The Khyber Railway [with photographs by Randolph Bezzant Holmes]
Scope & Content:
Printed book, with original photographs by Randolph Bezzant Holmes pasted in, with accompanying letterpress descriptions. The work contains views on the line of the Khyber Railway. This photographic commission is probably the one referred to in three letters in the Holmes Papers, Mss Eur F265/1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1927
Extent:
Soft-covered printed book measuring 260mm x 330mm, with 13 pasted-in prints (plus one loose unrelated print)
Bagiari Station at the mouth of the Khyber Pass. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View along the line towards the station With accompanying letterpress description: The Khyber Railway. The Khyber Railway starts from Jamrud 1,500 feet above sea level and immediately after leaving the station the grade steadily increases in severity as the train approaches the clearly marked m...
Near Fort Maude [on the Khyber Railway]. Photographer: Randolph Bezzant Holmes
Scope & Content:
View showing a train crossing a bridge on the Khyber Railway With accompanying letterpress description: The second reversing station is soon reached at Changai, whose station building was visible on the sky line from below. Starting again from Changai, the railway runs in a wide loop round the ...