Engine Collection

Railroad blocked by snow in the Rockies
Digging out a railroad snowed under in Colorado, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Fire escapes (engraving)
608774 Fire escapes (engraving) by English School

Opening of the Minster and Deal Railway
1594459 Opening of the Minster and Deal Railway, the King Lear and its " Special" passing Sandwich (engraving) by English School

Cathay Pacific aircraft approaching Kai Tak Airport over the rooftops of Kowloon, Hong Kong, China, Asia, Kowloon

A row of Class 55 Deltic diesel locomotives built by English Electric in 1961-1962. The fleet of 22 Deltics did the work of 55 A4 steam locomotives and cut an hour off the working timetable

Levant mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. Late 1800s
View of the Levant mine, looking towards Pendeen, before the building of the lighthouse. An old beam winding house can be seen in the centre foreground. Photographer: Unknown

Steam Engine / Governor
Governor, or Fly-Ball Governor, invented by James Watt to regulate the supply of steam in order to preserve a nearly fixed engine speed

LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station, Bermondsey
Built by the London County Council (LCC) and opened in 1928, Dockhead fire station replaced two older Bermondsey fire stations that were closed down

Napier Deltic engine, cross section

Deltic engine, final gear is being fitted into a phasing gearing assembly

Panhard travel poster
An art deco style travel poster for Panhard showing a steam ship, steam engine and a car radiator grill

Triumph Rocket 3
bike, Triumph, Rocket, 3, British, English, England, Britain, UK, United, Kingdom, dark, red, 2005, 2000s, current, contemporary, road, cruiser, bike

On Sunday 3rd July 1938, Mallard raced past Little Bytham at 123 mph (198 kmh), then
On Sunday 3rd July 1938, Mallard raced past Little Bytham at 123 mph (198 kmh)

GLC-London Fire Brigade, Clerkenwell fire station
Originally built in 1870, Clerkenwell fire station underwent a major rebuild in 1916 and two additional fire engine bays were added

BABBAGEs ENGINE (2)
Charles Babbages Difference Engine, an instrument which went beyond simple calculation to embody some of the principles of computers

Lamborghini Countach

Building Diesel Locomotives in Swindon
Engineers nearing completion on the first of 35 2, 700 hp diesel-hydraulic locomotives built at the Swindon Works for the Western Region

George Stephensons Rocket - the pre-1923 replica. George Stephensons Rocket Locomotive was built in 1829. Built for the Rainhill Trials held by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

Tazio Nuvolari - D Type Auto-Union
Tazio Nuvolari, probably the finest driver seen in this period, on a D Type Auto-Union with 3-litre, twelve cylinder, 450 hp rear mounted engine

Steam train on Bluebell Railway, Horsted Keynes, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom, Europe

LCC-LFB Dennis motorised Hatfield fire engine
LCC-London Fire Brigade, Dennis motorised Hatfield fire engine with crew

Steam train pulls out of Berwyn station on the Llangollen Heritage Railway, Dee Valley, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Napier Deltic rail traction diesel engine

Locomotive no 5000 Lovett Eames 4-2-2, tender painted Eames Vacuum Brake Company

Canadian National Railways Poster showing a steam engine train in Canada

Diagram of Rolls-Royce Merlin Aircraft Engine, Carburettor Date: 1942

A British Rail express Class 85 electric locomotive train, which ran on the newly electrified West Coast Main Line between Birmingham and Liverpool. December 1964

Levant mine, St Just in Penwith, Cornwall. 1890s
A group of boys in front of a of set of 32 visible Cornish stamps heads which are being driven by a rotative beam engine. There would have probably been 64 heads in complete set

Railway crossing at Newcastle-on-Tyne
View of the railway crossing at Newcastle-on-Tyne -- claimed to be the largest crossing in the world. Date: circa early 20th century

Canadian Pacific freight train locomotive at Banff station, Banff National Park, Canadian Rockies, Alberta, Canada, North America

VW Volkswagen Beetle Classic Beetle 1500L 1969 blue light

George Stephenson (1781-1848)

Train on North York Moors Railway, Goathland, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Close-up of Eurostar train engine in London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A group scene from The Titfield Thunderbolt
taken on the platform of Mallingford station

Old fashioned steam train locomotive
Vintage engraving the plasn and diagram of an old fashioned steam train locomotive, the Bogie and radial tank engine by Neilson and Company of Gaslgow

LCC-LFB Tooley Street fire station and its crews
Built in 1879, and located at 165 Tooley Street, this station remained operational until 1928 when the new Dockhead fire station was opened and the engines and crews transferred there

Chris Reynolds Victorian fire engine cartoon
Chris Reynolds was a fireman at Paddington fire station and a talented cartoon artist

BABBAGEs ENGINE (1)
Babbages Difference Engine - he was continually modifying the design, as with modern computers, so it is not possible to date this precisely

The bishop and Vicar struggle with the Thunderbolt
Godfrey Tearle and George Relph in The Titfield Thunderbolt

View over the Berlin Wall in 1985, towards the TV Tower at Alexanderplatz in East Berlin, at night, Berlin, Germany, Europe

New Paddington Fire Station, West London

LFCDA-LFB Leyton fire station
The fire station at Leyton, located at 90b Church Road, London E10

GLC-LFB Dennis diesel Compact Pump
Introduced into London in the mid-1970s, this narrow wheel base pump was not a dual purpose fire engine. It could only carry an extension ladder and not the 50 foot wheeled escape

Pump Governor - Westinghouse Air Brake
Today, the air brake is the standard, fail-safe train brake used by railways worldwide. Early train brakes were hand operated and largely ineffective

1976 Triumph Stag

D Napier and Son - Deltic
General arrangement of Deltic 18-11B MTB Driving End

Hampden Bomber Hampden Bomber
Hampden Bomber - Twin engine Handley Page long range Aircraft. Bristol Pegasus 1, 000 H.P. engines. 265mph. Range - 1, 725 miles. Date: circa 1940s

After bringing his steam engine, Hielan Laddie, from Aberdeen, 35-year-old William Barrack, right, owner, and Mr William McGonachie

Kaman HH-43F Huskie 62-4450 (msn 176), fire-fighting and rescue helicopter

Mallard Steam Engine, expanded cross-section
Colour Image, Cross-Section, Driver, Engine, Horizontal, Illustration, Steam Locomotives, 75490145

Supermarine Spitfire 2 / II
Supermarine Spitfire Mark2 Cutaway Line-Drawing with a Rolls-Royce Merlin 3 Aero-Engine

Rolls-Royce Merlin 61 Piston-Engine Date: 1942

The thunderbolt
the engine used for the classic Ealing comedy was in fact named The Lion

Picture No. 11981521
Wheal Coates - Engine House - St Agnes - Cornwall - UK Date:

The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, London
The Engine Room at the Clement-Talbot Motor Works, Ladbroke Grove, North Kensington, London

The Spirit of Progress
The Australian Sprit of Progress, streamlined train of the Victorian Government Railways operating between Melbourne and Albury. Date: late 1930s

The Tyne-Tees Pullman passenger service. The famous express of the North East Region running from Newcastle-Upon-Tyne to London Kings Cross. Date: late 1930s

Camden Round House
A notable example of railway architecture, the Round House - the engine house of the North-Western Railway at Camden-Town depot. Today it is a theatre. Date: 1847

View at Wheal Coates tin mine, St Agnes, Cornwall
View at Wheal Coates former tin mine, on the cliff top between Porthtowan and St Agnes, north coast of Cornwall, showing the Towanroath Shaft Pumping Engine House. Date: circa 1980s

Tywarnhayle Mine, St Agnes, Cornwall. Around 1907
Three miners next to the centrifugal pump shaft. This was the first electric pump in Cornwall. Photographer: Unknown

1959 Ford Thunderbird
View of a 1959 Ford Thunderbird motor car, its convertible roof in the down position, parked outside on a grassy field, 1959. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Multi service emergency vehicles and their personnel

GLC-LFB Deptford fire station, Evelyn Street, Deptford
Deptford fire station was one of the last stations built for the London County Councils Metropolitan Fire Brigade and was opened in 1904

GLC-LFB - Dual purpose pump fire engine
The GLC-LFB was created on 1 April 1965. A series of photos was commissioned of each type of fire engine, either within or absorbed into the enlarged London Fire Brigade

Middlesex Fire Brigade in the London Fire Brigade area
Mutual assistance took place where a nearby fire brigade would attend a fire in the London Fire Brigade area, or vice-versa

London Fire Engine Establishment, list of fire stations
Formed in 1833, the LFEE took over firefighting in London from the various Insurance Company fire brigades. It had 19 fire stations and its headquarters was located at Watling Street, City of London

LCC-LFB Shoreditch fire station, Hackney
Built in 1895, station B27, Shoreditch fire station, was located at 140 Tabernacle Street, near Old Street

Vincent Rapide HRD Series C black 1949 1940s 40s
Vincent Rapide HRD Series C 1949 Black

Jaguar E-Type V12 Roadster (with removable hardtop), 1961, White, black top
Jaguar E-Type V12 Roadster (with removable hardtop) 1961 White black top

Vincent Black Shadow 998cc Serices C black 1953 1950s
Vincent Black Shadow 998cc Series C 1953 Black

GNR Stirling Single Locomotive
GNR Stirling Single locomotive no.5, 1891 Date: 1891

Dartmouth and Paignton Railway, Kingswear Station, Dartmouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fire Engine Scania

Locomotive no 4002 Evening Star 4-6-0

Harley Davidson motorcycle, Key West, Florida, United States of America, North America

Fowlers Steam Engine
Fowlers patent engine and windlass for steam-ploughing

Rolls-Royce Merlin R. M. 14S. M. Mk 100 V-12 Engine, 1944. Creator: Rolls-Royce
Formed in 1906 to produce automobiles, Rolls-Royce was asked to begin designing and building aircraft engines at the outbreak of World War I in 1914

Train driver Tommy Heywood in the cab of his British Rail express Class 85 electric locomotive train, which ran on the newly electrified West Coast Main Line between Birmingham and Liverpool

A long run from Tarland, Aberdeenshire, necessitates a thorough clean-up for this 1925 Tasker traction engine, so its owner Mr William McConachie, an Aberdeen farmer

GWR Iron Duke Class Steam Locomotive
Vintage engraving of a GWR Iron Duke Class Steam Locomotive. The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work

Steam locomotive Sir Nigel Gresley, Welwyn Garden City
Steam locomotive 60007, Sir Nigel Gresley, near the Welwyn Garden City tunnel. It was built in 1937, and is still preserved today. Date: circa 1960s

Turbinia - steam turbine-powered steamship
Turbinia - the first steam turbine-powered steamship. Built as an experimental vessel in 1894, Turbinia wasy the fastest ship anywhere in the world at that time

Flying Scotsman - LNER High-pressure Compound Express Locomotive No

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EDITORS COMMENTS

"Powering the Past and Present: Exploring the Fascinating World of Engines" Engines have long been at the heart of our industrial progress, propelling us forward with their sheer power and efficiency. From the iconic row of Class 55 Deltic diesel locomotives built by English Electric in the early 1960s to the historic Levant mine in Cornwall dating back to the late 1800s, engines have shaped our world. In bustling cities like Bermondsey, London, where LCC-LFB Dockhead fire station stands tall, engines serve as a lifeline for emergency services, and are ready to roar into action at any moment, ensuring safety and protection for all. The adrenaline-fueled atmosphere of motorsports comes alive with memories from events like the thrilling 1967 Dutch GP. The thunderous sound of roaring engines echoes through every corner as drivers push themselves to their limits. Delving deeper into engine technology reveals marvels such as the Napier Deltic engine's intricate cross-section. Its innovative design showcases precision engineering that revolutionized locomotive performance. Witnessing an engine being meticulously assembled is a testament to human ingenuity. As gears mesh perfectly together during final fitting on a Deltic engine, we witness craftsmanship at its finest. History was made when Mallard raced past Little Bytham in July 1938, reaching an astonishing speed of 123 mph (198 km/h). This steam-powered feat reminds us of how engines have continuously pushed boundaries throughout time. Beyond railways lie vast landscapes like Banff National Park in Canada's Rockies. Here, Canadian Pacific freight train locomotives dominate the scene with their raw strength and unwavering determination. Engines also find their place in automotive legends like Tazio Nuvolari's Auto-Union D Type or even modern icons such as Lamborghini Countach. These machines embody power and elegance while captivating enthusiasts worldwide.