railroads, history

Map of the canals & rail roads of the United States reduced from the l...

One of the earliest general maps of the eastern United States showing railroads in operation. The working lines are in blue, proposed lines are in green. Canals are shown in red and yellow. [From published bibl... More

Modell av John Ericssons "Novelty" som tävlade vid Manchester-Liverpoo...

Modell av John Ericssons "Novelty" som tävlade vid Manchester-Liverpool järnbana mot bland annant "Rocket"

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.

Gezigt op de Roomsch Katholieke en Protestantsche kerken te Frederikso...

Op de voorgrond staat een man en zit een vrouw aan de rand van een sloot.

Map shewing the connection of the Baltimore and Ohio-Rail-Road with ot...

Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:4,900,000. LC Railroad maps, 334 Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ras... 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.

Colton's railroad & township map of the state of Ohio, drawn by George...

Detailed map showing drainage, railroads under construction and completed, canals, post roads, towns, townships, villages, post offices, and county boundaries. Scale ca. 1:750,000. LC also has 1856 and 1859 edi... More

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

Lloyd's American railroad map of the United States, showing the three ...

Outline map of the continental United States showing drainage, state boundaries, major cities, forts, finished and proposed railroads. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:6,500,000. Relief shown by hachur... More

[Switch on a railroad track] - Public domain drawing

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-7. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.772) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Clarks Station nr. Pilkins. U.S.M.R.R

United States Military Railroad depot with buildings and covered wagon.

[Railroad track and hillside with figures]

Title devised. Formerly Waud no. B-11. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.776) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Bridge over Potomac Virginia side

Sketch of a covered railroad bridge. Title inscribed above image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.680) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

[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

Train of prisoners - Public domain scan / drawing

Train meeting steamboat Marion at dock. Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. B-31. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.796) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

The Cumberland Valley Rail Road, near Scotland, destroyed by Rebels

Title inscribed above image. Formerly Waud no. C-14. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.941) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Parkes Station, U.S.M.R.R., Petersburg Virginia

Title inscribed below image. Formerly Waud no. C-24. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.951) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Cedar Level U.S.M.R.R., Nr Petersburg

Title inscribed lower right. Formerly Waud no. C-22. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.949) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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.

Map of the seat of war : containing a map of the vicinity of Washingto...

Public domain image of the vintage map from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, free to use, no copyright restrictions image. The Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center at the Boston Public Library is a special... More

Annapolis Junction, on the Washington branch of the Baltimore and Ohio...

Two trains, soldiers and tents. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1861 June 1, p. 39.

The National lines before Washington : a map exhibiting the defences o...

Includes text. Inset: "Port Royal and Tybee Island." Relief shown by hachures. Shows forts, batteries, and territory occupied by 8 Union divisions, extending from Washington to Virginia, ending at the north nea... More

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

[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

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.

Fredericksburg to Petersburg, Va., Confederate States of America.

The purpose of this map is uncertain; it may have been to identify the rail lines within the corridor between Fredericksburg and Petersburg. Included (as phrased by Sneden) are the Richmond and Danville Railro... More

Georgia., Confederate States of America.

Shows railroad lines emanating south and east of Atlanta going toward Macon and Columbus, Ga., with a notation "125 miles from Atlanta to Andersonville [Prison]."

Map of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.

Shows the southern border of South Carolina, northern border of Georgia, and eastern borders of Alabama and Tennessee, with railroads, towns, forts, prisons, landforms, and waterways. NOTE: Researchers will be ... More

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

[Map of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.]

Shows the southern border of South Carolina, northern border of Georgia, and eastern borders of Alabama and Tennessee, with railroads, towns, forts, prisons, landforms, and waterways.

Gävle - Dala Järnvägar, GDJ B 8 eller 9.

Gävle - Dala Järnvägar, GDJ B 8 eller 9. Public domain image of steam locomotive, railroad, railways, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &...

Public domain image of a vintage map, geography atlas, maritime navigation, age of discovery, 16th-17th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

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

Map of the country surrounding Richmond, Virginia : showing the railro...

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

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

Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &...

"Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J.H. Colton." "Explanations" (i.e., legend) is pasted over the bottom margin. Map is colored to show "free, or non-slaveholding states" (pink), "border ... More

Headquarters on Orange & Alexandria R.R. -- in Brandy Station Headquar...

Title inscribed below image. Sketch on verso inscribed: Nr. cattletts Picket posts on Orange & Alexandria R.R. 1862. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.560) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Colton's new railroad & county map of the United States, the Canadas &...

Scale ca. 1:3,120,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.7 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861 by J. H. Colton." "Explanations" (i.e., legend) is pasted over the bottom margin. Map is colored t... More

Catletts Station where Stuart made a raid and captured Popes baggage

Signed lower right: Alf. R. Waud. Title inscribed below image. Published in: Harper's Weekly, December 13, 1862, p. 792 as part of: The Army of the Potomac - At and on the Way to Fredricksburg. Gift, J.P. Morga... More

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

G. Woolworth Colton's new guide map of the United States & Canada, wit...

Scale 1:3,168,000. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 25.3 "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861, by G. Woolworth Colton." Insets: Plan of the southern portion of Florida. 16 x 13 cm.-Western portion... More

Destruction of bridge telegraph tanks Etc. in Warrenton Junction

Title inscribed below image. Inscribed lower left: hoops of tanks on front. Formerly Waud no. B-6. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.771) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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

Bridge at Acquia [sic] Creek - Public domain document scan of drawing

Title inscribed below image. Inscription continues after title: burned by rebels in 1863, when the line was given up by the Union troops. This replaced a temporary structure made by the army in 40 hours. Inscri... More

Lloyd's new map of the United States, the Canadas and New Brunswick, f...

Map of eastern United States, showing roads, railroads, distances by rail, towns, state and county names, and boundaries. Areas shaded pink represent the "rebellious states" and the green areas represent "all t... More

W. Alvin Lloyd's southern rail-road map, 1863

Map of Warrenton Junction, Orange and Alexandria R.R., Virginia shewin...

Illustrates the position in October 1863 in Fauquier County, Va., of the Union 3rd Army Corps under General William Henry French. The Union troops were near Warrenton Junction along the Orange and Alexandria Ra... More

Lloyd's new county map of the United States and Canadas showing battle...

Indicates location and date of engagements, towns, railroads, state and county boundaries, and rivers. Scale ca. 1:2,500,000. Relief shown by hachures. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 47 LC Railroad maps, 47 Descr... More

W. Alvin Lloyd's southern rail-road map, 1863

Includes inset maps: Rail-Roads of Texas and Map of Charleston Harbor. Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by isolines. This item is in the Map Collection of the Library of Virginia; please contact the Libra... More

Lloyd's new county map of the United States and Canadas showing battle...

Indicates location and date of engagements, towns, railroads, state and county boundaries, and rivers. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Greensville Co. east of the Halifax road and that portion of No. Ca. i...

"Map 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 map... 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.

Colton's rail road and county map of the southern states containing th...

Relief shown by hachures. Insets: Galveston and vicinity, Texas -- Vicinity of the Rio Grande -- New Orleans and delta of the Mississippi, Louisiana -- Mobile harbor, Alabama -- Entrance to Pensacola Bay, Flori... More

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.

Map of the state of Virginia : containing the counties, principal town...

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

The invasion of Maryland--capture of a train on the Philadelphia, Wilm...

Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, 1864 July 30, p. 289.

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

Bridge over Monocacy, Scene of Lew Wallace battle with Early, 1864

Title inscribed above image. Inscribed above railroad tracks lower left: Destroyed at fight on a temporary structure. Formerly Waud no. C-3. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.930) Forms part of: Morgan ... More

Views in and around Martinsburg, Virginia

Includes four scenes: Ruins of the Depot; The Square; The Barricades; On the Opequan. Title printed below image. Published in Harper's Weekly, December 3, 1864, p. 781. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2... More

Railway destruction as a military art

Title inscribed below image. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.601) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

Map showing route taken by U.S. prisoners of war, Feby. 1864, when sen...

Depicts railroad lines from Raleigh, N.C., through South Carolina and Georgia, highlighting in purple ink the particular train route Sneden took as a prisoner. NOTE: Researchers will be served a color photocop... 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.

Night on the Danville R.R. Rebels in full retrt [sic]

Title inscribed below image. With two small sketches of marchings soldiers. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.529) Forms part of: Morgan collection of Civil War drawings.

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.

City of Atlanta, Ga., no. 1 / Photo from nature by G. N. Barnard.

Illustration showing the destroyed Atlanta roundhouse, with steam engines and train cars in place but with collapsed stone walls. Illus. in: Photographic views of Sherman's campaign, from negatives taken in the... More

Map of United States military rail roads, showing the rail roads opera...

Map of the Southeast showing towns, forts, rivers, and state boundaries. Railroad gauge indicated by color. Scale ca. 1:1,875,000. LC Civil War maps (2nd ed.), 56.2 LC Railroad maps, 143 Description derived fro... More

Ånglok, Berlin Hamburger bahn Sverige

Berlin Hamburger bahn Public domain image of steam locomotive, train, railways, railroad, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ånglok, Lok Minera Sverige - A black and white photo of a train engine

Lok Minera Public domain image of steam locomotive, train, railways, railroad, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[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.

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...

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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...

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

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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

Bergslagernas Järnvägar, BJ lok 1

Bergslagernas Järnvägar, BJ lok 1 Public domain image of steam locomotive, train, railways, railroad, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ånglok, BJ U 1 Sverige - A black and white drawing of a train engine

BJ U 1 Public domain image of steam locomotive, train, railways, railroad, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bergslagernas Järnvägar, BJ U 1

Bergslagernas Järnvägar, BJ U 1 Public domain image of steam locomotive, train, railways, railroad, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ånglok, BJ lok 1 Sverige - A black and white photo of a train engine

BJ lok 1 Public domain image of steam locomotive, train, railways, railroad, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ånglok, BJ K 15 Sverige - A black and white drawing of a train engine

BJ K 15 Public domain image of steam locomotive, train, railways, railroad, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bangor & Aroostock no. 066 [4-6-0] locomotive

ALCO/Manchester no. 31138--Built Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ånglok, BJ B 9 Sverige - A black and white drawing of a train engine

BJ B 9 Public domain image of steam locomotive, train, railways, railroad, Sweden, historical photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Grand Trunk no. 0416 [4-4-0] Earthquake locomotive

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

Boston & Maine no. 3232 [4-4-2] locomotive

ALCO/Manchester no. 45151--Built 1909.02--Notes: Barrows--Ex 485 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Concord & Montreal no. 68 [0-6-0] Trojan locomotive

Manchester no. 1529--Built 1891.11--Note: B&M 768--114 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boston & Maine no. 1422 [2-6-0] locomotive

ALCO/Manchester no. 41443--Built 1906.10--Notes: Crouch-- Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bangor & Aroostock no. 093 [4-6-0] locomotive

ALCO/Manchester no. 50550--Built Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boston & Maine no. 0973 [4-4-0] locomotive

ALCO/Manchester no. 29443--Built 1904.04--Notes: Barrows--Crouch--Ex 379

Fitchburg no. 956 [4-4-0] locomotive

Manchester no. 1225--Built 1885.05--Note: Re 156, 13 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Maine Central no. 145 [4-4-0] locomotive

ALCO/Manchester no. 41216--Built 1907.03 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago & West Michigan no. 022 [4-4-0] locomotive

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

Oregon Railroad & Navigation no. 0067 [4-4-0] locomotive

Manchester no. 1101--Built 1883.04 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Boston & Maine no. 1966 [4-6-0] locomotive

Manchester no. 1520--Built 1891.07--Notes: Barrows--Ex 293 Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description