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:
Main Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotives
A North British Locomotive Company advert from August 1958 featuring a D600 series locomotive. The company built these diesels at their works in Glasgow, they were fitted with NBL-Man diesel engines and Voith/North British transmissions, all also built by the company in Glasgow.
This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: Class 41 ; Builder: North British
More Samples:
Layrub Completes Transmission
2500hp Per Engine for British Railways
Fowler diesel power in the paper industry
East Anglia Knows the Power of Mirrlees National
Essentials for Track Maintenance
Forgings and Castings for Railway Signalling
High speed inter-city diesel-electric trains
GEC and the Railways