Travel Collection

Summer Comes Soonest In The South
The famous photograph of a little boy talking to the locomotive crew, Waterloo Station 1923, used in Southern Railway's advertising campaign

SS United States
The liner SS United States, holder of the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing

The Mosta Dome, Malta 1935
Aerial view of the Rotunda of St Marija Assunta, Mosta, Malta, 1935

SS Queen Mary
The liner SS Queen Mary passing Fawley oil refinery on her way to Southampton, 1961

Louis Bleriot in his Bleriot XI starting his cross channel flight, 1909
On 25 July 1909 Frenchman Louis Bleriot flew from Les Baraques in France to Dover in England, becoming the first man to fly an aeroplane across the English Channel

Lockheed 14 Electra of British Airways used by Neville Chamberlain to fly to Munich to see Adolph Hitler, 1938

Cars and motorcycles arriving on board the ferry at Fishbourne, 1932
Vehicles boarding the Southern Railway ferry at Fisbourne for the crossing from the Isle of Wight back to Portsmouth

Fokker Trimotor Southern Cross of Charles Kingsford-Smith
Anthony Fokker designed the Trimotor used by Charles Kingsford-Smith to break records

London Heathrow Airport, 1956
London Heathrow Airport showing the former control tower, Queens Building and what is presently Terminal 2, 1956

Short C-Class flying boat G-AEUF at Marseilles, 1939
Passengers boarding Short S.23 C-Class (G-AEUF " CORINTHIAN" ) of Imperial Airways at Marseilles, 1939

Viscount of BEA
Vickers Viscount 700 of British European Airways

Portsmouth Harbour
Southern Railway T9 Class 4-4-0 locomotive with a train approcahing Portsmouth harbour Station

Lord Nelson at Waterloo
Southern Railway Lord Nelson Class 4-6-0 locomotive 850 Lord Nelson being prepared for its first service from Waterloo

Peverill Point with carriages
Marsh H1 Class 4-4-2 locomotive 41 Peverill Point with a Southern Railway passenger express

Diners on the Southern Railway
The Steward checks the ladys order in a Southern Railway dining car

Southern Railway Paddle Steamer Ryde at Portsmouth, 1939
Southern Railway Isle of Wight ferry PS Ryde at Portsmouth

Telephone enquiry exchange at London Bridge Station, 1934
An operator providing assistance to a caller at London Bridge Station

Brighton Line electric coaches, 15 February 1933
A waiter serving tea in a Pullman carriage

Electric signals on Wimbledon-Sutton line, 1930
A Southern Railway three-car suburban unit forms the front of a commuter train

Ouse Valley Viaduct
A Southern Railway express crossing the Ouse Valley Viaduct at Balcombe on the London to Brighton line

A busy scene at Seaton Junction
Southern Railway King Arthur Class N15 locomotive E451 Sir Lamorack with an express passing a S15 824 light engine and 0-4-2 D Class on a local train

Folkestone harbour bridge, 1930
Southern Railway tank engines assist a boat train over the Folkestone Harbour swing bridge

Cannon Street Station, 1926
A Class L 4-4-0 of the Southern Railway leaving Cannon Street Station and crossing the bridge over the River Thames

The Golden Arrow at Victoria Station
Merchant Navy Class 4-6-2 21C1 Channel Packet with the Golden Arrow train after its re-introduction in 1946

de Havilland Comet 1
de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1 (G-ALZK) of BOAC in flight, 1951

Short Solent 4 (ZK-AMN) of Tasman Empire Airways Ltd in flight 26 September 1949

Lockheed Constellation
Lockheed L-749 Constellation (EI-ADA) of Aerlinte Eireann taxiing after delivery across the Atlantic Ocean to Shannon Airport, Eire, 20 September 1947

LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin
The airship Graf Zeppelin, named after the pioneer Ferdinand Von Zeppelin

Alan Cobham and his DH. 50 in India, 1926
Alan Cobham pioneered many of the long distance airline routes, flying around Africa and as far as Australia. Alan Cobham and his DH.50 in India, 1926

Boeing Stratocruiser of Pan Am
Boeing 377 Stratocruiser (N1028V) of Pan American World Airways at Heathrow Airport to launch the new Trans-Atlantic service, April 1949

Handley Page HP. 42
Handley Page HP.42E (G-aXF) of Imperial Airways in flight after leaving Croydon on the first air mail service to Cape, 20 January 1932

De Havilland Trident 1c of British European Airways, SBAC Show Farnborough

Electric signals on Wimbledon-Sutton line, 1930
Southern Railway three-car suburban unit 1629 forms the rear of a commuter train

A DC-2 of Swissair, flying near St Moritz, Switzerland, 1938
Airlines, Travel, Winter, Alps, Civil Aircraft, 5757-8

Short C- Class flying boat G-AEUC
Short S.23 " C" Class (G-AEUC " Corinna" ) of Imperial Airways, on its beaching gear in the River Medway, 1937

Short C- Class flying boat G-AEUC in flight, 1937
Short S.23 " C" Class (G-AEUC " Corinna" ) of Imperial Airways, in flight, 1937

Three forms of travel
A rambler pauses while she is overtaken by a motorist in an Austin Six saloon and a Southern Railway express train on the embankment

Charing Cross Hotel
The front of Charing Cross Station and hotel

Brighton electric experimental train, 17 November 1931
The first Southern Railway 6-Pul electric train, set 2001, introduced in 1932

Atlantic Coast Express 25 July 1931
A Southern Railway 4-6-0 locomotive approaching a curve, hauling the carriages filled with passengers travelling between London and Devon

Milk traffic at Clapham Junction, 1926
Unloading milk churns from Southern Railway wagons at Clapham Junction station

The Golden Arrow at Dover Harbour
Pullman carriages of the Golden Arrow train after its re-introduction in 1946

Southampton Docks, 5 November 1931
Aerial view of the liner terminal at Southampton with several ships berthed; tugs are assisting one which is about to leave

Children watching the Atlantic Coast Express. This is a composite photograph

Lockheed Sirius of Charles Lindbergh
Lockheed was founded by Allan and Malcolm Loughead. Their aircraft became popular among air racers and record breakers. They built this Lockheed Sirius for Charles Lindbergh

Saunders Roe SR-N1
Saro SR-N1 prototype hovercraft, Cowes, 11 July 1959

Lord Hawke
Southern Railway 4-6-0 Lord Nelson Class 860 Lord Hawke at Waterloo Station, 1934

Sentinel Steam Railcar Neptune
Sentinel Steam Railcar 265 Neptune of the London & North Eastern Railway, built to Diagram 89 in 1928

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