1,032 Rail road tracks Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

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Ableman's Narrows, the Boar's Head

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

On the Susquehanna near Danville, Pennsylvania

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Beloit, Wis. approach from the north

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Track to be straightened in the Bloomington yards

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[Railroad engineer oiling up before the start]

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

[Railroad engineer oiling up before the start]

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Martha White driving first spike in the government railway, Alaska

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Arriving from the suburbs, Chicago, Ill.

Public domain photograph of train station, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Wabash Ave., Chicago, Ill.

Bird's-eye view of Wabash Ave., Chicago, Illinois, showing elevated railroad.

The right of way / Fairbank. - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Illustration shows a locomotive labeled "Private Monopoly Special" racing down tracks labeled "Opportunity" while two trains labeled "Plain People Local" and "Legitimate Business" have been side-tracked, giving... More

Express track 9th Ave. "L" - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows the express tracks of the Ninth Avenue El (elevated railroad) with a train, at the 14th Street Station in New York City. The new configuration for express trains was done as part of a system up... More

Na drezini︠e︡ u Petrozavodska po Murm. zh.d.

Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii, an official and four railway workers(?)riding on a railroad handcar.

The giant Santa Fe R.R. 10 million bushel grain elevator, Kansas

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Freight cars being maneuvered in a Chicago and Northwestern railroad y...

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Grain elevator along railroad yard. North Platte, Nebraska

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

General view of part of the south Water street freight depot of the Il...

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

Northern Pacific railroad tracks west of Fargo, North Dakota

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[Train and several sets of railroad tracks in the snow, Massachusetts]

Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

General view of one of the classification yards of the C & NW RR., Chi...

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Railroad yards and flour mills. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Burlington Railroad tracks. Hitchcock County, Nebraska

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Chicago, Illinois. Engines lined up at coaling station at an Illinois ...

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Chicago, Illinois. Engines lined up at coaling station at an Illinois ...

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

Chicago, Illinois. General view of south classification yard at an Ill...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bagdad, California. Going through the station on the Atchison, Topeka ...

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

Kansas City, Kansas. A railroad yard

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Marceline, Missouri. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad depot...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hammond, Indiana. Locomotive equipped with snow plough on the Michigan...

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

Baring, Missouri. A train stopping for coal and water along the Atchis...

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Dahinda, Illinois. A coupling pin jumps loose and the rear brakeman go...

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West End Street Railway, Cleveland Circle Car House, Chestnut Hill Ave...

Significance: The Cleveland Circle Car House was a depot for the West End Street Railway, the first electric streetcar line in Boston, established in 1889. In the 1890s, this became the largest electric street... More

Overlooking what what were once bustling rail lines of the Baltimore &...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. To the right are the Willard Hotel, built in 1911 by the B&O, and the old B&O terminal. Rail traffic increased as the B&O expanded, re... More

West Feliciana Railroad Right-of-Way, Woodville, Wilkinson County, MS

Significance: The sites of the West Feliciana line, its Office and Banking House, and the early twentieth-century Depot are significant as one of the most important concentrations of railroad history in the Dee... More

West Feliciana Railroad Right-of-Way, Woodville, Wilkinson County, MS

Rocky Neck Park Trail Bridge, Foot trail over New Haven Railroad, Old ...

Significance: Erected in 1934 by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, the Rocky Neck Park Trail Bridge is a key transportation element of Rocky Neck Park and carries a foot trail across the New Haven ra... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Kingwood Tunnel, Tunnelton, Preston County,...

Significance: The Kingwood tunnel was the major tunnel on the B&O mainline between Baltimore and Wheeling. Its construction involved the invention of new tunneling techniques and the use of prefabricated iron ... More

Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Illinois Central Railroad Passenger...

Significance: The Illinois Central Railroad has clearly been the most important rail carrier to serve Dubuque. Although built as the second passenger depot on the site in 1945, this structure is historically s... More

Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN

See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Roundhouse, Kentucky A...

Significance: The roundhouse at Deer Lodge is part of one of the largest and earliest electrification projects in the U.S. as well as being the largest wooden structure of its type remaining in the U.S. Survey... More

Vandalia Railroad Bridge, Spanning U.S. Route 40, Indianapolis, Marion...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork Little...

Significance: The Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad Bridge at Shirley, Arkansas is an example of a Baltimore through truss, a modification of the Pratt truss development by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1871. ... More

Boston & Albany Railroad, Marion Street Bridge, Spanning Boston & Alba...

Significance: The Marion Street Bridge is one of only twelve known surviving double-intersection Warren pony trusses in New England. It was one of many bridges manufactured and erected for the Boston & Albany ... More

Derevni︠a︡ Lososʹ-Guba - Color separation negative, public domain

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Southern Pacific Railroad Shasta Route, Bridge No. 324.99, Milepost 32...

Significance: The Southern Pacific Railroad Shasta Route, built as the California and Oregon Railroad and the Central Pacific Railroad between Roseville, California and Portland, Oregon was the first thrust nor... More

Christiana Borough Bridge, Bridge Street over Pennsylvania Railroad, C...

Significance: The Christiana Borough Bridge is a rare survivor of the Whipple truss bridge structure with wrought iron Phoenix columns. Built in 1893-95 by the Pennsylvania Railroad during a period of railroad... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Selinsgrove Bridge, Spanning Susquehanna River,...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 38, Milepost 180...

Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 38, Milepost 180...

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 28, Milepost 134...

Boston & Albany Railroad Station, Wellesley, Norfolk County, MA

Significance: Commissioned in 1884, this is one of a series of railroad stations designed by H.H. Richardson for the Boston and Albany Railroad. Henry Russell Hitchcock in The Architecture of H.H. Richardson a... More

Southern Pacific Railroad Natron Cutoff, Tunnel 23, Milepost 584.5, We...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Clare Shops, South side of Pratt Stre...

Significance: Mount Clare Shops were the earliest railroad shops in the western hemisphere, if not the world. The B & O had a facility at this site since 1829. At its height, it was the most comprehensive, se... More

Southern Pacific Railroad Natron Cutoff, Tunnel No. 17, Milepost 408, ...

Significance: The Southern Pacific Railroad Cascade Route, built as the Natron Cutoff between Black Butte, California and Natron, Oregon was one of a series of major rebuildings and realignments of the original... More

Crestwood Railroad Station, Fisher Avenue at Columbus Avenue & Crestwo...

Significance: The Crestwood Railroad Station of the former New York Central and Hudson River Railroad's Harlem branch is significant as one of the surviving stations erected during the period in the first decad... More

Greenwood Railroad Bridge, Post Road (U.S. Route 1) & Main Avenue over...

Significance: The Greenwood Railroad Bridge is significant as an example of the standardized approach to concrete bridge design and replacement initiated by Rhode Island Bridge Engineer Clarence L. Hussey durin... More

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

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Significance: It retains 6 of its original 7 tunnels and 44 of its more than 50 original bridges and trestles. These structures enabled the tracks to rise from a starting elevation of approximately 800' by the ... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce...

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Groton Bridge, Spanning Thame...

Significance: The Groton Bridge is a Strauss heel trunnion bascule bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and as a... More

Saugus River Drawbridge, Spanning Saugus River at MBTA Railroad Easter...

Significance: The Saugus River Drawbridge is a single-leaf Strauss overhead counterweight bascule which is believed to be the oldest known example of its type in Massachusetts. It is particularly significant f... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylk...

See also HAER PA-71 for related documentation. Includes photographs. Significance: The West Philadelphia Elevated, part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's program to separate passenger and freight traffic, includes... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Canton Coal Pier, Clinton Street at Keith Avenu...

Significance: The P.R.R. Canton Coal Pier is significant, uniquely designed, and highly successful means of transporting coal from rail to barge. It is virtually unchanged and still in operation. Survey numbe... More

Union Elevated Railroad, Union Loop, Wells, Van Buren, Lake Streets & ...

Significance: Significant in the history of American industrial archaeology, the Union Elevated Railroad is also important for its association with financier and traction magnate, Charles T. Yerkes and for its ... More

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut...

Survey number: HAER CT-11 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Tampa Inn and docks, Tampa, Fla.]

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Exterior view of the (Imperial Military) Medical School (seacoast)] /...

Trains and tracks at the Imperial Military Medical School. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 43. No. 560. In album: Imperial military and medical schools, with student and teacher po... More

Mexico Central R.R. Station - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Railway station at Weirs - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

Workmen repairing railroad track

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WTC [i.e. World Transportation Commission] on the Darjeeling Railway

Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More

Kittatinny Hotel [i.e. House] from railway crossing

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[East portal, Hoosac Tunnel, Florida, Massachusetts.]

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Michigan Central Railroad tunnel, Detroit, Mich.]

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[Railroad tracks and utility poles along a waterway and cliff, with ro...

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

[Laborers loading sacks onto railway at factory warehouse]

A man standing next to a pile of bags. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rounding the bend, ascending the heavy grades (90 ft. to the mile) of ...

Bird's-eye view of train, Pennsylvania Railroad. H98987 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13252.

[View of railroad yard and city buildings, Gallup, New Mexico]

H111801 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Railroad views in rear of Union Station. Train approaching Union Stati...

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

[Locomotive pulling cars alongside road, possibly road construction in...

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

Erie Railway, Harriman Station, Harriman, Orange County, NY

Survey number: HAER NY-136 Public domain photograph - city, downtown, New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General view of one of the classification yards of the Chicago and Nor...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Cattle guard on railroad. Madison County, Montana

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Locomotive Streamline car. Sunnyside yard, 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.

Railroad yards. Muskogee, Oklahoma

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Streamline car. Sunnyside yard, first half of 20th century

Public domain photograph - American industrial history, 1930s-1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

General view of a classification yard at C & NW RR's Proviso (?) yard,...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Tracks at Proviso yard of C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill.

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Chicago, Illinois. Cars going over the south hump at an Illinois Centr...

Public domain photograph of United States agriculture in the 1930s, country, farmer, farm, great depression, migration, dust bowl refugees, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Amarillo, Texas. Railroad yards

Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sibley, Missouri. A freight train on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa F...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Looking toward the hump of the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad. In the fo...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Chicago, Illinois. Rear brakeman checking air in each car as part of h...

Public domain photograph of 1930s America, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Vaughn, New Mexico. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad meets t...

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

Nacogdoches County, Texas. Sawed logs brought to railroad siding by mu...

Carrollton (vicinity), Missouri. A section gang at work along the Atch...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Skyline and train tracks, Chicago, Illinois

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

The "Loop," Georgetown, Col., U.S.A.. Washington DC sterescope card, 1...

Stereograph showing black smoke billowing from railroad train traveling across elevated tracks over canyon. Copyright, 1898, by B.L. Singley. No. 2367.

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