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Signal station and cross roads at Mazonia, Ill

Signal station and cross roads at Mazonia, Ill

"86" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042367. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street Signal Tower, 80 feet Southwest of Railroad Alley & Cedar Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street...

Public domain image of a historic place, portal, arch, doorway, classical or neoclassical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow Street at Amtrak milepost 10.55, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow ...

Significance: Hunter Interlocking Tower is a classic example of the architecturally unadorned and utilitarian twentieth century interlocking tower, significant as an increasingly endangered historic property ty... More

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Alt...

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

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Alt...

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

Union Junction Interlocking Tower, Bounded by Federal, Guilford, Royal ..., Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Union Junction Interlocking Tower, Bounded by Federal, Guilford, Royal...

Significance: The tower is part of the Pennsylvania Station complex, which represented the peak of railroad development in Baltimore. Its design, construction, and associated machinery are representative of ra... More

Union Junction Interlocking Tower, Bounded by Federal, Guilford, Royal ..., Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Union Junction Interlocking Tower, Bounded by Federal, Guilford, Royal...

Significance: The tower is part of the Pennsylvania Station complex, which represented the peak of railroad development in Baltimore. Its design, construction, and associated machinery are representative of ra... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow Street at Amtrak milepost 10.55, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow ...

Significance: Hunter Interlocking Tower is a classic example of the architecturally unadorned and utilitarian twentieth century interlocking tower, significant as an increasingly endangered historic property ty... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street Signal Tower, 80 feet Southwest of Railroad Alley & Cedar Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street...

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

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street Signal Tower, 80 feet Southwest of Railroad Alley & Cedar Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street...

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

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Riverside Junction Interlocking Tower, Allegheny River Vicinity, Limestone, Cattaraugus County, NY

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Riverside Junction Interlocking Tower, Alle...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a power station, dam, electric generator, industrial building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Lake Street Elevated Railway Interlocking Tower, Pulaski Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lake Street Elevated Railway Interlocking Tower, Pulaski Road, Chicago...

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

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street Signal Tower, 80 feet Southwest of Railroad Alley & Cedar Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street...

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

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street Signal Tower, 80 feet Southwest of Railroad Alley & Cedar Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street...

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

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Riverside Junction Interlocking Tower, Allegheny River Vicinity, Limestone, Cattaraugus County, NY

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Riverside Junction Interlocking Tower, Alle...

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

Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow Street at Amtrak milepost 10.55, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow ...

Significance: Hunter Interlocking Tower is a classic example of the architecturally unadorned and utilitarian twentieth century interlocking tower, significant as an increasingly endangered historic property ty... More

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Alt...

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

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Alt...

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

[Signal towers, Charing Cross Bridge]

[Signal towers, Charing Cross Bridge]

Wuerth, 236. Edition of 10? Plate destroyed. Title and other information from Beall. American prints in the Library of Congress : a catalog of the collection / compiled by Karen F. Beall... Baltimore : John Hop... More

[Railroad station with water crane and tracks]

[Railroad station with water crane and tracks]

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

Lake Street Elevated Railway Interlocking Tower, Pulaski Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lake Street Elevated Railway Interlocking Tower, Pulaski Road, Chicago...

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

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Alt...

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

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

Union Junction Interlocking Tower, Bounded by Federal, Guilford, Royal ..., Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Union Junction Interlocking Tower, Bounded by Federal, Guilford, Royal...

Significance: The tower is part of the Pennsylvania Station complex, which represented the peak of railroad development in Baltimore. Its design, construction, and associated machinery are representative of ra... More

[Railroad station with water crane and tracks]

[Railroad station with water crane and tracks]

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

[Railroad station with water crane and tracks]

[Railroad station with water crane and tracks]

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

Union Junction Interlocking Tower, Bounded by Federal, Guilford, Royal ..., Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Union Junction Interlocking Tower, Bounded by Federal, Guilford, Royal...

Significance: The tower is part of the Pennsylvania Station complex, which represented the peak of railroad development in Baltimore. Its design, construction, and associated machinery are representative of ra... More

Interlocking signal station at Marshalltown, Ia.

Interlocking signal station at Marshalltown, Ia.

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

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Alt...

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

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street Signal Tower, 80 feet Southwest of Railroad Alley & Cedar Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street...

Public domain scan of an architecture diagram, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

Erie Railway & Pennsylvania Railroad, Horseheads Interlocking Tower, Westinghouse Road, Horseheads, Chemung County, NY

Erie Railway & Pennsylvania Railroad, Horseheads Interlocking Tower, W...

Survey number: HAER NY-32 Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow Street at Amtrak milepost 10.55, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow ...

Significance: Hunter Interlocking Tower is a classic example of the architecturally unadorned and utilitarian twentieth century interlocking tower, significant as an increasingly endangered historic property ty... More

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Alt...

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

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

Union Junction Interlocking Tower, Bounded by Federal, Guilford, Royal ..., Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Union Junction Interlocking Tower, Bounded by Federal, Guilford, Royal...

Significance: The tower is part of the Pennsylvania Station complex, which represented the peak of railroad development in Baltimore. Its design, construction, and associated machinery are representative of ra... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow Street at Amtrak milepost 10.55, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow ...

Significance: Hunter Interlocking Tower is a classic example of the architecturally unadorned and utilitarian twentieth century interlocking tower, significant as an increasingly endangered historic property ty... More

Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow Street at Amtrak milepost 10.55, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow ...

Significance: Hunter Interlocking Tower is a classic example of the architecturally unadorned and utilitarian twentieth century interlocking tower, significant as an increasingly endangered historic property ty... More

Lake Street Elevated Railway Interlocking Tower, Pulaski Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lake Street Elevated Railway Interlocking Tower, Pulaski Road, Chicago...

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

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

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street Signal Tower, 80 feet Southwest of Railroad Alley & Cedar Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street...

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

Erie Railway & Pennsylvania Railroad, Horseheads Interlocking Tower, Westinghouse Road, Horseheads, Chemung County, NY

Erie Railway & Pennsylvania Railroad, Horseheads Interlocking Tower, W...

Survey number: HAER NY-32 Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Erie Railway & Pennsylvania Railroad, Horseheads Interlocking Tower, Westinghouse Road, Horseheads, Chemung County, NY

Erie Railway & Pennsylvania Railroad, Horseheads Interlocking Tower, W...

Survey number: HAER NY-32 Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Lake Street Elevated Railway Interlocking Tower, Pulaski Road, Chicago, Cook County, IL

Lake Street Elevated Railway Interlocking Tower, Pulaski Road, Chicago...

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

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

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street Signal Tower, 80 feet Southwest of Railroad Alley & Cedar Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street...

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

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street Signal Tower, 80 feet Southwest of Railroad Alley & Cedar Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Mattes Street...

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

Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow Street at Amtrak milepost 10.55, Newark, Essex County, NJ

Pennsylvania Railroad, Hunter Interlocking Tower, East end of Bigelow ...

Significance: Hunter Interlocking Tower is a classic example of the architecturally unadorned and utilitarian twentieth century interlocking tower, significant as an increasingly endangered historic property ty... More

Four trains abreast--enormous traffic on the Penn. R'y, west of Altoona, Pennsylvania

Four trains abreast--enormous traffic on the Penn. R'y, west of Altoon...

No. 13255. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Railroad station with water crane and tracks, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Railroad station with water crane and tracks,...

Title devised by Library staff and T. Witts, 2006. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Digital color composite made for the Library by Blai... More

Signal station and cross roads at Mazonia, Ill.

Signal station and cross roads at Mazonia, Ill.

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

Interlocking signal station at Marshalltown, Ia.

Interlocking signal station at Marshalltown, Ia.

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

Oral history with 89 year old male, Whick, Kentucky (Transcript)

Oral history with 89 year old male, Whick, Kentucky (Transcript)

Incomplete transcript. For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Appalachian Oral History Project. Lees College Library. Jackson, KY 89 year old male. Retired from railroad in 1952. Born and r... More

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Alt...

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

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Railroad station with water crane and tracks, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Railroad station with water crane and tracks,...

Title devised by Library staff and T. Witts, 2006. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Digital color composite made for the Library by Blai... More

Oral history with 89 year old male, Whick, Kentucky (Transcript)

Oral history with 89 year old male, Whick, Kentucky (Transcript)

Incomplete transcript. For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Appalachian Oral History Project. Lees College Library. Jackson, KY 89 year old male. Retired from railroad in 1952. Born and r... More

Oral history with 89 year old male, Whick, Kentucky (Transcript)

Oral history with 89 year old male, Whick, Kentucky (Transcript)

Incomplete transcript. For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Appalachian Oral History Project. Lees College Library. Jackson, KY 89 year old male. Retired from railroad in 1952. Born and r... More

Oral history with 89 year old male, Whick, Kentucky (Transcript)

Oral history with 89 year old male, Whick, Kentucky (Transcript)

Incomplete transcript. For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Appalachian Oral History Project. Lees College Library. Jackson, KY 89 year old male. Retired from railroad in 1952. Born and r... More

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Alt...

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

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Alt...

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

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Altoona, Blair County, PA

Alto Tower, West of Seventeenth Street on North side of Main Line, Alt...

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

Q Tower, East side of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, South of Hyndman, Hyndman, Bedford County, PA

Q Tower, East side of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, South of Hyndman, Hyn...

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

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Railroad station with water crane and tracks, color separation negative

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Railroad station with water crane and tracks,...

Title devised by Library staff and T. Witts, 2006. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Digital color composite made for the Library by Blai... More

Oral history with 89 year old male, Whick, Kentucky (Transcript)

Oral history with 89 year old male, Whick, Kentucky (Transcript)

Incomplete transcript. For rights information contact the collector’s institution: Appalachian Oral History Project. Lees College Library. Jackson, KY 89 year old male. Retired from railroad in 1952. Born and r... More

Union Junction Interlocking Tower, Bounded by Federal, Guilford, Royal ..., Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Union Junction Interlocking Tower, Bounded by Federal, Guilford, Royal...

Significance: The tower is part of the Pennsylvania Station complex, which represented the peak of railroad development in Baltimore. Its design, construction, and associated machinery are representative of ra... More