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North eastern view of Charleston with north eastern rail road

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Map showing the proposed rail roads from Boston to Burlington, from Ha...

Outline map of eastern New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and northern Massachusetts showing four proposed railroad routes. A list of distances appear below the title. Scale ca. 1:625,000. LC copy annotated in p... More

Traveling map of the western states, exhibiting the counties, towns an...

Detailed map of the north-central states between Ohio and Nebraska.

Young Ford blames ICC. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. ICC order that all ra...

Two men sitting at a table with papers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

ICC Commissioner opposes repeal of long and short haul rail freight ra...

Two men sitting at a desk with papers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Theodore Roosevelt, on horseback, jumping over a split rail fence]

H17499-501 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 5.

Cattle gate on estate near Batesville, Arkansas. The cattle will not w...

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Rail Labor Head discusses wage controversy with president. Washington,...

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Rail wage cut would be blow to our present recovery. Washington, D.C.,...

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Rail fence on farm. San Augustine County, Texas

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Rail fence in San Juan County, Colorado

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Rail fence around pasture and grazing lands. Near Granby, Colorado

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Rail fence around pasture and grazing lands. Near Granby, Colorado

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The Phillips Packing Company ships by rail, truck and water. Cambridge...

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Rail fence around pasture and grazing lands. Near Granby, Colorado

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

Topeka, Kansas. Workmen of the test department of the Atchison, Topeka...

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New York, New York. A Pennsylvania railroad truck trailer which can al...

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Split rail fence lining the access road to the Pioneer Farm at Twin Fa...

Fence posts are of a variety of locust (Robinia pseudoacacia), known locally as yellow or "mountain" locust, known for its ability to withstand rot, while the rails are of chestnut (Castanea dentata). Event: A ... More

A yellow caboose at Rail Road Park, an unusual motel and resort comple...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Rensselaer Iron Works, Rail Mill, Adams Street & Hudson River, Troy, R...

Significance: A typical example of masonry and heavy timber factory construction; part of an important nineteenth-century iron works. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey num... More

Rensselaer Iron Works, Rail Mill, Adams Street & Hudson River, Troy, R...

Significance: A typical example of masonry and heavy timber factory construction; part of an important nineteenth-century iron works. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey num... More

Rensselaer Iron Works, Rail Mill, Adams Street & Hudson River, Troy, R...

Significance: A typical example of masonry and heavy timber factory construction; part of an important nineteenth-century iron works. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey num... More

New Haven Rail Yard, Freight Car Shop, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New H...

Significance: The Freight Car Shop recalls the importance of the New Haven Rail Yard in the late nineteenth century, when it was the principal shop facility for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. L... More

New Haven Rail Yard, Freight Car Shop, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New H...

Significance: The Freight Car Shop recalls the importance of the New Haven Rail Yard in the late nineteenth century, when it was the principal shop facility for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. L... More

[Design drawing for woodwork: Chancel Rail, Simple Version]

Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, General Office Building, 525 Centra...

Survey number: HAER PA-271-C Building/structure dates: 1889 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1890 Subsequent Work

Duluth & Iron Range Rail Road Company Shops, Southwest of downtown Two...

Significance: The Duluth and Iron Range Rail Road Company (D&IR) Shops near Two Harbors, Minnesota, are representative of the resources required to operate a railroad dedicated to the transportation of iron ore... More

Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, Upper Shops, 525 Central Avenue, Jo...

Survey number: HAER PA-271-H Building/structure dates: 1902 Initial Construction

Western Railway of Alabama Montgomery Rail Shops, 701 North Perry Stre...

Significance: When built, the Western Railway of Alabama shops at Montgomery were hailed as the largest in Alabama and the best equipped in the South. Their connection with the second oldest railroad in Alabam... More

Western Railway of Alabama Montgomery Rail Shops, 701 North Perry Stre...

Significance: When built, the Western Railway of Alabama shops at Montgomery were hailed as the largest in Alabama and the best equipped in the South. Their connection with the second oldest railroad in Alabam... More

New Haven Rail Yard, Locker Building, Vicinity of Cedar Street, New Ha...

Significance: The Locker Building is significant as part of the early twentieth-century improvements to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad's New Haven facilities. The railroad was one of the busiest... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Rail Rolling Mill, Elm Street & Locust Alle...

Significance: With the inexhaustible supply of coal and the eventual juncture of the route to Pittsburgh with the mainline at Cumberland, the B & O though significant economics were available by producing rails... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Rail Rolling Mill, Elm Street & Locust Alle...

Significance: With the inexhaustible supply of coal and the eventual juncture of the route to Pittsburgh with the mainline at Cumberland, the B & O though significant economics were available by producing rails... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Railroad Repair Yard Shed, Northwest of i...

Significance: Building 916B is a contributing element of the Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District. The historic district was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places... More

[President Roosevelt on horseback jumping over a split rail fence]

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Stripping a rail fence for fires

Signed lower right: A.R.W. Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.175) Reference print available in Ray, Plate 38 (p. 116). Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

New Haven Rail Yard, Vicinity of Union Avenue & Cedar & Lamberton Stre...

Significance: The buildings in the New Haven Rail Yard are associated with southern New England's most important rail carrier of the late nineteenth and first half of the twentieth centuries, the New York, New ... More

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: man standing on ra...

Public domain photograph - 19th-century salted paper print, early photogrpahy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New Haven Rail Yard, Small Stores Building, Vicinity of Union Avenue, ...

Significance: The Small Stores Building is significant as a component of the New Haven Railroad's repair and maintenance facilities. It was built to provide safe storage for acetylene, a potentially explosive ... More

Fifth Street Bridge, Spanning MBTA Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line tracks...

Significance: The Fifth Street Bridge is the only reinforced concrete through-arch highway bridge presently known in Massachusetts and one of only eight Massachusetts highway bridges to include open-spandrel co... More

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Transit Shed Rail Yard Type, Between Pint...

Significance: Buildings 619 and 719 are contributing elements of the Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District. The historic district was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Histori... More

Sectional map of the state of Iowa, compiled from the United States su...

Detailed township and county map showing drainage, cities and towns, roads, and railroads. Scale 1:570,240. LC also has 1854 edition. LC Railroad maps, 216 Description derived from published bibliography. Avail... More

Township map of Wisconsin showing The Milwaukee & Horicon Rail Road an...

Map of Wisconsin and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, state boundaries, township lines, cities, and towns. Scale ca. 1:1,400,000. Entered according to an act of Congress in the District of Wisconsin i... More

The Cumberland Valley Rail Road, near Scotland, destroyed by Rebels

Title inscribed above image. Formerly Waud no. C-14. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.941) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Map of the southern states, including rail roads, county towns, state ...

Scale ca. 1:2,970,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 37 At top of map: Bacon's shilling series of war maps,-no. 3. Inset: Enlarged plan of the battle fields of Virginia and Maryland. Scale ca. 1:1,040,000. 16 x ... More

A little game of bagatelle, between Old Abe the rail splitter & Little...

The contest for the presidency in 1864 is depicted as a game of bagatelle (a game similar to pool) between Republican candidate Abraham Lincoln and Democrat George B. McClellan. Lincoln (left) holds a cue "Bal... More

Map and profile of first 40 miles of Union Pacific Rail Road Eastern D...

Detailed map showing relief by hachures, drainage, vegetation, roads, and railroads in Kansas, from Kansas City to Lawrence. Scale 1:63,360. Across bottom of map: Profile of line. LC Railroad maps, 589 Descript... More

New rail road map of the United States and the Dominion of Canada, sho...

Map of the United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, state boundaries, and the railroad network with emphasis on the main line. The line was created by an act of the state of Illinoi... More

The popular tendency to rail at wealth is not entirely justified / Ehr...

Print shows a vignette cartoon with a group of working class individuals complaining about the selfish accumulation of wealth by a small percentage of society; the surrounding vignettes illustrate the philanthr... More

Rail gaurds - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Rail buds, Laurel - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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Mount Vernon. Front and right side of Mount Vernon with rail on top

Picryl description: Public domain image of park architecture, palace, chateau, open space, 18th, and 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Mount Vernon. Left and front of Mount Vernon mansion with rail, vertic...

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Editors (Kiplinger) Building. Desks in office area with rail in Editor...

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Guntersville Dam and powerhouse. Generator hall. Roof is supported by ...

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Rail Inquiry Chairman and Pennsy head view chart of Penna. R.R. holdin...

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Listens in on facts finding hearing. Washington, D.C., Oct. 6. Charles...

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10 per cent railroad rate increase benefits motor carriers--ICC Commis...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of Washington DC during the First World War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Jones asks for $500,000,000 to lend to railroads and lease rail equipm...

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Rail Co.-trustee protests Amlie nomination. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. ...

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Sign on rail, Las Cruces, New Mexico

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Gethsemane Basilica, Int, the Rock of Agony surrounded by Crown of Tho...

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Kiowa, Kansas. At Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail detector car. The...

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[Person in a Spider-Man costume, perching on a staircase rail next to ...

Date from caption information for contact sheet ROLL CALL-1992-106 or corresponding negative sleeve. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: ROLL CALL-1992-106, frame 30A/31. Contact sheet or negative ... More

Train cars at Rail Road Park, an unusual motel and resort complex in w...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Train cars at Rail Road Park, an unusual motel and resort complex in w...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

A long line of rail cars, mostly tank cars carrying propane, along Wes...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Rensselaer Iron Works, Rail Mill, Adams Street & Hudson River, Troy, R...

Significance: A typical example of masonry and heavy timber factory construction; part of an important nineteenth-century iron works. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey num... More

Rensselaer Iron Works, Rail Mill, Adams Street & Hudson River, Troy, R...

Significance: A typical example of masonry and heavy timber factory construction; part of an important nineteenth-century iron works. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey num... More

Rensselaer Iron Works, Rail Mill, Adams Street & Hudson River, Troy, R...

Significance: A typical example of masonry and heavy timber factory construction; part of an important nineteenth-century iron works. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-4 Survey num... More

Atlas of Dearborn County, Indiana : to which is added a map of the sta...

LeGear. Atlases of the United States, 4513 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes index and brief history of Dearborn County. LC copy imperfect: Front board and rear... More

New Haven Rail Yard, Freight Car Shop, Vicinity of Union Avenue, New H...

Significance: The Freight Car Shop recalls the importance of the New Haven Rail Yard in the late nineteenth century, when it was the principal shop facility for the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. L... More

New Haven Rail Yard, Central Steam Plant and Oil Storage, Vicinity of ...

Significance: The Central Steam Plant is significant as an important component of the New Haven Railroad's maintenance and repair facilities. It was built during a time of thriving passenger service, a period ... More

Duluth & Iron Range Rail Road Company Shops, Southwest of downtown Two...

Significance: The Duluth and Iron Range Rail Road Company (D&IR) Shops near Two Harbors, Minnesota, are representative of the resources required to operate a railroad dedicated to the transportation of iron ore... More

Johnson Steel Street Rail Company, Drawing Room & Laying-Out Floor Bui...

Survey number: HAER PA-271-A Building/structure dates: 1893 Initial Construction

Western Railway of Alabama Montgomery Rail Shops, 701 North Perry Stre...

Significance: When built, the Western Railway of Alabama shops at Montgomery were hailed as the largest in Alabama and the best equipped in the South. Their connection with the second oldest railroad in Alabam... More

[Design drawing for architectural elements in Charlotte, North Carolin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a religious building interior, church, cathedral, hall, 17th, 18th, 19th-century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Rail Rolling Mill, Elm Street & Locust Alle...

Significance: With the inexhaustible supply of coal and the eventual juncture of the route to Pittsburgh with the mainline at Cumberland, the B & O though significant economics were available by producing rails... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Rail Rolling Mill, Elm Street & Locust Alle...

Significance: With the inexhaustible supply of coal and the eventual juncture of the route to Pittsburgh with the mainline at Cumberland, the B & O though significant economics were available by producing rails... More

Lake & Rail Elevator, 120 Childs Street, Buffalo, Erie County, NY

Significance: The grain elevators of Buffalo comprise the most outstanding collection of extant grain elevators in the United States, and collectively represent the variety of construction materials, building f... More

Duluth & Iron Range Rail Road Company Shops, Office, Southwest of down...

Significance: The Office was the Duluth and Iron Range Rail Road Company's center of operations. The building was utilized for administrative purposes, but also housed a drafting department where structures ne... More

Bunker Hill Lead Smelter, Bradley Rail Siding, Kellogg, Shoshone Count...

Significance: In the face of opposition by the Guggenheim "Lead Trust," the Bunker Hill Company's president, Frederick Bradley planned and executed the building of a lead smelter, with the assistance of his loc... More

Logan Overpass, Spanning Montana Rail Link at Montana Secondary Highwa...

Significance: It is a reinforced concrete T-beam structure that was constructed as part of a federal program to construct railroad overpasses at high traffic, at-grade railroad crossings on Federal Aid highways... More

Logan Overpass, Spanning Montana Rail Link at Montana Secondary Highwa...

Significance: It is a reinforced concrete T-beam structure that was constructed as part of a federal program to construct railroad overpasses at high traffic, at-grade railroad crossings on Federal Aid highways... More

Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Administration-Laboratory- Change House-Bomb R...

Survey number: HAER CO-21-AH Public domain photograph - historical image of Colorado, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Joseph E. Baker - The "rail splitter" at work repairing the union

Cartoon print shows Vice President Andrew Johnson sitting atop a globe, attempting to stitch together the map of the United States with needle and thread. Abraham Lincoln stands, right, using a split rail to po... More

Fifth Street Bridge, Spanning MBTA Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line tracks...

Significance: The Fifth Street Bridge is the only reinforced concrete through-arch highway bridge presently known in Massachusetts and one of only eight Massachusetts highway bridges to include open-spandrel co... More

Fifth Street Bridge, Spanning MBTA Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line tracks...

Significance: The Fifth Street Bridge is the only reinforced concrete through-arch highway bridge presently known in Massachusetts and one of only eight Massachusetts highway bridges to include open-spandrel co... More

Fifth Street Bridge, Spanning MBTA Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line tracks...

Significance: The Fifth Street Bridge is the only reinforced concrete through-arch highway bridge presently known in Massachusetts and one of only eight Massachusetts highway bridges to include open-spandrel co... More

Fifth Street Bridge, Spanning MBTA Fitchburg Commuter Rail Line tracks...

Significance: The Fifth Street Bridge is the only reinforced concrete through-arch highway bridge presently known in Massachusetts and one of only eight Massachusetts highway bridges to include open-spandrel co... More

Map of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware exhibiting the post offices, po...

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. LC copy sectioned in 8 and mounted on cloth. Printed label on verso: no. 5, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. LC Railroad maps, 70 Available also... More

Map of the Virginia Central Rail Road showing the connection between t...

Map of Virginia and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, county boundaries, place names and "McAdamised" roads. Scale ca. 1:1,250,000. Tables at lower left of map list "Counties bordering on the Central R... More

Frank Pierce, one of the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, diving for a m...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 11, no. 286 (1861 May 11), p. 409 (right center).

A romance of the rail / - movie film screenshot

From Edison films catalog: A series of railroad scenes of novel and amusing interest. It opens with a view of an imposing station showing a pretty girl, dressed in white, seated on a trunk awaiting the arrival ... More

National Cathedral interiors. Carved wood figure in altar rail in Nati...

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Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska. Senate chamber thru rail to...

Public domain photograph of midcentury American architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Government ownership of railroads predicted by former ICC commissioner...

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Rail fence with poor barbed wire fence in foreground. Note telephone l...

Public domain photograph - historical image of North Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Montana Senator. Washington, D.C., Feb. 10. A new informal picture of ...

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French airmen hit a pinpoint target. Flying with the Mediterranean All...

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