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:
Trico Heavy Duty Windscreen Wiper Equipment
A 1954 advert from Trico-Folberth Limited for their wiper gear and horns. The vehicles illustrated fitted with this are an electric loco for South African Railways, 10201 or 10202, a Spanish National Railways loco and British Railways electric stock.
This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: Foreign EMU 10201 / 10202 ; Supplier: Trico ; Component: Wipers
More Samples:
The Panel Game!
783,000 SKF Spherical Roller Bearing Axleboxes
Magnetic Liquid Level Gauges For Tomorrow's Equipment
Rolls-Royce Oil Engines for Railcar Traction Applications
STC and Railway Modernisation
Chapmans Adjustable Drivers Seats
Meeting Pressing Requirements
GEC Supply First of Ten