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:
Most reliable screen wiper in the world...
A Klaxon Limited advert from May 1959 promoting their Klaxon W15 wiper which was fitted to some trains on the London Underground.
This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: London Underground ; Supplier: Klaxon ; Component: Wipers
More Samples:
16 Ton all-steel Coal Wagon by Butterley
Self-changing Gears on G.W.R. Streamline Buffet Railcar
Beclawat Windows for British Railways
Widney - Designers and Manufacturers
Relay Interlocking Control Systems
Ventilation By Airvacs
Railway Materials - wherever there are Railways
Mills Spring Tempered Rail Fastenings