Created for the London and North Eastern Railway company as part of the Beautiful Britain Series of playing cards, this was a way of promoting the company to the wider public before the days of social media. Interestingly, this humble everyday item bears evidence of social, political and economic strife,...

Be transported back to the heyday of British family holidays. Back in the 1950's and early 1960's the staycation was far more popular and affordable than foreign holidays. This jigsaw shows how one could be transported to your seaside destination - car, bus, train or boat. Considering it's age this item...

Who would have known that there was such a variety of locomotive used on national railway systems around the world. This complete set of 32 cards illustrates different types from Heavy Diesel Locomotives and High Speed Electric Locomotives to Shunting Locomotives and Electric Railcar Trains. The pack...

The days of mainline steam locomotives have long gone but you can now relive those wonderous days virtually by purchasing a Vistascreen booklet of ten views of the locomotives in magnificient monochrome 3D to enjoy from the comfort of your sofa. Designed specifically for Vistascreen viewers or it's "clones"...

These days when planning a train journey we use technology but back in 1956, if you wanted to plan a rail journey, on one of the many different services available you either went to the station or for one shilling you could buy a Passenger Services book. Such a guide provided every piece of information...

Apparently most electric trains of the world in the late 1960's and early 1970's looked remarkably similar. This pack of Mini-Trumps Fact Cards consists of 30 cards each with a colour photograph of a specific train. The trains are mainly European with some from Japan, USA and China. The instructions...

"All Aboard!!!" It's time for steam train enthusiasts to buy a ticket or rather a pack of Top Trumps. This set brings together some of the most famous steam trains in museums or preservation railways in the UK. Each card has a coloured photograph of a specific train, along with engine number, where it...

You can hear the shriek of the whistle and smell the smoke in your nostrils with this item. Having been played for around four decades this pack of Top Trumps is in remarkably good condition. The set is complete with 32 cards, the title card and even the 10 points credit card. All are in clean undamaged...

People have always been intrigued by misfortune and disaster while other people aim to proffer from such events. This is true with this postcard recording the Tramway Accident which occurred in Bradford on the 31st July 1907. Fortunately this time there were no fatalities but the tram appears to have...

An official publication which should grace the library of any rail enthusiast. Pre-dating the Beeching closures of the 1960's this large volume lists every station, junction, sidings, collieries and works which used the rail system in the UK. Originally costing 25 shillings to purchase which is about...

All aboard!!! Predating the privatisation by a decade, this piece of British Rail ephemera is over 30 years old. Published by British Rail the map shows the entire Passenger Network as it stood between May 1983 and May 1984. This type of item was supposed to be disposable, as it would have been updated...

Full steam ahead!! Introduced by Hughie Green, the popular host of 1970's television programme "Opportunity Knocks" and in association with TV Times, this item combined the power of television, advertising and railway preservation. The idea was to encourage families during the school summer holidays...