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:

The Widney Pliant Window

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A February 1962 advert from Hallam, Sleigh & Cheston Limited for their window which was designed for the contour of bodysides.

This advert appears in the following categories: Supplier: Widney ; Component: Windows

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