C & NW RR; locomotives in the roundhouse at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill...
Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[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
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
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
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.
Locomotive Rigi Railway, Public domain image
Locomotive used on railroad. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, p. 38, upper right.
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
[Close up view of front of locomotive, showing light, smoke stack and ...
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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.
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]
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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.
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.
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]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Mexican Central Railway train at station, Mexico]
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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.
Twentieth Century Limited - Mammoth Plate Photograph
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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.
Aqueduct at Queretaro, The - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.
Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
Tracey sic, Minn., engine of the South Dakota division
"65" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 04541. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
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
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
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.
Train in Cafetal of Temasopa [sic]
Public domain photograph - New Mexico, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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...
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Burlington engine number 7, said to be the first passenger train into ...
original size: 6x8 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[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
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.
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
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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...
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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.
Picryl description: Public domain image of an arch bridge, stone architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
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
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
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Below Hunlocks [i.e. Hunlock], Pennsylvania
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
Inspection engine, D.L. & W. - 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.
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
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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
Seventeen mile grade near Everet's, mammoth plate negative
"W.H. Jackson & Co., Denver.", "01722" and "38" on negative. Commissioned by Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 01722. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Rock Island train at State Line, September 16th 1893. opening of Chero...
Photograph shows enourmous crowd gathered around and riding on locamotive. Copyright 1908 by Lee A. Perry, Caldwell, Kansas.
The original "John Bull" - Steam locomotive, Public domain image
Locomotive of Camden & Amboy Railroad Company. 19065Y U.S. Copyright Office. Original file in PR 12 SSF - Railroads Companies Camden & Amboy 1830.
They can't hold up this train! / C.J. Taylor.
Print shows President Cleveland as a railroad engineer driving a locomotive labeled "Administration R.R." that is roaring out of a tunnel labeled "Business Depression Tunnel", and knocking out of the way legisl... More
The fastest time on record - Public domain portrait drawing
Photograph shows a train running under full steam. 60344Z U.S. Copyright Office. Photo'd by A.P. Yates, Syracuse, N.Y., May 10, 1893, when Engine 999 drawing the Empire State Express train, made the record of 1... More
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.
Locomotive in mouth of tunnel - Manawatu Gorge
Photographic print made by LC from Jackson's vintage glass negative. Gift; Colorado Historical Society; 1949. Forms part of: Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942. World's Transportation Commission photograph colle... More
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
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
Poster - A.Q. Scammon's Side tracked - Public domain lithograph
10778 U.S. Copyright Office "Russell-Morgan Print." Caption: The pacemaker. Created and "copyrighted 1899 by The U.S. Printing Co., Cin., U.S.A." No. 3657. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library o... More
Railroad engineer oiling up before the start
Title from jacket. Cf. negative D4-17222. Negative cracked from lower right corner. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033378. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
N.Y.C. R.R. (New York Central Railroad), electric locomotive
Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 034521. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Engine, locomotive, 1500 h.p., Ste. Claire i.e. St. Clair tunnel, Port...
Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071418. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Locomotive number 501 and tender, Chicago & Alton railroad
Title devised. "46045 special" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
Railroad engineer oiling up before the start
Title from jacket. Cf. negative D4-17222. Negative cracked upper left corner and taped. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033377. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
R.R. Station & steamer dock, Muskegon
Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description
New railroad, Chugiak Anchorage Alaska
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
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.
[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.
[Empire State Express, Utica, N.Y.]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
[Railroad engineer oiling up before the start]
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Railroad, Chugiak Anchorage Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection
Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
[Railroad engineer oiling up before the start]
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
[N.Y.C. R.R. (New York Central Railroad), electric locomotive]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a steam locomotive, train cars, railroad tracks, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.
The head guard on the South Eastern Railway, 1885--The engine is one o...
Two men on locomotive and conductor(?), with left arm stretched outward, at car in foreground, London. Probably by John Thomson, F.R.G.S.
R.R. Station & steamer dock, Muskegon
"179" on negative. Ship at pier in background. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 2200. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.
[Crowd at railroad station, Sylvan Beach, New York]
Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, train car, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
The fastest train in the world. N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Empire State Ex...
Photograph shows N. Y. C. & H. R. train speeding along railroad track with black smoke billowing from smoke stack. Copyright 1900 by Geo. A. Dressel, Buffalo, N. Y.
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.
[Locomotive number 501 and tender, Chicago & Alton railroad]
Picryl description: Public domain image of a locomotive, train tracks, rail transportation, railroad, railway, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.