Railway Adverts from the Modernisation Era

This website features over 1,000 trade advertisements from the 1950s and 1960s when the British railway stock businesses were busy building for the modernisation schemes.

There are adverts from rolling stock builders, and from suppliers of components used to build the vehicles. There are also adverts from other developments such as signalling, permanent way and electrification.

Most adverts were aimed at attracting more orders at home and abroad — but many also just seemed to be just a proud statement of what some firms had achieved!

Featured Advert:

Vokes 3-ply Viscous Air Filters

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A Vokes Limited advert from January 1958 for their air filters. Pictured is an EM2 loco (later known as a Class 77) - which appears to be 27003 - on a passenger train.

This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: Class 77 ; Supplier: Vokes ; Component: Filters

More Samples:

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Diesel-electric Traction on Railways

Westinghouse Miniature Type Plug-in Relays

Railway Electrification

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