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:
Rolls-Royce Oil Engines for Railways Applications
A 1956 advert from Rolls-Royce Limited for their C range of diesel engines. These would be fitted to a number of first generation DMUs and also to the diesel Pullman units for auxiliary power.
This advert appears in the following categories: Supplier: Rolls-Royce ; Component: Diesel Engines (Power Unit)
More Samples:
Steam Makes Way for Bristol Siddeley Diesels
Only the Paxman Ventura Combines
Metro-Cammell A1 Craftmanship
Precision first and last Production vast and fast
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