railroad stations

Chicago & North Western Railway station, Elmhurst, Ill.

Title based on Detroit, Catalogue F (1899). "192" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04623. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Station & buildings at Chenoa, Ill's.

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

Candy seller. Norway Railroad Station

Union Station, Detroit, Mich. - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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[Southern Railway Station, Knoxville, Tenn.]

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[Richmond, Va., Main St. Station]

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Restaurant, Grand Central Terminal, N.Y. Central Lines, New York

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Illinois Central Railroad station. Dubuque, Iowa

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Narrow gauge railroad station at Ophir, Colorado

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New York, New York. Waiting for trains at the Pennsylvania railroad st...

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New York, New York. Escalators at the Pennsylvania railroad station

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[A man and a woman walking with a porter on the platform next to a rai...

Forms part of: LOOK Magazine Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of train station platform, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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

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

Algiers - depot and station grounds of Algerian Railway

Published as halftone in Harper's Weekly, 1895, p. 229. Similar to lantern slide W7-71. Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage film negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of... More

Southern Pacific Depot, 21 East Millbrae Avenue, Millbrae, San Mateo C...

Significance: Frame with clapboarding, 65' x 50', two stories with one-story wings, hip roofs with wooden shingles, bracketed eaves, overhanging roof on first-story level supported by columns on E elevation; wa... More

American railroad scene: lightning express trains leaving the junction

Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0199 Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress ..... More

New Albany & Salem Railroad, North Street, Gosport, Owen County, IN

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

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

B & O Railroad, Mount Royal Station, Cathedral Street at Mount Royal A...

Significance: Built in 1896, this station is a well designed structure of its type, from both aesthetic and functional standpoints. Survey number: HABS MD-193 Building/structure dates: 1896 National Registe... More

Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between Maryland/Delaware & ...

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Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Av...

Significance: The ferry slips, sheds, and concourses comprise the harborside element of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, which is a National Register site. The terminal is the la... More

Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, Johnson Av...

Significance: The ferry slips, sheds, and concourses comprise the harborside element of the Central Railroad of New Jersey, Jersey City Ferry Terminal, which is a National Register site. The terminal is the la... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Depot, Northeast end of New River...

Significance: 1904 - Depot Built (opened 1905) to replace one-story frame despot that burned in 1903. 1914 - 15' east end extension built and interior repartitioned. 1931 - Steam heating system installed and ... More

Union Passenger Station Concourse, 1713 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, Pierce...

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Rigi Railway - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Depot and train, Rigi Mountain. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 38, upper left.

South Station, Boston, Mass. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...

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Spring House, Shasta Springs, Cal. view, photochrome print postcard.

Detroit Publishing Co. no. "51267". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the Photochrom Print Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.pgz

[Suburban station, We-que-ton-sing, Mich.]

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Train station Union Station, Portland, Me. - Public domain photograph.

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[Michigan Central Railroad station, Ann Arbor, Mich.]

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Gateway, Union Depot, Denver

H112848 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 2. Copyright by A.C. Roebuck. Public domain photograph of arch gateway entrance, gates, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Union Depot, Norfolk, Va. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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Incline to suburban concourse, Grand Central Terminal, N.Y. Central Li...

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Railroad station of Circleville, Ohio (see general caption)

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General view of part of the South Water Street freight depot of the Il...

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Railroad station, Fairfield, Montana

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

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Pennsylvania Rail Road Depot. New York City sterescopic card, 19th cen...

Series: Stereoscopic Gems. New York & Vicinity. Handwritten note on verso: Pier No. 1, N.R. this is the Emigrant depot and freight is delivered alongside, (partly visible), passengers go to pier 14 - West St. b... More

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

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

Grand Central Station, 201 West Harrison Street (Corner of West Harris...

Significance: This is one of the best-preserved early railroad stations in Chicago, and one of the finest works of the architect Solon Spencer Beman. Survey number: HABS IL-1016 Building/structure dates: 1890... More

San Francisco & San Jose Railroad Station, 1100 Merrill Street, Menlo ...

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

[Passenger terminal, Chicago and Northwestern Ry.]

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World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

Railroad station, Manchester, Georgia

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Back Bay Station, 145 Dartmouth Street, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: This station stands where the Boston and Providence Railroad and the Boston and Albany Railroads originally crossed in the middle of the Back Bay's waters. It has been the site of a major passeng... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, Tracks & Shed, 800 North Alameda...

Significance: Union Station has been designated Los Angeles Cultural History Landmark No. 101. In 1980, it was entered on the National Register of Historic Places. The statement of significance from the Natio... More

[Railway station, possibly Gare d'Orsay, Paris, France. Elevation. Ren...

Item conserved and/or rehoused. See Supplementary Material for prior mats and mounts. Kenneth H. Walker Collection. Gift; Kenneth H. Walker; 1999; (DLC/PP-2000:029). Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2000:029, no. 21. C... More

Station of the Chicago and Alton Railroad at Lemont, Ill

Taken from the end of Canal Street. "7" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042284. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Entrance, N.Y.C. & H.R. R.R. station, Albany, N.Y

New York Central & Hudson River Railroad. Title in Detroit, Catalogue P (1906): New York Central Station, Albany, N.Y. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "2064" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 0... More

Grand Central Station, New York, N.Y.

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Entrance to restaurant from Penn. [i.e. Pennsylvania] Station, New Yor...

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Union Pacific Railroad Depot, North Platte, Nebraska.

summary: Note: In the foreground of this photograph a water wagon is wetting down the street to settle dust. original size: 6x8

Passenger terminal, Madison St. [Street] entrance, C. & N.W. Ry. [Chic...

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Chicago Great Western Railroad Station, Dubuque, Iowa

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Aberdeen Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, Aberdeen, Maryland. Southboun...

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

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

Pennsylvania Railroad Station, Market Street, West Chester, Chester Co...

Survey number: HABS PA-246 Building/structure dates: ca. 1875 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: before 1962 Subsequent Work Building/structure dates: 1968 Demolished

Santa Fe Railroad Depot, 101 Garrard Boulevard, Richmond, Contra Costa...

Significance: The original building was constructed to serve as a combination passenger depot, freight warehouse, and administrative office to serve the Santa Fe Railway facilities. Survey number: HABS CA-2342... More

Old Frisco Depot, 550 West Dickson, Fayetteville, Washington County, A...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The numbers nailed above the front door give the street address 550 West Dickson not well known as addresses go, but surely affixed to one of the most popular... More

[Passenger terminal, Chicago and Northwestern Ry.]

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World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

World War I in Palestine and the Sinai

Photographs show people and events in Palestine (present day Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip) and the Sinai (Egypt) during World War I. Album focuses on the activities of the Ottoman, German, and Austr... More

Thirtieth Street Station, Power Director Center, Thirtieth & Market St...

Significance: It was designed to visually and aurally indicate the operating status of the railroad's power system. This particular power director center monitored and supervised operation of all switches in th... More

Downtown Providence, Roughley bounded by Woonasquatucket River, Provid...

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[Chicago, Ill. passenger terminal, C & NW Ry. (Chicago & North Western...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a department store, commercial building, downtown, shopping center, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Avenue Northeast, Washington, District...

Structure is associated with the McMillan Plan for Washington, D.C. Significance: Key element in the McMillan Commission's plan to redevelop Washington following City Beautiful precepts. Was designed to centra... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Thurmond Depot, Northeast end of New River...

Significance: 1904 - Depot Built (opened 1905) to replace one-story frame despot that burned in 1903. 1914 - 15' east end extension built and interior repartitioned. 1931 - Steam heating system installed and ... More

Train shed, Union depot, Grand Rapids, Mich.

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

Caricature, Left again / Kep., public domain cartoon image

Illustration shows an elderly woman labeled "Tariff Revision" angrily shaking her umbrella after being left standing on the railroad station platform as the "Republican Special" departs in a cloud of dust; two ... More

Excavating for the new Union Station, Detroit, Mich.

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[Artist's rendering of the new Union Station building in Kansas City, ...

G44755 U.S. Copyright Office. Submitted for copyright September 19, 1913. Public domain photograph - historical image of Missouri, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Railroad station, Trans-Siberian Railroad, Russia]

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Railroad station at Bonners Ferry, Idaho

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Haifa, new R.R. [i.e., railroad] station in 1946

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Waiting for the train - Two children sitting on a bench in a room

Photograph shows boy and girl in train station; the boy sits on a bench wearing a large cape,holding a walking stick; the girl sits on a small trunk holding a doll and parasol. 31052 U.S. Copyright Office A lit... More

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

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

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

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

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

Oaklawn Avenue Waiting Station, Oaklawn Avenue at Fair Oaks Avenue, So...

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, First Place Significance: The Oaklawn Avenue Waiting Station, designed by Charles and Henry Greene and built in 1906 is an amazing combination of redwood timber, brick, cobblesto... More

The Tarrytown widow a big comedy success.

C252450 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: The same old game! Simple but neat! Created and "copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cin'ti & N.Y." Direction, D.W. Truss & Co. N.Y. no. 7753. Forms part of: Theat... More

Raritan Railroad Station, Sanford Street, New Brunswick, Middlesex Cou...

Significance: This one story masonry passenger station was built in 1901 to serve the prospering Raritan Railroad. Essentially intact, this passenger station survives today as one of the two remaining historic ... More

Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Hinton Depot, Along New River near Greenbr...

Significance: The extant passenger depot is the fourth structure built in Hinton for the C&O. It was erected following a 1913 fire that destroyed the 1891 brick depot. This reconstructed station was built in ... More

Crowd at the Baltimore depot before the funeral arrived

Photograph shows flags waving at the Baltimore rail terminal where a crowd is gathered awaiting the arrival of Abraham Lincoln's funeral car on April 21, 1865.

Old Frisco Depot, 550 West Dickson, Fayetteville, Washington County, A...

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: The numbers nailed above the front door give the street address 550 West Dickson not well known as addresses go, but surely affixed to one of the most popular... More

Boston & Albany Railroad Station, Auburndale, Middlesex County, MA

Significance: Commissioned in 1881, this is the first station designed by H.H. Richardson for the Boston and Albany Railroad. Henry Russell Hitchcock in The Architecture of H.H. Richardson and His Times has de... More

Pennsylvania Station, 370 Seventh Avenue, West Thirty-first, Thirty-fi...

Significance: The construction of Pennsylvania Station was one part of a large building program undertaken in 1903 by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Included in this program was the construction of tunnels ... More

Santa Fe Depot, Hardeman Pass, 702 South Chadbourne Street, San Angelo...

1990 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: On February 10, 1900, railroad promoter, Arthur E. Stilwell announced his plans to build a railroad from Kansas to Topolobampo, on the west coast of Mexico. T... More

Rockford, Ill., C. & N.W. R.R. [Chicago and North Western Railway] sta...

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Windsor St. Station, Montreal - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 08774. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Anselmo Railway Depot, Anselmo, Nebraska.

summary: Note: A pregnant woman appears in this picture. original size: 6x8

Arcade entrance to loggia and main waiting room, Pennsylvania Station,...

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Kern, California, gelatin silver print, Panoramic Photograph

J130915 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; West Coast Art Co.; August 21, 1909. No. 1017.

Bird's-eye view, Penn. [i.e. Pennsylvania] Station, New York City

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Railroad yard and Burlington Station, looking west, Kearney, Nebraska.

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Railroad station and liquor store at Ophir, Colorado. A narrow gauge r...

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[Passengers and train employees walking near trains, Union Station, Wa...

Contact sheet folder caption: "Union Station: trains arriving and departing, MST, 8-14-63." U.S. News & World Report Magazine Photograph Collection. Contact sheet available for reference purposes: USN&WR COLL ... More

Erie Railway, Collins Station, Collins, Erie County, NY

Survey number: HAER NY-135 Public domain photograph of train station platform, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description