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:
M.O.T. 16 ton wagon
An April 1949 advert from The Butterley Company Limited showing off their latest product, a 16 ton open mineral wagon off all-welded steel construction.
This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: Wagons ; Builder: Butterley Company
More Samples:
Workington rails fishplates soleplates steel sleepers
532 Tube Cars for the Piccadilly Line
BECLAWAT Windows for B.R. Diesel Railcars
Locomotives up to 3,300 H.P.
Wheels and Axles for all types of railway rolling stock
This thing called know-how
Fixed Windows for Railway Rolling Stock
Buoyant Lace Web Seating in Pullman Cars