Diesel-electric main line locomotives for New Zealand

Smooth Braking Pays

Craven-Diesel