Rail Road Collection (page 5)

Financiers of the transcontinental railroad
Railroad kings Huntington, Stanford, Ames, Crocker, Dillon, and Moffat, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Travel by railroad and canal, 1837
Advertisement for rail and canal travel from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and Louisville, 1837. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Dining car on the transcontinental railroad
Palace Hotel dining car on the Union Pacific Railroad, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Transcontinental railroad in Nevada, 1869
Central Pacific passenger train passing through a canyon in Nevada, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Laying railroad track across the Great Plains
Workers laying track for the transcontinental railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Steam locomotive 1850s
Locomotive on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Freight train brakemen in a blizzard
Railroad brakemen working atop boxcars in a snowstorm, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Railroad telegraph office, early 1900s
Telegraphers at a railway signal office, early 1900s. Hand-colored woodcut of an early 20th-century illustration

B&O Railroads Tom Thumb steam locomotive, 1830
Passenger car pulled by Peter Coopers experimental locomotive " Tom Thumb" on the B&O Railroad, 1830. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Hartford on the Connecticut River, 1850s
Steamboats on the Connecticut River in Hartford, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Cattle loaded on the railroad at Abilene, Kansas, 1870s
Loading Texas cattle on the Union Pacific Railway at Abilene, Kansas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Transcontinental railroad observed by Native Americans
Native Americans getting their first view of the transcontinental railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Railroad Bosque del Apache New Mexico USA

SPAIN. Madrid. Spain (1900). Madrid. Atocha Station

Water Towers, Beresford Bore Historic Railway Siding (Old Ghan Railway), Oodnadatta Track near William Creek, Outback, South Australia, Australia

North Peake Creek Railway Station Ruins (Old Ghan Railway), Oodnadatta Track, Outback, South Australia, Australia

Destruction of the Union Depot and Hotel at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the Great Railroad Strike
GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE, 1877. Destruction of the Union Depot and Hotel at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, during the Great Railroad Strike, 21-22 July 1877. Contemporary American wood engraving

OREGON: LOGGING TRAIN. Two women and a man seated on front of logging train pulling flatcars loaded with huge logs crossing a trestle in the Cascade Mountains, Oregon. Stereograph, c1906

RAILROAD: LOCOMOTIVE. An American steam locomotive, c1862. Motion picture still, mid-20th century

DAUMIER: CARRIAGE, c1860. Third-Class Carriage. Chalk drawing by Honor Daumier, c1860
DAUMIER: CARRIAGE, c1860. Third-Class Carriage. Chalk drawing by Honor© Daumier, c1860

PROMONTORY SUMMIT, 1869. The joining of the Central Pacific (left) and the Union Pacific Railroads on May 10, 1869, at Promontory Point, Utah. Oil over a photograph

AMERICAN EXPRESS TRAIN. Lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1864

Syracuse, New York, 1850s
Busy Salina Street in downtown Syracuse, New York, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

First train on the Camden & Amboy Railroad
Johnny Bull, the first locomotive on the Camden & Amboy Railroad. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Texas railroad station, 1870s
Passengers at a busy railroad depot in Texas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustratioin

Atchison & Pikes Peak Railroads first section of track, 1865
First spike on the Atchison & Pikes Peak Railroad, 1865. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Prairie settlement along the transcontinental railroad
Railroad stop near a new town on the Great Plains, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Work party on the transcontinental railroad
Transcontinental railroad constructed across the western prairie, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Railroad trestle over the Mississippi River in Minnesota
Northern Pacific Railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Brainerd, Minnesota, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Survey party for the transcontinental railroad
Railroad surveyors camp in the Rocky Mountains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Steam locomotives passing each other, early 1900s
Locomotive fireman in coal car waving to an oncoming train, early 1900s. Printed color halftone reproduction of an illustration

Blizzard halts a transcontinental train in Utah, 1870s
Immigrant workers digging out a snowbound Union Pacific train near Ogden, Utah, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Historic steam railroad in the Rockies
Steam locomotive on the Cumbres & Toltec Railroad in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado/New Mexico border. Digital photograph

Railroad in Syracuse, New York, 1850s
Steam locomotive in Syracuse, New York, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut

Railroad in Oregons Cascade Mountains, 1860s
Railroad trestle in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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George M. Pullman, inventor of railroad cars with folding berths. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

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Railroad parlor car with President Benjamin Harrison aboard, 1891. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Assassination of President James Garfield in a Washington DC train station, 1881. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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James Garfield cheered as he arrives by train in Cleveland after his nomination for President, 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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An underground village of dugouts doing business along the transcontinental railroad, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Sixth Massachusetts Regiment leaving Jersey City by train for the Civil War, 1861. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Santa Fe Railroad ad for travel to Arizona
Arizona prospector and the Grand Canyon featured in a Santa Fe Railroad ad, circa 1900. Hand-colored woodcut of an illustration

Train and Gate at Union Station; Portland; Oregon; USA
Train and Gate at Union Station, Portland, Oregon, USA

Union Station, Portland, Oregon, USA

Carrying United States Mail Across the Sierra Nevada in 1870, from American Pictures
KW187904 Carrying United States Mail Across the Sierra Nevada in 1870, from American Pictures, published by The Religious Tract Society, 1876 (engraving) by English School

Trestle Bridge on the Pacific Railway, Sierra Nevada, c. 1870, from American Pictures
KW187900 Trestle Bridge on the Pacific Railway, Sierra Nevada, c.1870, from American Pictures, published by The Religious Tract Society, 1876 (engraving) by English School

Blenheim - Picton Railway Line and Tuamarina River, Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand - aerial

Spain (February 9th, 1851). Opening of a railroad
" Spain (February 9th, 1851). Opening of a railroad from Madrid to Aranjuez. Published in " La Ilustraci󮮠 Period o Universal". SPAIN. Madrid. National Library."

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