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:

...and now for the FIRST TIME

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A 1965 advert from The English Electric Company Limited noting they were the first to supply 2000 diesel-electric power equipments to one user - British Railways.

This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: Class 37 ; Builder: English Electric ; Component: Diesel Engines (Power Unit)

More Samples:

Aluminium alloy for cattle wagon roofing

Trico Window Wipers give the All Clear

There are very solid reasons...

700 diesel railcars

Beclawat Windows for Canada

Builders of Rolling Stock

For Reliable and Trouble Free Operation

Diesel Rail Traction Units