Pennsylvania Railroad, 25th Street Elevated, Above South Twenty-fifth ...
Significance: This elevated urban freight railroad is unusual for its great length and alignment directly over a city street. Survey number: HAER PA-549 Building/structure dates: 1926-1928 Initial Construction
Tientsin - women and children going to railroad sta.
Gift; William P. Meeker; 1971. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph collection (Library of Congress).
Naval Magazine Lualualei, West Loch Branch, Explosive & Small Train De...
Significance: This building serves as an excellent example of military construction from the 1940s, and is significant as part of the WWII buildup of the base. Survey number: HABS HI-207
Honesdale Coal Pockets, Main & Commercial Streets, between 700 & 800 b...
Significance: Although determined not to be part of the early gravity railroad and canal system, this deteriorating coal pocket structure belongs to a family of rapidly disappearing coal and railroad structures... More
Second Street Bridge, Spanning Union Pacific Railroad lines, Little Ro...
Significance: Almost certainly designed by the bridge engineers of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, the bridge over their lines at Second Street is one of the most important small bridges ... More
Second Street Bridge, Spanning Union Pacific Railroad lines, Little Ro...
Significance: Almost certainly designed by the bridge engineers of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company, the bridge over their lines at Second Street is one of the most important small bridges ... More
Bronxville Railroad Station, Parkway Road at Pondfield Road, Bronxvill...
Significance: The Bronxville Stationof the former New York Central and Hudson River Railroad's Harlem Branch is significant as one of the most distinguished surviving railroad stations in Westchester County. It... More
Bronxville Railroad Station, Parkway Road at Pondfield Road, Bronxvill...
Significance: The Bronxville Stationof the former New York Central and Hudson River Railroad's Harlem Branch is significant as one of the most distinguished surviving railroad stations in Westchester County. It... More
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Engine House, Along south end Thurmond, we...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-26 Survey number: HAER WV-42-B Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1921 Subsequent Work
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, Engine House, Along south end Thurmond, we...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-26 Survey number: HAER WV-42-B Building/structure dates: 1900 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1921 Subsequent Work
Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak route between District of Columbia...
Survey number: HAER MD-45 Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge, Spanning Rio Grande at Southern Paci...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge, water, historic structure, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Aberdeen Station, U.S. Route 45, Aberdeen, Monroe County, MS
Significance: In 1928 the St. Louis and San Francisco (Frisco) Railway Company completed a new rail line along the Tombigbee River to connect the recently acquired track of the Muscle Shoals, Birmingham and Pen... More
Pennsylvania Railroad Improvements, Pennsylvania Railroad Office Build...
Survey number: HAER DE-12-E Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction
Llyswen Station, 218 Logan Boulevard, Altoona, Blair County, PA
Survey number: HABS PA-5898 Building/structure dates: 1895- 1896 Initial Construction
Granite Railway, Pine Hill Quarry to Neponset River, Quincy, Norfolk C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MA-150 Building/structure dates: 1826 Initial Construction
Granite Railway, Pine Hill Quarry to Neponset River, Quincy, Norfolk C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MA-150 Building/structure dates: 1826 Initial Construction
Granite Railway, Pine Hill Quarry to Neponset River, Quincy, Norfolk C...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-30 Survey number: HABS MA-150 Building/structure dates: 1826 Initial Construction
Washington Avenue Bridge, Spanning Missouri Pacific Railroad tracks, M...
Significance: The Washington Avenue Bridge is a single-span, steel Pratt through-truss bridge with a wooden deck and walkway. While the Pratt was an extremely common type, the Washington Avenue Bridge is the o... More
Clay Spur Bentonite Plant & Camp, Oil House, Clay Spur Siding on Burli...
Significance: The Clay Spur Bentonite Plant and Camp is associated with the early 20th century bentonite mining industry in Wyoming and the United States. The Clay Spur Bentonite District was the center of the... More
Utah Sugar Company, Garland Beet Sugar Refinery, Factory Street, Garla...
Significance: The history of the beet sugar industry in Utah began at the Lehi Plant of the Utah Sugar Company. In that plant on 15 October 1891, Edward Dyer reached into a whirling centrifugal and withdrew a h... More
Walnut Street Railroad Bridge, Walnut Street over AMTRAK, Hartford, Ha...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a bridge over a water stream, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Commercial & Industrial Buildings, Illinois Central Railroad Passenger...
Significance: The Illinois Central Railroad has clearly been the most important rail carrier to serve Dubuque. Although built as the second passenger depot on the site in 1945, this structure is historically s... More
South Omaha Union Stock Yards, "O" Street Viaduct, "O" Street Spanning...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N778 Survey number: HAER NE-10-E Building/structure dates: 1904 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1924 Subsequent Work
Wilcox Road Historic District, Wilcox Road, Stonington, New London Cou...
Significance: The Wilcox Road Historic District possesses local significance as a concentrated collection of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century residential buildings in a rare, well-preserved rural co... More
Monongahela Railroad, New Geneva Bridge, Spanning Monongahela River, S...
Significance: The bridge at New Geneva is significant for its long Petit through through truss, and more importantly, for its erection by end manufacturing. At the time of its construction, it was the longest a... More
Southern Pacific Railroad, Carlin Shops, Engine Stores Building, Foot ...
Survey number: HAER NV-26-A Building/structure dates: ca. 1870 Initial Construction
Kingsbridge Bus Depot, 4069-4079 Tenth Avenue between 216th & 218th St...
Significance: The Kingsbridge Car House, built in 1897, is an example of a large scale 19th century urban trolley car barn. The building retains its original brick and stone envelope including an elaborate modi... More
Kingsbridge Bus Depot, 4069-4079 Tenth Avenue between 216th & 218th St...
Significance: The Kingsbridge Car House, built in 1897, is an example of a large scale 19th century urban trolley car barn. The building retains its original brick and stone envelope including an elaborate modi... More
South Norwalk Railroad Station (Eastbound), Monroe Street, Norwalk, Fa...
Significance: The South Norwalk Railroad Station has served as Norwalk's primary railroad station for almost 100 years. It was built when railroads were in their ascendancy, in this case, when the New York, Ne... More
South Norwalk Railroad Station (Eastbound), Monroe Street, Norwalk, Fa...
Significance: The South Norwalk Railroad Station has served as Norwalk's primary railroad station for almost 100 years. It was built when railroads were in their ascendancy, in this case, when the New York, Ne... More
Delaware Avenue, Washington, District of Columbia, DC
Significance: This avenue was intended to provide vistas and access to the Capitol Grounds from both the northeast and southwest. The 1908 construction of Union Station reinforced its importance as an access to... More
Oregon Electric Railroad, Tonquin Substation, Garden Home to Wilsonvil...
Survey number: HAER OR-113-C Public domain photograph - historical image of Oregon, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Mystic River Bridge, Spanning...
Significance: The Mystic River Bridge is a center bearing, through truss swing bridge. It is significant as part of the transportation link in the shoreline route of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railro... More
Allegheny Portage Railroad, Staple Bend Tunnel, East of Cambria Railro...
Survey number: HABS PA-1233 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 94001187
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Roundhouse, Kentucky A...
Significance: The roundhouse at Deer Lodge is part of one of the largest and earliest electrification projects in the U.S. as well as being the largest wooden structure of its type remaining in the U.S. Survey... More
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Roundhouse, Kentucky A...
Significance: The roundhouse at Deer Lodge is part of one of the largest and earliest electrification projects in the U.S. as well as being the largest wooden structure of its type remaining in the U.S. Survey... More
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Long Bridge, Keedysville, Washington County...
The B&O Railroad was authorized to abandon the bridge and the portion of the Hagerstown Branch on which the bridge was located in 1978. Significance: This bridge is one of the longest on the Baltimore and Ohio ... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Av...
Significance: The Washington Avenue Bridge is typical of the plate girder and concrete railroad bridges built by the D,L & W after the turn of the century. The bridge carried passenger and freight traffic betw... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Washington Av...
Significance: The Washington Avenue Bridge is typical of the plate girder and concrete railroad bridges built by the D,L & W after the turn of the century. The bridge carried passenger and freight traffic betw... More
Boston & Albany Railroad Station, 1897 Washington Street, Newton, Midd...
Significance: This is one of several railroad stations designed by H.H. Richardson for the Boston and Albany Railroad. It is smaller than, and rather different from most of the others. Survey number: HABS MA-... More
Pennsylvania Railroad, Trenton Cut-Off, Bridge No. 25 at Earnest, Span...
Significance: The bridge is significant for its association with the Pennsylvania Railroad's Trenton Cut-Off, an early low-grade freight line around Philadelphia. Unprocessed Field note material exists for thi... 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
Avery-Bartholomew Patent Railroad Iron Bridge, Town park south of Rout...
Significance: The Avery-Bartholomew Patent Railroad Iron Bridge in Groton, New York, is a single-span tied arch iron bridge incorporating railroad rails for its upper and lower chords. The bridge is one of a v... More
Ticknor & Dickerman`s & Winnebago National Bank, 118-120 South Main St...
Significance: The structures, known locally as "The Limestones," are the oldest extant commercial buildings in downtown Rockford...Although the are technically two separate structures, they have long been viewe... More
Ticknor & Dickerman`s & Winnebago National Bank, 118-120 South Main St...
Significance: The structures, known locally as "The Limestones," are the oldest extant commercial buildings in downtown Rockford...Although the are technically two separate structures, they have long been viewe... More
Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Repair Shops, 55 Hudson Street, Hoboken, H...
Significance: The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (H&M) Repair Shops are significant as the first repair and maintenance facility for the H&M and for the innovative rail car elevator lift located inside the build... More
Old Fernandina Depot, 100 Atlantic Avenue, Fernandina Beach, Nassau Co...
Significance: Completed in 1899 by the Fernandina Terminal Company of New York, the depot was constructed to replace a prior station which was destroyed in an 1898 storm. This brick structure is a typical exam... More
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Reading Depot, North Sixth Street at ...
See also HAER PA-120 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Survey number: HAER PA-121 Building/structure dates: 1873- 1874 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1897 Subs... More
Poplar Grove Road Bridge, Spanning Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, Le...
Significance: The Poplar Grove Road Bridge utilizes a single span, two lane, Warren Double-Intersection pony truss. Erected in 1883 by the Alden and Lassig Bridge and Iron Works of Chicago for the Chicago & Nor... More
Tuckahoe Railroad Station, Columbus Avenue & Main Street, Tuckahoe, We...
Significance: The Tuckahow Railroad Station of the former New York Central and Hudson River Railroad's Harlem branch is significant as one of the surviving stations and one of the most interesting stations erec... More
Tuckahoe Railroad Station, Columbus Avenue & Main Street, Tuckahoe, We...
Significance: The Tuckahow Railroad Station of the former New York Central and Hudson River Railroad's Harlem branch is significant as one of the surviving stations and one of the most interesting stations erec... More
Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historic District, Twenty-second & Woolworth...
Significance: The Omaha Quartermaster Depot has gained its significance by being associated with, and a part of, the Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historical District (listed as an Historic District by the National... More
Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historic District, Twenty-second & Woolworth...
Significance: The Omaha Quartermaster Depot has gained its significance by being associated with, and a part of, the Omaha Quartermaster Depot Historical District (listed as an Historic District by the National... More
Sarah's Antiques, 3806-3808 East Main Street, College Park, Fulton Cou...
Significance: Sarah's Antiques is one of a group of five buildings in College Park located on East Main Street at the intersection with John Wesley. The group contains three of the oldest commercial structures ... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Lackawanna Terminal, Main Str...
Significance: The terminal's double deck train shed, attributed to Lincoln Bush, is considered to be significant as an early example of the innovative use of reinforced concrete. Unprocessed Field note materia... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Lackawanna Terminal, Main Str...
Significance: The terminal's double deck train shed, attributed to Lincoln Bush, is considered to be significant as an early example of the innovative use of reinforced concrete. Unprocessed Field note materia... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Lackawanna Terminal, Main Str...
Significance: The terminal's double deck train shed, attributed to Lincoln Bush, is considered to be significant as an early example of the innovative use of reinforced concrete. Unprocessed Field note materia... More
Louisville & Nashville Railroad, Union Station, 1000 West Broadway, Lo...
Significance: Located at the confluence of major east, west, north, and south rail lines, Union Station is one of the largest and finest examples of late Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Kentucky. Surv... More
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad, Bridge at West Falls, Spanning Schuyl...
See also HAER PA-39 for related documentation. Includes photographs & written data. Significance: The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad's second bridge at West Falls complements the adjacent Falls Bridge (1854) i... More
Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad Bridge, Spanning Middle Fork Little...
Significance: The Missouri & North Arkansas Railroad Bridge at Shirley, Arkansas is an example of a Baltimore through truss, a modification of the Pratt truss development by the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1871. ... 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
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Royal Station, Baltimore, Independent...
Significance: When it opened in 1896, the Mount Royal Station was one of the best examples of the harmonious blending of engineering and aesthetic values in an urban environment. Sited at the north end of the ... More
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad, Overhead Highway Brid...
Significance: This triple-span rigid frame concrete deck girder bridge is significant for being the oldest known structure of its type in Minnesota. Survey number: HAER MN-77
Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Sacramento to Nevada state ...
Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Station, Laurel, 101 Lafayette Avenue, Laure...
Significance: The Laurel B&O Station is significant as the only surviving railroad station in Prince George's County, and an example of decorative Victorian-era railroad architecture. It was designed by Baltim... More
Bath Railroad Station, 15 Commercial Street, Bath, Sagadahoc County, M...
Significance: The Bath Railroad Station is an excellent example of the Late-Georgian influenced Colonial Revival style as exemplified by the Flemish bond brickwork, the round arched, fan-lit openings above the ... More
Bath Railroad Station, 15 Commercial Street, Bath, Sagadahoc County, M...
Significance: The Bath Railroad Station is an excellent example of the Late-Georgian influenced Colonial Revival style as exemplified by the Flemish bond brickwork, the round arched, fan-lit openings above the ... More
Olive Street Railroad Bridge, Spanning AMTRAK Tracks at Olive Street, ...
Significance: Olive Street Railroad Bridge is significant as a representative example of the standard rivet-connected, steel truss technology of the 20th-century, and as part of extensive early 20th-century imp... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad & Ferry Terminal, Ferry Slips ...
Significance: Throughout the early decades of the twentieth century, this terminal played a central role in commuter transportation in the metropolitan area. The ferry facilities are significant as an integral... More
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad & Ferry Terminal, Ferry Slips ...
Significance: Throughout the early decades of the twentieth century, this terminal played a central role in commuter transportation in the metropolitan area. The ferry facilities are significant as an integral... More
[Murfreesboro, Tenn., vicinity. Men repairing single-track railroad af...
Photograph of the War in the West. Public domain photograph of 19th-century stereoscopic card, people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Howard Street Tunnel, 1300 Mount Royal Aven...
Significance: The Baltimore Belt Railroad, chartered in 1888, built the Howard Street Tunnel. The seven-mile-long railroad connected the main branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad that extends westward wit... More
Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad, South Hills Junction, Pittsburgh...
Significance: This former 40-inch, narrow-guage railroad was purchased in 1871 by the Pittsburgh & Castle Shannon Railroad Company. In 1909, Pittsburgh Railways Company, lessee, began electrifying and convertin... More
Central Pacific Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel No. 24, Milepost 132...
Significance: The Central Pacific First Transcontinental Railroad is a segment of the western half of the first transcontinental railroad, built from Sacramento, California to Promontory Summit, Utah between 18... More
Matawan Passenger Railroad Station, 1 Railroad Plaze, between Main Str...
Significance: Good example of mid-Victorian railroad architecture. One of the few 19th century railroad stations still actively used in this area. Survey number: HABS NJ-873
Hartford & New Haven Railroad, Depot, 35 Central Street, Windsor, Hart...
Significance: This mid 19th century railroad building with exceptionally rich detail is one of the finest examples of the French Second Empire Style in Windsor. Windsor Center experienced a major residential d... More
Hartford & New Haven Railroad, Depot, 35 Central Street, Windsor, Hart...
Significance: This mid 19th century railroad building with exceptionally rich detail is one of the finest examples of the French Second Empire Style in Windsor. Windsor Center experienced a major residential d... More
Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Marathon, Monroe County, FL
Significance: At the time the Florida East Coast Railway constructed this bridge it was acclaimed as the longest bridge in the world, an engineering marvel. It was the most costly of all Flagler's bridges in t... More
Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Marathon, Monroe County, FL
Significance: At the time the Florida East Coast Railway constructed this bridge it was acclaimed as the longest bridge in the world, an engineering marvel. It was the most costly of all Flagler's bridges in t... More
Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Marathon, Monroe County, FL
Significance: At the time the Florida East Coast Railway constructed this bridge it was acclaimed as the longest bridge in the world, an engineering marvel. It was the most costly of all Flagler's bridges in t... More
Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Marathon, Monroe County, FL
Significance: At the time the Florida East Coast Railway constructed this bridge it was acclaimed as the longest bridge in the world, an engineering marvel. It was the most costly of all Flagler's bridges in t... More
Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Marathon, Monroe County, FL
Significance: At the time the Florida East Coast Railway constructed this bridge it was acclaimed as the longest bridge in the world, an engineering marvel. It was the most costly of all Flagler's bridges in t... More
Seven Mile Bridge, Linking Florida Keys, Marathon, Monroe County, FL
Significance: At the time the Florida East Coast Railway constructed this bridge it was acclaimed as the longest bridge in the world, an engineering marvel. It was the most costly of all Flagler's bridges in t... More
South Wilmington Causeway Bridge, Spanning Conrail Railroad on Market ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
New Haven Railroad Station, Wyman Street, Stoughton, Norfolk County, M...
Significance: Historically important in railroad history and to the growth of the town. Survey number: HABS MA-972 Building/structure dates: 1888 Initial Construction
White Pass Railroad train seventeen miles from Skagway - Frank G. Carp...
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Stamford Station, 44 Station ...
Public domain photograph of industrial architecture, factory building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Perry Memorial Building, Second & French Streets, Erie, Erie County, P...
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-38, FN-39, FN-40, FN-42 Survey number: HABS PA-52 Building/structure dates: 1812 Initial Construction
Union Elevated Railroad, Clark Street Station, Lake Street, Chicago, C...
Significance: One of the stations along the Union Elevated Railroad's Loop. The Loop is part of one of the oldest elevated rail systems still in operation in the United States. This station served an integral... More
Hartsdale Railroad Station, East Hartsdale Avenue, Hartsdale, Westches...
Public domain photograph of construction site, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Atchison, Topeka, Santa Fe Railroad, Albuquerque Shops, Boiler Shop, 9...
Significance: The Albuquerque Shops were built from 1914-1924 and serviced the Santa Fe Railway's rolling stock. Survey number: HAER NM-12-A Building/structure dates: 1914-1924 Initial Construction
Town of McPhee, McPhee Road, Dolores, Montezuma County, CO
Significance: The company town of McPhee, Colorado, owned and operated by the New Mexico Lumber Company, lasted from 1924-1948, serving as an important economic and cultural town of the Delores River Valley. Du... More
Southern Pacific Railroad, Carlin Shops, Roundhouse Machine Shop Exten...
Survey number: HAER NV-26-C Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction
Southern Pacific Railroad, Carlin Shops, Roundhouse Machine Shop Exten...
Survey number: HAER NV-26-C Building/structure dates: 1905 Initial Construction
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Shaw's Cove Bridge, Spanning ...
Significance: The Shaw Cove's Bridge is a forged steel rim-bearing swing bridge. It is a single-span, pin-connected Pratt through truss with thin diagonal eye-bars serving as tension members. It is significan... More
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad, Shaw's Cove Bridge, Spanning ...
Significance: The Shaw Cove's Bridge is a forged steel rim-bearing swing bridge. It is a single-span, pin-connected Pratt through truss with thin diagonal eye-bars serving as tension members. It is significan... More
[Railroad tracks through desert dunes]
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[Samuel Rea, engineer and president of the Pennsylvania Railroad]
Photograph shows head-and-shoulders portrait of Rea facing slightly left. H62513 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Alman & Co., New York City.
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Freight & Rail Yard, Long Slip...
Significance: The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W) Long Slip Canal contributes to the Old Main DL&W Railroad Heritage District. Long Slip was significant for its critical role in facilitating the... More