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A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, chugs through a trestle in the San Juan Mountains in the Colorado county of the same name

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, chugs through a trestle in the San Juan Mountains in the Colorado county of the same name

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, chugs through the San Juan Mountains in the Colorado county of the same name

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, rounds a high San Juan Mountains precipice in Las Animas County, Colorado

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

One of 13 steam locomotives at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum, an outdoor, "living museum" and operating railroad that has (as of 2016) operated since 1963 in North Freedom, Wisconsin

One of 13 steam locomotives at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum, an ou...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum re-creates "short-line" railroad town life during the "Golden Age of Railroading" in the United States during the early to ... More

A steam train operated by the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, a heritage railroad that operates excursions in Boone County, Iowa, crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point Creek Bridge

A steam train operated by the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, a herita...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The railroad was started in 1983 by a group of volunteers who wanted to preserve a scenic section of the former Fort Dodge, Des Moines... More

A diesel locomotive pulls rail coaches into the station at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum, an outdoor, "living museum" and operating railroad that has (as of 2016) operated since 1963 in North Freedom, Wisconsin

A diesel locomotive pulls rail coaches into the station at the Mid-Con...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum re-creates "short-line" railroad town life during the "Golden Age of Railroading" in the United States during the early to ... More

A steam train operated by the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, a heritage railroad that operates excursions in Boone County, Iowa, crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point Creek Bridge

A steam train operated by the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, a herita...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The railroad was started in 1983 by a group of volunteers who wanted to preserve a scenic section of the former Fort Dodge, Des Moines... More

Train crossing at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, outside Denver

Train crossing at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, outside Denv...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More

Five Japanese men on railroad locomotive

Five Japanese men on railroad locomotive

Photograph shows a locomotive using the Abt rack gearing system, in service on the Usui Pass segment of the Imperial Japanese Government Railways. (Source: D. Free, 2004) Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms pa... More

C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, putting the finishing touches on a rebuilt caboose at the rip tracks at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

C & NW RR i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad, putting the finishi...

12002-1. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: soldier and another man standing at railroad tracks in front of locomotive]

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: soldier and anothe...

No. 47 (handwritten) and 2550 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Electric Locomotive No. 297, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Electric Loc...

Public domain photograph of electric locomotive, electrified railroads, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kach Station and blockhouse near the divide between Harnai and Quetta

Kach Station and blockhouse near the divide between Harnai and Quetta

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Millwright Shop, Spruce & Market Streets, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Millwright Shop, Spruce & Market St...

Significance: Following destruction of the original building by fire in 1879, the Millwright Shop was rebuilt in the same year on the old plan. The shop is very large, measuring 189 feet by 135 feet, with two ... More

Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Erecting Shop, Spruce & Market Streets, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Erecting Shop, Spruce & Market Stre...

Significance: The Erecting Shop is the oldest of the structures surviving from the complex which formed the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works. Although all the equipment and machinery have been removed, its ... More

Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Erecting Shop, Spruce & Market Streets, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Erecting Shop, Spruce & Market Stre...

Significance: The Erecting Shop is the oldest of the structures surviving from the complex which formed the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works. Although all the equipment and machinery have been removed, its ... More

Locomotive Drainage canal of Nochistongo, Public domain image

Locomotive Drainage canal of Nochistongo, Public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a steam locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Locomotive Drainage canal of Nochistongo, Public domain image

Locomotive Drainage canal of Nochistongo, Public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

The splendid engine drawing President  Roosevelt's special train, Fairmont, Nebraska

The splendid engine drawing President Roosevelt's special train, Fair...

H31856 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The directors of the U.P.R.R. at the 100th Mer.

The directors of the U.P.R.R. at the 100th Mer.

No. 219. Union Pacific Rail Road, Excursion to the 100th Meridian, October 1866.

Stekli︠a︡nnyĭ zavod v Borzhomi︠e︡

Stekli︠a︡nnyĭ zavod v Borzhomi︠e︡

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Heart of Dixie Railroad, Rolling Stock, 1800 Block Powell Avenue, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Heart of Dixie Railroad, Rolling Stock, 1800 Block Powell Avenue, Birm...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

David Renfrew Oil Rig, East side of Connoquenessing Creek, 0.4 mile North of confluence with Thorn Creek, Renfrew, Butler County, PA

David Renfrew Oil Rig, East side of Connoquenessing Creek, 0.4 mile No...

Significance: Historically significant as a relatively rare survivor of the early-twentieth-century oil industry in southwestern Pennsylvania, and for its location in the Bald Ridge oil field. Technologically ... More

The danger signal - Print, Library of Congress collection

The danger signal - Print, Library of Congress collection

Engineer of locomotive giving danger signal, as another train approaches. Printed in oil colors by Currier & Ives, N.Y. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Rese... More

The flower covered engine drawing President Roosevelt's special train, Santa Cruz, Cal.

The flower covered engine drawing President Roosevelt's special train,...

H33581 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Underwood & Underwood. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Lewis, Locomotive Shelter, South side of South Drive, DuPont, Pierce County, WA

Fort Lewis, Locomotive Shelter, South side of South Drive, DuPont, Pie...

Significance: According to inventory records maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL), Building 1-B-99 is one of two remaining structures t... More

Fort Lewis, Locomotive Shelter, South side of South Drive, DuPont, Pierce County, WA

Fort Lewis, Locomotive Shelter, South side of South Drive, DuPont, Pie...

Significance: According to inventory records maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL), Building 1-B-99 is one of two remaining structures t... More

Fort Lewis, Locomotive Shelter, South side of South Drive, DuPont, Pierce County, WA

Fort Lewis, Locomotive Shelter, South side of South Drive, DuPont, Pie...

Significance: According to inventory records maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (USACERL), Building 1-B-99 is one of two remaining structures t... More

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Twenty Mule Team Borax Wagons, Death Valley Junction, Inyo County, CA

Significance: The twenty mule team borax wagon's significance resides not only in their technology but also in their enduring image as an advertising and cultural symbol. Technologically, these wagons, designe... More

The great race for the Western stakes 1870

The great race for the Western stakes 1870

Print shows Cornelius Vanderbilt and James Fisk in a race for control of New York's rails. Throughout 1868 and 1869, the two men had fought for control of the Erie Railroad. (See also "The Statue Unveiled," no.... More

Norfolk & Southern Steam Locomotive No. 1218, Norris Yards, East of Ruffner Road, Irondale, Jefferson County, AL

Norfolk & Southern Steam Locomotive No. 1218, Norris Yards, East of Ru...

Survey number: HAER AL-39 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Locomotive - Print, Library of Congress collection

Locomotive - Print, Library of Congress collection

1974 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: American Bank Note Co.

[President Roosevelt, standing with twelve other men on railroad tracks, in front of locomotive]

[President Roosevelt, standing with twelve other men on railroad track...

H29720 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph related to President Theodore Roosevelt, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wilmington & Northern Railroad, Repair Shop, Beech Street, Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Wilmington & Northern Railroad, Repair Shop, Beech Street, Wilmington,...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Spruce & Market Streets, Paterson, Passaic County, NJ

Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works, Spruce & Market Streets, Paterson, ...

Significance: Several of the buildings in the complex forming the Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works were originally constructed in the 1830's for the manufacture of textiles and textile machinery, and of pape... More

East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, State Route 994, West of U.S. Route 522, Rockhill Furnace, Huntingdon County, PA

East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, State Route 994, West of U.S. ...

Significance: One of the last narrow-gauge steam railroads in the United States, the EBT shop complex at Rockhill Furnace contains an intact machine shop, blacksmith shop, foundry, turntable and roundhouse, as ... More

A mile a minute - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

A mile a minute - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Atlanta, Georgia. Railroad yards, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Atlanta, Georgia. Railroad yards, American Civil War Glass Negative.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Alton Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River between IL & MO, Alton, Madison County, IL

Alton Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River between IL & MO, Alton, Madis...

See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Survey number: HAER IL-21 Building/structure dates: 1894 Initial Construction

Norfolk & Southern Steam Locomotive No. 611, Norris Yards, East of Ruffner Road, Irondale, Jefferson County, AL

Norfolk & Southern Steam Locomotive No. 611, Norris Yards, East of Ruf...

Survey number: HAER AL-38 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Salem Passenger Station & Freight Depot, 500 Thirteenth Street Southeast, Salem, Marion, OR

Salem Passenger Station & Freight Depot, 500 Thirteenth Street Southea...

Significance: It is significant as an execution of a standard Southern Pacific Railroad depot design in the early 1900s. The station is typical of depots of this era, but is architecturally unique within the Or... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, OH

Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Building, 1365 Ontario Street, Cle...

Significance: The Engineer's Building was the national headquarters of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. The BofLE was organized in 1855 and is the oldest railroad operating union in the country. The bui... More

[Virginia. Locomotive on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad]

[Virginia. Locomotive on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad]

Photograph from the main eastern theater of the war, Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862, July-August 1862.

Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ

Morris Canal, Phillipsburg, Warren County, NJ

Significance: The Morris Canal is one of the few amphibious canals to operate in the United States. Stretching from Phillipsburg on the Delaware River to Jersey City on the Hudson River, the Morris Canal opene... More

Northwestern Virginia (B&O) Railroad, Grafton Machine Shop & Foundry, U.S. 119 East of Tygart Valley River, Grafton, Taylor County, WV

Northwestern Virginia (B&O) Railroad, Grafton Machine Shop & Foundry, ...

Significance: Built by the Northwestern Virginia Railroad, a subsidiary of the B&O, this complex was the major repair facility on the western portion of the line. Grafton was one of the earliest railroad towns... More

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & Spring Streets, Aurora, Kane County, IL

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, Roundhouse & Shops, Broadway & ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a steam locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Independent Coal & Coke Company, Kenilworth, Carbon County, UT

Independent Coal & Coke Company, Kenilworth, Carbon County, UT

Significance: The opening of the Kenilworth Mine in 1907 marked the beginning of the second phase of development in Utah's coal industry. The first phase was marked by a complete monopoly of the railroads over... More

[Richmond, Virginia Damaged locomotives] - 19th century Virginia.

[Richmond, Virginia Damaged locomotives] - 19th century Virginia.

Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-second Street, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Sloss-Sheffield Steel & Iron, First Avenue North Viaduct at Thirty-sec...

STORED OFF SITE AND ON SITE. mchr Significance: The Sloss Company's city furnaces, built in what is now the center of Birmingham, Alabama, in 1881-1882, produced pig iron for the foundry market until their clos... More

Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning West Channel of Ohio River, U.S. Route 40, Wheeling, Ohio County, WV

Bridgeport Bridge, Spanning West Channel of Ohio River, U.S. Route 40,...

Public domain photograph of excavation, bulldozer, land management, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Kimball & Gorton Philadelphia R.R. Car Manufactory, 21st & Hamilton Streets Philadelphia / F. Moras fe.

Kimball & Gorton Philadelphia R.R. Car Manufactory, 21st & Hamilton St...

Print shows an advertisement for the Kimball & Gorton Philadelphia R.R. Car Manufactory, with side views of a railroad passenger car and a city street-railroad passenger car that is passing P.S. Duval's lithogr... More

Central Pacific Railroad Company - Freight Engine.

Central Pacific Railroad Company - Freight Engine.

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1262. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on Donner Pass Route.... More

[Close up view of front of locomotive, showing light, smoke stack and bell]

[Close up view of front of locomotive, showing light, smoke stack and ...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Locomotive [at station] - Public domain  engraving

Locomotive [at station] - Public domain engraving

Steel engraving copyrighted by the American Bank Note Co. No. 684. Line neg.? This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads Locomotive; Railroads Stations; Shelf.

Arrival of the first locomotive in Arizona

Arrival of the first locomotive in Arizona

Stereograph showing men posing on and near a locomotive, probably in Yuma, Arizona. Written in pen on back of mount: Fort Yuma, Cal. on bluff in background. "Descriptive views of the American Continent" printed... More

N.Y.C.R.R. [New York Central Railroad] at Little Falls, Mohawk Valley, N.Y.

N.Y.C.R.R. [New York Central Railroad] at Little Falls, Mohawk Valley,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Engines 4704 and 4051 of the L.S. and M.S. railroad]

[Engines 4704 and 4051 of the L.S. and M.S. railroad]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Mexican Central Railway train at station, Mexico]

[Mexican Central Railway train at station, Mexico]

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Near Lewiston, Minn., the Pulpit

Near Lewiston, Minn., the Pulpit

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A trestle on California Western Railroad and Navigation Co.

A trestle on California Western Railroad and Navigation Co.

Photograph shows train, with smoke blowing, moving across the tracks; passengers standing outside on last railroad car. No. 409. Additional title on item: California. Trestle on the California Western Railroad ... More

Railroad trains in Mexico - Marquez Summit

Railroad trains in Mexico - Marquez Summit

Photoprint by W.H. Jackson. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

Burlington engine number 120, the first train into Broken Bow, Nebraska,

Burlington engine number 120, the first train into Broken Bow, Nebrask...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Burlington engine number 7, said to be the first passenger train into Broken Bow, Nebraska,

Burlington engine number 7, said to be the first passenger train into ...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[The Brighton Beach Hotel, Brooklyn, N.Y., being moved away from beach front]

[The Brighton Beach Hotel, Brooklyn, N.Y., being moved away from beach...

Hotel moved using flatcars on 20 railroad tracks, pulled by locomotives. Title derived from P&P catalog card for corresponding copy negative. Source unknown..

Mex. - 2 views by Detroit Photo Co., 1894-5: "El Cafetal de Temasopa"

Mex. - 2 views by Detroit Photo Co., 1894-5: "El Cafetal de Temasopa"

Railroad train on incline; mountain valley in background. Mexico. Gold-toned albumen print by W.H. Jackson. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf.

Train from Aleppo arriving at Homs

Train from Aleppo arriving at Homs

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific Ry. /

Sunset Limited, Southern Pacific Ry. /

"Taken at Fingal, Cal., where the world-renowned "Sunset Limited" trains pass each other. One runs on a side track, and the other dashes by at a high rate of speed. Switch is then turned, and the train passes o... More

[The Hemlock Limited, bound for the woods, Harbor Springs, Mich.]

[The Hemlock Limited, bound for the woods, Harbor Springs, Mich.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Detroit Photographic Co.'s Special

Detroit Photographic Co.'s Special

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Passenger train in mountains - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Passenger train in mountains - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Title devised by cataloger. "780" on negative. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Locomotive C & A coal car, Public domain image

Locomotive C & A coal car, Public domain image

Jacket title: C. & A. [Chicago and Alton Railroad] coal car, Mazonia, Ill. Includes photographer's shadow. "85" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042366. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Oiling up before the start - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Oiling up before the start - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boulder, Colo. Disaster of Aug. 10, 1907

Boulder, Colo. Disaster of Aug. 10, 1907

Train excursion stopping to allow passengers to view the ruins of fire which started in freight depot sheds. Stereo copyrighted by Ed Tangen. No. 250. No copyright renewal. cf. America's Yesterdays, p. 85. This... More

U.S. Mail, railroad car - Color separation negative, public domain

U.S. Mail, railroad car - Color separation negative, public domain

Public domain photograph of a train car, locomotive, engine, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Women carrying timbers [on their heads from railroad car] for rebuilding, Reggio, Italy

Women carrying timbers [on their heads from railroad car] for rebuildi...

After 1908 earthquake. Stereo copyrighted by the Keystone View Co. No. 16828. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Ph. Ind.; Earthquakes... More

Boy with cigarettes, works in American Locomotive Works as messenger. Said he was 14 years old.  Location: Schenectady, New York (State)

Boy with cigarettes, works in American Locomotive Works as messenger. ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of children, kids, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

American Locomotive Company, Foundry, 320 South Roberts Street, Dunkirk, Chautauqua County, NY

American Locomotive Company, Foundry, 320 South Roberts Street, Dunkir...

Significance: Using steel frame construction and sheathed in brick and glass, the American Locomotive Company's Foundry building is a typical example of 20th century industrial architecture. Survey number: HAE... More

Railroad trains transporting Insurrectos during the Mexican Revolution: Soldiers standing on 2 flat cars

Railroad trains transporting Insurrectos during the Mexican Revolution...

Photoprint by W. Roberts. Postcard. This record contains unverified data from caption card.

Hump pusher, L.S. & M.S. R. R., Elkhart, Ind.

Hump pusher, L.S. & M.S. R. R., Elkhart, Ind.

Postcard showing train engine on the railroad tracks of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway with row of men in front. J172354 U.S. Copyright Office. On photo: "Copr. Inbody." On back: Made by J. Inbod... More

[Railroad trains, Utah] - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

[Railroad trains, Utah] - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

B.&G. passenger leaving Bingham Canyon. Photoprint copyrighted by L. Hollard, Salt Lake City, Utah. No. 636. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card traci... More

Germans helping refugees returning to Antwerp

Germans helping refugees returning to Antwerp

Photograph shows German soldiers on train tracks carrying bundle for Belgian refugees in Antwerp. Belgium during World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2011)

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