Photographs

1 June 2024

Theproblem with the Photo filtering options for the catalogue has now been fixed and all the filetsr are working normally.

Customers can now buy a digital file image for most of our photographs. Refer to the HMRS Trading Process for details and an explanation of discounts for members and factors relating to specific products.

Once you select a product you will find two buttons next to each other. One is for the printed version of the image and you will have to select the size and type required from the pull down menu. The other puts the digital image in the basket. This will incur no postage at checkout. Once we have received the order we will send the image by email or other electronic transfer to the email address used to purchase the image. Note that if no image is shown, there may be a delay whilst we scan the image before it can be sent.

The society has a large photograph collection examples of which can be seen on the Photo Collection pages. The collection is growing as more photographs are donated or purchased and catalogued. It covers most aspects of British railways from the birth of photography in the nineteenth century to the present day.

Prints of digital scans of our photographs are available for online sales only. Conventional (Silver based) prints are also available from most negatives but these will take longer to be delivered as they have to be done in batches to order.

Orders for digital scans and prints will have the logo removed and will be of high resolution. Where possible scratches, blemishes and suchlike will be sympathetically removed. No detail will be removed or added. Prints from a digital scan will be supplied as 6′×4″ in size.

Conventional photos can be supplied and these are supplied from stock when possible as 6" x 4" photos. Non-stock photos are produced for us by a professional printer by hand so as to get the best possible result. These are supplied in postcard size, which is 5.5" x 3.5".

The catalogue can be searched using the drop-down box filters.

Finally, with such a large project as this there will inevitably be errors in the cataloguing. If you notice one, or can add additional information please let us know using the form on the "Contact" page: you may also send any general queries this way.

Please see the Further Information page for details about general society restrictions.