Railways Gallery

Venice travel poster

Attractive poster for the French National Railways, Chemin de Fers de l'Est, advertising Venice (or Venise) as a holiday destination. The famous Grand Canal can be seen with gondolas making their way up and down the waterway, while two traders unloads a variety of juicy looking fruit

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Camborne Railway Station. 1920s

Camborne Station in the early 1920s, including the splendid platform lamps, the flat awning of the down platform contrasting with the pitched version on the up side, the stubby semaphore signals against the covered over bridge as well as the 35 lever signal box that survived until 1970. To the right of the picture behind the fence line a locomotive stands in a siding

© From the collection of the RIC

George Hudson, MP (litho)

XJF870177 George Hudson, MP (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Hudson (1800-71), English railway magnate known as the Railway King, Member of Parliament for Sunderland from 1845 to 1859.); English, out of copyright

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