Engine Collection (page 6)

Captain Malcolm Campbell Motor Racing on Skegness Sands. June 1925

Nobody had heard of carbon footprints in 1969, but Flying Scotsman stamps a hugh cloud of smoke across the London skies as it storms out of London Kings Cross

Children stand next to the Caledonian loco No 419 Steam Train owned by the Scottish Railway Preservation Society circa 1985

Simmering in a shed yard, No. 60022 Mallard gets a check from its crew in March 1965, just prior to withdrawal by British Railways after 1.5m miles of service

Driver "Spud"Murphy (who surely had to be a train driver with such a name
Driver " Spud" Murphy (who surely had to be a train driver with such a name) and fellow crewmen wave to spectators from the bufferbeam of the last train on East SussexOs " Cuckoo

Mr Alan Pegler pictured cleaning The Flying Scotsman Engine name plate and wheel arch at its home in Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Liverpool Street Station in London The Arched roof is filed with smoke from a steam train as it pulls into the station Circa 1950

Dominion of Canada steam locomotive June 1938 leaving London Kings Cross for Edinburgh on the East Coast Line

Mr Alan Pegler and his crew of volunteers pictured cleaning The Flying Scotsman Engine. Alan Pegler is 2nd from the right, next to the man on the ladder

Engine driver and fireman on the footplate of thier locomotive at Charing Cross station June 1950

ItOs all too much for driver Charles Carter, as he turns away from watching the departure from Crewe Works of the last steam locomotive to be overhauled by British Railways

One of the new Merchant Navy Class Engines having its front lamp cleaned by the engine driver at Waterloo Station May 1943

Trainspotters gather at the end of the platform at Waterloo station. August 1952

Electric coaling installation and inspection pit at Kings Cross Station. Whilst this operation takes place the driver and the fireman clean the A3 LNER locomotive " Bayardo" September 1929

West of England and Scilly Isles Flower Special arriving at Paddington Station in the early hours of the morning February 1937

The Flying Scotsman leaving Kings Cross for the very last time. It travels to Edinburgh. The Flying Scotsman, designed by Sir Herbert Nigel Gresley

World steam speed record holder, Gresley A4 class No. 4468 Mallard is going well along the Settle & Carlisle Railway, with the distinctive slope of Pen-y-Ghent behind reflecting its smoke box

The first Eurostar test train hauled through the Channel Tunnel from France to Britain. It was towed by a pair of diesel engines and carried only essential personnel

As British Railways bring in to operation their new diesel and electric locomatives spare a thought for the old workhorses of the network

LNER A3 Pacific 2746 Fairway steam locomotive at full speed leaving a trail of smoke as it races through the Hertfordshire countryside. Circa 1936

Small boys admire the Battle of Britain class steam locomotive during an open day at the Ashford railway works August 1949

Another group of spotters in July 1960 gather at Finsbury Park on the East Coast Mainline, where the caring authorities put a viewing platform at their disposal

Theres no fog on the Tyne, but still plenty of atmosphere in this sunset view over the river from Gateshead in January, 1938

At the other end of its revenue-earning mainline career, Flying Scotsman makes its final exit from KingOs Cross for British Railways in 1963

Pickfords transport a diesel electric locomotive train engine from Newton le Willows Lancs to the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank where the train will be on show before continuing its

Steam engine drivers enjoy a cup of tea on a shunting engine in the Cardiff Docks. This images is just one in the series called Life in the Mirror taken in the early 1950s

A father and son admire the steam locomotive during an open day at the Ashford railway works August 1949

Crowds gather for the last train from Crystal Palace to Richmond, in September, 1954

A tank engine arriving at a rural English train station on a preservation line circa 1990

Most big factories had rail links and the largest ones had their own on-site networks, worked by an army of small tank engines. These small locos still had to be overhauled during the wartime

A gleaming ex-GWR Castle class loco gets its final attention from Cardiff Canton staff with a polish to the Capitals United Express headboard for the newly introduced titled Cardiff - London express

Boy Scouts train spotting admire the steam locomotive during an open day at the Ashford railway works August 1949

Two very different triumphs of British design from 1933: Sir Giles Gilbert ScottOs former Battersea Power Station and Sir William StanierOs Princess Royal class No

British Grand Prix, Silvertone-Graham Hill in the pits July 1965

British Grand Prix, Silverstone-Graham Hill. July 1965

George Stephensons Locomotion No. 1, used to open the Stockton and Darlington Railway
George Stephensons Locomotion No.1, used to open the Stockton and Darlington Railway. c.1825

Centenary celebrations in 1925 for the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 100 years before

This 1927 Sunbeam 3 Ltr. Super Sports Tourer car outside the Rugby garage where it is
This 1927 Sunbeam 3 Ltr.Super Sports Tourer car outside the Rugby garage where it is being restored. 27th March 1957

Army personnel take over the duties of the firefighter during the firemens strike in 1977 - the Army firefighters relax playing football knowing the the next call-out could be at any moment

Steam roller attendant Mr J lambert who saved a girl from being crushed underneath a steam roller in Grimsby, photographed in fornt of the vehicle. 23rd February 1926

A locomotive train is drawn through the streets of Stretford on the way to the repair shop. June 1943

King George Vs Silver Jubilee was an irresistible marketing opportunity for the railways. While the LNER launched the glamourous Silver Jubilee streamlined express

The Southern Railways chief mechanical engineer Oliver Bulleid (formerly Gresleys right-hand man on the LNER) introduced his spectacular Merchant Navy class in 1941

Engines of the Isle of Man Railways. These engines represent keen collectors items. there are about 15 of them in operation

Coal roars down through the new mechanical tipping chute, filling the tender of ex-Great Eastern Railway Claud Hamilton class No

Steam train Dartmoor, locomotive number 34021. a Bulleid pacific of the West Country Class, leaves Salisbury in Wiltshire bound for Waterloo in London on one of the last steam journeys made

Engines of the Isle of Man Railways. These engines represent keen collectors items. there are about 15 of them in operation

locomotives at Ghent in belgium waiting to be sent south during fighting on the Western front, World War One. 24th August 1914

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