Vintage Transportation Engineering

Classic images of transport engineers in locomotives and aircraft, highlighting historical aviation and railway professions.

Vintage Photograph. Closeup of railroad engineer looking out of locomotive cab window with smile, Frame 1

Vintage Photograph. Closeup of railroad engineer looking out of locomotive cab window with smile, Frame 1

Locomotive driver in an electric locomotive.

Aircraft and Balloons Used by Some of the Air Pioneers Who Were Contemporary With Samuel Franklin Cody. Close up of W J Stutt getting out of the cockpit of an aircraft.

Harry Hawker 1889-1921 Australian aviator and co-founder of Hawker Aircraft. May 1919. LC-USZ62-107682

Captain, holding steering wheel on cruise ship

Prince Albert, later King George VI drives a tram, during his visit to Glasgow, Scotland.

Smile of Triumph - The smile of the conqueror was on the countenance of Mrs. Keith Miller, as she stepped from the cockpit of the Red Rose at Eagle Farm ***** Brisbane, on Monday afternoon. March 29, 1928.

Clouston and Mrs. Kirby-Green Break Cape-London Record. Land At Croydon after 57½ Hour Flight -- Mrs. Kirby-Green and Clouston getting out of the plane on arrival at Croydon. January 20, 1937. (Photo by Keystone).

HOWARD HUGHES.

Charles Augustus Lindbergh (February 4, 1902 - August 26, 1974) was an American aviator, military officer, author, inventor, and activist. At the age of 25, he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by winning the Orteig Prize for making the first nonstop flight from New York City to Paris on May 20-21, 1927

Charles Lindbergh, after flying his monoplane, 'The Spirit of Saint Louis', to New Jersey. Oct. 19, 1927. He wears a fleece lined leather flight helmet and goggles (BSLOC_2016_10_151)

The Commander Of The Sealand, The First Ship Built With A Diesel Engine, Copenhagen, 1912.

Elsevier photo collection. Gerben Sonderman, former Fokker flyer Private Pilot Prince Bernhard, probably driver plane soon trip Scandinavia. 1946

Poll photo collection. Berlin airport - Tempelhof. Links Mr. Schmidt and right Pilot Willem Beekman at the Fokker F.XX PH-AIZ Herring Gull. October 1934. Berlin, Germany

At Right: As he was in 1933, in the cockpit of the Faith in Australia. Note the Plane's hand-operated fuel-pumping system. June 26, 1933.

Photograph of Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George (1895-1952) driving a tram. Dated 20th Century

H. Broadbent. April 28, 1950

French aviator Roland Garros.

Connection of wagons.

King Fredrik IX of Dannmark in a compartment window.

Anefo photo collection. Johan Heesters arrived at Schiphol. December 9, 1963. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Historic photograph, sailor, around 1930

Review of locomotives.

O.P.S. Mr Broadbent, standing by his plane after his arrival at Lympne this evening.Broadbent Breaks Australia-England Record. (Pictures by special plane).Mr. H.F.Broadbent, the Australian airman arrived at ***** aerodrome set up by Mr. H.L. Brook in 1935. May 03, 1937

Connection of wagons.

Vintage photograph. engineer looking out of cab of a diesel locomotive

Anefo photo collection. New anti-noise heads at Schiphol. January 3, 1962. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Commander Carl E. J. Ericson on the ferry s/s "Queen Victoria".

Göta lion (depicted - name).Göta Lion (depicted - name)

Hugo Per Dahl, station manager.

Vintage photograph. Low angle view of a locomotive engineer standing on a train

"Just Another Flight" - Man Flies Atlantic In Baby Plane.Wen he landed his tiny, single-engine monoplane at Renfrew, near Glasgow, 27-year-old Peter Gluckman said "to me it was entirely uneventful - just another flight".He had just flown the Atlantic in one of the smallest planes ever to achieve this feat.Born in Germany, Gluckman had a watch-makers business in San Francisco. Business was not good; so he took a job at an aircraft works as well, working at night, and became interested in flying.His father, living in Britain, became very ill and Peter decided to make the Atlantic crossing as soon as possible. June 27, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper).

Motorcyclist in the 1950s. A young man wearing glasses and a leather cap by his motorcycle. The motorcycle is made by the american company Excelsior in Chicage and the model is Super X 1925, and was americas first motorcycle with a v-twin engine. Sweden 1950s ref 10-09-11

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War Close up of S C Wingfield-Smith sat in the cockpit of an aircraft.

Flyer on jetty in front of seaplane flyers on the dock in front of seaplane

Poll photo collection. Dutch glory on the Rhine. Rijnvaart, report on life and working on board a Rijnschip.schipper Anton Rieb van de Damco 9 gives the ring signal in God's name, presumably in West Germany. April 1, 1955. Germany, West Germany

Willy Moberg at the helm on the tugboat "Simson".

Prince August on a test tour. Stockholm - Uppsala - Stockholm

aeronautica, ritratto di aviatore, salmiet, autore di londra-parigi senza scalo, 1910

Mr. Phillip Law, (right), Leader of the Australian National research expedition and Mr. T.H. Dalton, assistant sales manager of De Havilland's, Inspect the retractable snow skis and wheels of a beaver plane. The Aircraft, which can land safely on snow, will be used for survey and exploration flights in the Antarctic. July 01, 1955.

Difficult to interpret text, Kalmar Central, in front of a trolley.

12/31/1934. Juan Ignacio Pombo, in the small plane "Santander", with which he crosses the Atlantic alone from Bathurs, on the African continent, to Netal, in Brazil.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Governor General of the Dutch East Indies. Governor General Tjarda van Starkenborg Stachouwer after landing at Schiphol airport. September 9, 1945. Eindhoven, Schiphol

Unknown station man.

Anefo photo collection. New anti-noise heads at Schiphol. January 3, 1962. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Train traveler in seat coupe.

'Flying Saucer' Is A Reality -- From the world of fantasy comes this 'Flying Sacer' and the bizarre hat worn by 19-year-old Arthur Sanger, dental mechanic of Southampton. The flying model ' saucer ' is the latest of 200 miniature planes build by Arthur. It took him three months to build, is powered by a Jeter rocket motor, and files for thirty seconds at heights up to 100 feet.The ' Saucer ' has four radders and the engine is mounted at the leading edge.Arthur, a member of the Southampton Model Aeroplane Club, already has plans for a bigger and boozer flying ' saucer '.He has carried out a number of experiments with his latest model, and has achieved flights of a minute. November 21, 1950. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Tram Driver -Percie Gearside. June 22, 1948.

Vintage photograph. Man smiling driving Allen Offy - Special midget auto racer

Charles Lindbergh and Others

Axel Olson, Kalmar Central.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Anefo photo collection. Mn Merchant Navy / Anefo London series. Five minutes pause. Zeeman aboard Dutch coastal boat. 1943. Britain, London

Harry Atwood a pupil of the Wright brothers in an early airplane in 1911. Shortly afterward he stopped flying and secluded himself in rural New England. LC-DIG-hec-00367

Count Larisch - Vienna - Waves Photographs

1940s DETERMINED MAN AVIATOR IN OPEN COCKPIT BIPLANE WEARING LEATHER FLYING HELMET GOGGLES RAISING THUMBS-UP SIGNAL READY TO FLY

1920S 1930S Pilot Smiling Man In Cockpit Of Airplane Taking Cigarette Out Of Pack

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Poll photo collection. Report photo model. Model Sandhaus with a cigarette in the door of a train coupe. undated

1900s ORVILLE WRIGHT LOOKING AT CAMERA PILOTING POWERED WRIGHT FLYER III CIRC 1905 HUFFMAN PRAIRIE DAYTON OHIO USA

Track master Gullmar DHJ, Dannemora Harg Railway.

Vintage photograph. Police officer sitting in a police car getting call by CB radio from Headquarters.

Century-Old Bicycle -- This Hobby Horse, the forerunner of the modern cycle, was first pushed along a London street in 1818. It is part of a collection owned by Mr. H.W. Bartleet, of Surrey. He spent more than £700 collecting old bikes. A Museum Of Gold Bicycles -- Mr.Bartleet photographed to-day with the Hobby Horse, dating back to 1818. Mr. H.W. Bartleet, of the Glade, Shirley, Surrey, whose museum of bicycles is world famous, is handing over his collection to the city of Coventry at the end o

H. Broadbent. March 23, 1938

Sven Johansson, Kalmar Central.

Conductor

H. Andersson, Kalmar Central, on the platform.

The Blazing Car Trial at Northampton -- Colonel C. Bickle, managing director of a London firm of fire assessers, described the damage he found in the burnt out car. January 28, 1931.

Portrait of female racecar driver (EV003673_H)

1910s MAN SITTING IN DRIVERS SEAT OF A 1910 MODEL T TOURER WEARING A STRAW BOATER HAT AND SUIT AND TIE

Mr Broadbent. January 01, 1931.

Portrait of an unknown man in a racing car, anonymous, c. 1915 - c. 1930 photograph photographic support gelatin silver print automobile. adult man

Captain Sullivan at the helm, early 20th century, Auckland, by Henry Winkelmann.

Schout-at-night H. Tichelman. Schout-at-night H. Tichelman was from 1956 to 1960 Directory General of the Pilotage.

Falkenbergs Railway, Fj Knt O. A. Andersson at the boom game at train 158 (second last) at Holsljunga Station.Ad by the band Älvsered-Axelfors_hillared. 1961-05-01.

Torsten rapper equipment Torsten Rapp in aircraft equipment at beach.

Woman in suit with plane (EV004719_H)

Ciampino Airport: Italian aviator Sebastiano Bedendo and the passenger Rinaldo Stenico ready to take flight.

With more than 5000 flying hours to his credit without an accident of any quite at home in the cockpit of a Dakota, the plane that has been selected for *****. December 16, 1953.

Aircraft and Balloons Used by Some of the Air Pioneers Who Were Contemporary With Samuel Franklin Cody. Close up of E T Busk sat in the cockpit of an aircraft.

The train ferry M/S Malmöhus, wheel cabinet.

Slug..(Bertaud - Chamberlain)Getting Ready for N.Y. - Paris Flight.Curtis Field , L..Photo Shows Lloyd Bertaud, Navigator and Clarence Chamberlain, Pilot Looking Over Their Tarns- Atlantic Course on Charts , Preparatory to N.Y. to Paris Flight in Wright Bellanca Plane "Columbia". Instruments are being Placed in Plane and Final Adjustments are being made for the big hop. April 30, 1927, (Photo by International Newsreel photo).

Soviet Railroad Worker. 1920-30

Speed test at Moholm SJ RA 991

Interior from Finnmossen's railway station. Nordic

Carl Schnell, purser of boat "Kaiser Wilhelm II"

Brother Berger, aircrane designer.Arpeplayer Bror Berger built a single monoplan with ideas from French and German role models in 1911. The body and driver's place was made of wooden spill. Steering wheel and controls made from English Dower and with a 50 hp engine, a French rope. The planet wrecked during the first test flight due to. that the wing construction was incorrect. The parts of the plane are preserved at the Technical Museum. Berger built the plane using money from manufacturer and bakery owner Paul Drewes and the Billar Master Kristian Svensson at Blanchs Café. It was 9.60 meters long and 2 meters wide. The wings were dressed with balong fabric impregnated with oil paint and rubber. It was controlled with pedals that affected the rudder. Propeller of box and walnut.

South African Air Race Competitor Returns -- A. E. Clouston relating his experience to Capt. H. L. Scholefield of the Windsor Castle on board the Boat at Southampton today.Flying Officer A. E. Clouston who made a gallant attempt to arrive at Johannesburg in the scheduled time to win a prize in the Schlesinger African Air Race arrived back in England on board the Union Castle Liner "Windsor Castle". October 26, 1936. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.)

Bordle life. Captain at the compass of a passenger ship

Anefo photo collection. Departure "Evertsen" to Indonesia. January 7, 1949. Indonesia

Canada's Prime Minister Turns Engineer - The hon. Louis St. Laurent, Prime Minister of Canada, sits at the controls of the locomotive bringing the International Limited, crack passenger train of the Grand Trunk Western-Canadian National Railways, into Dearborn station today. The Prime Minister brought the train in to celebrate the rail line's 50th anniversary of service between Montreal and Chicago. June 05, 1950. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

Conductor cuts ticket

Aviatrix

State Railways, SJ Garden facility at Tomteboda, station inspector Kjällby.

Photograph of an injured driver of a Jewish omnibus driver.

Mobile Boarding Team, Motorboat Safety. Washington, D.C.-- On boarding a 30-ft. cabin cruiser in the Potomac River here, John C. Gaskill, Boatswain's Mate 1st class, of a Coast Guard Mobile Boarding Team, shakes hands with the owner and explains his mission. Gaskill then checks to see that safety requirements for this class "2" type motorboat, 26ft. to less than 40 ft. in length, are being carried out by the owner.

Anefo photo collection. Record flight Gloster Meteor above Ameland. August 28, 1949. Leeuwarden airbase

Travel photos Mediterranean. Sailor of the passenger ship "Milwaukee" on a feeder boat

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