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THE TAURUS EXPRESS
A Romantic Journey Through Asia Minor. FAMOUS TRAINS - 16 HAYDARPASA STATION is the starting point of the “Taurus Express”, which runs from here twice weekly. Haydarpasa, opposite Istanbul on the Asiatic side of the Bosporus, was the former terminus of the AnatolianRailways.
THE SEVERN TUNNEL
Railway Wonders of the World was a weekly magazine published in 1935-1936. This site shares the entire content of this work along with material from other sources. TESTING A LOCOMOTIVE How the Efficiency of a Modern Railway Engine is Proved. LOCOMOTIVES - 3 THE INDICATING SHELTER attached to the front of a “Pacific” locomotive undergoing tests. Members of the engineering staff ride in this compartment for the purpose of taking indicator diagrams of the expansion of the steam in the cylinders and collecting varioussmoke-box data.
THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY The first line to be financed, built, and operated solely by celestial effort. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD - 31 THE STAFF OF CHINESE OFFICIALS WHO BUILT THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY.His Excellency Jeme Tien Yow, the engineer-in-chief, is in the centre.. CHINA is considered to offer one of the finest territories for railway conquest, and in consummating this end no effort is being spared by the various DIESEL SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVES Economical Traction for Special Services. LOCOMOT IVES - 26. A 15-TONS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE of 100 hp built by Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.The engine is of the 0-4-0 type and is 13 ft 4½-in long over the buffer beams.The photograph illustrates the ease with which shunting operations can be carried out by a singleoperator.
LOCOMOTIVE VALVE GEARS 1 The Control of Steam in a Railway Engine. DESIGN AN D INVENTION - 9. STEPHENSON VALVE GEAR, the joint invention of Williams and Howe in 1842, was first applied to locomotives by Robert Stephenson & Co, and is still in use throughout the world. THE TRANS-CANADA LIMITED Across Prairie and Mountain Ranges - From Montreal to Vancouver FAMOUS TRAINS - 2 READY TO HAUL the “Trans-Canada Limited” from Montreal to the Rockies. This giant of the Canadian Pacific Railway is close on 100 ft long, weighs 316½ tons, and develops over 3,600 horse-power.The cylinder of the feed-water heater which delivers hot water to the boiler, is seen on top of the smoke-box THE MIKADO TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE The 2-8-2 Classification and its Performance in the Economical Movement of FreightLOCOMOTIVES -40. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY “MIKADO”. Its cylinders are 23½ by 32½ inches; working pressure, 180 lb to the square inch; and driving wheels, 63 inches in diameter. RAILWAY WONDERS OF THE WORLD This site is designed to share information about the magazine Railway Wonders of the World alongside related content from the 1930s-1940s. Published by the Amalgamated Press, Railway Wonders of the World appeared in 50 weekly instalments from 1st February 1935 through to 10th January 1936. A vast range of subjects was covered. The complete work was designed to be bound in two hardback THE PORTS TO PORTS EXPRESS The “Ports- to- Ports” express was another early institution of the Great Central Railway, over the Wood ford- Banbury spur, in conjunction with the North Eastern and Great Western Companies. It began to run in 1906. and was designed to connect the ports of the North- East Coast of England with those in South Wales, entailing adiagonal
THE TAURUS EXPRESS
A Romantic Journey Through Asia Minor. FAMOUS TRAINS - 16 HAYDARPASA STATION is the starting point of the “Taurus Express”, which runs from here twice weekly. Haydarpasa, opposite Istanbul on the Asiatic side of the Bosporus, was the former terminus of the AnatolianRailways.
THE SEVERN TUNNEL
Railway Wonders of the World was a weekly magazine published in 1935-1936. This site shares the entire content of this work along with material from other sources. TESTING A LOCOMOTIVE How the Efficiency of a Modern Railway Engine is Proved. LOCOMOTIVES - 3 THE INDICATING SHELTER attached to the front of a “Pacific” locomotive undergoing tests. Members of the engineering staff ride in this compartment for the purpose of taking indicator diagrams of the expansion of the steam in the cylinders and collecting varioussmoke-box data.
THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY The first line to be financed, built, and operated solely by celestial effort. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD - 31 THE STAFF OF CHINESE OFFICIALS WHO BUILT THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY.His Excellency Jeme Tien Yow, the engineer-in-chief, is in the centre.. CHINA is considered to offer one of the finest territories for railway conquest, and in consummating this end no effort is being spared by the various DIESEL SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVES Economical Traction for Special Services. LOCOMOT IVES - 26. A 15-TONS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE of 100 hp built by Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.The engine is of the 0-4-0 type and is 13 ft 4½-in long over the buffer beams.The photograph illustrates the ease with which shunting operations can be carried out by a singleoperator.
LOCOMOTIVE VALVE GEARS 1 The Control of Steam in a Railway Engine. DESIGN AN D INVENTION - 9. STEPHENSON VALVE GEAR, the joint invention of Williams and Howe in 1842, was first applied to locomotives by Robert Stephenson & Co, and is still in use throughout the world. THE TRANS-CANADA LIMITED Across Prairie and Mountain Ranges - From Montreal to Vancouver FAMOUS TRAINS - 2 READY TO HAUL the “Trans-Canada Limited” from Montreal to the Rockies. This giant of the Canadian Pacific Railway is close on 100 ft long, weighs 316½ tons, and develops over 3,600 horse-power.The cylinder of the feed-water heater which delivers hot water to the boiler, is seen on top of the smoke-box THE MIKADO TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE The 2-8-2 Classification and its Performance in the Economical Movement of FreightLOCOMOTIVES -40. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY “MIKADO”. Its cylinders are 23½ by 32½ inches; working pressure, 180 lb to the square inch; and driving wheels, 63 inches in diameter. THE STORY OF THE LMS Nation-Wide Ramifications of Britain’s Largest SystemRAILWAYS OF BRITAIN - 24 ON THE MAIN LINE of the LMS Western Section, formerly London and North Western Railway.The express illustrated is the down “Royal Scot”, near Bushey, Herts, sixteen miles from Euston.At the head of the train is the “Pacific” locomotive 6201, “PrincessElizabeth”.
DIESEL SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVES Economical Traction for Special Services. LOCOMOT IVES - 26. A 15-TONS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE of 100 hp built by Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.The engine is of the 0-4-0 type and is 13 ft 4½-in long over the buffer beams.The photograph illustrates the ease with which shunting operations can be carried out by a singleoperator.
CROSS COUNTRY ROUTES Fast Services that Link Important Centres. RAILWAYS OF BRITAI N - 34. THE “DEVONIAN”, a daily express operating between Bradford, Leeds,Sheffield, Derby
TRAINS OF URUGUAY
Extensive Developments in a South American Republic. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD - 19 THE CENTRAL STATION AT MONTEVIDEO, owned by the Central Uruguay Railway, is one of the finest stations in South America.It was built in 1878, cost £140,265, and covers an area of some 15,250 sqyds.
THE SILVER JUBILEE
Britain’s Record-Breaking Streamlined ExpressFAMOUS TRAINS-15. BEGINNING THE RUN. On September 27, 1935, the new LNER streamlined express, the “Silver Jubilee”, undertook a demonstration run between King’s Cross and Grantham, Lincolnshire. TRAVELLING BY TRAIN IN CHINA Notable Rail Developments in the Far East. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD - 25. A TYPICAL SCENE on a Chinese railway platform showing the open box-cars in which farmers and others often travel without protection from the sun or rain.It was a long while before railway pioneers in China could persuade the people to consent to the construction of therailway.
NORTH COUNTRY CONTINENTAL Their initial run - to Coventry - has been the fastest made by any portion of the “North Country Continental” as with the best Birmingham- Euston expresses the 18.9 miles are allowed only 20 minutes, start to stop, entailing an average speed of 56.7 m.p.h. Thenfollowed a 14-
THE MIKADO TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE The 2-8-2 Classification and its Performance in the Economical Movement of FreightLOCOMOTIVES -40. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY “MIKADO”. Its cylinders are 23½ by 32½ inches; working pressure, 180 lb to the square inch; and driving wheels, 63 inches in diameter. DEVELOPMENT OF THE FIRE-BOX Development of the locomotive fire-box. Fuelling and Combustion. DESIGN AND INVENTION-20. AN OLD LOCOMOTIVE constructed on the “long boiler" plan of Robert Stephenson.This involved the placing of all the axles under the boiler barrel and, while having certain advantages, prevented the use of a fire-box of any great size.THERE are over 20,000 steam locomotives in railway service in thisTHE QUEEN OF SCOTS
A Famous Train of the LNER. FAMOUS TRAINS-31. Up Leeds and Harrogate Pullman emerging from Hadley Wood Tunnel. GRADUALLY the Pullman car isspreading its
RAILWAY WONDERS OF THE WORLD This site is designed to share information about the magazine Railway Wonders of the World alongside related content from the 1930s-1940s. Published by the Amalgamated Press, Railway Wonders of the World appeared in 50 weekly instalments from 1st February 1935 through to 10th January 1936. A vast range of subjects was covered. The complete work was designed to be bound in two hardbackTRAIN FERRIES
Railway Wonders of the World was a weekly magazine published in 1935-1936. This site shares the entire content of this work along with material from other sources. THE PORTS TO PORTS EXPRESS The “Ports- to- Ports” express was another early institution of the Great Central Railway, over the Wood ford- Banbury spur, in conjunction with the North Eastern and Great Western Companies. It began to run in 1906. and was designed to connect the ports of the North- East Coast of England with those in South Wales, entailing adiagonal
THE NEWHAVEN BOAT EXPRESS Southern Railway. FAMOUS TRAINS-44. The “Newhaven Boat Express” at speed near Earlswood. The engine is an “Atlantic” (no. 41) of the original series, which have now been rebuilt and superheated.. THERE is a tremendous attraction about Continental travel. LOCOMOTIVE VALVE GEARS 1 The Control of Steam in a Railway Engine. DESIGN AN D INVENTION - 9. STEPHENSON VALVE GEAR, the joint invention of Williams and Howe in 1842, was first applied to locomotives by Robert Stephenson & Co, and is still in use throughout the world. THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY The first line to be financed, built, and operated solely by celestial effort. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD - 31 THE STAFF OF CHINESE OFFICIALS WHO BUILT THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY.His Excellency Jeme Tien Yow, the engineer-in-chief, is in the centre.. CHINA is considered to offer one of the finest territories for railway conquest, and in consummating this end no effort is being spared by the various DIESEL SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVES Economical Traction for Special Services. LOCOMOT IVES - 26. A 15-TONS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE of 100 hp built by Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.The engine is of the 0-4-0 type and is 13 ft 4½-in long over the buffer beams.The photograph illustrates the ease with which shunting operations can be carried out by a singleoperator.
THE SEVERN TUNNEL
Railway Wonders of the World was a weekly magazine published in 1935-1936. This site shares the entire content of this work along with material from other sources.THE PINES EXPRESS
Through Running of LMS Rolling Stock Over Other Railway Systems. FAMOUS TRAINS - 42 Locomotive No. 70, 4-4-0 type, Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. PERHAPS the most singular thing about such a title as the “Pines Express” of the London Midland and Scottish Railway is that the pines are not “L.M.S. pines” at all! It may seem equally strange to see “The Devonian” running over L.M.S HOW ENGINES PICK UP WATER The announcement that the London, Midland and Scottish Railway are about to lay down additional water troughs on their two Anglo-Scottish routes served as a reminder of the useful part played by these appliances in modern railway working. RAILWAY WONDERS OF THE WORLD This site is designed to share information about the magazine Railway Wonders of the World alongside related content from the 1930s-1940s. Published by the Amalgamated Press, Railway Wonders of the World appeared in 50 weekly instalments from 1st February 1935 through to 10th January 1936. A vast range of subjects was covered. The complete work was designed to be bound in two hardbackTRAIN FERRIES
Railway Wonders of the World was a weekly magazine published in 1935-1936. This site shares the entire content of this work along with material from other sources. THE PORTS TO PORTS EXPRESS The “Ports- to- Ports” express was another early institution of the Great Central Railway, over the Wood ford- Banbury spur, in conjunction with the North Eastern and Great Western Companies. It began to run in 1906. and was designed to connect the ports of the North- East Coast of England with those in South Wales, entailing adiagonal
THE NEWHAVEN BOAT EXPRESS Southern Railway. FAMOUS TRAINS-44. The “Newhaven Boat Express” at speed near Earlswood. The engine is an “Atlantic” (no. 41) of the original series, which have now been rebuilt and superheated.. THERE is a tremendous attraction about Continental travel. LOCOMOTIVE VALVE GEARS 1 The Control of Steam in a Railway Engine. DESIGN AN D INVENTION - 9. STEPHENSON VALVE GEAR, the joint invention of Williams and Howe in 1842, was first applied to locomotives by Robert Stephenson & Co, and is still in use throughout the world. THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY The first line to be financed, built, and operated solely by celestial effort. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD - 31 THE STAFF OF CHINESE OFFICIALS WHO BUILT THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY.His Excellency Jeme Tien Yow, the engineer-in-chief, is in the centre.. CHINA is considered to offer one of the finest territories for railway conquest, and in consummating this end no effort is being spared by the various DIESEL SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVES Economical Traction for Special Services. LOCOMOT IVES - 26. A 15-TONS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE of 100 hp built by Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.The engine is of the 0-4-0 type and is 13 ft 4½-in long over the buffer beams.The photograph illustrates the ease with which shunting operations can be carried out by a singleoperator.
THE SEVERN TUNNEL
Railway Wonders of the World was a weekly magazine published in 1935-1936. This site shares the entire content of this work along with material from other sources.THE PINES EXPRESS
Through Running of LMS Rolling Stock Over Other Railway Systems. FAMOUS TRAINS - 42 Locomotive No. 70, 4-4-0 type, Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. PERHAPS the most singular thing about such a title as the “Pines Express” of the London Midland and Scottish Railway is that the pines are not “L.M.S. pines” at all! It may seem equally strange to see “The Devonian” running over L.M.S HOW ENGINES PICK UP WATER The announcement that the London, Midland and Scottish Railway are about to lay down additional water troughs on their two Anglo-Scottish routes served as a reminder of the useful part played by these appliances in modern railway working. RAILWAYS AND POSTAGE STAMPS Some Examples of Railway Philately. New Brunswick 1 cent lilac postage stamp. Issued in 1860, it is the first image of a train to appear on astamp.
CROSS COUNTRY ROUTES Fast Services that Link Important Centres. RAILWAYS OF BRITAI N - 34. THE “DEVONIAN”, a daily express operating between Bradford, Leeds,Sheffield, Derby
DIESEL SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVES Economical Traction for Special Services. LOCOMOT IVES - 26. A 15-TONS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE of 100 hp built by Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.The engine is of the 0-4-0 type and is 13 ft 4½-in long over the buffer beams.The photograph illustrates the ease with which shunting operations can be carried out by a singleoperator.
THE STORY OF THE GWR The Great Western Railway’s Royal Albert Bridge at Saltash bears the name of I. K. Brunel, the Company’s famous engineer. This bridge, Brunel’s last and greatest feat of railway engineering, was opened on May 3, 1859. Isambard Kingdom Brunel died on September 15 of thesame year.
THE SILVER JUBILEE
Britain’s Record-Breaking Streamlined ExpressFAMOUS TRAINS-15. BEGINNING THE RUN. On September 27, 1935, the new LNER streamlined express, the “Silver Jubilee”, undertook a demonstration run between King’s Cross and Grantham, Lincolnshire. TESTING A LOCOMOTIVE How the Efficiency of a Modern Railway Engine is Proved. LOCOMOTIVES - 3 THE INDICATING SHELTER attached to the front of a “Pacific” locomotive undergoing tests. Members of the engineering staff ride in this compartment for the purpose of taking indicator diagrams of the expansion of the steam in the cylinders and collecting varioussmoke-box data.
MAIN LINES OF BRAZIL Developing One of the World’s Largest Countries. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD-15. THE LARGEST BRITISH-OWNED RAILWAY IN BRAZIL is the Leopoldina Railway, which control 1,918 miles of metre-gauge track.Its lines serve the three states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Garaes, and Espirito Santo, and the company is an amalgamation of thirty-eight small railways.The illustration shows one of the articulated SCOTTISH MOUNTAIN RAILWAYS Railway Wonders of the World was a weekly magazine published in 1935-1936. This site shares the entire content of this work along with material from other sources.THE QUEEN OF SCOTS
A Famous Train of the LNER. FAMOUS TRAINS-31. Up Leeds and Harrogate Pullman emerging from Hadley Wood Tunnel. GRADUALLY the Pullman car isspreading its
THE MIDLAND SCOTSMAN The Midland Scotsman express. A Famous Train of the LMS. FAMOUS TRAIN S - 23. One of the LMS 3-cylinder compound 4-4-0 locomotives, No. 1112.IT is said that, at the time of the “Races to Scotland”, in 1888 and 1895, when the East and West Coast companies were straining every nerve to beat each other, first to Edinburgh and Glasgow and then to Aberdeen, the Midland route to Scotland became RAILWAY WONDERS OF THE WORLD This site is designed to share information about the magazine Railway Wonders of the World alongside related content from the 1930s-1940s. Published by the Amalgamated Press, Railway Wonders of the World appeared in 50 weekly instalments from 1st February 1935 through to 10th January 1936. A vast range of subjects was covered. The complete work was designed to be bound in two hardback THE PORTS TO PORTS EXPRESS The “Ports- to- Ports” express was another early institution of the Great Central Railway, over the Wood ford- Banbury spur, in conjunction with the North Eastern and Great Western Companies. It began to run in 1906. and was designed to connect the ports of the North- East Coast of England with those in South Wales, entailing adiagonal
THE NEWHAVEN BOAT EXPRESS Southern Railway. FAMOUS TRAINS-44. The “Newhaven Boat Express” at speed near Earlswood. The engine is an “Atlantic” (no. 41) of the original series, which have now been rebuilt and superheated.. THERE is a tremendous attraction about Continental travel.THE TAURUS EXPRESS
A Romantic Journey Through Asia Minor. FAMOUS TRAINS - 16 HAYDARPASA STATION is the starting point of the “Taurus Express”, which runs from here twice weekly. Haydarpasa, opposite Istanbul on the Asiatic side of the Bosporus, was the former terminus of the AnatolianRailways.
THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY The first line to be financed, built, and operated solely by celestial effort. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD - 31 THE STAFF OF CHINESE OFFICIALS WHO BUILT THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY.His Excellency Jeme Tien Yow, the engineer-in-chief, is in the centre.. CHINA is considered to offer one of the finest territories for railway conquest, and in consummating this end no effort is being spared by the various TESTING A LOCOMOTIVE How the Efficiency of a Modern Railway Engine is Proved. LOCOMOTIVES - 3 THE INDICATING SHELTER attached to the front of a “Pacific” locomotive undergoing tests. Members of the engineering staff ride in this compartment for the purpose of taking indicator diagrams of the expansion of the steam in the cylinders and collecting varioussmoke-box data.
NORTH COUNTRY CONTINENTAL Their initial run - to Coventry - has been the fastest made by any portion of the “North Country Continental” as with the best Birmingham- Euston expresses the 18.9 miles are allowed only 20 minutes, start to stop, entailing an average speed of 56.7 m.p.h. Then followed a 14- min. run over the 11.4 miles to Rugby.THE SEVERN TUNNEL
Railway Wonders of the World was a weekly magazine published in 1935-1936. This site shares the entire content of this work along with material from other sources. THE MIKADO TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE The 2-8-2 Classification and its Performance in the Economical Movement of FreightLOCOMOTIVES -40. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY “MIKADO”. Its cylinders are 23½ by 32½ inches; working pressure, 180 lb to the square inch; and driving wheels, 63 inches in diameter. PROGRESS IN RHODESIA A narrow gauge line was built by the Beira Railway Company (which had been formed by the British South Africa Company) from Fontesvilla on the Pungue River, thirty- five and a half miles from Beira, to Umtali, on the eastern border of Southern Rhodesia. This line was begun in RAILWAY WONDERS OF THE WORLD This site is designed to share information about the magazine Railway Wonders of the World alongside related content from the 1930s-1940s. Published by the Amalgamated Press, Railway Wonders of the World appeared in 50 weekly instalments from 1st February 1935 through to 10th January 1936. A vast range of subjects was covered. The complete work was designed to be bound in two hardback THE PORTS TO PORTS EXPRESS The “Ports- to- Ports” express was another early institution of the Great Central Railway, over the Wood ford- Banbury spur, in conjunction with the North Eastern and Great Western Companies. It began to run in 1906. and was designed to connect the ports of the North- East Coast of England with those in South Wales, entailing adiagonal
THE NEWHAVEN BOAT EXPRESS Southern Railway. FAMOUS TRAINS-44. The “Newhaven Boat Express” at speed near Earlswood. The engine is an “Atlantic” (no. 41) of the original series, which have now been rebuilt and superheated.. THERE is a tremendous attraction about Continental travel.THE TAURUS EXPRESS
A Romantic Journey Through Asia Minor. FAMOUS TRAINS - 16 HAYDARPASA STATION is the starting point of the “Taurus Express”, which runs from here twice weekly. Haydarpasa, opposite Istanbul on the Asiatic side of the Bosporus, was the former terminus of the AnatolianRailways.
THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY The first line to be financed, built, and operated solely by celestial effort. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD - 31 THE STAFF OF CHINESE OFFICIALS WHO BUILT THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY.His Excellency Jeme Tien Yow, the engineer-in-chief, is in the centre.. CHINA is considered to offer one of the finest territories for railway conquest, and in consummating this end no effort is being spared by the various TESTING A LOCOMOTIVE How the Efficiency of a Modern Railway Engine is Proved. LOCOMOTIVES - 3 THE INDICATING SHELTER attached to the front of a “Pacific” locomotive undergoing tests. Members of the engineering staff ride in this compartment for the purpose of taking indicator diagrams of the expansion of the steam in the cylinders and collecting varioussmoke-box data.
NORTH COUNTRY CONTINENTAL Their initial run - to Coventry - has been the fastest made by any portion of the “North Country Continental” as with the best Birmingham- Euston expresses the 18.9 miles are allowed only 20 minutes, start to stop, entailing an average speed of 56.7 m.p.h. Then followed a 14- min. run over the 11.4 miles to Rugby.THE SEVERN TUNNEL
Railway Wonders of the World was a weekly magazine published in 1935-1936. This site shares the entire content of this work along with material from other sources. THE MIKADO TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE The 2-8-2 Classification and its Performance in the Economical Movement of FreightLOCOMOTIVES -40. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY “MIKADO”. Its cylinders are 23½ by 32½ inches; working pressure, 180 lb to the square inch; and driving wheels, 63 inches in diameter. PROGRESS IN RHODESIA A narrow gauge line was built by the Beira Railway Company (which had been formed by the British South Africa Company) from Fontesvilla on the Pungue River, thirty- five and a half miles from Beira, to Umtali, on the eastern border of Southern Rhodesia. This line was begun in RAILWAYS AND POSTAGE STAMPS Some Examples of Railway Philately. New Brunswick 1 cent lilac postage stamp. Issued in 1860, it is the first image of a train to appear on astamp.
TESTING A LOCOMOTIVE How the Efficiency of a Modern Railway Engine is Proved. LOCOMOTIVES - 3 THE INDICATING SHELTER attached to the front of a “Pacific” locomotive undergoing tests. Members of the engineering staff ride in this compartment for the purpose of taking indicator diagrams of the expansion of the steam in the cylinders and collecting varioussmoke-box data.
THE RAILWAY CLEARING HOUSE The Railway Clearing House itself was established in 1842, and later incorporated by Acts of Parliament in 1850 and 1897. To consider an example, suppose £100 worth of passenger traffic is booked by the LMS, of which £30 is due for division among other companies. The latter, however, may owe the LMS, say, £50 in respect of their ownbookings.
DIESEL SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVES Economical Traction for Special Services. LOCOMOT IVES - 26. A 15-TONS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE of 100 hp built by Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.The engine is of the 0-4-0 type and is 13 ft 4½-in long over the buffer beams.The photograph illustrates the ease with which shunting operations can be carried out by a singleoperator.
THE MIKADO TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE The 2-8-2 Classification and its Performance in the Economical Movement of FreightLOCOMOTIVES -40. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY “MIKADO”. Its cylinders are 23½ by 32½ inches; working pressure, 180 lb to the square inch; and driving wheels, 63 inches in diameter. THE RAIL-CARS OF FRANCE Lightweight Expresses Evolved by French Engineers. MODERN HIGH SPEED TRAVEL - 2 THE BUGATTI PETROL-DRIVEN TRAIN, which has attained a speed of over 100 miles an hour on the lines of the Paris-Lyons-Mediterranean Railway of France.IT has fallen to France to play an important part in the development of the express rail-car, which, in its various forms, is rendering excellent service PROGRESS IN RHODESIA A narrow gauge line was built by the Beira Railway Company (which had been formed by the British South Africa Company) from Fontesvilla on the Pungue River, thirty- five and a half miles from Beira, to Umtali, on the eastern border of Southern Rhodesia. This line was begun in A BRITISH LJUNGSTROM TURBINE LOCOMOTIVE A British Ljunstrom turbine locomotive. An Interesting Attempt to Extract the Utmost Possible Heat From the Steam. The British “Ljungstrom” Locomotive, showing its massive proportion and its many interesting external features.THE IRISH MAIL
When the night “Irish Mail” runs in duplicate, the first portion is booked to run non- stop over the 179¼ miles from Euston to Chester, and the summer “Welshman”, leaving Euston at 11.10 a.m, goes one better by covering the 205½ miles from London to Prestatyn without a stop. But even this feat has been beaten by the firstportion of
HOW ENGINES PICK UP WATER The announcement that the London, Midland and Scottish Railway are about to lay down additional water troughs on their two Anglo-Scottish routes served as a reminder of the useful part played by these appliances in modern railway working. RAILWAY WONDERS OF THE WORLD This site is designed to share information about the magazine Railway Wonders of the World alongside related content from the 1930s-1940s. Published by the Amalgamated Press, Railway Wonders of the World appeared in 50 weekly instalments from 1st February 1935 through to 10th January 1936. A vast range of subjects was covered. The complete work was designed to be bound in two hardback THE PORTS TO PORTS EXPRESS The “Ports- to- Ports” express was another early institution of the Great Central Railway, over the Wood ford- Banbury spur, in conjunction with the North Eastern and Great Western Companies. It began to run in 1906. and was designed to connect the ports of the North- East Coast of England with those in South Wales, entailing adiagonal
THE NEWHAVEN BOAT EXPRESS Southern Railway. FAMOUS TRAINS-44. The “Newhaven Boat Express” at speed near Earlswood. The engine is an “Atlantic” (no. 41) of the original series, which have now been rebuilt and superheated.. THERE is a tremendous attraction about Continental travel. THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY The first line to be financed, built, and operated solely by celestial effort. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD - 31 THE STAFF OF CHINESE OFFICIALS WHO BUILT THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY.His Excellency Jeme Tien Yow, the engineer-in-chief, is in the centre.. CHINA is considered to offer one of the finest territories for railway conquest, and in consummating this end no effort is being spared by the variousTHE TAURUS EXPRESS
A Romantic Journey Through Asia Minor. FAMOUS TRAINS - 16 HAYDARPASA STATION is the starting point of the “Taurus Express”, which runs from here twice weekly. Haydarpasa, opposite Istanbul on the Asiatic side of the Bosporus, was the former terminus of the AnatolianRailways.
DIESEL SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVES Economical Traction for Special Services. LOCOMOT IVES - 26. A 15-TONS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE of 100 hp built by Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.The engine is of the 0-4-0 type and is 13 ft 4½-in long over the buffer beams.The photograph illustrates the ease with which shunting operations can be carried out by a singleoperator.
THE SEVERN TUNNEL
Railway Wonders of the World was a weekly magazine published in 1935-1936. This site shares the entire content of this work along with material from other sources. LOCOMOTIVE VALVE GEARS 1 The Control of Steam in a Railway Engine. DESIGN AN D INVENTION - 9. STEPHENSON VALVE GEAR, the joint invention of Williams and Howe in 1842, was first applied to locomotives by Robert Stephenson & Co, and is still in use throughout the world. RAILWAYS AND THE GENERAL STRIKE Railways during the general strike of 1926. How the General Strike of 1926 Affected Railway Services. THE origins of the General Strike are complex. Suffice it to say that what had started out as an internal dispute within the sorely troubled coal industry had gradually snowballed into a full-scale confrontation between the Trades Union Congress on one side and the govern-ment on the other. THE MIKADO TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE The 2-8-2 Classification and its Performance in the Economical Movement of FreightLOCOMOTIVES -40. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY “MIKADO”. Its cylinders are 23½ by 32½ inches; working pressure, 180 lb to the square inch; and driving wheels, 63 inches in diameter. RAILWAY WONDERS OF THE WORLD This site is designed to share information about the magazine Railway Wonders of the World alongside related content from the 1930s-1940s. Published by the Amalgamated Press, Railway Wonders of the World appeared in 50 weekly instalments from 1st February 1935 through to 10th January 1936. A vast range of subjects was covered. The complete work was designed to be bound in two hardback THE PORTS TO PORTS EXPRESS The “Ports- to- Ports” express was another early institution of the Great Central Railway, over the Wood ford- Banbury spur, in conjunction with the North Eastern and Great Western Companies. It began to run in 1906. and was designed to connect the ports of the North- East Coast of England with those in South Wales, entailing adiagonal
THE NEWHAVEN BOAT EXPRESS Southern Railway. FAMOUS TRAINS-44. The “Newhaven Boat Express” at speed near Earlswood. The engine is an “Atlantic” (no. 41) of the original series, which have now been rebuilt and superheated.. THERE is a tremendous attraction about Continental travel. THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY The first line to be financed, built, and operated solely by celestial effort. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD - 31 THE STAFF OF CHINESE OFFICIALS WHO BUILT THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY.His Excellency Jeme Tien Yow, the engineer-in-chief, is in the centre.. CHINA is considered to offer one of the finest territories for railway conquest, and in consummating this end no effort is being spared by the variousTHE TAURUS EXPRESS
A Romantic Journey Through Asia Minor. FAMOUS TRAINS - 16 HAYDARPASA STATION is the starting point of the “Taurus Express”, which runs from here twice weekly. Haydarpasa, opposite Istanbul on the Asiatic side of the Bosporus, was the former terminus of the AnatolianRailways.
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Railway Wonders of the World was a weekly magazine published in 1935-1936. This site shares the entire content of this work along with material from other sources. DIESEL SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVES Economical Traction for Special Services. LOCOMOT IVES - 26. A 15-TONS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE of 100 hp built by Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.The engine is of the 0-4-0 type and is 13 ft 4½-in long over the buffer beams.The photograph illustrates the ease with which shunting operations can be carried out by a singleoperator.
LOCOMOTIVE VALVE GEARS 1 The Control of Steam in a Railway Engine. DESIGN AN D INVENTION - 9. STEPHENSON VALVE GEAR, the joint invention of Williams and Howe in 1842, was first applied to locomotives by Robert Stephenson & Co, and is still in use throughout the world. RAILWAYS AND THE GENERAL STRIKE Railways during the general strike of 1926. How the General Strike of 1926 Affected Railway Services. THE origins of the General Strike are complex. Suffice it to say that what had started out as an internal dispute within the sorely troubled coal industry had gradually snowballed into a full-scale confrontation between the Trades Union Congress on one side and the govern-ment on the other. THE MIKADO TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE The 2-8-2 Classification and its Performance in the Economical Movement of FreightLOCOMOTIVES -40. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY “MIKADO”. Its cylinders are 23½ by 32½ inches; working pressure, 180 lb to the square inch; and driving wheels, 63 inches in diameter. CROSS COUNTRY ROUTES Fast Services that Link Important Centres. RAILWAYS OF BRITAI N - 34. THE “DEVONIAN”, a daily express operating between Bradford, Leeds,Sheffield, Derby
TESTING A LOCOMOTIVE How the Efficiency of a Modern Railway Engine is Proved. LOCOMOTIVES - 3 THE INDICATING SHELTER attached to the front of a “Pacific” locomotive undergoing tests. Members of the engineering staff ride in this compartment for the purpose of taking indicator diagrams of the expansion of the steam in the cylinders and collecting varioussmoke-box data.
THE PINES EXPRESS
Through Running of LMS Rolling Stock Over Other Railway Systems. FAMOUS TRAINS - 42 Locomotive No. 70, 4-4-0 type, Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. PERHAPS the most singular thing about such a title as the “Pines Express” of the London Midland and Scottish Railway is that the pines are not “L.M.S. pines” at all! It may seem equally strange to see “The Devonian” running over L.M.S TRAINS THAT GO TO SEA IN various parts of the world there are wide waterways that interrupt the course of the railways, and in a number of such cases the water has been bridged by taking the trains them-selves to sea.That is to say, the trains are run on to great big ferry steamers, which are arranged with lines of rails from bow to stern on which the wagons and coaches stand; and when the water has been crossedTRAINS OF URUGUAY
Extensive Developments in a South American Republic. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD - 19 THE CENTRAL STATION AT MONTEVIDEO, owned by the Central Uruguay Railway, is one of the finest stations in South America.It was built in 1878, cost £140,265, and covers an area of some 15,250 sqyds.
CARLISLE STATION
Romance of a Gateway to Scotland. FAMOUS RAILWAY CENTRES - 6. THE CITADEL STATION at Carlisle was formerly the meeting place of seven British railways, and was jointly owned by the Caledonian Railway and the LNWR.To-day the station is LMS property, although it is served also by the LNER.The above photograph illustrates the main line upplatform.
HOW ENGINES ARE TESTED LOCOMOTIVES-56. INDICATING SHELTER ON “CALDICOT CASTLE”. WHEN a railway has turned out a new type of engine, an early experience the first locomotive of the class has usually to undergo is a very thorough series of tests. THE MIDLAND SCOTSMAN The Midland Scotsman express. A Famous Train of the LMS. FAMOUS TRAIN S - 23. One of the LMS 3-cylinder compound 4-4-0 locomotives, No. 1112.IT is said that, at the time of the “Races to Scotland”, in 1888 and 1895, when the East and West Coast companies were straining every nerve to beat each other, first to Edinburgh and Glasgow and then to Aberdeen, the Midland route to Scotland became NORTH COUNTRY CONTINENTAL Their initial run - to Coventry - has been the fastest made by any portion of the “North Country Continental” as with the best Birmingham- Euston expresses the 18.9 miles are allowed only 20 minutes, start to stop, entailing an average speed of 56.7 m.p.h. Thenfollowed a 14-
A BRITISH LJUNGSTROM TURBINE LOCOMOTIVE A British Ljunstrom turbine locomotive. An Interesting Attempt to Extract the Utmost Possible Heat From the Steam. The British “Ljungstrom” Locomotive, showing its massive proportion and its many interesting external features. RAILWAY WONDERS OF THE WORLD This site is designed to share information about the magazine Railway Wonders of the World alongside related content from the 1930s-1940s. Published by the Amalgamated Press, Railway Wonders of the World appeared in 50 weekly instalments from 1st February 1935 through to 10th January 1936. A vast range of subjects was covered. The complete work was designed to be bound in two hardback THE PORTS TO PORTS EXPRESS The “Ports- to- Ports” express was another early institution of the Great Central Railway, over the Wood ford- Banbury spur, in conjunction with the North Eastern and Great Western Companies. It began to run in 1906. and was designed to connect the ports of the North- East Coast of England with those in South Wales, entailing adiagonal
THE NEWHAVEN BOAT EXPRESS Southern Railway. FAMOUS TRAINS-44. The “Newhaven Boat Express” at speed near Earlswood. The engine is an “Atlantic” (no. 41) of the original series, which have now been rebuilt and superheated.. THERE is a tremendous attraction about Continental travel. THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY The first line to be financed, built, and operated solely by celestial effort. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD - 31 THE STAFF OF CHINESE OFFICIALS WHO BUILT THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY.His Excellency Jeme Tien Yow, the engineer-in-chief, is in the centre.. CHINA is considered to offer one of the finest territories for railway conquest, and in consummating this end no effort is being spared by the variousTHE TAURUS EXPRESS
A Romantic Journey Through Asia Minor. FAMOUS TRAINS - 16 HAYDARPASA STATION is the starting point of the “Taurus Express”, which runs from here twice weekly. Haydarpasa, opposite Istanbul on the Asiatic side of the Bosporus, was the former terminus of the AnatolianRailways.
DIESEL SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVES Economical Traction for Special Services. LOCOMOT IVES - 26. A 15-TONS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE of 100 hp built by Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.The engine is of the 0-4-0 type and is 13 ft 4½-in long over the buffer beams.The photograph illustrates the ease with which shunting operations can be carried out by a singleoperator.
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Railway Wonders of the World was a weekly magazine published in 1935-1936. This site shares the entire content of this work along with material from other sources. LOCOMOTIVE VALVE GEARS 1 The Control of Steam in a Railway Engine. DESIGN AN D INVENTION - 9. STEPHENSON VALVE GEAR, the joint invention of Williams and Howe in 1842, was first applied to locomotives by Robert Stephenson & Co, and is still in use throughout the world. RAILWAYS AND THE GENERAL STRIKE Railways during the general strike of 1926. How the General Strike of 1926 Affected Railway Services. THE origins of the General Strike are complex. Suffice it to say that what had started out as an internal dispute within the sorely troubled coal industry had gradually snowballed into a full-scale confrontation between the Trades Union Congress on one side and the govern-ment on the other. THE MIKADO TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE The 2-8-2 Classification and its Performance in the Economical Movement of FreightLOCOMOTIVES -40. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY “MIKADO”. Its cylinders are 23½ by 32½ inches; working pressure, 180 lb to the square inch; and driving wheels, 63 inches in diameter. RAILWAY WONDERS OF THE WORLD This site is designed to share information about the magazine Railway Wonders of the World alongside related content from the 1930s-1940s. Published by the Amalgamated Press, Railway Wonders of the World appeared in 50 weekly instalments from 1st February 1935 through to 10th January 1936. A vast range of subjects was covered. The complete work was designed to be bound in two hardback THE PORTS TO PORTS EXPRESS The “Ports- to- Ports” express was another early institution of the Great Central Railway, over the Wood ford- Banbury spur, in conjunction with the North Eastern and Great Western Companies. It began to run in 1906. and was designed to connect the ports of the North- East Coast of England with those in South Wales, entailing adiagonal
THE NEWHAVEN BOAT EXPRESS Southern Railway. FAMOUS TRAINS-44. The “Newhaven Boat Express” at speed near Earlswood. The engine is an “Atlantic” (no. 41) of the original series, which have now been rebuilt and superheated.. THERE is a tremendous attraction about Continental travel. THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY The first line to be financed, built, and operated solely by celestial effort. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD - 31 THE STAFF OF CHINESE OFFICIALS WHO BUILT THE PEKING-KALGAN RAILWAY.His Excellency Jeme Tien Yow, the engineer-in-chief, is in the centre.. CHINA is considered to offer one of the finest territories for railway conquest, and in consummating this end no effort is being spared by the variousTHE TAURUS EXPRESS
A Romantic Journey Through Asia Minor. FAMOUS TRAINS - 16 HAYDARPASA STATION is the starting point of the “Taurus Express”, which runs from here twice weekly. Haydarpasa, opposite Istanbul on the Asiatic side of the Bosporus, was the former terminus of the AnatolianRailways.
DIESEL SHUNTING LOCOMOTIVES Economical Traction for Special Services. LOCOMOT IVES - 26. A 15-TONS DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE of 100 hp built by Sir W. G. Armstrong-Whitworth and Co. (Engineers) Ltd.The engine is of the 0-4-0 type and is 13 ft 4½-in long over the buffer beams.The photograph illustrates the ease with which shunting operations can be carried out by a singleoperator.
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Railway Wonders of the World was a weekly magazine published in 1935-1936. This site shares the entire content of this work along with material from other sources. LOCOMOTIVE VALVE GEARS 1 The Control of Steam in a Railway Engine. DESIGN AN D INVENTION - 9. STEPHENSON VALVE GEAR, the joint invention of Williams and Howe in 1842, was first applied to locomotives by Robert Stephenson & Co, and is still in use throughout the world. RAILWAYS AND THE GENERAL STRIKE Railways during the general strike of 1926. How the General Strike of 1926 Affected Railway Services. THE origins of the General Strike are complex. Suffice it to say that what had started out as an internal dispute within the sorely troubled coal industry had gradually snowballed into a full-scale confrontation between the Trades Union Congress on one side and the govern-ment on the other. THE MIKADO TYPE OF LOCOMOTIVE The 2-8-2 Classification and its Performance in the Economical Movement of FreightLOCOMOTIVES -40. CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY “MIKADO”. Its cylinders are 23½ by 32½ inches; working pressure, 180 lb to the square inch; and driving wheels, 63 inches in diameter. CROSS COUNTRY ROUTES Fast Services that Link Important Centres. RAILWAYS OF BRITAI N - 34. THE “DEVONIAN”, a daily express operating between Bradford, Leeds,Sheffield, Derby
TESTING A LOCOMOTIVE How the Efficiency of a Modern Railway Engine is Proved. LOCOMOTIVES - 3 THE INDICATING SHELTER attached to the front of a “Pacific” locomotive undergoing tests. Members of the engineering staff ride in this compartment for the purpose of taking indicator diagrams of the expansion of the steam in the cylinders and collecting varioussmoke-box data.
THE PINES EXPRESS
Through Running of LMS Rolling Stock Over Other Railway Systems. FAMOUS TRAINS - 42 Locomotive No. 70, 4-4-0 type, Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway. PERHAPS the most singular thing about such a title as the “Pines Express” of the London Midland and Scottish Railway is that the pines are not “L.M.S. pines” at all! It may seem equally strange to see “The Devonian” running over L.M.S TRAINS THAT GO TO SEA IN various parts of the world there are wide waterways that interrupt the course of the railways, and in a number of such cases the water has been bridged by taking the trains them-selves to sea.That is to say, the trains are run on to great big ferry steamers, which are arranged with lines of rails from bow to stern on which the wagons and coaches stand; and when the water has been crossedTRAINS OF URUGUAY
Extensive Developments in a South American Republic. RAILWAYS OF THE WORLD - 19 THE CENTRAL STATION AT MONTEVIDEO, owned by the Central Uruguay Railway, is one of the finest stations in South America.It was built in 1878, cost £140,265, and covers an area of some 15,250 sqyds.
CARLISLE STATION
Romance of a Gateway to Scotland. FAMOUS RAILWAY CENTRES - 6. THE CITADEL STATION at Carlisle was formerly the meeting place of seven British railways, and was jointly owned by the Caledonian Railway and the LNWR.To-day the station is LMS property, although it is served also by the LNER.The above photograph illustrates the main line upplatform.
HOW ENGINES ARE TESTED LOCOMOTIVES-56. INDICATING SHELTER ON “CALDICOT CASTLE”. WHEN a railway has turned out a new type of engine, an early experience the first locomotive of the class has usually to undergo is a very thorough series of tests. THE MIDLAND SCOTSMAN The Midland Scotsman express. A Famous Train of the LMS. FAMOUS TRAIN S - 23. One of the LMS 3-cylinder compound 4-4-0 locomotives, No. 1112.IT is said that, at the time of the “Races to Scotland”, in 1888 and 1895, when the East and West Coast companies were straining every nerve to beat each other, first to Edinburgh and Glasgow and then to Aberdeen, the Midland route to Scotland became NORTH COUNTRY CONTINENTAL Their initial run - to Coventry - has been the fastest made by any portion of the “North Country Continental” as with the best Birmingham- Euston expresses the 18.9 miles are allowed only 20 minutes, start to stop, entailing an average speed of 56.7 m.p.h. Thenfollowed a 14-
A BRITISH LJUNGSTROM TURBINE LOCOMOTIVE A British Ljunstrom turbine locomotive. An Interesting Attempt to Extract the Utmost Possible Heat From the Steam. The British “Ljungstrom” Locomotive, showing its massive proportion and its many interesting external features. Railway Wonders of the World 2012-21 | Contents | Site Map | Contact Us at info@railwaywondersoftheworld.comAdvertisements
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