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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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

The first engine and train in America

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

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.

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

[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.

[Dinkey engine and steam shovel]

J196151 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by L. Hollard, no. 542. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

German troops en route to Russia

Photograph shows German soldiers seated on top of a railroad locomotive going to Russia, during World War I. (Source: Flicker Commons project, 2011)

Train arriving from Baltimore. Hagerstown, Maryland

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

Underpass in central Ohio, Route 40 (see general caption)

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

A black and white photo of a train and a car, West Virginia. Farm Secu...

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

World's Fair, railroad exhibit, modern locomotives. Canadian Northern ...

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, Iowa. Farm Security Administration...

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. Train pulling out of one of the classification yard...

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. Train pulling out of the south side of the Union St...

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

The Central Pacific Railroad's "Gov. Stanford" locomotive No. 1 is one...

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

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

Locomotive of the Georgetown Loop Railway, a scenic steam train that r...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Gift; Carol M. Highsmith Photography, Inc.; 2017; (DLC/PP-2002:038-13). Forms part of: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within... More

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

Heart of Dixie Railroad, Rolling Stock, 1800 Block Powell Avenue, Birm...

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

The great race for the Western stakes 1870

Print shows Cornelius Vanderbilt and James Fisk in a race for control of New York's rails. Throughout 1868 and 1869, the two men had fought for control of the Erie Railroad. (See also "The Statue Unveiled," no.... More

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.

A mile a minute - 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

Engine, J.H. Devereux, Alexandria (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows the ornately decorated locomotive J.H. Devereux, of the United States Military Railroad with two crew members on board outside the roundhouse at the Alexandria station. Published in: Civil War... More

"Does not such a meeting make amends?" / FB.

Print shows an allegory of linking of Trans-Continental railroad at Promontory Summit, Utah; Indians and buffalo fleeing in the foreground as two trains with large hands extending from the locomotives, labeled ... More

Artist Crystal Goodman's downtown mural depicting an "iron horse", a r...

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

Steam shovel at work, showing how track is laid, Burt mine, Mesabi Ran...

Stereograph showing large steam shovel in operation; men working on railroad tracks.

The General, Union Station, Chattanooga, Tenn.

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Train] - 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

Dynamiters' train, Indianapolis

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

A Deluxe overland limited train

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

The Alton Limited leaving Bloomington, Ill

No. 18316. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Railroads. Railroad crossing in Takoma Park

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

Log train in woods near Flagstaff, Ariz.

Photograph shows men posed with railroad train loaded with bundles of logs. B. Hock, News Depot, Flagstaff, Ariz.

Stourbridge Lion - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Photograph shows replica of the Stourbridge Lion locomotive built in 1933 riding atop of railroad flat-car. No. 685. Delaware & Hudson Railroad Corporation; Association of American Railroads Transportation Buil... More

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

To identify this image it may help to search for images that have neighboring call numbers, are similar in appearance, and have titles. There was no caption for this image in the FSA/OWI shelflist. Transfer; Un... More

Lumber camp locomotive. Forest County, Wisconsin. Note special smokest...

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

An old black and white photo of a train, Great Depression. FSA/OWI Pho...

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

Clovis, New Mexico. Refacing the tires of a locomotive with a Ledgerwo...

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

Daniel Senise and his crew with their engine in an Indiana Harbor Belt...

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. One of the Pennsylvania railroad's giant 6100 class...

Amarillo, Texas. Eastbound Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe freight train...

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

Eastbound Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe freight train near Cajon, Cal...

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

Train locomotive, Mid-Continent Museum, Wisconsin

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

Old Rogers locomotive (obtained from the Republic of Panama) at the lo...

Forms part of a group of images recorded on September 11, documenting scenes in Paterson's historic district.

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) is powered up an...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The D&SNG is a narrow-gauge railroad that operates 45.2 miles of track between Durango and Silverton in southwest Colorado. The route ... More

Steam locomotive and coal tender in on a roundhouse turntable in the t...

The express train - Print, Library of Congress collection

Train passing under bridge. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonne / complied by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1944.

Off his nut: "Gracious massy, I'se struck de comet!"

Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 4928

Union Pacific engine coming out of roundhouse to haul President Roosev...

Stereograph showing locomotive engine #104 on track in front of roundhouse. H62632 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by H.C. White Co.

No. 1376 Illinois Central R.R. Used on Chicago World's Fair trains

Photograph shows steam locomotive 1376 of the Illinois Central Railroad Company. In album: American locomotives, 1890-1910, page 31, no. V271-81.

The progress of the century - the lightning steam press, the electric ...

Man using telegraph in foreground; in background are people using steam press, steamboat, and locomotive. 4614 U.S. Copyright Office. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, ... More

Night scene on the New York Central Railroad., American Express compan...

P7783 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Pratt, J.W. & Co.

Chicago, Illinois. Steam and diesel engine at the Union Station

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

Pack und transport dampfwagen auf der eisenbahn zwischen Liverpool und...

Print showing two views of freight trains of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, with flatbed cars for hauling standard freight and cars with rails and cages for hauling livestock, drawn by steam loco... More

Petites constructions. Locomotive et tender / Imagerie d'Épinal.

Print showing cutout designs for a steam locomotive and coal car with figures for the engineer and coal tender. Also shows the completed design for the small-scale construction paper cutout. Imagerie d'Épinal, no. 1204.

Double tracks and tanks (N. Y. & L. B. R. R.) near Long Branch, N. J. ...

Photograph shows train moving along track; water coming from underneath train. Copyright 1894 by F. W. Blauvelt, N. Y.

[Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railway locomotive]

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

[Passenger train in mountains] - 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.

Summit, cog wheel train, Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway, Colo.

Title and date from Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "WHJ 371" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013812. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Trainload of sugar cane, Cuba - 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.

The First locomotive. Aug. 8th, 1829. Trial trip of the "Stourbridge L...

Crowd watching the trial trip of the first locomotive, the "Stourbridge Lion". G52817 U.S. Copyright Office. Reproduction of painting. Copyright by Clyde O. DeLand.

Palestine disturbances 1936. Capsized locomotive as seen through railr...

Photograph shows an overturned train locomotive, near the Mamluk Bridge (Baybars Bridge), Lydda (Lod). (Source: researcher, U. Yinon)

Chicago, Illinois. Working on a locomotive at the Chicago and Northwes...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, factory, workshop, workers, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Hanna furnaces of the Great Lakes Steel Corporation. Detroit, Michigan...

Public domain photograph of 1930s-1940s industrial development, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bensenville, Illinois. The "Midwest Hiawatha" of the Chicago, Milwauke...

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

Steam train, Essex, Connecticut

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The George F. Landegger Collection of Connecticut Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

The Central Pacific Railroad's "Gov. Stanford" locomotive No. 1 is one...

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

Hanover Junction Pennsylvania, 1863, railroad station. Detail of engin...

Photograph attributed to Mathew B. Brady or assistant. Original negative in National Archives.

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

[Rear and side view of George Stephenson's steam locomotive and railro...

Illus. in: Reports on canals, railways, roads, and other subjects, made to "The Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Internal Improvement" / By William Strickland ... while engaged in the service of the s... More

Dampf eilwagen auf der eisenbahn zwischen Liverpool und Manchester / C...

Print showing two views of passenger trains of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, with enclosed and open passenger cars, drawn by steam locomotives between Liverpool and Manchester, England.

First locomotive to cross Allegheny Mountains

Photograph shows a group of passengers, including a woman, sitting and standing at the front of a Sandusky locomotive. LC 1391. Published in: Pioneer Women / Linda Peavy and Ursual Smith (1998), p. 24.

Rigi Railway - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

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

First through train from Houston, Texas, to New Orleans, Louisiana, up...

Photograph shows crowd gathered around train running through the center of town.

Prize locomotive 999 and the prize Wagner Palace car train

Photoprint copyrighted by A.P. Tates. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads; Ph. Ind.

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

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

Small locomotive used to draw cane cars 2 ft. gauge, India

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

Jaffa to Jerusalem. Train at Battir. Pulling up steep grade

Photograph shows a Baldwin 2-6-0 locomotive on the Jaffa-Jerusalem railway. (Source: researcher, A. Siton, 2015)

[Train, Train station] - 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

General view of one of the classification yards of the Chicago and Nor...

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

Santa Fe RR freight train about to leave for the West Coast from Corwi...

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

A black and white photo of a train, West Virginia. Farm Security Admin...

U.S. record production of lend-lease locomotive. America recently buil...

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

Utah Copper: Bingham Mine. Part of the open-pit workings of the Utah C...

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

Vaughn, New Mexico. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad meets t...

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

Isleta, New Mexico. Fireman of a passing freight train on the Atchison...

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 Railroad (D&SNG) steam train crosse...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The D&SNG operates 45.2 miles of track between Durango and Silverton in southwest Colorado. The route was originally opened in 1882 by... More

A Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad steam train pulls into the tiny Osi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The narrow-gauge trains run over 10,015-foot Cumbres Pass and through Toltec Gorge, from which it takes its name. As of 2015, the rail... More

Takanawa tetsudō jōkisha no zenzu - Ukiyo e print

Print shows pedestrians on foot, travelers on the steam railroad, and crossing a bridge at Takanawa. Title and other descriptive information compiled by Nichibunken-sponsored Edo print specialists in 2005-06. T... More

The world's railroad scene / Swain & Lewis, des. & lith. 103 State, Ch...

Print showing well-dressed passengers waiting as the Illinois Central Railroad train pulls into the station; also shows a steamship, horse-drawn carriage, stagecoach, and canal boat, along with a large globe di... More

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