![[Railroad construction on the City Point and Army railroad line]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDkvcmFpbHJvYWQtY29uc3RydWN0aW9uLW9uLXRoZS1jaXR5LXBvaW50LWFuZC1hcm15LXJhaWxyb2FkLWxpbmUtYjgwNGEwLTEwMjQuanBn/40/26/webp "[Railroad construction on the City Point and Army railroad line]")
[Railroad construction on the City Point and Army railroad line]
Photograph shows construction on the railroad near City Point, Virginia. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support ... More
Landing place, railway stores, Balaklava, looking up the harbour - Rog...
Men seated by railroad bed under construction next to Balaklava harbor. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his lett... More
The contractors book ... / H. Gerlach ; J.S. Vernam, mechanical engine...
Print shows construction of a railroad and a canal in a wilderness area. Illus. in: The contractors book of working drawings of tools and machines used in constructing canals, rail roads and other works, with b... More
Cochran's Railroad construction (Burlington and Missouri River Railroa...
original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Frank G. Carpenter on left of railroad bed, Chugiak Anchorage Alaska
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
The contractors book of working drawings of tools and machines used in...
Print shows a landscape with a canal and, at center, railroad construction, extending railroad tracks on levee above a river. Entered according to Act of Congress AD 1854 by George Cole, in the Clerks Office o... More
Donner Lake, Tunnels No. 7 and 8 from Summit Tunnel, eastern summit in...
Group of people near tunnel entrance. No. 203. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Deep Cut, Bitter Creek, near Green River
Men working in trench carved into rock near Bitter Creek in south central Wyoming.
Completion of the Pacific Railroad - meeting of locomotives of the Uni...
"Photographed by Savage & Ottinger, Salt Lake City." Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1869 June 5, p. 356.
Work on the last mile of the Pacific Railroad--Mingling of European wi...
Men removing large rocks from hill for completion of the Pacific Railroad. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 13, no. 648 (1869 May 29), p. 348.
David Hall's railroad camp at West Union - surveying from Sargent to B...
summary: Note: Together with picture RG2608-3490A this photograph forms a panorama of Hall's camp. original size: 6x8
Track to be straightened in the Bloomington yards
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
At the new railroad left to right are: Mr. Edes, Frank G. Carpenter, L...
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
Track to be straightened in the Bloomington yards
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
![[Railroad engineer oiling up before the start]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvcmFpbHJvYWQtZW5naW5lZXItb2lsaW5nLXVwLWJlZm9yZS10aGUtc3RhcnQtMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Railroad engineer oiling up before the start]")
[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]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvcmFpbHJvYWQtZW5naW5lZXItb2lsaW5nLXVwLWJlZm9yZS10aGUtc3RhcnQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/50/webp "[Railroad engineer oiling up before the start]")
[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
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.
Trestle work - Promontory Point, Salt Lake Valley (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows Central Pacific Railroad construction workers standing on railroad flatcars being pushed by locomotive across trestle at Promontory Point in Salt Lake Valley. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky ... More
Construction of mattresses - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, railroad structure, train viaduct, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Frank G. Carpenter inspecting new railroad, Chugiak Anchorage Alaska
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In mid air. A wonderful blast in building railroad to Deadwood
Black cloud from explosive blast on side of mountain. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.
Deep Cut, Bitter Creek, near Green River (Andrew J. Russel)
Men working in trench carved into rock near Bitter Creek in south central Wyoming. No. 60a. Part of series: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha.
Pepper's railroad camp, Custer County, Nebraska.
summary: Note: "David Hall's place on the railroad grade on the Middle Loup River from Sargent to Brewster, Nebraska." One of the men pictured in the foreground has a coyote pup resting on his shoulder. origi... More
Railroad graders west of Sargent, Nebraska.
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Standing in bed of new railroad, Chugiak Anchorage Alaska - Frank G. C...
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
The contractors book of working drawings of tools and machines used in...
Print shows a landscape with a canal and, at center, railroad construction, extending railroad tracks on levee above a river. Entered according to Act of Congress AD 1854 by George Cole, in the Clerks Office o... More
The new railroad bridge across the Susquehanna, from Havre de Grace to...
Construction scene, with workers and supplies at site of unfinished bridge. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, Dec. 22, 1866, p. 217. Reference copy in LOT 4429-D.
Railroad building on the great plains / drawn by A.R. Waud ; A.R. Waud...
Print shows large work crew laying tracks for railroad, several covered wagons and other carts and wagons, work camp in the distance, and some soldiers and Natives resting in the foreground. Illus. in: Harper'... More
Doaks (Butcher's Camp) for the Burlington and Missouri Railroad grader...
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![Steam drills, Rutland R.R. [Railroad]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvc3RlYW0tZHJpbGxzLXJ1dGxhbmQtcnItcmFpbHJvYWQtMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "Steam drills, Rutland R.R. [Railroad]")
Steam drills, Rutland R.R. [Railroad]
Public domain photograph of Middle East, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
In mid air. A wonderful blast in building railroad to Deadwood
Black cloud from explosive blast on side of mountain. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.
Portrait photo of Deadwood Central R.R. Engineer Corps
Outdoor group portrait of ten railroad engineers, wearing suits and hats, and a dog, posing in a row with surveyors' transits on tripods and measuring rods.
New bridge over Potomac River on the Washington, Alexandria and George...
Photograph showing construction on a trestle railroad bridge across the Potomac River. Caption continues: S. Seymour, chief engineer, C.B. Morse, constructing engineer, S.S. Post & Co., contractors.
New Jersey--The removal of President Garfield, with his physicians and...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1881 Sept. 24, p. 56-57.
Camp on B & M grade west of Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska.
original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Cochran's Railroad construction (Burlington and Missouri River Railroa...
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Prince Hilkoff, Minister of Ways and Communications, with his staff, i...
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Crane being used in construction of new railway bridge, Alaska
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
Workmen laying track, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
Construction work on the Eastern Siberian Railway near Khabarovsk
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Construction work on the Eastern Siberian Railway near Khabarovsk
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Citadel rock, Green River Valley (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows construction of a railroad bridge in the Green River Valley, Wyoming, and Citadel Rock, a prominent rock formation rising above the plateau. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, ... More
The contractors book ... / H. Gerlach ; J.S. Vernam, mechanical engine...
Print shows construction of a railroad and a canal in a wilderness area. Illus. in: The contractors book of working drawings of tools and machines used in constructing canals, rail roads and other works, with b... More
![[Railroad crew and tracks, Mexico]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4ODAvMDEvMDEvcmFpbHJvYWQtY3Jldy1hbmQtdHJhY2tzLW1leGljby0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[Railroad crew and tracks, Mexico]")
[Railroad crew and tracks, Mexico]
Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
New railroad, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
Track to be straightened, Normal, Ill's.
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Citadel rock, Green River Valley (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows construction of a railroad bridge in the Green River Valley, Wyoming, and Citadel Rock, a prominent rock formation rising above the plateau. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, ... More
Workmen laying the new railroad track on the night of September 5th / ...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1881 Sept. 24, p. 56.
Gleason Railroad graders at Sargent, Nebraska.
original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
S.C. Troubtman camp, railroad graders west of Sargent, Nebraska
original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of South Carolina, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
![[Railroad construction through residential area in Georgia]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDQvcmFpbHJvYWQtY29uc3RydWN0aW9uLXRocm91Z2gtcmVzaWRlbnRpYWwtYXJlYS1pbi1nZW9yZ2lhLThhMjUyMS0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Railroad construction through residential area in Georgia]")
[Railroad construction through residential area in Georgia]
In album (disbound): Negro life in Georgia, U.S.A., compiled and prepared by W.E.B. Du Bois, v. 4, no. 317. B&w copy prints for LOT 11930 are provided as surrogates of original photographs for reference use in ... More
Locomotive New railroad, Alaska, Public domain image
Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New railroad, Chugiak Anchorage Alaska
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
![[Journal Building and street railroad construction, possibly Detroit, Michigan]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvam91cm5hbC1idWlsZGluZy1hbmQtc3RyZWV0LXJhaWxyb2FkLWNvbnN0cnVjdGlvbi1wb3NzaWJseS1kZXRyb2l0LW1pY2hpZ2FuLTEwMjQuanBn/40/50/webp "[Journal Building and street railroad construction, possibly Detroit, Michigan]")
[Journal Building and street railroad construction, possibly Detroit, ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The railway at Balaklava, looking south / W. Simpson, del. ; R. Carric...
Construction of the railway in Balaklava at the harbor, also shows masts of numerous ships, and on a hill in the distance, the ruins of the old Genoese castle. Colnaghi's Authentic Series. Déposé Paris, Goupil & Cie.
Tunnel No. 2, head of Echo Canon
Photograph shows men working with large wooden beams in foreground, tunnel excavation in background.
S.C. Troubtman camp, railroad graders west of Sargent, Nebraska
summary: Note: Two men in the foreground are playing cards original size: 6x8
David Hall's railroad camp at West Union - surveying from Sargent to B...
Public domain photograph of a crowd, event, meeting, demonstration, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Railroad graders above Sargent, Nebraska.
original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Babe White driving first spike in U.S. Railroad - Frank G. Carpenter c...
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
Track straightening near Coal City, Ill.
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Donner Lake, Tunnels No. 7 and 8 from Summit Tunnel, eastern summit in...
Group of people near tunnel entrance. No. 203. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
Excavating for "Y" at Devereux Station, Orange & Alexandria Railroad (...
Photograph shows General Hermann Haupt supervising a construction site at Devereux Station of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad in Clifton, Virginia. The locomotive bears his name. At right is J.H. Devereux, su... More
Excavating for "Y" at Devereux Station, Orange & Alexandria Railroad (...
Photograph shows General Hermann Haupt supervising a construction site at Devereux Station of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad in Clifton, Virginia. The locomotive bears his name. At right is J.H. Devereux, su... More
Deep Cut, Bitter Creek, near Green River (Andrew J. Russel)
Men working in trench carved into rock near Bitter Creek in south central Wyoming. No. 60a. Part of series: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha.
Deep Cut, Bitter Creek, near Green River
Men working in trench carved into rock near Bitter Creek in south central Wyoming.
Cheyenne Indians attacking a working party on the Union Pacific Railro...
Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1867 Sept. 7, p. 564. Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Thousand Mile Tree - Wilhelmina's Pass (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows a group of people standing at the base of a pine tree marking the thousand mile point on the Central Pacific Railroad at a cut through Wilhelmina's Pass, Weber Canyon, Utah; one man is standing... More
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad graders at West Union, Custer C...
original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Gleason Railroad graders at Sargent, Nebraska.
original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Workmen repairing railroad track
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Where they got sand for building the railroad, Chugiak Anchorage Alask...
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
Summit of Sierra Nevada - snow sheds in foreground, Donner Lake in the...
Photograph shows snow sheds over railroad tracks between tunnels in the Sierra Nevada, with Donner Lake in the distance. Illus. in: Sun pictures of Rocky Mountain scenery, with a description of the geographica... More
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).
Roadbed of new railroad, Chugiak Anchorage Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter...
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
Bed for new railroad, Chugiak Anchorage Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter co...
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
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
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress).
Whitewood Canyon, Wade and Jones R.R. Camp, Black So. Dak.
Bird's-eye view of men standing with horses and wagons in a camp in a canyon in South Dakota. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.
Donner Lake, Tunnels No. 7 and 8 from Summit Tunnel, eastern summit in...
Group of people near tunnel entrance. No. 203. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
New railroad, Chugiak Anchorage Alaska
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tunnel No. 2, head of Echo Canon
Photograph shows men working with large wooden beams in foreground, tunnel excavation in background.
Deep Cut, Bitter Creek, near Green River (Andrew J. Russel)
Men working in trench carved into rock near Bitter Creek in south central Wyoming. No. 60a. Part of series: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha.
Tunnel No. 2, head of Echo Canon
Photograph shows men working with large wooden beams in foreground, tunnel excavation in background.
Deep Cut, Bitter Creek, near Green River (Andrew J. Russel)
Men working in trench carved into rock near Bitter Creek in south central Wyoming. No. 60a. Part of series: Union Pacific R.R. views, across the continent, west from Omaha.
Deep Cut, Bitter Creek, near Green River
Men working in trench carved into rock near Bitter Creek in south central Wyoming.
Burlington Railroad surveyors west of Sargent, Nebraska, working throu...
original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph - historical image of Nebraska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Whitewood Canyon, Wade and Jones R.R. Camp, Black So. Dak.
Bird's-eye view of men standing with horses and wagons in a camp in a canyon in South Dakota. Copyright deposit. Title transcribed from item. Forms part of the John C. H. Grabill Collection.
Tunnel No. 2, head of Echo Canon
Photograph shows men working with large wooden beams in foreground, tunnel excavation in background.
East portal of great bend tunnel, 6880 feet long
Photograph shows the construction site at the east portal of the Great Bend Tunnel near Talcott, West Virginia. In Jedediah Hotchkiss photograph album of views along railroad lines and rivers from near Staunto... More
Landing place, railway stores, Balaklava, looking up the harbour - Rog...
Men seated by railroad bed under construction next to Balaklava harbor. Title transcribed from verso. Alternate title from: Gernsheim, Roger Fenton, photographer of the Crimean War: His photographs and his lett... More
Portrait photo of Deadwood Central R.R. Engineer Corps
Outdoor group portrait of ten railroad engineers, wearing suits and hats, and a dog, posing in a row with surveyors' transits on tripods and measuring rods.