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:
D.C. Power at Waterloo
A Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Company Limited advert from 1955, noting their involvement in supplying electrification equipment for the Waterloo substation. This served Waterloo station and the Waterloo & City Railway.
This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: EMU ; Supplier: Hackbridge and Hewittic Electric Company ; Component: Electrification
More Samples:
BTH Traction Equipment - always ready for service
SKF equipped Electro-Diesels
AC Generators for Diesel Locomotives
A.E.C. Diesel Railcars - More Economical Capital Outlay
Beclawat Windows for Coras Iompair Eirann
Buoyant Lace Web Seating for Maximum Comfort
Coach interiors in Warerite
Condor Express Freight Services run on SKF