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:
We Congratulate
A British United Traction advert from February 1960 noting that they had supplied equipment for 95% of the 1000 diesel railcars built at Derby Carriage & Wagon Works.
This advert appears in the following categories: Supplier: British United Traction ; Component: Diesel Engines (Power Unit)
More Samples:
Famous as designers and manufacturers of Railway equipment
Long-Burning Oil Lamps
Cranes Of All Types For All Purposes
Saloon Interior of one of the Restaurant Cars
Metro-Cammell A1 Craftmanship
Modern Diesel Cranes for Modern Railways
Ventilation By Airvacs
70 GEC Equipments ordered by British Railways