Women in essential services. Women are employed as railroad workers by...
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Chillicothe, Illinois. A helper engine is taken on for added power on ...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a coal mine, industrial facility, mining industry, early 20th-century industrial architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
A black and white photo of a train. Office of War Information Photogra...
Actual size of negative is D (approximately 3 1/4 x 4 1/4 inches). Caption card lists some of the printing history of image. Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War... More
Clinton, Iowa. Women wipers of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad c...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Bensenville, Illinois. Switching operations in Bensenville yard of the...
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
U.S. Farm security administration photographs, 1930s, great depression
To identify this image it may help to search online 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. Trans... 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.
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.
Vintage wine making equipment in Napa Valley, California
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A Cumbres & Toltec Scenic (C&TS) Railroad steam train climbs from the ...
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
Part of a vintage steam train and water tower at South Park City Museu...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The museum, in Park County's "high country," is a faithful reconstruction of a mining town from the days of the Colorado Gold Rush and... More
Steam locomotive and coal tender in on a roundhouse turntable in the t...
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 Cumbres & Toltec Scenic (C&TS) Railroad steam train climbs from the ...
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
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 Georgetown Loop Railway, scenic steam train returns from its short 2...
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
Steam shovel loading cars, Burt mine, Mesabi Range, Minn., U.S.A.
Stereograph showing large steam shovel in operation dumping iron ore into open railroad cars; men working on railroad tracks. H68686 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1905 by Keystone View Company. No. 6967.
East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Roundhouse, State Route 994, W...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Night scene at an American railway junction: Lightning Express, Flying...
14021 U.S. Copyright Office. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1876, by Currier & Ives, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compil... More
Bridge on Orange & Alexandria Railroad during American Civil War
Published title: Bridge on Orange & Alexandria [Virginia] Railroad, as repaired by army engineers under Colonel Herman Haupt. Attributed to Andrew J. Russell. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. Published in: Eyes... More
The fast mail - Print, Library of Congress collection
f12587 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Burck.
The Goliah, at Wadsworth, Big Bend of Truckee River
No. 307. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada. Scenes on the Humboldt River. For more information about this collection, see, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.stereo
Locomotives lined up for coal, sand and water at the coaling station i...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
American railroad scene: lightning express trains leaving the junction
Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 0199 Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial collections of the Library of Congress ..... More
Janesville, Wis. from the north
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
First locomotive of U.S. Railroad, Alaska
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, State Route 994, West of U.S. ...
Significance: One of the last narrow-gauge steam railroads in the United States, the EBT shop complex at Rockhill Furnace contains an intact machine shop, blacksmith shop, foundry, turntable and roundhouse, as ... More
Crossed by "A milk train" - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Caricature issued as part of the "Darktown comics" series. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 1429.
A mile a minute - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
W7146 U.S. Copyright Office "Copyrighted." Caption: A genuine English railway locomotive imported expressly for this great scene at a cost of $25000.00." Created by "The Strobridge Lith. Co., Cinti, N.Y. & Lon... More
Scene near Deeth. Mount Halleck in distance
No. 349. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Utah. Scenes near the Great Salt Lake.
![[Richmond, Virginia Crippled locomotive, Richmond & Petersburg Railroad depot]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjUvMDEvMDEvcmljaG1vbmQtdmEtY3JpcHBsZWQtbG9jb21vdGl2ZS1yaWNobW9uZC1hbmQtcGV0ZXJzYnVyZy1yYWlscm9hZC1kZXBvdC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/39/webp "[Richmond, Virginia Crippled locomotive, Richmond & Petersburg Railroad depot]")
[Richmond, Virginia Crippled locomotive, Richmond & Petersburg Railroa...
Photograph of the main eastern theater of war, fallen Richmond, April-June 1865.
A crippled locomotive in Richmond - 19th century Virginia.
Stereograph showing Union soldiers and a civilian standing on and near a locomotive at the Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Depot which was destroyed by Confederate troops as they fled the city. Over 700 build... More
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 ...
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
![[Rear and side view of George Stephenson's steam locomotive and railroad cars of the Stockton and Darlington Railway]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjgvcmVhci1hbmQtc2lkZS12aWV3LW9mLWdlb3JnZS1zdGVwaGVuc29ucy1zdGVhbS1sb2NvbW90aXZlLWFuZC1yYWlscm9hZC1jYXJzLTU1OWZlZi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Rear and side view of George Stephenson's steam locomotive and railroad cars of the Stockton and Darlington Railway]")
[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.
The telegraphic candidates - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
In a race between the railroad and the telegraph the "telegraphic candidates," Lewis Cass and William O. Butler, are first to the White House. The artist ridicules Zachary Taylor for his hazy stance on major ca... More
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.
Bridge over the Passaic, Millington, N.J.
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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.
Railway station, York / Pennell.
England, York. Railway station with high arched vaulted ceiling supported by columns, partially obscured by steam. Train engine lower right foreground. Figures massed in left, center foreground. Two women on pl... More
New Mallet articulated compound engine on the Santa Fe
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
Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 042213. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Presidential train--President McKinley and cabinet enroute through the...
McKinley and others beside flag-bedecked locomotive. 3430 U.S. Copyright Office.
Borsig fireless locomotive - 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
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
![[Cog wheel train on Summit of Pike's Peak, Manitou & Pike's Peak Railway]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDEvMDEvMDEvY29nLXdoZWVsLXRyYWluLW9uLXN1bW1pdC1vZi1waWtlcy1wZWFrLW1hbml0b3UtYW5kLXBpa2VzLXBlYWstcmFpbHdheS02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Cog wheel train on Summit of Pike's Peak, Manitou & Pike's Peak Railway]")
[Cog wheel train on Summit of Pike's Peak, Manitou & Pike's Peak Railw...
Photo by W.H. Jackson. Copyright by Detroit Photographic Co. Original negative: LC-D4-13812. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Photog... More
Chinese railroad, steam locomotive - Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C...
An old black and white photo of a train, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D.C. ... More
Elec. Locomotive, Baldwin Shops, Philadelphia
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
Railroad locomotive - 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.
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)
![[Locomotive pulling cars alongside road, possibly road construction in Michigan]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjEvMDEvMDEvbG9jb21vdGl2ZS1wdWxsaW5nLWNhcnMtYWxvbmdzaWRlLXJvYWQtcG9zc2libHktcm9hZC1jb25zdHJ1Y3Rpb24taW4tbWljaGlnYW4tMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/40/27/webp "[Locomotive pulling cars alongside road, possibly road construction in Michigan]")
[Locomotive pulling cars alongside road, possibly road construction in...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
![[Train, Train station] - Steam locomotive, Public domain image](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MjkvMDEvMDEvdHJhaW4tdHJhaW4tc3RhdGlvbi0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[Train, Train station] - Steam locomotive, Public domain image")
[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
A black and white photo of a man on a train. Great Depression FFSA / O...
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. Great Depression FFS...
Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
A black and white photo of a train on the tracks. Great Depression FFS...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Palestine disturbances 1936. Disabled locomotive near Ras el-Ain
Public domain photograph, 1930s-1940s Jerusalem, Palestine, History of Israel, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Lumber camp locomotive. Forest County, Wisconsin. Note special smokest...
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.
An old black and white photo of a train. Great Depression FFSA / OWI N...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial building, warehouse, depot, train station, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
World's Fair, railroad pageant. DeWitt-Clinton locomotive II
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. Dewitt Clinton, detail
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 engine, Great Depression. FSA/OWI P...
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A man standing on top of a train engine. America during Great Depressi...
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
A black and white photo of a train on the tracks, Great Depression. FS...
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Shipbuilding. "Liberty" ships. Ships for war has meant the rehabilitat...
Public domain photograph of Maryland in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
A black and white photo of a train engine. America during Great Depres...
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
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
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
A black and white photo of a train, West Virginia. Farm Security Admin...
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
Tulsa, Oklahoma. Cleaning an engine with a steam pressure gun in the F...
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. Switch engine which has just pushed its last car ov...
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. Making up the trains in one of the Chicago and Nort...
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
San Francisco, California. A woman railroad worker learning how to gra...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Summit (vicinity), California. Passing an eastbound passenger train, t...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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.
San Bernardino, California. A completely overhauled engine being run o...
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Wellington, Kansas. An Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad crew pos...
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Tolar, New Mexico. Passing an east bound freight train along the Atchi...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, 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 black and white photo of a man standing next to a train. Office of W...
Annotation on original negative jacket. This image in a jacket marked "Killed" Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washi... More
Engine and coach of the world first cog railway, which climbs Mount Wa...
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
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 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
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
Smoke from a direct-gear logging locomotive nearly obscures the depot ...
Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Designed to climb the steepest grades, swing around hairpin curves and negotiate frail temporary tracks, such locomotives pulled incre... More
Steam locomotives at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, outside D...
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
Scene at station in Randolph, Vermont
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
U.S. Steel Corporation, Clairton Works, Blast Furnace Blowing Engine B...
Significance: This building houses seven vertical cross-compound condensing steam engines. These blowing engines originally produced wind for the Clairton Works blast furnaces. In ca. 1961, two furnaces (#6 a... More
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...
Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions
Mrs. Viola Sievers, one of the wipers at the roundhouse giving a giant...
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, train car, railway, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
Train bound for Atlin, British Columbia, Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter c...
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
The Goliah, at Wadsworth, Big Bend of Truckee River
No. 307. Part of series: Central Pacific Railroad, Nevada. Scenes on the Humboldt River. For more information about this collection, see, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.stereo
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
The danger signal - Print, Library of Congress collection
Engineer of locomotive giving danger signal, as another train approaches. Printed in oil colors by Currier & Ives, N.Y. Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Rese... More