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:
Paxman Diesel Engines for Rail Traction
A February 1954 advert from Davey Paxman & Company Limited. Pictured is their 16 RPH diesel engine and an illustration of a foreign looking train.
This advert appears in the following categories: Traction: Foreign ; Supplier: Paxman ; Component: Diesel Engines (Power Unit)
More Samples:
For the Euston-Watford Line
Wickham Multiple-unit Diesel Trains for British Railways
New order for 50 Bristol Siddeley Maybach diesel engines
Now Mexico
Walker Diesel Mechanical Railcars
Keeping trains moving fast and safely
From First to Last
On main-line express service