Railway Collection (page 5)

Picture shows the damage caused to the terminus station at Middlesbrough after a direct hit from a German bomb during the Second World War

Preparations for the Allied invasion of Normandy, Northern France during the Second World War. The mounting mass of materials produced by factories, and the training of men to use them

A group of workmen cheer some of the repatriated and wounded prisoners, who respond from the windows aboard a Red Cross train which took them from the quayside at Liverpool. 25th October 1943

Railway Guard Mrs Connelly gives a big kiss to British troops arriving home at Glasgow, repatriated under the prisoner exchange scheme. 25th October 1943

British troops give the thumbs up as they return home following their release from captivity when they were held as prisoners of war during World War Two. 24th April 1945

Hintons sell canned steam. Circa 1975

B-26 Marauders of the Ninth Air Force bomb Neunberg railways. December 1944

B-26 Marauder bombers of the 9th Air Force attacking the Creil, Aerial, Air Raid, Bombing, Bombings, yards. 23rd March 1944

Derelict station at Barmouth Junction Barmouth, Gwynedd, north-western Wales, 26th January 1971, renamed Morfa Mawddach by British Railways when the line was closed

A direct hit from an RAF bomber explodes in a cloud of dust and smoke right in the middle of the tracks at Ye railway yards, Burma. Circa 1945

Mrs Reynolds, a ticket collector, and the mother of two evacuated children herself, takes the Lovell family through the barrier to their train. 6th July 1944

The Pioneer Corps at work on the railways The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army
The Pioneer Corps at work on the railways.. The Royal Pioneer Corps was a British Army combatant corps used for light engineering tasks

British Lions returning from their Tour to Australia and New Zealand. Glad to be home. Welsh members of the British Rugby touring team starting on the last leg of their long voyage home

Women engine cleaners at work during World War II. Circa 1941

A woman railway porter at work during World War II. Circa 1941

Two Londoners, Private F. Hicks and Private H. Jacobs, chat with an Iraqi labourer at the second " Clapham Junction" railway station which is situated on a miniature railway at a Base

The rail tracks at Hamm, Germany. This stretch of railway was a regular target for the Royal Air Force, during World War Two

Princess Arthur alighting from the train after inspection. October 1939

Women doing mens jobs - world war two. Picture shows the ladies painting a bridge on the LNER line. (London North Eastern Railway) Picture taken 28th February 1942

A bombed railway station somewhere in England. Circa 1941

The rail tracks at Hamm, Germany. This stretch of railway was a regular target for the Royal Air Force, during World War Two

The main railway station at Munich, considerably damage after a RAF Bomber Command attack on the night. 17th December 1944

RAF Photo Reconnaissance image of the Bielefeld viaduct, following the successful daylight attack by 15 Avro Lancasters of No. 617 Squadron RAF on 14 March 1945

Bombs from a Bristol Blenheim of No. 2 Group fall over the junction of the main lines from Munster and Hamburg to Dortmund, in the marshalling yard at Hamm, Germany

Bomb craters can be seen severing the central platform of the railway station at Visselhovede (west of Soltau, north of Hanover)

Damage to the important railway station and junction of Soltau, north of Hanover. 22nd February 1945

R. A. F. bomb damage to Hanover. Here civilians loot the rail yards. 11th April 1945
R.A.F. bomb damage to Hanover. Here civilians loot the rail yards. 11th April 1945

Little train leaves the store carrying loads of destruction for Germany. 2nd August 1941

Private Amerelli says goodbye to his son, aged five, he is off to fight and mother (behind) is off to work. St Pancras Station, London. 19th November 1942

Smashed rolling stock in Florence which was bombed by the Allied attack. 16th July 1944

Bombs and incendiary devices explode during a successful raid by Marauders of the Ninth Air Force on the important Nazi railway freight yards at Haine St Pierre, Belgium

Home Guard Bren gunner. (Picture) A Bren Gunner lowering himself through trap-door. 21st February 1944

Scene in the queue at Paddington Station, London, for the train to Wales. July 1944

Evacuation scenes at Euston Station, London, boarding a train to Lancashire. July 1944

Reims Rail Centre showing signs of recent attacks the rail marshalling yards at Reims, northeast of Paris is seen just before the U.S. Eight aF heavies attacked it on 30th May 1944

Home Guard armoured train. 21st February 1944

Grandmothers working on the railway lines during the Second World War. September 1942

Mrs M Hampton, one of the first women gangers with LNER, busy at work in Sheffield on one of the train line tracks. March 1942

Lengthwomen at work oiling and scraping at Westbourne Park Railway Station, GWR. Their job is to maintain the working order of the lines including tasks such as plate laying, point-oiling

A gang of length women at work oiling and scraping at Westbourne Park Railway Station, GWR. The man in the background warns approaching trains that workers are on the line

Some of the first women gangers with LNER, busy at work in Sheffield on one of the train line tracks. March 1942

Treves (or Trier) to Thionville railway. This line was busy before the war carrying passenger and freight trains from Treves in Germany to Thionville and Metz in France

First wives off to Europe. First families going to join soldiers stationed in Europe board the train at Victoria Station. 20th December 1945

Dutch Marines and Naval Officers pass through London. Dutch Marines today arrived in London on their way to a south coast port

Bridge re-building in Caen. Picture showing, right, the railway bridge blown by the Germans at Caen Station, and on the left

A member of the 151st Railway Construction Company of the Royal Engineers seen here repairing Caen railway station. The view from No. 1 platform shows the extent of the Allied bombing of the town

A Nazi Gasoline train, one of ten specially built in Germany for fuel transport, pictured after being derailed and set on fire by French patriots near Varennes Le Grand during the night of 31st

Men of the East Yorkshire Regiment pictured at a railway station in Gloucestershire, Southern England during the Second World War. Circa 1940

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