Rail Picture Library

Resource for iconic rail pictures and commissioned photography. Have supplied everyone from Loaded magazine to the Times, plus rail companies.

[Gordon Hewitt @tendee6100]

Tankie 80097 on the 12.30 Diner train at Burrs Country Park on Sunday 16/11/25. @eastlancsrly

[Train Songs Central @trainsongsbook]

'When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers, in the quiet of the railway station, running scared'
- 'The Boxer' by Simon & Garfunkel (1970)
- 📷 Kings Cross station, London, mid-1960s, taker unknown

[Anthony Coulls @AntCoulls]

A moment outdoors for the GWR railcar @RailwayMuseum today

[The Railway Magazine @RailwayMagazine]

We commemorate VE Day 80 with a fascinating firsthand account from the captain of a cargo vessel that was torpedoed while crossing the Atlantic in 1943 with a batch of S160 locos aboard. The May issue is out on Wednesday #VEDay #VEDay80

[🏘️ 🏗️ 🇫🇷 Mémoire2Ville 🌆 🚧Sagacité 🏗️ 🏘️ @Memoire2cite]

C'était Paris en 1970 (Concours FNAC) 📸 la Gare du Nord.

[Rail Picture Library @RailPicture]

@trainsongsbook That's a super picture!

[Train Songs Central @trainsongsbook]

'Step off the train, I'm walking down your street again'
- 'Missing' by Everything But The Girl (1994)
- 📷 Gateshead, England, 1981, taken by Trevor Ermel

[The Robert Stephenson Trust @Robt_Stephenson]

A number of Robert Stephenson Trust Trustees were privileged to be invited to @LocomotionSHD this evening to hear about plans for this year together with welcoming the statue of Robert Stephenson to the North East, with it being on a ten year loan to the museum.

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[Uncensored USA 🇺🇸 @UncensoredUSA]

What a great video. Meet Shrimp!

[BCA @britcultarchive]

Raver at Sandbach Services (Post Shelley’s Laserdome) 1991.

Photo © Tony Davis / BCA. All rights reserved.

Available as an A3 & A2 archival print exclusively from BCA.

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[Luke House @lukehouse313]

GBRf 66734 At Brighton Under The Roof On An RHTT Working

[Bertie Lakeland @bertie_lakeland]

Bertie Does London …… Enjoy ☺️ ❤️

[Rail Picture Library @RailPicture]

@railjournal Great news.

[The Associated Press @AP]

A cat named Drifter is safe after sneaking out and getting trapped in a sewer for nearly 8 weeks https://t.co/sAtLsSmmxp

[Brian Newton @BrianNe08342467]

Good evening everyone. Inspired by @Bennybizzle1 and his photos of the Embsay gala, here's a clip that I haven't previously posted from last year. Have a little Baby Sulzer goodness as the gorgeous D7612 departs Bolton Abbey station. Have a lovely evening all 😉 👍

[Rail Picture Library @RailPicture]

@hatabu66 Great pictures.

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

Other work of the Ladybird artists
‘Bank Holiday’ 1950

Artist: Ronald Lampitt
(John Bull magazine)

[Train Pics 🚂🚅🚇🚉🚝🚞 @pics_train]

Steam 4-6-2

Location: Dresden, Germany

Locomotive #: 18 201

Photo Date: April 11, 2014

By: Georg Trüb

#trains