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:
...Another SKF equipped 'Western'
A colourful advert from The Skefko Ball Bearing Company Limited featuring a painting of a Western diesel hydraulic locomotive under construction at Crewe Works where 44 of the 74 were being built. Appearing in July 1963 it notes their SKF roller bearings were being used in the final drives and SKF spherical roller bearings in the axleboxes, and that they had supplied over 2 million SKF roller bearing axleboxes to the railways of the world.
This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: Class 52 ; Supplier: Skefko (SKF) ; Component: Axleboxes
More Samples:
Fuel Injection Equipment for rail traction
Now Greater Power for Diesel Traction
Cut Your Inspection Costs
Tyres Wheels Axles
Modern Brake Equipment
From One Cylinder To Another
Superior Railcar Components
...Another Engineering Advance From Bristol Siddeley