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:
Over 3000 Routes On The O.C.S. System
A Westinghouse Brake & Signal Company Limited advert from February 1954 for their relay interlocking system which allowed one route to be controlled by one switch.
This advert appears in the following categories: Supplier: Westinghouse ; Component: Signalling
More Samples:
Long-Burning Oil Lamps
Efficiency With Economy
Widney 'Brilite' Driver's Adjustable Seat
44 Pullman Luxury Coaches
Over 650 Sulzer Engines for British Railways Modernisation
At your service
Over 600 Sulzer Engines for British Railways Modernisation
Shell Moulded Castings for the New Deltic