Newcastle-upon-Tyne, King Edward Bridge (ECM5 @ 79m 53ch - 79m 70ch). June 1906

View from Gateshead side. Weight testing with 6 locomotives prior to ceremonial opening on 10 July 1906. The bridge consists of four lattice steel spans resting on concrete piers. Total length is 1,150 ft and is 112 ft above high water mark.

North Shields Station 30 September 1941. (TMB @ 5m 37ch) Bomb damage to adjacent warehouses. (Ref: 030831)

North Shields Station 30 September 1941. (TMB @ 5m 37ch) Damage to platforms from bomb blast. (Ref: 030834)

Northern Line - Greathead Shield. As used in boring the City & South London Railway (Ref: 030642)

At Clapham Transport Museum store

Ouse Viaduct (aka Balcombe Viaduct, ELR - VTB3 @ approx 35½mp) (Ref: 030551)

Designed by John Urpeth Rastrick, in association with the architect of the London to Brighton railway, David Mocatta, the viaduct is 96 feet (29 m) high and is carried on 37 semi-circular arches, each of 30 feet span, surmounted by balustrades, spanning a total length of 1,480 feet. Each pier contains a jack arch with a semi-circular soffit, which had the benefit of reducing the number of bricks required. The roughly 11 million bricks required for its construction were mostly shipped up the River Ouse (via Newhaven and Lewes) from the Netherlands. On 12 July 1841, the viaduct was officially opened to train services, although the structure was not fully completed until the following year.

Pirbright. Circa 1950

Caption reads 'Dry Channel of the canal, south of Cowshot Bridge'. However the only location that would match this shot is the right hand bend west of Curzon Bridge at Grid Ref: SU 9186 5637 [BAs-017-050]. Near Cowshot Bridge, the canal would have been overlooked by the railway embankment.

Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, early 19th century engraving

Engraving by Francis Jukes (1745-1812), of a drawing by J Parry. Published 01 March 1806. John Parry was an artist and engraver of Bryn y Ffynnon, Wrexham.

Pontsarn Viaduct (MJR @ 19m 53ch - 19m 60ch), Morlais Jcn - Rhydycar Jcn Line (Brecon & Merthyr and LNWR Joint)

Eight-arch masonry viaduct dated 1866, built by the B&M across the Afon Taf Fechan at a height of 92 feet above the water. It comprises seven spans, with an overall reach of 152 yards. Ownerhip became joint with the LNWR in 1875

Porth, Cornwall (north coast). 1889 (Ref: 040114)

Sailing Craft beached at Low Tide. Porth is near the village of St Columb Minor, and was known as St. Columb Porth, Originally it was a small port for the village and was known for importing coal, salt, lime and a multitude of general cargoes.

Primrose Hill tunnel. South portal (LEC1 @ 1m 53ch). 1840 (Ref: 030643)

Train emerging and cheering spectators. Black & white photo of a print by Edwin Thomas Dolby

Rainhill, bridge No 71 (DSE @ 8m 67ch). Track level view of west face of bridge, with station beyond. Circa 1949 (Ref: 030605)

The world’s first railway skew bridge (built 1828-29), with carved plaque over the keystone “Erected June 1829. Charles Lawrence Esq., Chairman, George Stephenson, Engineer”

River Cam. Cambridge. 1793. Engraving of an original drawing by J Walker

Engraving of horse-drawn barges behind the colleges where the towpath was through the river to stop horses walking on college grounds

Royal Oak Station 7 November 1940. (HTH@ 0m 47ch) . Damage to track, train and station buildings following air raid. (Ref: 030798)

Runcorn Railway Bridge, a.k.a. Ethelfleda Bridge or Britannia Bridge (WJL1 @ 180m 77ch - 181m 11ch) (Ref: 030602)

The Bridge crosses the River Mersey at Runcorn Gap between Runcorn and Widnes in Cheshire. The design for the bridge and viaducts was produced by William Baker, the LNWR's chief engineer. It was built 1863 - 68, and is Grade II* listed.
There is a timber yard in the foreground, on the riverbank.

Salisbury Station 1 July 1906. (BAE1 @ 83m 43ch) Crowd of onlookers (Ref: 030848)

Salisbury Station 1 July 1906. (BAE1 @ 83m 43ch) The scene at the station. (Ref: 030846)

An express from Plymouth to London had failed to slow for a bend and crashed into another train causing 28 people to lose their lives.

Salisbury Station 1 July 1906. (BAE1 @ 83m 43ch). Extent of wreckage after high-speed de-railment. (Ref: 030845)

Saltash, Cornwall. Royal Albert Bridge (MLN2 @ 250m 70ch - 251m 23ch)

Track-level view from the central pier

Saltash, Cornwall. Royal Albert Bridge (MLN2 @ 250m 70ch - 251m 23ch). Engraving, looking upstream

There is a steam engine hauling five or six carriages, heading west over the bridge, and ships & boats on the river. There is also another steam train crossing a viaduct in hilly country (seen through the Devon span of the Royal Albert bridge) but this appears to be artistic licence. There is another version of the engraving on the Science Museum website, from which it is clear that the RCHS version has been cropped left and right

Saltash, Cornwall. Royal Albert Bridge (MLN2 @ 250m 70ch - 251m 23ch). View during construction from an elevated position on the Devon side

The Cornwall span had been lifted into place in 1857, and this photo shows the Devon span that had been floated into position on 10 July 1858 and was in the process of being raised into position. It was in its final position by 28 December 1858

Saltash, Cornwall. Royal Albert Bridge (MLN2 @ 250m 70ch - 251m 23ch). View during construction from the construction yard on the Devon side

The Cornwall span had been lifted into place in 1857, and this photo shows the Devon span that had been floated into position on 10 July 1858 and was in the process of being raised into position. It was in its final position by 28 December 1858

Saltash, Cornwall. Royal Albert Bridge (MLN2 @ 250m 70ch - 251m 23ch). View from above Saltash station during the broad gauge era

Saltash station with the bridge behind

Saltash, Cornwall. Royal Albert Bridge (MLN2 @ 250m 70ch - 251m 23ch). View from above the approach track on the Devon side during the broad gauge era

Saltash station and village is in the background, with a paddle steamer at the jetty

Sankey Viaduct (DSE @ 14m 07ch - 14m 16ch). Panorama of viaduct looking south-east. Sankey Sugar Works in the background (Ref: 030591)

George Stephenson designed the 150 yards long, nine-arch Sankey Viaduct for the double-track Liverpool and Manchester Railway, to cross the valley and Sankey Canal with sufficient clearance for the masts and sails of the Mersey flats that used the canal. The viaduct was built between 1828 and 1830, although work on the structure did not finish until the middle of 1833. On 15 September 1830, the viaduct was opened along with the Liverpool & Manchester railway

Sankey Viaduct (DSE @ 14m 07ch - 14m 16ch). Panorama of viaduct looking south-east. Sankey Sugar Works in the background (Ref: 030592)

George Stephenson designed the 150 yards long, nine-arch Sankey Viaduct for the double-track Liverpool and Manchester Railway, to cross the valley and Sankey Canal with sufficient clearance for the masts and sails of the Mersey flats that used the canal. The viaduct was built between 1828 and 1830, although work on the structure did not finish until the middle of 1833. On 15 September 1830, the viaduct was opened along with the Liverpool & Manchester railway

SER Guard at Folkestone Warren 1877. (Ref: 030849)

Severn Tunnel, Caldicot. Tunnel mouth at north-west end. (BSW @ 15m 29ch)

Shakespeare Cliff Tunnel (XTD @ 75m 14ch - 75m 76ch). Train approaching tunnel (Ref:030646)

Opened 1844, 1387y long. Train crossing the viaduct on the seashore. From a watercolour by George Childs (active 1826-1873).

Shalford bridge over the River Wey (RSJ @ 41m 33ch), near Guildford. Looking south. 1948 (Ref: 030603)

Truss-girder bridge carrying two tracks on a left-hand curve

Shipton-on-Cherwell. Bridge carrying Didcot - Birmingham line over the Oxford Canal. (DCL @ 70m 21ch). 1939 (Ref: 030604)

Branch to Blenheim & Woodstock in rear. Scene of the Shipton-on Cherwell derailment on Christmas Eve, 24 December 1874, when the tyre of a wheel on a third-class carriage of an Oxford to Birmingham Snow Hill broke. At least 26 died at the scene while four others were dead by the time the special train had arrived at Oxford station. At least one other died in hospital

Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex. Norfolk Bridge. The second road bridge to be erected on the site, a 4-arch steel bowstring truss over the Adur estuary. 1940's

Replacing the first bridge (a chain link suspension bridge very similar to the one in Budapest), the new bridge opened in July 1923 initially as a toll bridge. It lasted less time than its predecessor as, by the 1970’s it was unable to cope with traffic volumes and the restricted width prevented upgrade. In 1987, the superstructure was replaced on the existing piers. The photo was probably taken around the time of World War 2, as barbed-wire defences are in place on the shoreline.

Shugborough Tunnel, north portal (LEC2 @ 129m 01ch). 11 Jan 1894 (Ref: 030648)

Built 1846 47. 777 yds long (128m 46ch - 129m 01ch)

Solway Viaduct (ANB @ 6m 69ch - 7m 77ch). Panorama of viaduct from shore

Opened 1869, closed 1921, demolished 1934-5. Length 1m 180y

Sourden (ROB @ 1m 01ch). Arch Overbridge and site of station. (Map Ref. NJ 289508). 1937

The simple station was opened, on a request basis, on 1 October 1858 by the Morayshire Railway, on its 3½ mile line from Orton to Rothes. It closed on 1 August 1866, after the direct line from Rothes to Elgin opened, but could still be used on a toll basis. The line was reduced to siding status until lifted in 1907

South-east of Greenwich Jcn (LBW @ approx 1m 67ch).

The location is opposite Millwall Football Club’s ground, looking north-west towards the junction of the London & Greenwich Railway (SER, to the right) and the London & Croydon Railway (LBSCR, to the left). The line at the lower level is the North Kent spur running east from the SER Bricklayers’ Arms terminus to join the London & Greenwich line. The brick arches are still in use.
The train on the extreme left is taking the spur from North Kent West Junction towards Bricklayers Arms Junction on the Croydon line. This train would have been hidden from the artist less than a decade later when the South London line was built across the scene. Note that the Croydon line has three tracks; it seems the company was given powers to lay an additional track for their atmospheric trains but in the latter's year or so (1846-7) of use these never got north of New Cross

Southborough (or Colebrook) Viaduct (TTH @ 31m 62ch - 31m 74ch). (Ref:030649)

Pencil drawing of the 26 red brick arch viaduct, with a train crossing, and onlookers in Victorian clothing