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:
Steel, Peech & Tozer Railway Materials
A September 1960 advert from wheel manufacturer Steel, Peech & Tozer. The main colour image shows a wheel under test being braked from a high speed.
This advert appears in the following categories: Supplier: Steel, Peech & Tozer ; Component: Wheels and Axles
More Samples:
Only the Wickham No.4 gives you:-
Fuel Injection Equipment For Every Type of Diesel
Bearings for railways
Greer-Mercier Accumulators: New Projects
Fifty-five 400hp Diesel-Electric Shunting Locomotives
The Mills Rail Clip and Baseplate
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Upon Reflection... a good signal from every aspect