Metropolitan Railway Collection

Trial Trip on the Underground Railway, 1863, (c1876). Creator: Unknown
Trial Trip on the Underground Railway, 1863, (c1876). Work on the worlds first underground railway started in 1860, by the Metropolitan Railway under chief engineer John Fowler

The Metropolitan Railway
5311866 The Metropolitan Railway; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the Metropolitan Railway: entrance to the Clerkenwell Tunnel near King's Cross)

The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The works of the Metropolitan extension railway in Smithfield, [London], 1864. View from the bottom of Cow-cross and St. John-street towards the south-west

The Metropolitan Underground Railway, 1862. Creator: Unknown
The Metropolitan Underground Railway, 1862. Stations of the world's first passenger-carrying designated underground railway. 'Paddington Junction; Chapel St

Demolition of Hungerford Market: view looking towards the Strand, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson
Demolition of Hungerford Market: view looking towards the Strand, [London], 1862. 'The disappearance of Hungerford Market...is perhaps not a subject of much, if any

For Christmas: Underground, 1924. Creator: Taylor, Horace (1881-1934)
For Christmas: Underground, 1924. Private Collection

Brightest London and home by Underground, 1924. Creator: Taylor, Horace (1881-1934)
Brightest London and home by Underground, 1924. Private Collection

Brightest London is best reached by Underground, 1924. Creator: Taylor, Horace (1881-1934)
Brightest London is best reached by Underground, 1924. Private Collection

Bursting of the Fleet Ditch and destruction of part of the Metropolitan Railway... 1862. Creator: Unknown
Bursting of the Fleet Ditch and destruction of part of the Metropolitan Railway: scene of the accident, [London], 1862. Owing to falls in the Fleet sewer the waters had accumulated to a great extent

Trial-trip on the Metropolitan (underground) Railway: the train passing Portland-road station, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Trial-trip on the Metropolitan (Underground) Railway: the train passing the Portland-road station, [London], 1862. This railway...has been bored successfully amidst a complicated network of gaspipes

The Metropolitan Railway and the Fleet Ditch, 1862. Creator: JM Williams
The Metropolitan Railway and the Fleet Ditch, [London], 1862. In a few months Paddington will be joined to the City by a new thoroughfare...This line has a width of nearly thirty feet

Mr. Charles Gilpin, M.P. for Northampton, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Charles Gilpin, M.P. for Northampton, 1858. British Quaker, orator, politician, publisher and railway director. From "Illustrated London News", 1858

Construction of the Paris metro - Works for the construction of the metro in the rue de Rivoli (line 1)
LSE4402386 Construction of the Paris metro - Works for the construction of the metro in the rue de Rivoli (line 1), 1899 (b/w photo) by French Photographer

Berlin: Untergrundbahnhof Hermannplatz; Underground Railway Station Hermann-Platz (b / w photo)
7181331 Berlin: Untergrundbahnhof Hermannplatz; Underground Railway Station Hermann-Platz (b/w photo) by Bucovich, Mario (1884-1947); Private Collection; (add.info)

Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Tube; Rohr (engraving)
7197847 Le Vocabulaire Illustre: Tube; Rohr (engraving) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tube; Rohr)

Coal mining (coloured engraving)
7201041 Coal mining (coloured engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Coal mining. Illustration from Bebe Devient Savant, by Madame Doudet (Theodore Lefevre)

German field artillery celebrating Christmas in a dugout in the Argonne Forest, France, World War I (b / w photo)
7185943 German field artillery celebrating Christmas in a dugout in the Argonne Forest, France, World War I (b/w photo) by German School

Train waiting in an underground station (colour litho)
7186393 Train waiting in an underground station (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

A Signal Cabin on the Underground Railway (colour litho)
7166340 A Signal Cabin on the Underground Railway (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A Signal Cabin on the Underground Railway)

A machine that is almost human, the Passimeter (colour litho)
7166342 A machine that is almost human, the Passimeter (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: A machine that is almost human, the Passimeter)

Mayakovsky Station on the Moscow Metro, USSR (b / w photo)
7200780 Mayakovsky Station on the Moscow Metro, USSR (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mayakovsky Station on the Moscow Metro, USSR)

Kirov Station on the Moscow Metro, USSR (b / w photo)
7200778 Kirov Station on the Moscow Metro, USSR (b/w photo) by Russian Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kirov Station on the Moscow Metro, USSR)

The Junction of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway with the Metropolitan Railway, near Smithfield (engraving)
1098920 The Junction of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway with the Metropolitan Railway, near Smithfield (engraving) by English School

Pavilion, Piccadilly, London (photo)
583777 Pavilion, Piccadilly, London (photo) by English Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pavilion, Piccadilly)

Metropolitan Railway Junction (engraving)
603326 Metropolitan Railway Junction (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The junction of the London)

Metropolitan Railway Western Extension (engraving)
603314 Metropolitan Railway Western Extension (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Metropolitan Railway Western Extension)

Metropolitan Railway Works at Kings Cross (engraving)
603313 Metropolitan Railway Works at Kings Cross (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

The episodes of the war, French troops fleeing from an underground trench bombarded by enemies (colour litho)
2815696 The episodes of the war, French troops fleeing from an underground trench bombarded by enemies (colour litho) by Beltrame

The dramas of the mines (colour litho)
2808998 The dramas of the mines (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The drama of the mines)

A terrible outbreak of grisu in a mine in Illinois, in the United States, buried alive... (colour litho)
2778118 A terrible outbreak of grisu in a mine in Illinois, in the United States, buried alive... (colour litho) by Beltrame

Section of the Thames Embankment (engraving)
1611173 Section of the Thames Embankment (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Section of the Thames Embankment, showing (1) The Subway

Junction of the Great Northern Railway at Kings Cross with the Metropolitan Railway (engraving)
603331 Junction of the Great Northern Railway at Kings Cross with the Metropolitan Railway (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Twin Carriages for the Metropolitan Railway (engraving)
603321 Twin Carriages for the Metropolitan Railway (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Twin Carriages for the Metropolitan Railway)

The telegrapher Bins, from the sunken Republic, forced to take refuge among the elephants of a circus... (colour litho)
2815199 The telegrapher Bins, from the sunken Republic, forced to take refuge among the elephants of a circus... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The women in the Alcazar (colour litho)
2778499 The women in the Alcazar (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Women in the Alcazar)

A miraculous rescue in the wood mines of Castelnuovo (Arezzo) (colour litho)
2808984 A miraculous rescue in the wood mines of Castelnuovo (Arezzo) (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Four adventurous Milanese boys, armed with lines and a candle, descended from a... (colour litho)
2783632 Four adventurous Milanese boys, armed with lines and a candle, descended from a... (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

Opening of the Metropolitan Railway, Banquet at the Farringdon-Street Station (engraving)
1588089 Opening of the Metropolitan Railway, Banquet at the Farringdon-Street Station (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Plan of the Metropolitan Railway (engraving)
1098677 Plan of the Metropolitan Railway (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Plan of the Metropolitan Railway)

Sketches suggested by the Closing of the International Fisheries Exhibition (engraving)
1107290 Sketches suggested by the Closing of the International Fisheries Exhibition (engraving) by Courbould, Alfred (fl.1831-75); Private Collection; (add.info)

Six days after a mine fire in France, when thirty deaths had already been extracted... (colour litho)
2778300 Six days after a mine fire in France, when thirty deaths had already been extracted... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The Great Inventors, Edison in his new workshop in Lewelleyn Park, Orange (colour litho)
2798533 The Great Inventors, Edison in his new workshop in Lewelleyn Park, Orange (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Great Inventors)

The dramas of mining, a wagon that crashes into a coal mine, near Birmingham (colour litho)
2815391 The dramas of mining, a wagon that crashes into a coal mine, near Birmingham (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The dramas of mining)

An Italian worker extracted alive after ten days of burial under the tunnel boulders... (colour litho)
2815244 An Italian worker extracted alive after ten days of burial under the tunnel boulders... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The Viennese police have managed to capture in a sewer a gang of thieves who for seven years... (colour litho)
2777937 The Viennese police have managed to capture in a sewer a gang of thieves who for seven years... (colour litho) by Beltrame

The new station of the Metropolitan Railway (engraving)
603309 The new station of the Metropolitan Railway (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The new station of the Metropolitan Railway, Aldersgate Street)

Metropolitan Railway Extension to Aldgate (engraving)
603302 Metropolitan Railway Extension to Aldgate (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Metropolitan Railway Extension to Aldgate: Aldgate Terminus)

Commencement of the tunnel at Kings Cross (engraving)
603298 Commencement of the tunnel at Kings Cross (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Commencement of the tunnel at Kings Cross, London)

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The metropolitan railway has a rich and diverse history, spanning across different countries and eras. From the trial trip on the underground railway in 1863 to the construction of the Paris metro in 1899, these images capture significant moments in its development. One intriguing image shows the random discovery of a cemetery of mummified corpses in the basements of the Castle of Aquila. This unexpected find sheds light on an eerie aspect hidden beneath our bustling cities. Another captivating scene depicts a moving episode from the Palermo catastrophe, where individuals were saved after being buried for an astonishing 26 hours. The resilience and determination displayed during this event highlight both human strength and our reliance on transportation systems like metropolitan railways. Moving forward through time, we witness historical events such as the Battle of Stalingrad depicted in vibrant colors. This powerful lithograph reminds us that even amidst war-torn landscapes, transportation infrastructure remains essential for survival and communication. Berlin's Untergrundbahnhof Hermannplatz is captured in black-and-white photography, showcasing one of many underground railway stations that have become integral parts of urban life around the world. Le Vocabulaire Illustre engraving presents two words - "Tube" and "Rohr, " emphasizing how language unites various cultures under one common theme: underground transport networks. Coal mining is also featured with a colored engraving, serving as a reminder that not all subterranean activities are related to passenger travel; some involve extracting valuable resources from deep within Earth's crust. A poignant World War I photograph reveals German field artillery celebrating Christmas inside a dugout located within France's Argonne Forest. Even during times of conflict, underground spaces provide shelter and respite for soldiers far away from home. In contrast to wartime scenes, we see colorful lithographs depicting trains waiting at underground stations—a familiar sight for commuters who rely on these efficient modes of transport daily.