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Illinois Central Railroad, Passenger Depot No. 2, North of First Street, east of Union Street, La Salle, La Salle County, IL

Illinois Central Railroad, Passenger Depot No. 2, North of First Stree...

Survey number: HAER IL-23-D Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Railroad tracks and utility poles along a waterway and cliff]

[Railroad tracks and utility poles along a waterway and cliff]

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

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Harpers Ferry Station, Potomac Street, Harp...

Significance: The train station at Harpers Ferry provides an excellent opportunity to study the relationship between railroad engineering and railroad economics. Designed by architect E. Francis Baldwin, the s... More

Bronxville Railroad Station, Parkway Road at Pondfield Road, Bronxville, Westchester County, NY

Bronxville Railroad Station, Parkway Road at Pondfield Road, Bronxvill...

Significance: The Bronxville Stationof the former New York Central and Hudson River Railroad's Harlem Branch is significant as one of the most distinguished surviving railroad stations in Westchester County. It... More

New steel bridge at Glasgow, Mo.

New steel bridge at Glasgow, Mo.

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

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Long Bridge, Keedysville, Washington County, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Long Bridge, Keedysville, Washington County...

The B&O Railroad was authorized to abandon the bridge and the portion of the Hagerstown Branch on which the bridge was located in 1978. Significance: This bridge is one of the longest on the Baltimore and Ohio ... More

Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad, South Hills Junction, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad, South Hills Junction, Pittsburgh...

Significance: This former 40-inch, narrow-guage railroad was purchased in 1871 by the Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad Company. In 1909, Pittsburgh Railways Company, lessee, began electrifying and convertin... More

Snowden Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Nohly, Richland County, MT

Snowden Bridge, Spanning Missouri River, Nohly, Richland County, MT

Survey number: HAER MT-27 Building/structure dates: 1913 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1925 Subsequent Work

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Shaw's Cove Bridge, Spanning Shaw's Cove, New London, New London County, CT

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Shaw's Cove Bridge, Spanning ...

Significance: The Shaw Cove's Bridge is a forged steel rim-bearing swing bridge. It is a single-span, pin-connected Pratt through truss with thin diagonal eye-bars serving as tension members. It is significan... More

[Railroad tracks through desert dunes]

[Railroad tracks through desert dunes]

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

Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, Bridge No. 1, Spanning Schuylkill River, south of Grays Ferry Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad, Bridge No. 1, Spanning ...

Significance: Grays Ferry is the site of one of Philadelphia's oldest Schuylkill River bridges. The present swing span is typical of movable bridge construction at the turn of the 20th century. Survey number: ... More

Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, Tunkhannock Viaduct, Nicholson, Wyoming County, PA

Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, Tunkhannock Viaduct, Nicholson, Wyoming Coun...

Significance: When the Lackawanna Railroad's 39.6-mile Clarks Summit-Halstead Cutoff in northeastern Pennsylvania was dedicated on Saturday, November 6, 1915, the 2,375-foot-long, 240-foot-high Tunkhannock Viad... More

How Sherman's boys fixed the railroad

How Sherman's boys fixed the railroad

Stereograph showing Union soldier inspecting the damaged railroad tracks torn up by Sherman's troops. In the foreground, wooden ties are pried out, piled up, and burned. While the wood is burning, the iron ra... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Fairmont Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, Fairmont, Marion County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Fairmont Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River...

Significance: The first all-metal bridge on the Fink plan, its detailing influenced the development of pin-connection in American bridges. Longest iron bridge in the United States in 1852. Survey number: HAER... More

Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Main Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River at mile post 3.1, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Monongahela Connecting Railroad Company, Main Bridge, Spanning Mononga...

Significance: Major connection between the north and south sides of the plant which was separated by the Monongahela River. Practically all of the intra-mill transfer of materials crossed this bridge during th... More

[Railroad construction worker straightening track; pile of twisted rails in background. 1862-63]

[Railroad construction worker straightening track; pile of twisted rai...

No. 67 (handwritten) and 2567 (stamped) on mount. Photo in album compiled by U.S. Military Railway Dept. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewh... More

[Laborers loading sacks onto railway at factory warehouse]

[Laborers loading sacks onto railway at factory warehouse]

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch, from WM milepost 125 to 160, Pearre, Washington County, MD

Western Maryland Railway, Cumberland Extension, Pearre to North Branch...

Significance: The westward expansion of the Western Maryland Railway, beginning with the Cumberland Extension, was one of the last new mainlines constructed during the U.S. railroads' period of extensive growth... More

G.R. & I. Station at Bay View, Mich.

G.R. & I. Station at Bay View, Mich.

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

Erie Railway, Goshen Station, Grand & Erie Streets, Goshen, Orange County, NY

Erie Railway, Goshen Station, Grand & Erie Streets, Goshen, Orange Cou...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-7 Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N1386 Survey number: HAER NY-55 Building/structure dates: 1867 Initial Construction

Northfield Parker Truss Bridge, Over tracks of Central Vermont Railroad, Northfield, Washington County, VT

Northfield Parker Truss Bridge, Over tracks of Central Vermont Railroa...

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

Southern Pacific Railroad Natron Cutoff, Tunnel No. 17, Milepost 408, Dorris, Siskiyou County, CA

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

Portrait photo of [Man standing beside railroad tracks]

Portrait photo of [Man standing beside railroad tracks]

A black and white photo of a train track. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co.

Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co.

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

The Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Penna.,  Panoramic Photograph

The Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Penna., Panoramic Photograph

J15805 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; A. P. McDowell; November 13, 1934. On front: "Photo by A. P. McDowell, 1509 11th Ave., Altoona, Pa., 10-12-'34."

Connecting Railway, Reading Railroad Overpass, Amtrak Northeast Corridor, just north of Schuylkill River, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Connecting Railway, Reading Railroad Overpass, Amtrak Northeast Corrid...

Significance: This overpass, one of the early grad-separation structures on Philadelphia's Connecting Railway retains its original brick arches, which are rarely found on U.S. railroads. The bridge is located i... More

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce County, through Lewis County, to Grangeville in Idaho County, Spalding, Nez Perce County, ID

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 County, through Lewis County, to Grangeville in Idaho County, Spalding, Nez Perce County, ID

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

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

Reading-Halls Station Bridge, U.S. Route 220, spanning railroad near Halls Station, Muncy, Lycoming County, PA

Reading-Halls Station Bridge, U.S. Route 220, spanning railroad near H...

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

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting towns of Yakima, Selah & Wiley City, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting t...

Significance: The Yakima Valley Transportation Company is one of the country's last intact, authentic electric interurban railroads. It owns the oldest, regularly-operating locomotives (75 years old) in conjun... More

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting towns of Yakima, Selah & Wiley City, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting t...

Significance: The Yakima Valley Transportation Company is one of the country's last intact, authentic electric interurban railroads. It owns the oldest, regularly-operating locomotives (75 years old) in conjun... More

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting towns of Yakima, Selah & Wiley City, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting t...

Significance: The Yakima Valley Transportation Company is one of the country's last intact, authentic electric interurban railroads. It owns the oldest, regularly-operating locomotives (75 years old) in conjun... More

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting towns of Yakima, Selah & Wiley City, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting t...

Significance: The Yakima Valley Transportation Company is one of the country's last intact, authentic electric interurban railroads. It owns the oldest, regularly-operating locomotives (75 years old) in conjun... More

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting towns of Yakima, Selah & Wiley City, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting t...

Significance: The Yakima Valley Transportation Company is one of the country's last intact, authentic electric interurban railroads. It owns the oldest, regularly-operating locomotives (75 years old) in conjun... More

Heald Street Bridge, Spanning Conrail Railroad on South Heald Street (U.S. Route 13), Wilmington, New Castle County, DE

Heald Street Bridge, Spanning Conrail Railroad on South Heald Street (...

Significance: The Heald Street Bridge is a multiple span, embellished example of a concrete encased steel girder bridge. This commonly built type exemplifies the continuing expansion and improvement of the roa... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, West Philadelphia Elevated, Parallel to Schuylkill River, north of Arsenal Bridge, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

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

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Yards, East side New River, mouths of Arbuckle & Dunlop Circles, Thurmond, Fayette County, WV

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Yards, East side New River, mouth...

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

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New York/Connecticut & Connecticut/Rhode Island State Lines, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

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

Below Hunlocks [i.e. Hunlock], Pennsylvania

Below Hunlocks [i.e. Hunlock], Pennsylvania

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

Pittsburgh Division at Millville, mammoth plate negative

Pittsburgh Division at Millville, mammoth plate negative

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Indian workers building railway

Indian workers building railway

Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).

Goose Lake - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Goose Lake - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

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

Station at Willow Springs, Ill.

Station at Willow Springs, Ill.

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

Track straightening near Coal City

Track straightening near Coal City

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

Laying first rails of new U.S. railroad at Ship Creek

Laying first rails of new U.S. railroad at Ship Creek

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

[Great Gorge route, Niagara Gorge Railroad, Niagara Falls]

[Great Gorge route, Niagara Gorge Railroad, Niagara Falls]

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

Santa Rosa flour mill, after earthquake, April 18th 1906, Santa Rosa, Cal.

Santa Rosa flour mill, after earthquake, April 18th 1906, Santa Rosa, ...

Photograph shows destruction of buildings; five men, three wearing badges, stand in front of rubble on train tracks; four men, in background, stand in piles of debris and flour sacks.

Suburban station, Petoskey, Mich.

Suburban station, Petoskey, Mich.

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

Joseph Pennell - In the works, Homestead

Joseph Pennell - In the works, Homestead

Prints shows billowing smoke from steam engine train and steel mill smokestacks at Homestead Steel Works, Homestead, Pennsylvania. Wuerth, 512. Edition of 50? Signed in pencil. Plate destroyed. (Source: Beall) ... More

Waldorf, Maryland and vicinity. View down railroad tracks III

Waldorf, Maryland and vicinity. View down railroad tracks III

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

[People at train tracks] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

[People at train tracks] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Engineer and brakeman in railroad yards, Elkins, West Virginia

Engineer and brakeman in railroad yards, Elkins, West Virginia

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Flagman standing at a distance behind a Santa Fe R.R. west bound freight train during a stop, Bagdad, Calif.

Flagman standing at a distance behind a Santa Fe R.R. west bound freig...

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

Locomotives over the ash pit at the roundhouse and coaling station at the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yards, Chicago, Ill.

Locomotives over the ash pit at the roundhouse and coaling station at ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a miner, coal mine, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Unloading a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad iron ore docks by means of Hulett unloaders, Cleveland, Ohio. In the foreground, empty cars are waiting to pass under the unloaders to pick up their loads

Unloading a lake freighter at the Pennsylvania Railroad iron ore docks...

Public domain photograph of train depot, warehouse, railroad works, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Amarillo, Texas. Sante Fe Railroad yards

Amarillo, Texas. Sante Fe Railroad yards

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

Chicago, Illinois. A Chicago and Northwestern Railroad streamliner on its way into Chicago

Chicago, Illinois. A Chicago and Northwestern Railroad streamliner on ...

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

Alva, Oklahoma. Passing a grain elevator along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Wellington, Kansas and Waynoka, Oklahoma

Alva, Oklahoma. Passing a grain elevator along the Atchison, Topeka an...

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

Quirk (vicinity), New Mexico. Going through the town along the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad between Belen and Gallup, New Mexico

Quirk (vicinity), New Mexico. Going through the town along the Atchiso...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Fort Madison, Iowa. Leaving the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad yard early in the morning

Fort Madison, Iowa. Leaving the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroa...

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

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago, Illinois and Hammond, Indiana. In the background, his train starts to pull out and head-man Lee Hines throws switch to clear the track

Freight operations on the Indiana Harbor Belt railroad between Chicago...

Picryl description: Public domain image of workers, labor, 1940s, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. The train stops at DeKalb, Illinois for coal and water. The brakemen make an inspection of the train. Since their time is limited, they walk on the side opposite the wind so they smell any hot-boxes on the other side without having to walk both sides of the train

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa. Without stopping, the train goes through Geneva, Illinois

Freight train operations on the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad betw...

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

Seligman, Arizona. Leaving the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad yard between Seligman, Arizona and Needles, California

Seligman, Arizona. Leaving the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad...

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

Miami, Texas. Train stopping for water along the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad between Canadian and Amarillo, Texas

Miami, Texas. Train stopping for water along the Atchison, Topeka, and...

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

The icing station of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. The brick building on the left is the icing plant

The icing station of the Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad. The brick build...

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

Freeport Sulphur Company, Hoskins Mound, Texas. Loading railroad cars with sulphur

Freeport Sulphur Company, Hoskins Mound, Texas. Loading railroad cars ...

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

Boston & Maine Railroad, Northampton Lattice Truss Bridge, Northampton, Hampshire County, MA

Boston & Maine Railroad, Northampton Lattice Truss Bridge, Northampton...

Significance: This structure is an early example of an all-riveted metal lattice truss built for railroad use. The form of the riveted lattice truss reduced deflection under heavy moving loads and, apparently,... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, North Bergen Tunnel, Through Bergen Hill from Prospect Street at Ogden Avenue to John F. Kennedy Boulevard at Beacon Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, North Bergen Tunnel, Through ...

Significance: The North Bergen Tunnel is significant for its role in the development and expansion of the D.L&W. Railroad system. The tunnel was one of the first major construction projects undertaken after the... More

Benjamin a Gifford - Chicago Portland Special, O.R. & N. Co.

Benjamin a Gifford - Chicago Portland Special, O.R. & N. Co.

H82108 U.S. Copyright Office May be Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. No. 260. Copyright deposit; Benjamin A. Gifford; August 18, 1906.

Pennsylvania Railroad, Manayunk Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill Expressway (I-76), Schuylkill River & Green Lane, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Pennsylvania Railroad, Manayunk Bridge, Spanning Schuylkill Expressway...

Significance: The bridge's nine open-spandrel reinforced concrete arches follow an unusual reverse curvature, which earns it the nickname "S-bridge." Towering over the town of Manayunk and the Schuylkill Expres... More

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

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

Easton & Northern Railroad, Lehigh River Bridge, Spanning Lehigh River, Easton, Northampton County, PA

Easton & Northern Railroad, Lehigh River Bridge, Spanning Lehigh River...

Significance: This structures is significant for its highly complex geometry, with skew trusses carrying trucks on a reverse curve. It possesses a remarkable degree of integrity for a 19th century steel truss b... More

Escanaba, Mich., ore docks - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Escanaba, Mich., ore docks - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, Overhead Highway Bridge, Spanning Twin City & Western Railroad on Trunk Highway 71, Olivia, Renville County, MN

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, Overhead Highway Brid...

Significance: This triple-span rigid frame concrete deck girder bridge is significant for being the oldest known structure of its type in Minnesota. Survey number: HAER MN-77

Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad, South Hills Junction, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA

Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad, South Hills Junction, Pittsburgh...

Significance: This former 40-inch, narrow-guage railroad was purchased in 1871 by the Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad Company. In 1909, Pittsburgh Railways Company, lessee, began electrifying and convertin... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Keyser Machine Shop, State Route 46 Northwest of Spring Street, Keyser, Mineral County, WV

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Keyser Machine Shop, State Route 46 Northwe...

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

Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, Tunkhannock Viaduct, Nicholson, Wyoming County, PA

Erie-Lackawanna Railroad, Tunkhannock Viaduct, Nicholson, Wyoming Coun...

Significance: When the Lackawanna Railroad's 39.6-mile Clarks Summit-Halstead Cutoff in northeastern Pennsylvania was dedicated on Saturday, November 6, 1915, the 2,375-foot-long, 240-foot-high Tunkhannock Viad... More

Triple Railroad Crossing, East Byrd Street at Sixteenth Street, Richmond, Independent City, Virginia

Triple Railroad Crossing, East Byrd Street at Sixteenth Street, Richmo...

Survey number: HAER VA-40 Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 26, Milepost 133.29, Applegate, Placer County, CA

Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 26, Milepost 133...

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

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station Train Shed, Water Street, opposite Lee Street, Montgomery, Montgomery County, AL

Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station Train Shed, Water Stree...

Significance: The Union Station Trainshed in Montgomery, Alabama is a rare survival of a once common building type. It was the outgrowth of a desire by railroad companies to improve passenger comfort, which th... More

Northwestern Elevated Railroad, Interlocking Tower, Wilson Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Northwestern Elevated Railroad, Interlocking Tower, Wilson Avenue, Chi...

Significance: A surviving example of an elevated railroad interlocking tower which is similar in design to the original towers used around the Union Loop by the Union Elevated Railroad in downtown Chicago. Sur... More

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

Atlanta, Georgia. Railroad roundhouse, American Civil War Glass Negati...

Public domain photograph of American Civil War era building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Southern Pacific Railroad Shasta Route, Bridge No. 301.85, Milepost 301.85, Pollard Flat, Shasta County, CA

Southern Pacific Railroad Shasta Route, Bridge No. 301.85, Milepost 30...

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

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

Santa Fe Railroad, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal east of Harlem Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Santa Fe Railroad, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & S...

Significance: This bridge is one of seven surviving swing bridges built in 1899 across the Sanitary and Ship Canal. Survey number: HAER IL-39 Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction

Camas Prairie Railroad, Second Subdivision, From Spalding in Nez Perce County, through Lewis County, to Grangeville in Idaho County, Spalding, Nez Perce County, ID

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 County, through Lewis County, to Grangeville in Idaho County, Spalding, Nez Perce County, ID

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 County, through Lewis County, to Grangeville in Idaho County, Spalding, Nez Perce County, ID

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 County, through Lewis County, to Grangeville in Idaho County, Spalding, Nez Perce County, ID

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

[Railroad tracks and utility poles along a waterway and cliff, with road crossing]

[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

Saugus River Drawbridge, Spanning Saugus River at MBTA Railroad Eastern Route, Saugus, Essex County, MA

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

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting towns of Yakima, Selah & Wiley City, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting t...

Significance: The Yakima Valley Transportation Company is one of the country's last intact, authentic electric interurban railroads. It owns the oldest, regularly-operating locomotives (75 years old) in conjun... More

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting towns of Yakima, Selah & Wiley City, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting t...

Significance: The Yakima Valley Transportation Company is one of the country's last intact, authentic electric interurban railroads. It owns the oldest, regularly-operating locomotives (75 years old) in conjun... More

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting towns of Yakima, Selah & Wiley City, Yakima, Yakima County, WA

Yakima Valley Transportation Company Interurban Railroad, Connecting t...

Significance: The Yakima Valley Transportation Company is one of the country's last intact, authentic electric interurban railroads. It owns the oldest, regularly-operating locomotives (75 years old) in conjun... More

Sault Ste. Marie International Railroad Bridge, Spanning Soo Locks at St. Marys Falls Canal, Sault Ste. Marie, Chippewa County, MI

Sault Ste. Marie International Railroad Bridge, Spanning Soo Locks at ...

Significance: The Sault Ste. Marie International Railroad Bridge has nine camelback truss spans crossing the St. Marys River with bascule and vertical lift bridge components crossing the American Locks at the S... More

Zh.d. damba v Sorocheĭ Gubi︠e︡.

Zh.d. damba v Sorocheĭ Gubi︠e︡.

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

Mystic River Drawbridge No. 7, Spanning Mystic River at Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Route, Somerville, Middlesex County, MA

Mystic River Drawbridge No. 7, Spanning Mystic River at Boston & Maine...

Significance: Drawbridge No. 7 is apparently the last horizontally folding railroad bridge in the eastern United States. Its technology is representative of the earliest patented movable span bridge in the cou... More

Railroad near Bf.(?) (probably Bluefields) looking toward Greytown

Railroad near Bf.(?) (probably Bluefields) looking toward Greytown

Railroad tracks through jungle, Nicaragua. Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad works, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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