Traffic in a mid 1950s town
A photo of traffic at a junction in a town taken sometime in the mid 1950s or possibly the early 1960s. The road to the...
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Photo Category: Transportation
This category covers photos where the main subject is a transportation network or vehicle. This can be any form of transportation; train, airplane, boat etc.
The tram to Clarkston
A very dirty picture of a tram which, according to its routeboard is destined for Clarkston. A bit of research suggests this is Clarkston near...
Snowdon mountain railway c1959
An Agfacolor slide of the mountain railway at Snowdon taken in about 1959. Unfortunately, age has taken its toll on the slide, and it has...
Fairfield Airport from 1955
A 35mm Kodachrome slide which is simply labelled, ‘Faifield Airport 1955’. It shows what appears to be two military transport aircraft, one with it’s nose...
A narrow boat crossing a tall aqueduct
A photo of a narrow boat crossing one of the tall canal aqueducts. Although the precise location is unknown, it’s almost certainly in the UK....
The railway station at Bregenz, Oct 1971
A Picture of people surrounding a train outside the railway station in Bregenz, Austria, which was taken in Oct 1971. Photo Categories Transportation Date Picture...
Westland SR.N2 hovercraft on the Solent, 1963
A picture of the Westland SR.N2 hovercraft taken while it was in service between Eastney and Ryde in 1963. This page gives more information about...
Pitstone Wharf and Intercity Train
A picture of narrow boats at Pitstone Wharf along with an Intercity train on the track in the background. Taken on Kodachrome colour slide film...
Station on the Watercress Line at New Alresford, Hampshire
A photo of a train on the Watercress line, pulling into the station at New Alresford which was taken on 17th April 1987 on medium...
Air France turboprop aircraft in Corsica, 1962
An Air France turboprop aircraft on the runway possibly in Corsica. This was taken on Kodachrome colour slide film sometime in 1962. Photo Categories Transportation...
Pilot and co-pilot of a French air taxi, 1962
This rather defocused Kodachrome slide shows the pilot and co-pilot of the Air Taxi which I featured in the last photo published; at least I...
A French air taxi from 1962
A Kodachrome colour slide, dating from about 1962, of an air taxi in Corsica. I wonder if this was the transportation used to get the...
Scilly Isle helicopter 1974
A picture of the Scilly Isle helicopter taking off on a flight back to Cornwall in September 1974 Photo Categories Transportation Date Picture Taken: 1970...
A Car transporter train in France, 1974
Another view of the car transporter train which also featured in the last photo I published. This image is looking head on at the train...
Ford Escort being driven off a car train in France, 1974
A Kodachrome slide of a Ford Escort being driven off a car train somewhere in France and a woman in the foreground taking a picture...
Morris Minor being driven onto a cargo plane, about 1964
A Morris Minor car, which has featured in a few other pictures published recently, being driven into a cargo plane for transportation to another country....
Morris Minor driving onto a ferry – 1964
A Morris Minor car being driven onto a ferry in 1964. The picture was in a collection which is labelled, ‘Greece 1964’ and the name...
Steam Engine ‘Samson’ on the RHDR railway
Another steam engine from the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway following on from the photo I published yesterday. This picture has been a little under...
A Train on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway
A Picture of one of the engines on the Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch railway which was probably taken in the 1950s or 1960s. I don’t...
Great Western Steam Engine from about 1975
A colour slide of a Great Western Steam Engine which was taken somewhere in the UK in about 1975. I don’t know the exact location,...
Steam Engine 6841, William Francis
A photo of the steam engine 6841, William Francis, which was taken at the Bressington steam gardens in the mid 1960s. Photo Categories Transportation Date...
Train entering a ship
A rather interesting image of a train being driven into the front of a boat. Presumably this is a train being transported across the sea...
The Royal Scot Steam Engine at an exhibition or display
A picture of the Royal Scot steam engine which was presumably taken during an exhibition or display somewhere. There is little information on the slide...
Oban to Mull Ferry late 1960s
This is a medium format colour slide of people on the Oban to Mull ferry which was taken sometime in the late 1960s or possibly...
New Street Station Birmingham c1965
This picture shows Birmingham New Street Station during a time of construction work. Some research on google images suggest this was probably taken during the...
Hawker Siddeley Dove B Aircraft
A picture of a Hawker Siddeley Dove B aircraft which was presumably taken during an airshow because the aircraft has a name board in front...
Chicago Helicopter Airways
A picture of a man emerging from a helicopter and walking away across the tarmac. The Helicopter is part of the Chicago Helicopter Airways service...
Silver City Air Ferry ‘City of Salisbury’
This picture shows a car being driven aboard the Silver City Air Ferry called ‘City of Salisbury’. I think the airplane may be a Bristol 170,...
Douglas DC-7 at night in the late 1950s
A somewhat marked Kodak colour slide of a Douglas DC-7 on a runway late at night while it was either being prepared for take off...
A Fine old Bentley Mark IV car parked on the roadside
This is a picture of a fine old Bentley Mark IV car parked on the side of a road with the passenger sitting in the...
RAF Rescue Helicopter
A picture of an RAF rescue helicopter on the ground at, probably, an airshow. The side door is open and I can see the pilots...
A Steam engine on the Ffestiniog railway
This is another picture of a Steam Engine on the Ffestiniog railway which was taken in 1978. Unfortunately, I can’t make out the name of...
Steam engine Blanche on the Ffestiniog railway in 1978
Another picture of a Steam Engine on the Ffestiniog railway in Wales, this time the engine called ‘Blanche’. This picture is similar to the other...
Steam Engine Linda on the Ffestiniog railway in 1978
This is a picture of the Steam Engine ‘Linda’ which was taken in 1978 at the site of the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales. It is...
Gdansk Railway Station in the 1960s
Although this picture looks very church-like, it is actually the main railway station in Gdansk, Poland. The photo shows the building at a time when...
Gdansk to Nowy Port train in mid-1960s
A picture of an electrically powered train which ran between Gdansk and Nowy Port in Poland. I think Nowy Port is actually a region of...
Relairoute on the D906 road in France in about 1960
This is a picture from about 1960 of a coach which has stopped for a break at the Relairoute petrol station between Paris and Lyon....
Britannia Airways Boeing 737 on runway
A holiday snap shot of a Britannia Airways Boeing 737 sitting on a runway somewhere with another not too far away. This seems to have...
Spitfire MH434 at an airshow in October 1974
A picture of the Supermarine Spitfire MH434 in October 1974. The aircraft is pictured with the propeller still spinning in this photo, so I assume...
Dana Regina Ferry Oct 1976
A picture of the cross channel ferry Dana Regina, taken in October 1976. This picture follows on from the picture of the Maunsell Forts, and...
Olau Kent Ferry boarding in Oct 1976
This is a picture of a ferry with it’s front raised being boarded by people. Initially, when I first looked at this picture I couldn’t...
Green Yellow Train in Czech Republic – 2001
This is a green and yellow train which is used to pull coaches of tourists around sites all over the world. This one is located...
Small fishing boat in Fort Augustus Lock in 1967
This is a slightly under-exposed colour slide of a small fishing boat in-transit in the Fort Augustus Lock in Scotland – taken in 1967. The...
Reef King Catamaran and helicopter, May 1992
A picture of the Reef King catamaran which is run by a holiday company called Great Adventures which operates around Cairns in the North of...
Ibiza airport on wet day in January 1974
A picture of Ibiza airport on a wet and dismal January day in 1974. It looks as if this picture was taken from an aircraft...
Ferry carrying a green lorry
This is a picture of a ferry crossing a stretch of water somewhere – possibly one of the Scottish Islands? It is a drive on...
Driver’s view from a steam engine, May 1965
Although I’m not absolutely certain what this view is I believe it is the view from the driver’s window of a steam engine looking up...
Steam Train, Girona – August 1971
A Steam train on a stationary display somewhere, probably the US. Kodachrome slide taken in August 1971. Update: I was a bit out on location...