Conveyance of passengers and goods by way of wheeled vehicles running on rail tracks

Boer War: wounded soldiers being escorted off the hospital train at Durban from Ladysmith. Watercolour by F. Dadd, 1899.

Boer War: Red Cross hospital train arriving at Durban. Process print by C.H. after F.C. Harrison after F. Dadd, 1899.

Civil engineering: the Conway box girder bridge, viewed from entrance level. Coloured lithograph by G. Hawkins after himself.

Boer War: Red Cross ambulance cars at Pretoria station for the wounded Boers. Reproduction after a sketch by G. Soper after Leoff.

A map of London: showing sites of medical and other interest in the City of London, and Westminster. Coloured lithograph, 1913.

Engineering: point-changing mechanisms for railway track in plan and side elevation. Engraving by W. Read after E. Galloway.

Jamestown, New York: the first train arriving from New York City. Wood engraving, 1860.

A mail-coach, overturned by a locomotive (Stephenson's Rocket). Line engraving, c. 1853 (?).

A steam train travelling on a track situated along the sidewalk above the level of the shops in New York; carriages and horse-drawn trolley buses are in the street. Wood engraving by J.R. Brown.

Boer War: arrival of the sick and wounded at Grand Central Freight Depot for transportation. Pen and ink drawing by A. Weil.

Gloucester railway station: a number of porters helping passengers to change trains owing to the change of gauge. Wood engraving by W.J. Linton, 1846.

London and the River Thames seen from the south, from Westminster to Greenwich. Wood engraving by F. J. Smyth, 1845.

1 print : wood engraving ; image 16.1 x 23.7 cm

Franco-Prussian War: the use of railway carriages as hospitals. Wood engraving by P. de Kartow.

The Railwaymen's Convalescent Home, Herne Bay, Kent : opened June, 1901.

1 photograph : black and white photoprint

A mother and daughter, standing beside a railway wagon, at a halt.

1 photomechanical print : halftone ; image 15.7 x 22.8 cm

Boer War: arrival of a Boer Red Cross train with the wounded at Pretoria. Reproduction of a sketch by F. de Haenen after a photograph.

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Railroads

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Franco-Prussian War: the use of railway carriages as hospitals. Wood engraving by P. de Kartow.

The Railwaymen's Convalescent Home, Herne Bay, Kent : opened June, 1901.

A mail-coach, overturned by a locomotive (Stephenson's Rocket). Line engraving, c. 1853 (?).

A mother and daughter, standing beside a railway wagon, at a halt.

Boer War: arrival of a Boer Red Cross train with the wounded at Pretoria. Reproduction of a sketch by F. de Haenen after a photograph.

Railroads

Images from the collections

Images referencing Railroads

Works from the collections

Franco-Prussian War: the use of railway carriages as hospitals. Wood engraving by P. de Kartow.

The Railwaymen's Convalescent Home, Herne Bay, Kent : opened June, 1901.

A mail-coach, overturned by a locomotive (Stephenson's Rocket). Line engraving, c. 1853 (?).

A mother and daughter, standing beside a railway wagon, at a halt.

Boer War: arrival of a Boer Red Cross train with the wounded at Pretoria. Reproduction of a sketch by F. de Haenen after a photograph.

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