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:

Linking London to the Continent

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An English Electric advert from 1964 noting that they had built 24 of these 2500hp 675 volt DC locos for the Southern Region.

This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: Class 71 ; Builder: English Electric

More Samples:

Gloucester Builds For The World's Railways

The 8-tool Tamper

Sulzer 6LDA28

Is it 40 degrees?

The Panel Game!

100 Years Service to the Railway Industry

Built in Strength

BTH Diesel-Electric Locomotives for Main Line Service