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Railways

Our rich railway and locomotive collections include letters and reports by George Stephenson, photographs of Bhore Ghat and engineers notebooks. Additional images from our archive and library collections can be found on our Picture Gallery.

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Tom Hurry Riches

Belgian locomotives

George & Robert Stephenson

David Joy

Liverpool and Manchester Railway

Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway

Livesey and Henderson

Model Great Western Railway tip wagon

Great Indian Peninsula Railway

Great Western Railway locomotives

Imperial Railways of Japan

Leicester and Swannington Railway

London and North Western Railway Company

London, Brighton and South Coast Railway

London, Midland and Scottish Railway locomotives

Smyrna Cassaba Railway

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Items in this collection

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'Canadian Pacific' — Images

'Leader Class' — Images

'The Princess Royal' — Images

"Hush-Hush" model — Images

"Mons Meg" — Images

"Morris track laying machine" — Images

Armstrong-Whitworth diesel-electric locomotive — Images

Beyer Peacock built Garratt locomotive — Images

Beyer Peacock built Garratt locomotives — Images

Beyer Peacock built Garratt locomotives — Images

Burma Railways 2-8-0-0-8-2 Garratt locomotive — Images

Chemins de Fer de l'Etat, Belgium — Images

Commonwealth of Australia — Images

Deltic DP1: Napier — Images

Deltic DP1: Napier — Images

Deltic DP1: Napier — Images

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