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:
It's A Tough Life For A Battery
A January 1961 advert from Nife Batteries Limited with photos of three types of traction that used its Ni-Cad cells: A 500hp Hunslet shunter; a 350hp English Electric shunter; and a Wickham 400hp railcar.
This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: Industrial ; Supplier: NIFE Batteries ; Component: Batteries
More Samples:
The Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company Smethwick
Steel & Iron Castings
Railway Electrification
40 3000v 3030hp 3'6" gauge Locomotives
Baker Bessemer Tyres Axles Solid Wheels
Underslung Suspension
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