Train Gallery

Dramatic Rail Accident at Gare Montparnasse, France

At the Montparnasse terminus of the Chemin de Fer de l'Ouest, the Granville train crashes through the buffers and into the street (Rue de Rennes), killing a poor woman selling newspapers (Marie-Augustine Aguilard) - Tuesday, 22nd October 1895 at 4:05 in the afternoon. The Driver was Guillaume-Marie Pellerin. Date: 1895

Stephensons Rocket 1829

Stephenson's Rocket, coloured historical artwork. Stephenson's Steam Locomotive, patented in 1829, competed in trials held by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company at Rainhill. It completed 20 laps of the course and attained a top speed of 38 kilometres per hour.It was the only locomotive to sucessfully complete the trials and won the competition. New features in its design included a multi-tube boiler with 25 copper tubes and a blast pipe to increase the efficiency of the boiler. The Rocket was designed by George Stephenson and his son Robert, with the assistance of Henry Booth

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Eurostar Channel Tunnel train

Channel Tunnel train at a station. The Channel Tunnel provides a rail link between Britain and France. Each train is 800 metres long and carries up to 180 cars or 28 lorries. The trains travel from London to Paris in about three hours. The trains travel at 140 kilometres (km) per hour through the 39km-long tunnel, whilst the top overland speed is 298km per hour. Photograph of a train operated by the Eurostar company at Waterloo Station, London, Britain. CROWN COPYRIGHT UNDER LICENCE FROM THE HEALTH & SAFETY LABORATORY & CONTROLLER OF HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE vast North Pole International Depot at Acton, London, had reached #970 million by mid-1993

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