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Engine "Fred Leach? (i.e.) The General

Engine "Fred Leach? (i.e.) The General

Printed on mount: (Miller, v. 8, p. 277). Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

View on Pope's Head, near burnt bridge, Orange & Alexandria Railroad

View on Pope's Head, near burnt bridge, Orange & Alexandria Railroad

Photograph showing two locomotives pulling into the Union Mills Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad in Clifton, Virginia. Two soldiers stand guard on the bank at right. No. 229. Title from another ve... More

Trevithick's first passenger-carrying common road locomotive, Camborne, 1801

Trevithick's first passenger-carrying common road locomotive, Camborne...

Print shows overhead, side, and front views of steam locomotive for use on roadways. Illus. in: Life of Richard Trevithick, with an account of his inventions / by Francis Trevithick, C.E. Illustrated with engr... More

Below Hunlocks i.e. Hunlock, Pa

Below Hunlocks i.e. Hunlock, Pa

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012213. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Floridia. Southern R.R., Punta Gorda, Florida

Floridia. Southern R.R., Punta Gorda, Florida

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Seventeen mile grade near Everet's, mammoth plate negative

Seventeen mile grade near Everet's, mammoth plate negative

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Anaconda, Colorado; View looking across valley. Man is photographing oncoming train

Anaconda, Colorado; View looking across valley. Man is photographing o...

Photo by W.H. Jackson. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card.

First train into Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska.

First train into Sargent, Custer County, Nebraska.

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Passenger (observation) locomotive train car of New York Central RR

Passenger (observation) locomotive train car of New York Central RR

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Track elevating at road crossing, Joliet, Ill

Track elevating at road crossing, Joliet, Ill

Jacket title: Chicago and Alton Railroad, track elevation at road crossing. "80" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042361. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

E.H. Harriman's special train, Erie R.R.

E.H. Harriman's special train, Erie R.R.

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

[Chicago and Alton Railroad, engine]

[Chicago and Alton Railroad, engine]

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

An Engineer at his post - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

An Engineer at his post - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Train in station] - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

[Train in station] - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

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

Train rounding a curve - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Train rounding a curve - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Title devised by cataloger. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Thomas Lake logging camp - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Thomas Lake logging camp - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Lumberjacks, logs and steam-powered logging machine & railroad. J140689 U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by Ricket Photo. Co. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tr... More

Central Factory, Cuba - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Central Factory, Cuba - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

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

[Railroad trains, Utah] - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

[Railroad trains, Utah] - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Ore train crossing Markham Trestle. Photoprint copyrighted by L. Hollard, Salt Lake City, Utah. No. 545. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings:... More

So. R.R. Co. Crescent Locomotive

So. R.R. Co. Crescent Locomotive

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negative or negative sleeve. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National Pho... More

Keep 'em going! / Ketterlinus Philadelphia.

Keep 'em going! / Ketterlinus Philadelphia.

Poster showing a German soldier fleeing from an oncoming locomotive bearing insignia, "U.S." "Every bad order locomotive is a Prussian soldier. Every live locomotive is an American soldier. Let us get on top of... More

Railroad views in rear of Union Station. Train approaching Union Station on left track

Railroad views in rear of Union Station. Train approaching Union Stati...

Item title devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to th... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a train on a track, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington,... More

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A black and white photo of a train on a track, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington,... More

Closer view of wrecked engine [near Deir esh-Sheikh]

Closer view of wrecked engine [near Deir esh-Sheikh]

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks. Great Depression FFS...

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

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, Farm security administration, 1935

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, Farm security admini...

Annotation on original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have tit... More

Palestine disturbances 1936. Sunken locomotive, after plowing up the wooden sleepers[?] [near Ras el-Ain]

Palestine disturbances 1936. Sunken locomotive, after plowing up the w...

Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The log train passes through the lumber camp en route to Rhinelander, Wisconsin, where the sawmill of the lumbercamp is located. Forest County, Wisconsin

The log train passes through the lumber camp en route to Rhinelander, ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks, West Virgin...

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

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm Security Administration photograph.

A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, West Virginia. Farm ...

Picryl description: Public domain historical photograph of 1930s America during the Great Depression, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

A black and white photo of an old fashioned steam engine. Great Depression FFSA / OWI Negatives

A black and white photo of an old fashioned steam engine. Great Depres...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

World's Fair, railroad pageant locomotives. Locomotive II, close-up from back

World's Fair, railroad pageant locomotives. Locomotive II, close-up fr...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The New York World's Fair was a large internat... More

World's Fair, railroad pageant locomotives. Locomotive II, from back

World's Fair, railroad pageant locomotives. Locomotive II, from back

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description The New York World's Fair was a large internat... More

A black and white photo of a train with smoke coming out of it, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a train with smoke coming out of it, Great ...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

World's Fair, railroad exhibit locomotives. Pennsylvania R.R., detail

World's Fair, railroad exhibit locomotives. Pennsylvania R.R., detail

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The New York World's Fair was a large i... More

World's Fair, railroad pageant locomotives. Locomotive II, from side

World's Fair, railroad pageant locomotives. Locomotive II, from side

Item title devised. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

USSC (United States Sugar Corporation) hauls sugarcane from the fields to its mill by their own railroad system. Clewiston, Florida

USSC (United States Sugar Corporation) hauls sugarcane from the fields...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

C. & N.W. R.R., women wipers at the roundhouse cleaning one of the giant "H' class locomotives, Clinton, Iowa

C. & N.W. R.R., women wipers at the roundhouse cleaning one of the gia...

Photograph shows Marcella Hart at left, Mrs. Elibia Siematter at right.

World's Fair, railroad exhibit, modern locomotives. Lackawanna 1939, detail

World's Fair, railroad exhibit, modern locomotives. Lackawanna 1939, d...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions. The New York World's Fair was a large i... More

A black and white photo of a train with smoke coming out of it, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a train with smoke coming out of it, Great ...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Photograph

A black and white photo of a train coming down the tracks, Great Depre...

This image is one of the images made by photographers working in Stryker's unit as it existed in a succession of government agencies: the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The photographs of the Farm Se... More

Detail of switch engine in the yards at Big Spring, Texas

Detail of switch engine in the yards at Big Spring, Texas

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. An Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad engine delivering a trainload of stock and other cars at a yard of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. Riding with the engine is the headman

Chicago, Illinois. An Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad engine deliver...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Engineer getting into his cab. In a few minutes this train will leave a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard for the west coast

Chicago, Illinois. Engineer getting into his cab. In a few minutes thi...

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

Chicago, Illinois. Road engine waiting for the signal before leaving a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad yard

Chicago, Illinois. Road engine waiting for the signal before leaving a...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Wellington, Kansas. Engineer B.F. Hale, of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, oiling the bell of his locomotive before pulling out of Wellington yard

Wellington, Kansas. Engineer B.F. Hale, of the Atchison, Topeka and Sa...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Chicago, Illinois. Double header Pennsylvania railroad train pulling out of Union station. The building in the background is the United States Post Office

Chicago, Illinois. Double header Pennsylvania railroad train pulling o...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clinton, Iowa. Women wipers of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad cleaning one of the giant locomotives

Clinton, Iowa. Women wipers of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad c...

Actual size of negative is C (approximately 4 x 5 inches). Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944... More

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Bernice Stevens of Braddock, Pennsylvania, mother of one child, employed in the engine house of the Pennsylvania Railroad, earns fifty-eight cents per hour. She is cleaning a locomotive with a high pressure nozzle. Mrs. Stevens' husband is in the U.S. Army

Pitcairn, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Bernice Stevens of Braddock, Pennsylvania...

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

Clinton, Iowa. Women wipers of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad going out to work on an engine at the roundhouse

Clinton, Iowa. Women wipers of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad g...

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

Vaughn, New Mexico. One of the 5000 Class Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad freight locomotives about to leave on the run to Clovis, New Mexico

Vaughn, New Mexico. One of the 5000 Class Atchison, Topeka and Santa F...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A black and white photo of a steam engine train. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a steam engine train. Office of War Informa...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Blue Island, Illinois. Daniel Senise at his job at an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard. In the background is the Arcady Milling Company to which he makes many deliveries

Blue Island, Illinois. Daniel Senise at his job at an Indiana Harbor B...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

A Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad steam engine prepares to hook up with its passenger cars at the tiny Osier, Colorado, station about midway on the railroad's route between Antonito in Conejos County, Colorado, and the New Mexico town of Chama

A Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad steam engine prepares to hook up wi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The C&TS is a three-foot narrow gauge heritage railroad running between Chama, New Mexico and Antonito. It runs over 10,015-foot Cumbr... More

Steam train, Essex, Connecticut

Steam train, Essex, Connecticut

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A vintage locomotive plow and water tower at Rail Road Park, an unusual motel and resort complex in which guests may opt to stay and sleep in a caboose or other restored, antique railroad car. Dunsmuir, California

A vintage locomotive plow and water tower at Rail Road Park, an unusua...

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

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, rounds a high San Juan Mountains precipice in Las Animas County, Colorado

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, navigates a San Juan Mountains precipice in Las Animas County, Colorado

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, crosses an alpine bridge in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, rounds a high San Juan Mountains precipice in Las Animas County, Colorado

A Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

A steam train operated by the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, a heritage railroad that operates excursions in Boone County, Iowa, crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point Creek Bridge

A steam train operated by the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, a herita...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The railroad was started in 1983 by a group of volunteers who wanted to preserve a scenic section of the former Fort Dodge, Des Moines... More

A steam train operated by the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, a heritage railroad that operates excursions in Boone County, Iowa, crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point Creek Bridge

A steam train operated by the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad, a herita...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The railroad was started in 1983 by a group of volunteers who wanted to preserve a scenic section of the former Fort Dodge, Des Moines... More

Locomotive with snowplow of narrow gauge railroad, Telluride, Colorado

Locomotive with snowplow of narrow gauge railroad, Telluride, Colorado

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Locomotives with snowplow of narrow gauge railroad, Telluride, Colorado

Locomotives with snowplow of narrow gauge railroad, Telluride, Colorad...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Roundhouse, State Route 994, West of U.S. Route 522, Rockhill Furnace, Huntingdon County, PA

East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Roundhouse, State Route 994, W...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

C.B. and I.R.R. train - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

C.B. and I.R.R. train - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

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

Duluth & Iron Range Railway, Three-spot Locomotive, D & IR Railroad Depot, Sixth Street, Two Harbors, Lake County, MN

Duluth & Iron Range Railway, Three-spot Locomotive, D & IR Railroad De...

Significance: The "Three Spot" locomotive, also known as Engine No. 3, was the first locomotive used by the railroad. Survey number: HAER MN-35 Building/structure dates: 1883 Initial Construction

Locomotive - Print, Library of Congress collection

Locomotive - Print, Library of Congress collection

1974 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: American Bank Note Co.

Engine, Mt. Washington Railway, White Mts., N.H.

Engine, Mt. Washington Railway, White Mts., N.H.

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Engine "Nashville" of the Lincoln funeral train]

[Engine "Nashville" of the Lincoln funeral train]

Photo shows a Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati Railroad engine, with a portrait of Abraham Lincoln mounted on the front. The engine was one of several used to carry Lincoln's body from Washington, D.C., to Spri... More

[Locomotive] - Public domain book scan / drawing

[Locomotive] - Public domain book scan / drawing

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-8. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.773) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Lost Camp Spur Cut, 80 miles from Sacramento

Lost Camp Spur Cut, 80 miles from Sacramento

No. 162. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, California. Scenes in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle, 685 feet South of Bridge Street & Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Coal Trestle,...

Significance: The coal trestle of the D,L & W's Scranton yards supplied coal and sand to all locomotives working on the Scranton mainline. It represents the railroad's commitment to efficient and economical ma... More

Duluth & Iron Range Railway, Mallet Locomotive, D & IR Railroad  Depot, Sixth Street, Two Harbors, Lake County, MN

Duluth & Iron Range Railway, Mallet Locomotive, D & IR Railroad Depot...

Significance: The Mallet Locomotive, one of 18 locomotives built by Baldwin Locomotive Works, was the last steam driven locomotive used by the railroad. The D & I.R. R.R. is significant for tis association wit... More

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Avenue, Cedar Avenue, River Street & Seventh Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna County, PA

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Scranton Yards, Lackawanna Av...

Significance: The Scranton yards of the D,L & W Railroad are representative of twentieth-century steam-era facilities. Many structures remain from the administration of D,L & W President William H. Truesdale, ... More

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Clare Passenger Car Shop, Southwest corner of Pratt & Poppleton Streets, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Mount Clare Passenger Car Shop, Southwest c...

Significance: A unique structure, the Mount Clare Passenger Car Shop is undoubtedly the largest circular (actually 22-sided polygonal) industrial building in the world. It is commonly misidentified as a "round... More

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Quincy Mining Company, Hancock, Houghton County, MI

Significance: Quincy was Michigan's second largest copper producer, and one of national and international importance. The mine was extremely long-lived and profitable. Unprocessed Field note material exists f... More

West Oil Company Endless Wire Pumping Station, U.S. Route 50 (Volcano vicinity), Petroleum, Ritchie County, WV

West Oil Company Endless Wire Pumping Station, U.S. Route 50 (Volcano ...

Significance: A rare example of a technology which was once considered to be the best available means of long distance power transmission. The endless-wire cable method was introduced and advanced in the Unite... More

Steam locomotives in the roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Scenic Railroad in Durango, Colorado

Steam locomotives in the roundhouse of the Durango & Silverton Narrow ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... More

Old "31" the Pioneer engine of Arizona

Old "31" the Pioneer engine of Arizona

Stereograph showing men posing on and near a locomotive, probably in Yuma, Arizona. Written in pen on back of mount: Yuma, Ariz., Fort Yuma, Cal. on bluff in background. "Descriptive views of the American Conti... More

Tracey [sic], Minn., engine of the South Dakota division

Tracey [sic], Minn., engine of the South Dakota division

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

Tunnel 8, Temasopa [sic] Canon - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Tunnel 8, Temasopa [sic] Canon - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Picryl description: Public domain image of a mountain cliff view, natural rocky landscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Jupiter & Lake Worth R.R. - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Jupiter & Lake Worth R.R. - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Manunka Chunk, N.J., east end of tunnel

Manunka Chunk, N.J., east end of tunnel

Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch stone structure, bridge, or tunnel, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Old aqueduct at Queretaro, Mexico, mammoth plate negative

Old aqueduct at Queretaro, Mexico, mammoth plate negative

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

Steam locomotive number 4 of the Illinois Central Railroad Company

Steam locomotive number 4 of the Illinois Central Railroad Company

In album: American locomotives, 1890-1910, page 33, no. V271-82.

Pacific Express, Chicago and North Western Ry.

Pacific Express, Chicago and North Western Ry.

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Los Angeles, Calif. LaGrande Station]

[Los Angeles, Calif. LaGrande Station]

Photo of railroad trains in station. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

White Pass Railway train on the shores of Lake Bennett

White Pass Railway train on the shores of Lake Bennett

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

The first engine and train in America

The first engine and train in America

DeWitt Clinton train (1831) exhibited on railroad flat car to spectators. Copyright by R.Y. Young.

The Denver Flyer at full speed - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

The Denver Flyer at full speed - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Photo copyrighted by A.A. Green, official photographer, Burlington Route. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Shelf. Railroads.

To Sinai via the desert. Train crossing the Sinai Desert, Jerusalem-Kantara

To Sinai via the desert. Train crossing the Sinai Desert, Jerusalem-Ka...

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

Peter Cooper's Tom Thumb - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Peter Cooper's Tom Thumb - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Train built ca. 1829, on Baltimore & Ohio R.R. From Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce. No. 33386.

Prince Henry, ready for a ride in the Cab of the Engine drawing his Special Train

Prince Henry, ready for a ride in the Cab of the Engine drawing his Sp...

Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Flood on the KATY, no. 1 / Gannaway, SMcA, no. 1.

Flood on the KATY, no. 1 / Gannaway, SMcA, no. 1.

Photograph shows a Missouri-Kansas-Texas train under several feet of water. Passengers stand on top of the train.

Two men standing by Union Pacific Engine number 1826, Kearney, Nebraska

Two men standing by Union Pacific Engine number 1826, Kearney, Nebrask...

original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

J.J. [James Jerome] Hill's first engine, the William Crooks, 1868-1908

J.J. [James Jerome] Hill's first engine, the William Crooks, 1868-1908

Photograph shows James J. Hill, in front wearing suit, posing with conductor and engineer of the Wm. Crooks locomotive.

Where the last spike was driven, C.M. & P.S.R.R. - May 19, 1909

Where the last spike was driven, C.M. & P.S.R.R. - May 19, 1909

Photograph shows groups of men standing around the area on the railroad tracks where the last spike was driven. Copyright 1909 by R. H. McKay, Missoula, Mont.

Parovoz "Kompaund" s paroperegri︠e︡vatelem Shmidta

Parovoz "Kompaund" s paroperegri︠e︡vatelem Shmidta

The railcar in the background is thought to be Prokudin-Gorskii's traveling photographic laboratory and living quarters.

[Railroad and country scene] - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

[Railroad and country scene] - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

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

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