C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill...
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[Early steam locomotive with toothed "propelling wheel" which gripped ...
Illus. in: The monthly magazine. [London : Printed for R. Phillips], 1814 June 1. Published in: The tradition of technology : Landmarks of Western technology ... / Leonard C. Bruno. Washington, D.C. : Library ... More
[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
Fairlie Engine. Museum of New Zealand collection
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Rimutaka Incline, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio
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Fell Engine, Rimutaka Incline, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio
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The Largest Engine on the Rimutaka, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Stud...
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The engine, Mt. Washington, r.r., Stereoscope Card
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Oakland Hall near Norristown(?)
Drawing shows a large building on a hill, with a large lawn in front descending into the foreground, overlooking a smaller home or gatehouse on the lower right, next to the roadway; also shows a covered wagon o... More
View from Mt. Washington Summit House
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Mt. Washington Railway engine, "Tiptop", Sterescope Card, Boston Publi...
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Engine on the summit of Mount Washington
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Machine du chemin de fer du Rigi
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West Philadela. starch works - Public domain scan / drawing
Drawing shows street level view of manufacturing buildings in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with railroad entering on lower left, a group of women gathered next to a small tree in the lower left corner, a ma... More
Locomotive engine. Book illustration from Library of Congress
Photograph shows locomotive engine on display. Salted paper photoprint by Claude-Marie Ferrier or Hugh Owen. Illus. in: Reports by the Juries, London, Spicer Brothers, 1852, v. 2, frontis.
Oakland Hall near Norristown(?), engraving, Library of Congress
Drawing shows a large building on a hill, with a portico, columns, and a large square cupola, and a large lawn in front descending into the foreground; overlooks a smaller home or gatehouse on the lower right, ... More
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
West Philadelphiadelphia Manufacturing Cos. starch & sarina works Js. ...
Print shows a street view of the factory buildings of the West Philadelphia Manufacturing Co., with street and railroad in the foreground. Caption continues: Refined pearl starch & corn farina. Chestnut & Brid... More
[Railroad bridge, Mobile, Alabama.] NYPL Sterescope Card Collection
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Locomotive and tender, Great Western Railway, Canada
Photograph shows the locomotive "Spitfire" and tender. Attributed to London Stereoscopic Co., based on label on the back of the stereo. No. 211.
Viaduct, Picton - Muir & Moodie, New Zealand
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Station, Reefton - Muir & Moodie, New Zealand
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Locomotive Rigi Railway, Public domain image
Locomotive used on railroad. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 38, upper right.
Cross' Creek Station, Rimutaka, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio
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Railway Station, Auckland, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio
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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.
["General Haupt" locomotive, used by General Herman Haupt during the C...
Photograph shows the "Gen. Haupt" locomotive and five men posed inside the car and outside near the railroad tracks.
"General Haupt" locomotive, used by General Herman Haupt during the Ci...
Photograph shows the "Gen. Haupt" locomotive and five men posed inside the car and outside near the railroad tracks. Title from Prints and Photographs accessions record. Letter relating the history of the locom... More
Engine "General Haupt," Alexandria, 1863 (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows wood burning locomotive "Gen. Haupt" named for Herman Haupt, chief of Construction and Transportation, in front of the roundhouse at the Alexandria station. No. 232.
Engine "E.M. Stanton," Alexandria, July 1864 (Andrew J. Russel)
Photograph shows the locomotive "E.M. Stanton," built in 1862 and named for the secretary of war, on a turntable at the Alexandria railroad station. No. 239.
Engine W. H. Whiton, and President's car, Alexandria, January,1865
Photograph shows a United States Military Railroad locomotive, W.H. Whiton, and the president's rail car, later used as Lincoln's funeral car. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic print... More
Scene at the Pennsylvania Avenue entrance to the Capitol grounds at Wa...
Illustration showing a crowd of people crossing the street between a railroad locomotive and a street railroad, with the U.S. Capitol in the background. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 10, no. 487 (1866 April 2... More
Mawhera Quay, Greymouth, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio
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[Close up view of front of locomotive, showing light, smoke stack and ...
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Greymouth, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio
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The Rimutaka Incline, New Zealand
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Outram, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio
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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.
Fairlie engine. Museum of New Zealand collection
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The "best friend," the first locomotive built in the United States for...
Illustration showing people on first excursion trip of the South Carolina Railroad, 15th January 1831; it was built at the West Point Foundery Shops in New York City. Illus. in: The history of the first locomot... More
[Composite of five railroad trains]
In album: Engravings of the American Bank Note Company arranged by Mr. A.G. Goodall, president of the company, 1874-88, p. 45.
[Composite of four railroad trains]
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At Dock Street wharf / Schell & Hogan ; JL[?] sc.
Print shows congestion of horse-drawn carts and wagons overburdened with merchanise on Dock Street, also handcarts, teamsters and longshoremen, and railroad locomotives and cars for hauling goods from ships to ... More
Arrival of the first locomotive in Arizona
Stereograph showing men posing on and near a locomotive, probably in Yuma, Arizona. Written in pen on back of mount: Fort Yuma, Cal. on bluff in background. "Descriptive views of the American Continent" printed... More
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
Cheat River and Buckhorn Wall (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad)
12873 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Krebs Lith. Co., copy... More
General view of erecting shop, Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia,...
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Train in Cafetal of Temasopa sic
"W.H.J. Phot. Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 4115. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Otago Central Railway, junction of Deep Stream and Taieri River
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Aqueduct at Queretaro, The - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
"W.H.J. Phot. Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 03910. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Christmas Creek, Otago Central Railway, New Zealand / Burton Brothers ...
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Tunnel 8, Temasopa sic Canon - Public domain image. Dry plate negative...
Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04107. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[Engines 4704 and 4051 of the L.S. and M.S. railroad]
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[Mexican Central Railway train at station, Mexico]
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Mexican Central Railway train at station, Mexico
Title devised by cataloger. Attribution based on negatives with similar numbers. On train: Central Mexicano. "S S" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 30155. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Summit near Villar, The - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Picryl description: Public domain image of railroad tracks, railway, train car, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Twentieth Century Limited - Mammoth Plate Photograph
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Engines 4704 and 4051 of the L.S. and M.S. railroad
Title devised. Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad. No Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Aqueduct at Queretaro, The - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
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Oamaru Harbour, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio
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Tracey sic, Minn., engine of the South Dakota division
"65" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04541. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Tracey [sic], Minn., engine of the South Dakota division
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Tunnel 8, Temasopa [sic] Canon - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
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Jupiter & Lake Worth R.R. - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
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Locomotive Jupiter & Lake Worth R.R., Public domain image
Title in Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898): The J. & L.W. R.R. at Jupiter. "W.H.J. & Co." and "104" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 03675. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Head... More
Train in Cafetal of Temasopa [sic]
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Summit near Villar, The - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Locale in Mexico based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). "W.H.J. Phot. Co." on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 3984. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Unverified information in... More
First through train from Houston, Texas, to New Orleans, Louisiana, up...
Photograph shows crowd gathered around train running through the center of town.
[Exterior view of the (Imperial Military) Medical School (seacoast)] /...
Trains and tracks at the Imperial Military Medical School. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in French. No. 43. No. 560. In album: Imperial military and medical schools, with student and teacher po... More
New York City--Flower-show, in aid of the German and Orthopedic Hospit...
Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 60 (1885 March 21), pp. 80-81.
N.Y. Central and Hudson River Railroad wreck at Batavia, N.Y., Feb. 18...
Photograph shows a railroad locomotive sitting on top of another locomotive. 8263 U.S. Copyright Office.
Burlington engine number 120, the first train into Broken Bow, Nebrask...
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Burlington engine number 7, said to be the first passenger train into ...
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Wingatui Viaduct, New Zealand / Burton Brothers Studio
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[The Brighton Beach Hotel, Brooklyn, N.Y., being moved away from beach...
Hotel moved using flatcars on 20 railroad tracks, pulled by locomotives. Title derived from P&P catalog card for corresponding copy negative. Source unknown..
Crowded railroad depot - Print, Library of Congress collection
57773 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title devised by Library staff or Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Bakery & Arener, ... More
011/001.419--Lake Erie, Alliance & Wheeling Railroad Locomotives
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011/001.423--Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad Locomotives
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011/001.423--Lake Superior & Ishpeming Railroad Locomotives
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Inspection engine, D.L. & W - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
"Ext" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032071. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
011/001.214--Cleveland, Tuscarawas Valley & Wheeling Railroad Locomoti...
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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
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Sugar cane fields, Louisiana - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...
Possibly published as a single plate and as a right section of a two-part panorama. "Detroit Photographic Co." and "06077-2-R" on negative. Listed in Detroit Publishing Co. negative log as "Sugar Cane Fields at... More
Sugar cane fields, Louisiana - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...
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Group of Lackawanna freight engines
Date and locale based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 011617. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Near Franklin, N.J. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
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General passenger agents of some of the principal railroads
36984 U.S. Copyright Office. General information about the Popular and Applied Graphic Art print materials is available at: loc.gov Title information compiled by Junior Fellows, 2005-2017. Forbes Lith. Mfg. Co.... More
011/001.213--Cleveland, Lorain & Wheeling Railroad Locomotives
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Near Franklin, N.J - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012023. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Group of Lackawanna freight engines
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Below Hunlocks [i.e. Hunlock], Pennsylvania
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Inspection engine, D.L. & W. - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
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Sky railroading White Mts. N.H. U.S.A.
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Sky railroading White Mts. N.H. U.S.A.
Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Old aqueduct at Queretaro, Mexico, mammoth plate negative
"Detroit Photographic Co." and "01127" on negative. Probably commissioned by Mexican Central Railway, 1891. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01127. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Old aqueduct at Queretaro, Mexico, mammoth plate negative
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Tunnel "7", Temasopa i.e. Tamasopo Canon, Mexico
Vertical format. Listed in Detroit Publishing Co. negative log as "Near Tunnel "7", Temasopa [i.e. Tamasopa] Canon, Mexico". "W.H. Jackson Phot. Co." and "423" on negative. Commissioned by Mexican Central Railw... More
Tunnel "7", Temasopa [i.e. Tamasopo] Canon, Mexico
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Seventeen mile grade near Everet's, mammoth plate negative
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