Photos

The National Railway Museum has a vast collection of railway photographs from the 1850s to the present day. Below is just a selection of some of the images used in the event. More images can be found at the Science and Society Picture Library and Ingenious.

Inaugural run of London – Paris freightliner, 22 April 1968 New British Rail branding on wine glass, 1964 ‘Peak’ class diesel locomotive on a deserted platform at Manchester Piccadilly station during BR ‘go slow’, 30 June 1967 Demolition of Euston Arch, 1961 Class 47 D1567 at Stratford works, 27 May 1968 Two boys with dogs walking by railway lines, BR 8F in background, Wigan, 1967 ‘King Edward II’ at Barry, with graffiti, 1977 Deltic leaving Leeds Central, Station, early 1960s Diesel locomotives, Crewe works, 1961 Class 5 and DMU, Shrewsbury, 1967 ‘Tommy’ railway shunting horse, Newmarket, c1963 ‘Last days of steam’ 15 guineas poster, 1968

Join in

Do you have photographs that illustrate the end of steam? By signing up for a Flickr account you can add images to our 1968 Flickr group. Don’t forget to bring your camera to the event and add those pictures too.

Some photographs from our 1968 Flickr group...