Rail Album for steam engines, diesel locos and railway wagons


RAIL ALBUM
 
Railway Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon Photographs


Rail Album was launched in 2006 in order to make railway information and photographs available to a world-wide audience via the Internet.  The site is growing, so you may wish to bookmark it in order to make it easier to return.

All of the photographs and text on this web site are subject to copyright.  However, they may be reproduced for non-commercial purposes.  Please Contact Us if you wish to commercially reproduce an image.
 

 

 
MAIN CATEGORIES
 
Photographic Diary - Recent images
 
Mystery Corner - Can You Help?
 
Steam Locomotives
  Diesel Locomotives
  SECR Photographs
  Test Trains
  Railway Engineering - Sites & Trains
  Industrial Railways
  Ferry Wagons
  Overseas Railways
  Early Railways & Plateways
  Other Information About Railways
  Non-rail Items
  

 
NEW PAGES
  Military Wagons  
  Hampton Court Palace & King Henry VIII
 
LMS Princess Coronation Streamlined 4-6-2
  London & Birmingham Railway
  US Army S-160 2-8-0s
  Byfleet & New Haw - 21st June 2009 - 6N09
 
Italy - Trieste
 
Wooden Railway at Llangollen
 
Tonbridge  - 27th September 2008 - 6G13
 
Liverpool & Manchester Railway - Rocket (original)
  Stratford & Moreton Railway (5 pages)
  Ferry Wagons
  SECR Selection 5
  BR 18000 Gas Turbine
 

 
 
 
 Index to Pages on this Web Site
 

 


STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
Steam engine images from the modest 0-4-0ST to the mighty GWR Kings, LMS Coronations, LNER A4s and SR Bullied Pacifics.
 




SOUTH EASTERN & CHATHAM RAILWAY
A collection of SECR photographs dating from circa 1910. Mostly of the former SER in the London area. Some of the photos have interesting backgrounds.
  


EARLY RAILWAYS & PLATEWAYS
A selection of horse-drawn railways and unusual early steam locomotives. Including Surrey Iron Railway and Robert Stephenson's locos.
 


OVERSEAS RAILWAYS
A miscellaneous collection of photographs, diagrams and information about the railways of Europe and the rest of the world. 
  


MYSTERY CORNER - CAN YOU HELP?
Steam, diesel and electric locomotives, plus coaches, wagons and scenes.
 


TEST TRAINS
A fleet of test trains regularly analyses track alignment, radio reception and lineside structures.
 


RAILWAY WAGONS INDEX
Railway wagons were once commonplace in Britain but are becoming increasingly rarer.
 
Sub-Categories:
 

FERRY WAGONS INDEX  
British and foreign wagons registered for use on the train ferries that served Dover and Harwich.
 
MILITARY WAGONS INDEX  
Wagons specifically built for military purposes and those acquired by the military authorities.
  

 


DIESEL & ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVES
Main line diesel, gas turbine and electric engines. Mostly photographs from the 1980s onwards. From shunters to Deltics.
  


 

PHOTOGRAPHIC DIARY

An image from each day by the lineside between 2008 and the present. Unusual workings such as steam trains, stock moves and freight trains.
   
 

RAILWAY ENGINEERING - WORK SITES

Scenes, locomotives, wagons and railway engineering plant involved in refurbishment work. All photographed from public vantage points.
   


RAILWAY ENGINEERING - MATERIALS TRAINS
Special trains of materials for railway refurbishment work. Featuring locomotives and wagons on their way to and from engineering sites.
 


INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS - STANDARD GAUGE
Industrial locomotives and wagons are little known but played a vital role in Britain's economy. 
 


INDUSTRIAL RAILWAYS - NARROW GAUGE
A collection of photographs of narrow gauge industrial railways in the British Isles.
 


OTHER RAILWAY SUBJECTS
Various railway topics that do not fit easily into the other categories listed in this index.
      


GENERAL INTEREST
Photographs that were mostly taken on the way to or from railway photography sessions. Subjects include bridges, water troughs, benchmarks, canals and town scenes.

 

 
 
 
 
   
 
 
     
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