2,041 Railroad tracks Images: LOC's Public Domain Archive Public Domain Search

Harper's Ferry, Virginia, no. 641 / George Stacy.

Stereograph shows view of town, railroad, bridge, and river. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixtu... More

Rigi Railway - Public domain albumen print photogrpaph

Railroad tracks on Rigi Mountain. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 38, lower right.

Hotel entrance to Long Bridge, Washington, D.C. (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows Union soldiers and artillery in front of a Washington D.C. hotel near railroad tracks leading to Long Bridge.

Switch-back railroad, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, looking down Mt. Jeff...

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

Labor, La, William Henry Jackson photograph

"W.H.J. Phot. Co." and "5X8-8376" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 3991. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Unverified information in this record. 752 field.

Aurora iron mines, Ironwood, Mich.

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

View on the Lerma [i.e Santiago River] near Kilo

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Interior view of the Tophane Factory] / Constantinople, Abdullah Frèr...

English caption: Imperial Ottoman Gun and Small Arms Factories, Gun Factory, North bay. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and English. No. 17. No. 68. In album: Imperial Gun and ... More

Cheat River at Buckhorn Wall - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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The Choonbatty Loop on the East Bengal Railway in Himalayas

Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More

Looking up Manawatu Gorge - railroad track at left

Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More

Goose Lake, near Negaune[e], Mich.

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

Janesville, Wis. from the north, mammoth plate negative

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

Towards Duffield's from St. Peter's, Colorado, C.S. & C.C. [i.e. Color...

Public domain photograph of mountains, winter, snow, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Warehouses from R.R., Walker distillery, Walkerville, Ont.

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

14th St. subway station, New York

Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Tallest boy Johnnie Younts, 72 Kirk Street. Works in Salisbury Mills, ...

Title from NCLC caption card. Attribution to Hine based on provenance. In album: Mills. Hine no. 421. Credit line: National Child Labor Committee collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division... More

[Cut] on the Milwaukee R. R.

Photograph shows railroad tracks through the Milwaukee railroad cut.

[Town of Esmont, Virginia, with railroad tracks in foreground]

J146444 U.S. Copyright Office. On verso: W.E. Burgess, Scottsville. Public domain photograph - historical image of Virginia, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View in yards of Ayer-Lord tie plant, Carbondale, Ill.

Photograph shows an overview of the Ayer-Lord Tie Company railroad yard with bundles of cross ties on railroad tracks.

Vyemka u Katav-Ivanovskago zavoda

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[Spillway, Gatun Dam, Panama Canal], Panoramic Photograph

J188870 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Gordon Panoramic Photo Co.; January 9, 1914. Copyright claimant's address: 143 Baronne St., New Orleans. No. 672. Title derived from copyright deposit records.

Stant︠s︡īi︠a︡ Petrozavodsk Olonet︠s︡koĭ zh.dor.

Picryl description: Public domain image of a Russian Empire, color separation negatives, Prokudin Gorsky, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Oil refining, Whiting, Indiana], engraving, Library of Congress

Print shows smokestacks with billowing smoke and train tracks. Public domain photograph - historical image of Indiana, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Waldorf, Maryland and vicinity. View down railroad tracks II

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

Canadian scenes. Auto on railroad tracks

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1920s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Section crew at work on the track, C. M. St. P. & P. R.R., Bensenville...

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

Santa Fe R.R. line leaving Cadiz, Calif. This town is a junction point...

12002-9. Transfer from U.S. Office of War Information, 1944. General information about the FSA/OWI Color Photographs is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.fsac Title from FSA or OWI agency caption. Addi... More

General view of part of the rip tracks at C & NW RR's Proviso yard, Ch...

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

Santa Fe R.R. freight train rounding a curve between Ash Fork and Glee...

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

Santa Fe R.R. line leaving Cadiz, Calif. This town is a junction point...

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

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, St. Khrustalʹnai︠a︡ Permʹ-Kungurskoĭ zhel. do...

Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Corresponding photographic print is in album: Views in the Ural Mountains and Western Siberia, survey o... More

Sergei Prokudin Gorskiy, Excavation near the Medvezhia Gora Station, c...

(Source: International Research Project "The Legacy of S.M. Prokudin Gorsky" 2012-2016). Former incorrect title was based on inaccurate title in album LOT 10334. Credit line: Prokudin-Gorskiĭ photograph collect... More

Zavodskīĭ prud. Satkinskīĭ kazennyĭ zavod

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

Permʹ. Dom Upravlenīi︠a︡ Uralʹskikh zhel. dorog

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

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

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

Eggleston Springs, Virginia, gelatin silver print

J194857 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; July 29, 1914. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Eggleston Springs, Virginia, gelatin silver print

J194857 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; July 29, 1914. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

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

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, South Bergen Tunnel, Jersey C...

Significance: The South Bergen Tunnel is technologically significant for its innovative concrete technology and is historically significant because it reflected the dramatic increase in railroad freight operati... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, South Bergen Tunnel, Jersey C...

Significance: The South Bergen Tunnel is technologically significant for its innovative concrete technology and is historically significant because it reflected the dramatic increase in railroad freight operati... More

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.

Bridgeport Downtown, Bridgeport, Jackson County, AL

Significance: Bridgeport's history and small remnants of its built environment are representative of late-nineteenth century speculative "boom towns" that spread through the South and other areas of the United ... More

Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Brick Arch Viaduct, Liberty Street...

Survey number: HAER DE-12-C Building/structure dates: 1902-1908 Initial Construction

Copper River & Northwestern Railroad, Gilahina Bridge, Mile 28.5, McCa...

Significance: Part of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway route, this bridge illustrates the ingenuity and drive of the railroad builders. Built during the winter of 1911 in only eleven days, this 180 fo... More

[Railroad tracks through desert plains]

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

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Niantic Bridge, Spanning Nian...

Significance: The Niantic Bridge is a through girder bridge and consists of a movable span and four approach spans on stone masonry piers. The movable span is a chain-driven Scherzer rolling lift bascule span ... More

Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN

See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More

Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN

See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More

Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN

See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More

Memphis Bridge, Spanning Mississippi River, Memphis, Shelby County, TN

See also HAER NE-2 for additional documentation. Significance: Designated a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark because it was the third longest railroad bridge in the world at 790' when completed. It... More

Texas & Pacific Railroad Passenger Depot, 800 North Washington Street,...

STORED ON SITE. mchr 2012 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In 1873 Texas and Pacific Railroad acquired authority to lay tracks from Marshall to Texarkana. With the establishment of the shops and g... More

Kingshighway Viaduct, Spanning Railroad Tracks at Kingshighway Bouleva...

Significance: The Kingshighway Viaduct is a 1,857-foot-long reinforced concrete arched viaduct. It is an excellent example of bridge construction of its type and period and possesses artistic value among Misso... More

Kingshighway Viaduct, Spanning Railroad Tracks at Kingshighway Bouleva...

Significance: The Kingshighway Viaduct is a 1,857-foot-long reinforced concrete arched viaduct. It is an excellent example of bridge construction of its type and period and possesses artistic value among Misso... More

Kingshighway Viaduct, Spanning Railroad Tracks at Kingshighway Bouleva...

Significance: The Kingshighway Viaduct is a 1,857-foot-long reinforced concrete arched viaduct. It is an excellent example of bridge construction of its type and period and possesses artistic value among Misso... More

Kingshighway Viaduct, Spanning Railroad Tracks at Kingshighway Bouleva...

Significance: The Kingshighway Viaduct is a 1,857-foot-long reinforced concrete arched viaduct. It is an excellent example of bridge construction of its type and period and possesses artistic value among Misso... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Stamford Station, 44 Station ...

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

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Stamford Station, 44 Station ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a gas station, convenience store, 20th-century small town, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Vyemka u Katav-Ivanovskago zav.

Public domain photograph of a mountain pass, mountains, nature, mountain range, view, landscape, rocks, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Raritan Arsenal, 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Bonhamtown, Middlesex County,...

Significance: The Raritan Arsenal, originally known as the Raritan River Ordnance Base, was established in 1917 in preparation for the United States' entry into World War I. The Arsenal, initially a 2,150 acre ... More

Westerly Station, 14 Railroad Street, Westerly, Washington County, RI

Significance: Built in 1913, Westerly Station is a focal downtown Westerly landmark and an important component of the Westerly Downtown National Register Historic District. The station is a large, ornate examp... More

Kingston Railroad Station, Railroad Avenue, West Kingston, Washington ...

Significance: The Kingston Railroad Station is significant for its vernacular architectural quality and design, and for its role in the history of railroad transportation in Rhode Island. It has recently been ... More

Kingston Railroad Station, Railroad Avenue, West Kingston, Washington ...

Significance: The Kingston Railroad Station is significant for its vernacular architectural quality and design, and for its role in the history of railroad transportation in Rhode Island. It has recently been ... More

Kingston Railroad Station, Railroad Avenue, West Kingston, Washington ...

Significance: The Kingston Railroad Station is significant for its vernacular architectural quality and design, and for its role in the history of railroad transportation in Rhode Island. It has recently been ... More

Dallas Compress Company, 2010 Alabama Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The warehouse complex consists of 25 c. 1870s and c. 1880s brick warehouses with 12 inch firewalls and fire doors. The buildings flank Alabama Avenue and are contained between Alabama Avenue, Sel... More

Dallas Compress Company, 2010 Alabama Avenue, Selma, Dallas County, AL

Significance: The warehouse complex consists of 25 c. 1870s and c. 1880s brick warehouses with 12 inch firewalls and fire doors. The buildings flank Alabama Avenue and are contained between Alabama Avenue, Sel... More

Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe Railroad, Albuquerque Shops, 908 Second Str...

Significance: The Albuquerque Shops were built from 1914-1924 and serviced the Santa Fe Railway's rolling stock. Survey number: HAER NM-12 Building/structure dates: 1914-1924 Initial Construction National Re... More

Armour & Company Building, 100 Harris Avenue, Providence, Providence C...

Significance: Constructed in 1943, during the final phase of development for the Provisions Warehouse Historic District, the Armour & Company Building is the only contributing building in the district that was ... More

Podʺi︠e︡zd k zh.d. mostu cherez r. Lososinku ok. st. Petrozavodsk Murm...

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

Grasmere Avenue Bridge, Spanning Railroad at Grasmere Avenue, Fairfiel...

Survey number: HAER CT-15 Public domain photograph of the train tunnel, railroad, train track, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, Cajon Subdivision, Between Cajo...

Significance: The railroad through Cajon Pass provides a link between the greater Los Angeles area and distant markets. In 1998, the California State Historic Preservation Office determined the historic route o... More

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, Cajon Subdivision, Between Cajo...

Significance: The railroad through Cajon Pass provides a link between the greater Los Angeles area and distant markets. In 1998, the California State Historic Preservation Office determined the historic route o... More

Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, Locomotive Repair Shops, River Road a...

Significance: This complex was built for the maintenance of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad's steam and later diesel locomotives in 1903. The surviving structures reflect the industrial architectural herita... More

Costello Brothers, Incorporated, Warehouse, 111 Harris Avenue, Provide...

Significance: Constructed ca. 1939, the Costello Brothers, Inc. Warehouse is significant for its associations with the development of the Provisions Warehouse District of Providence. The building housed the Co... More

Costello Brothers, Incorporated, Warehouse, 111 Harris Avenue, Provide...

Significance: Constructed ca. 1939, the Costello Brothers, Inc. Warehouse is significant for its associations with the development of the Provisions Warehouse District of Providence. The building housed the Co... More

Highland Boulevard Viaduct, Spanning Railroad Tracks on West Highland ...

Significance: The two-span reinforced concrete, arch bridge was designed by the well-known engineer, Claude A.P. Turner. The Neoclassical bridge allowed the extension of Highland Boulevard, one of the city's m... More

M. T. Marcello Company Building, 105 Harris Avenue, Providence, Provid...

Significance: The M.T. Marcello Company Building is significant for its associations with the history of the Providence food provisions industry. Established in 1918, the company was one of the leading local p... More

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

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Silver King Mining Company, Covered Tramway, Park City West, Park City...

Significance: At the beginning of the twentieth century the Silver King Coalition Mine in Park City, Utah, was both the largest producer of ore and ore-concentrates in the region and the largest dividend-payer ... More

New Castle & Frenchtown Railroad, New Castle, New Castle County, DE

Significance: This was the first railroad chartered by Delaware, and one of the earliest operating lines in the U.S. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-11 Survey number: HAER DE-18 ... More

[Military railroad operations in northern Virginia: men using levers f...

No. 48 (handwritten) and 2549 (stamped) on mount. Forms part of Civil War photos, military construction and transportation in Northern Virginia and elsewhere / United States Military Railway Department (Librar... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Southern Pacific Railroad, Ogden-Lucin Cutoff Trestle, Spanning Great ...

Significance: The Ogden-Lucin Cut-Off, built 1902-1904 by the Southern Pacific Railroad across the Great Salt Lake, is possibly the most noteworthy achievement of bridge and fill work in the United States. Will... More

Bridgeport Swing Span Bridge, Spanning Tennessee River, Bridgeport, Ja...

Significance: The Bridgeport Swing Span Railroad Bridge embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period and method of construction. Its method of construction (pin-connected) is rare for a swing bri... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Groton Bridge, Spanning Thame...

Significance: The Groton Bridge is a Strauss heel trunnion bascule bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and as a... More

New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Groton Bridge, Spanning Thame...

Significance: The Groton Bridge is a Strauss heel trunnion bascule bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and as a... More