Summer Excursions to Leicester (1964)
A poster/handbill featuring Summer excursions from Peterborough East station to Leicester in 1964
Theatre Royal Excursion Train (1904)
A very nice LNWR handbill from 1904, advertising special trains from Oundle to Peterborough for the Theatre Royal production of "San Toy" which was...
Cab View of Peterborough North (1968)
An unusual view of Peterborough North Station and Signal Box captured through the cab window of an approaching train in 1968.
Steam on Peterborough Shed
A superb collection of mainline steam engines stabled at Peterborough - date unknown.
Engines include New England based 9F 2-10-0 heavy freight engines #92187 and...
Train hits Lorry at Wansford Crossing (1938)
At 1:14am in the morning, Yorkshire based Herbert Ashworth crashed his London bound Bowyer & Jackson (Dewsbury) lorry through the fence adjoining the crossing...
Deltic “Meld” at Peterborough
Class 55 Deltic #55003 "Meld" waiting with a northbound train at Peterborough shortly before its withdrawal in late 1980.
"Meld" was the first of six...
Deltic #9 on the East Coast Main Line
Deltic D9009 "Alycidon" on the northbound slow line, climbing from Helpston on 25th July 2012 on a special excursion.
One of several preserved examples of these...
Crescent Bridge 1912
A London Kings Cross bound train departs under the part-built Crescent Bridge which was to open the following year.
Skegness Train at Peterborough North (1969)
A Skegness train at Peterborough North station in 1969.
Image by Neil Pulling.
Rebuilding of Black Bridge
Workmates pose for the camera after they had rebuilt "Black Bridge" which had been destroyed by fire in 1963