railroads, 19th century

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

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.

Governors race in New Jersey. Young Hyson riding over the backs of the...

A satire on the New Jersey gubernatorial campaign of 1844, centering on a major issue of the race--extension of the Camden and Amboy Railroad. The Whig candidate, New Jersey native Charles C. Stratton, campaign... More

Les rois s'en vont-- bon voyage! / dessiné par Monta.

French cartoon about kings departing for the moon, possibly in reference to the end of monarchy in Europe. Print shows several balloons labeled "Service du roi" from Spain, Prussia, Denmark, Naples, etc., landi... More

Ryūkō kuruma zukushi - Public domain Japanese woodblock print

Japanese print shows a variety of vehicles, including rickshaws, a coach, a hand-drawn cart, wheeled devices powered by hands and feet, paddleboats, and some type of train. Annotations, stamps, etc. on verso o... More

Letter from Deborah Weston, Weymouth, [Mass.], to Anne Warren Weston, ...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Untitled (Mining Town) - Daguerreotype, Public domain

Picryl description: Public domain image of a daguerreotype portrait, early photography, 19th century, Victorian style, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Post- und Eisenbahn-Karte von Deutschland, den Niederlanden, Belgien u...

Post-road/railroad map of Central Europe and adjacent regions. Covers Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, and Hungary. The component German states/principalities and adjacent countries are shown in ... More

Locomotive Fairmount, Public domain image

Print shows activities along the Schuylkill River with the Fairmount Water Works in the background on the left and a distant view, on the right, of a suspension bridge spanning the Schuylkill River in Philadelp... More

Isothermal chart of the region north of the 36th Parallel &c. &c. betw...

Indicates "practicable railroad lines," and "proposed railroad lines." Summer isotherms are in red, winter isotherms are in blue. Scale 1:7,450,000. From 36th Congress, 1st session House. Ex. doc. no. 56. LC Ra... More

St. Paul to Riviere des Lacs : from explorations and surveys /

Scale 1:1,200,000. Relief shown by hachures. At head of title: Route near the 47th and 49th Parallels. Map no. 1. "Drawn by John Lambert. Topographer of the exploration." From U.S. War Department, Explorations ... More

Locomotive Rigi Railway, Public domain image

Train on tracks, Rigi Mountain. In album: Athens, Egypt, Rhine, Switzerland, Tyrol, Salzburg, opposite p. 39, lower left.

[Saint Dennis Post-office, Baltimore County, Maryland]

Figures and store fronts on town street. Title inscribed lower right. Inscribed on signs upper left of image: St. Denis [sic] Post Office; Ladies Room. Inscribed lower right: [Rilais?] The inscription "Rilais"... More

[Unidentified view of a harbor] - stereocsopic card

Gift; Fred Lockley. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites and salt, which creates ... More

Portland star match factory, Portland, Me. / JC [monogram] ; George H....

Print shows a bird's-eye view of the Portland Star Match Factory in Portland, Maine, with a Boston & Maine Railroad passenger train passing on the lower right foreground, men unloading timber from railroad cars... More

Harper's Ferry, West Virginia - An old photo of a train crossing a bri...

Photograph shows railroad tracks in foreground with bridge and town in background. No. 187. Alternate title from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Z... More

Remains of wreck on the track, ready for transportation to Alexandria....

Photograph shows the remains of a train derailed in battle returning to Alexandria by train. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe B... More

Eastern view of round house and depot, Orange & Alexandria Railroad

Photograph shows a locomotive moving away from the roundhouse at the Orange & Alexandria railroad yard in Alexandria, Virginia. Telegraph wire insulators on utility pole in foreground. No. 104.

Stoneman's Station, Virginia

Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York)

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

Souterrain de la Nerthe - Early photography, Public domain image

Édouard Baldus (French, born Prussia, 1813–1889) The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg wh... More

[View of Atlanta, Georgia, with railroad cars in left foreground]

Civil War Photograph Collection (Library of Congress). Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The war in America: the chain bridge across the Potomac above Georgeto...

Soldier standing on hill in foregrd. overlooking Chain Bridge. Illus. in: The Illustrated London News, 1861. LOT 4420-B. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Br... More

Way Confederates destroyed railroads, Confederate States of America.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of lumber, lumberjack workers, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Bird's eye view of machine shops, with east yard of Orange & Alexandri...

Photograph shows a railroad yard of the Orange & Alexandria Railroad in Alexandria, Virginia. Photograph taken from the top of the roundhouse. No. 293.

Springfield block, passenger depot, sheds and yard for Army horses, I....

Photograph shows a view of the levee and boats along the Ohio River; Union horse stables, and the Illinois Central Chicago and Cairo railroad, Cairo, Illinois.

Stoneman's Station, Virginia. Commissary Dept.

Formerly attributed to Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York)

Outskirts of Alexandria, Virginia - A black and white photo of a train...

No. B1216. Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. The albumen silver print is a photographic printing process that was widely used in the 19th century. It involves coating paper support with a mixture of egg whites ... More

Battle between the Mexicans and the allied invaders, at the National B...

Ref. copy. Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, v. 6, (1862 February 22), p. 124. Title and other information transcribed from caption card. Caption card tracings: Geogr.; Mex Hist 1862; France Hist 1862.

The President, Directors & Co. of the Powow River Bank will pay five h...

Print shows a railroad locomotive with fuel, freight, and passenger cars at top left, with buildings in the background. Circular design with large "D" and "Five Hundred Dollars" appears on lower left corner and... More

Ruins at Manassas Junction, Virginia after its evacuation by Confedera...

Alternate title, photographer, and date from Catalogue of photographic incidents of the war, from the gallery of Alexander Gardner...by Bob Zeller, published by the Center for Civil War Photography, c2003. Ill... More

Gauges of Southern Railroads. Compiled under the direction of Lieut. C...

Post and Reservation Maps

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, 19th centu...

Picryl description: Public domain image, drawing, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions

Map showing from Richmond to Fredericksburg, Va

Printed map with annotations by Sneden highlighting the defenses of Richmond, Va., and locations associated with the Battle of the Wilderness, 5-7 May 1864. A topographical map of Eastern Virginia from "Frederi... More

First train across Bull Run Bridge, spring of 1863 (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows United States Military Railroad train going over Bull Run Bridge. Published in: Russell's Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints / by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger an... More

Hannibal & St. Joseph Railway & connections.

Small sketch map showing drainage and the major cities and towns in the midwest. Includes railroad stations along a heavy distorted line representing the main railroad line in Missouri. This is an early example... More

Engine "Government" [Commodore?] down the "banks" near Brandy, April 1...

Photograph shows a train off the track laying on its side near Brandy Station, Virginia.

Manassas Junction, telegraph station, mess house, &c, March 1864 (Andr...

Photograph shows three railroad cars on an auxilliary track with people standing nearby. No. 283.

Grant's campaign south of the James--reinforcements to General Warren ...

Public domain photograph - United States during American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Peterboro, [N.Y.], to Helen Eliza ...

Richmond and York River Railroad - Public domain old map

"Sketch from the Confederate Engineer Bureau in Richmond, Va. General J.F. Gilmer, Chief Engineer[.] Presented to the Virginia Historical Society by his only daughter, Mrs. J.F. Minis, Sav[ana]h, Ga."--Note on ... More

Richmond and York River Railroad - Public domain old map

Public domain scan of a architecture diagram, settlement map, plan, or drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description.

The Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad, Virginia - train s...

Prints show (1) a train from the Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad departing the station in Richmond, with pedestrian and carriage traffic on street in foreground; and (2) passenger and cargo boats... More

South Battery, Charleston, S.C., looking N.E. Ruins of Blakely Gun in ...

Stereograph showing the ruins of a Blakely gun carriage sitting in the road in the South Battery, Charleston, S.C.

The Allatoona Pass, looking North, GA

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

Snow Sheds on the Central Pacific Railroad, near Cisco, Placer County

The Library holds only one photo from a pair published as a stereographic view. Gems of California scenery, no. 1252. LOT subdivision subject: Central Pacific Railroad Equipment and Tracks on Donner Pass Route.... More

Erie or the greased pole. A new and amusing game

A comic boar game based on the Erie Railroad wars. Owner of the railroad James Fisk has slipped to the ground after trying unsuccessfully to scale the greased pole. Coins and a bill marked "Erie" fall from his... More

Tunnel #3, Weber Canyon, Utah - Public domain albumen print photogrpap...

Possibly by William Henry Jackson. For similar photo by A.J. Russell, see: Tunnel no. 3 - Weber Cañon, Utah (2003668252). Gift; J. Pierpont Morgan. Published in: Viewpoints; a selection from the pictorial coll... 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

[Page of advertisements and a cartoon from Frank Leslie's illustrated ...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 28 (1869 June 4), p. 192.

Tōkyō shiodama tetsudō jōkisha tsūkō no zu

Japanese triptych print (one section only) showing a train at a train station with Japanese and foreign people in the foreground.

Switch-back railroad, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, looking down Mt. Jeff...

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

Engine #183 - Steam locomotive, Public domain image

Artist: James Mudd.Artist Bio: British, 1821 - 1906.Creation Date: 1870.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of Stephen White ... More

[Bird's-eye view of Pennsylvania Railroad at Manunka Chunk (now Jim Th...

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

[Page with three original photoprints "Views on the Pennsylvania Centr...

Illustrations (possibly stereo halves) of views, one mile east of Black Log Water Station, Black Log Water Station, and Lewiston Narrows.

Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Cha...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Cha...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Cha...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Cha...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

Letter from Richard Davis Webb, Dublin, [Ireland], to Maria Weston Cha...

Public domain scan of manuscript related to Massachusetts, American history, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

The far west - shooting buffalo on the line of the Kansas-Pacific Rail...

Print shows hunters shooting at a herd of bison from a train and along the tracks. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, v. 32, no. 818 (1871 June 3), p. 193.

Utah - trains of cars of the Union Pacific Railroad snow-bound in a dr...

Chinese laborers digging out snowbound train. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1872 Feb. 17, title page.

[Steam train], Utagawa Kuniteru - Ukiyo e print

Japanese triptych (incomplete) print showing several train cars with a pine tree overhanging them. Signature: Ichiyūsai Kuniteru. Seal date: Monkey. Single section of triptych, probably center. Section with ti... More

Dutch States Railway, Beyer Peacock Manufacturing, Manchester

Artist: James Mudd.Artist Bio: British, 1821 - 1906.Creation Date: 1872.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of Stephen White.Accession Number: 2003.035.002

Allegheny Tunnel at Gallitzin Station

Title: Allegheny Tunnel at Gallitzin Station.Artist: William Purviance.Artist Bio: American, active late 19th century.Creation Date: c. 1872.Process: albumen print.Credit Line: Gift of Stephen White.Accession ... More

Illustration of a Steam Locomotive Running on the Takanawa Railroad in...

Utagawa Kuniteru (Japanese, 1830–1874) Meiji period (1868–1912) Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Pennsylvania Railroad. Horse shoe curve, Allegheny Mountains

Three locomotives on tracks. Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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

Railroad building on the great plains / drawn by A.R. Waud ; A.R. Waud...

Print shows large work crew laying tracks for railroad, several covered wagons and other carts and wagons, work camp in the distance, and some soldiers and Natives resting in the foreground. Illus. in: Harper'... More

Centennial American Republic and railroad map of the United States and...

Shows drainage, cities and towns,and the railroad network with names of lines. Includes distance chart and view of "Main building centennial exhibition, Philadelphia, 1876." [From published bibliography] 5458 U... More

The great international railway suspension bridge and Niagara Falls

G5760 U.S. Copyright Office. This record contains unverified data from PGA shelflist card. Associated name on shelflist card: Evening Express Printing Co.

Glimpse of the Centennial buildings across Girard Avenue Bridge [Phila...

Illus. in: Harper's Weekly, 1876 May 6, p. 372. Reference copy may be in LOT 4435A. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa. Phila. BRIDGES; Pa. Phila. VIEWS 1876;... 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

Mapa del ferro carril Mexicano y ramales de Puebla y Jalapa

Print shows map of a railway line from Mexico City to Vera Cruz, Mexico, with additional lines between Apizaco and Puebla and between Jalapa and Vera Cruz; also includes locations of volcanos. Illus. in: A trip... More

The modern colossus of (rail) roads / J. Keppler.

Illustration shows William Henry Vanderbilt, president of the New York Central Railroad and several other railroads, Cyrus West Field, of the New York Elevated Railroad Company, and Jay Gould, of the Union Paci... More

Micos - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

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

[Rock Island Railroad passenger train], mammoth plate negative

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

Car ferry, Transport, Detroit River

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic building in Detroit, Michigan, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Montreal River, bridge at rock cut, Wisconsin]

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

The Florida special - 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.

The J.T. & K.W. Ry. crossing the St. John's

Attribution to Jackson based on Catalogue of the W.H. Jackson Views (1898). Negative taped to second sheet of glass. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 7005. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Bridge at Santa Rosa - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Tunnel 5, Temasopa [sic] Canon, Mexico

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

N.Y.C.R.R. [New York Central Railroad] at Little Falls, Mohawk Valley,...

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

Drainage canal of Nochistongo - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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

The J.T. & K.W. Ry. crossing the St. John's

Public domain image of a train station in Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[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.

[The Kılınç bridge in Ereğli]. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Railway bridge at coal mines. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 28. No. 111. In album: Black Sea lifesaving stations, naval facilities, ports, mines, and factorie... More

Near Lewiston, Minn., the Pulpit

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

Locomotive Old Acqueduct, Queretaro, Public domain image

Public domain image of an arch structure, bridge, historic place ruins, classical architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Men outside train stopped at station, Altata Railway, Navolato, Mexic...

Frank and Frances Carpenter Collection (Library of Congress) Public domain photograph of train depot, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

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.

Up Temasopa [sic] Canon between the tunnels

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

Tunnel No. 4, Temasopo [sic] Canyon, Mexico

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

Tunnel 4 from 5, Temasopa [sic] Canon

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

Group of peons near Rascon - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Train by river in steep canyon, probably Mexico]

Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction of mattrasses [i.e. mattresses], Tampico

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

Rolling Stone Valley R.R. crossing

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