1890s Collection

Ivybridge Station and Viaduct, Devon, c. 1890
A view of Ivybridge station and the Ivybridge Viaduct, Devon, c.1890. This is Brunels old timber viaduct, shown prior to its replacement in 1892

Guernsey & Jersey via Weymouth poster, about 1891
In 1889 the GWR began operating a steamship service to the Channel Islands. This poster shows the GWRs TSS Ibex, leaving harbour at Guernsey on its route across the Channel

Eastgate Street, Chester, c1890s
This image comes from a Photochrom carriage print used by the Great Western Railway in the late 1800s. The picture shows a view of the historic timber-frame buildings in the centre of Chester

The Rows, Chester, c1890s
This image comes from a Photochrom carriage print used by the Great Western Railway in the late 1800s. The Rows are continuous half-timbered galleries

The last broad gauge train leaving Paddington Station, 20th May 1892
A posed image of the last broad gauge train leaving Paddington station on 20th May 1892. The service is the 5pm to Plymouth, and the locomotive is Bulkeley (named after Captain Bulkeley)

Didcot, Oxfordshire, 11th May 1896
The down Flying Dutchman approaching Didcot in Oxfordshire, hauled by No. 3019, Rover, on 11th May 1896. Didcot signal box can be seen on the left of the image

Steer Point Station, Devon, c. 1898
A view of Steer Point station on the Plymouth to Yealmpton Line, at Brixton, east of Plymouth in Devon, c.1898. The station opened in January 1898 and closed in 1930

View of Swindon Station, 1895
This image was taken to mark the occasion of the abolition of the ten minute stop at Swindon. It was the first non-stop express through the station

View of Swindon Station, c. 1890s
This photograph shows Swindon Junction Station in Wiltshire, looking towards Bristol, c.1890s. The station became known as simply Swindon Station after Swindon Town station closed in the 1960s

Royal Waiting Room, Paddington Station, c. 1890
Situated on Platform 1 the Royal Waiting Room was used regularly by Royalty travelling from London to Windsor. As one can see from this image taken around 1890

Didcot Station, Oxfordshire, 11th May 1896
A view of Didcot station in Oxfordshire on the 11th May 1896, showing the up Flying Dutchman is being hauled by No. 3001 Amazon

Wootton Bassett Station, 1893
A view of Wootton Bassett Station in Wiltshire, taken in 1893, showing the station building and a number of staff on the platform with a dray horse

Dragon 4-2-2 Locomotive
4-2-2 broad gauge Alma Class locomotive, Dragon, seen here at a station with several members of railway staff. Dragon was built in August 1880 and withdrawn in 1892

Bromyard Station and Downs, Herefordshire, c. 1890s
A view of Bromyard Station and the surrounding downs in Herefordshire, c.1890s. This image shows the station buildings, wagons

Bodmin Station, Cornwall, c. 1895
A view of Bodmin Station, Cornwall, c.1895. Bodmin is on the Bodmin to Wadebridge line. A porter in on the platform with a trolley and a group of men are lounging on the grass bank on the right

Bodmin Road Station, c. 1895
A view of Bodmin Road Station, Cornwall in c.1895; seen here at the junction of the Bodmin to Wadebridge Railway. Bodmin Road station opened in 1859 near Lanhydrock House

Swindon Junction Station, c. 1890s
This photograph shows Swindon Junction Station in Wiltshire, c.1890s, with several locomotives at the station and in the sidings

Midgham Station, c1890s
A view of Midgham Station at Woolhampton in West Berkshire, c.1890s. This station is on the Reading to Taunton line and was originally planned by the Berks

No 12 Shop, Carpenters Shop, c1890s
Carpenters have downed tools and posing for the photographer in this early image of No.12 shop in the carriage works. A foreman can be seen on the steps of the office on the left of the image

Acocks Green Station, c. 1890s
A view of Acocks Green station in Birmingham, c.1890s, showing the platform and a railway bridge in the distance. The station opened in 1852

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