With the coming of the diesel age on British Railways private companies were keen to sell their products to both British Railways and private locomotive builders. Even the smallest of items often featured an example of a locomotive to which they were fitted and proclaimed how successful their product had made the class concerned.
Products ranged
from engines and transmissions to gauges and glass, even types of toilet!. All
were advertised in the railway press at the time starting around 1958 onwards.
Below are some
samples of the things that companies sold through adverts using locomotives. One
advert featured D1524, the class 47 that we repainted to near original condition
for Old Oak Common….. and its still going strong!
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This
advertisement was issued by B.R.W.R. to let the public know how it was
improving its services. This is one
of several posters issued featuring the class 52's. |
