Railroads Collection

Isambard Kingdom Brunel with chains
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806 - 1859) Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c. pictured in front of the launching chain of the Great Eastern

I K Brunel / Chain Cdv
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c. pictured in front of the anchor chain of the Great Eastern

I K Brunel / Anon
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c

Woman on a Train Date: 1950

I K Brunel / Col Portrait
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL Designer and builder of railroads, bridges, tunnels, steamships, docks &c. Portrait at his desk. Date: 1806 - 1859

American Express Train (19th c. ). Litography
American Express Train (19th c.). Litography

Three mine workers in America
The United Mine Workers (UMWA) had won a sweeping victory in an 1897 strike by the soft-coal miners in the Midwest, winning significant wage increases and growing from 10, 000 to 115, 000 members

Spanish Civil War Ajut Permanent A Madrid Help
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One of the eight engines built under contract by the North British Locomotive Company, Ltd, being shipped aboard the M.V Beldis. Date: 1933

Sports ground, Rock Island area, Illinois, USA
Sports ground in the Rock Island area, Illinois, USA, with a large crowd and a military parade in progress. In the background on the railway line is a boxcar labelled Rock Island Furniture

Waukegan Station, Lake County, Illinois, USA
View of Waukegan Station, Lake County, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1900s

Locomotive engine, Chicago & Evanston Line, Illinois, USA
Locomotive engine, Express & Baggage car, on the Chicago & Evanston Line, Illinois, USA, with driver and drivers mate. Date: circa 1910

Mount Lowe scenic railway, California, USA
Mount Lowe mule-operated scenic railway, Los Angeles County, California, USA. Date: circa 1925

Westward the Course of Empire takes its Way Date: 1868

Railroad Bridge Date: 1880

Horseshoe Curve Date: 1948

Locomotive on Turntable Date: 1941

Boarding the Train Date: 1948

Couple on a Train Date: 1948

Home for the Holidays Date: 1948

Little Lady Hops Aboard Date: 1948

Casey Jones on Board Date: 1948

Waving to Engineer Date: 1947

Family Arrives on Train Date: 1947

Railroad Mans Tools Date: 1949

Train Leaving City Date: 1950

Yellow Diesel Train Date: 1950

Engineer Chats with Boys Date: 1950

Tower Man at Work

Locomotive Date: 1930

Train and Mountains

The Naval Steelworks of Saint-Chamond, Loire, France
The Naval Steelworks (with drop hammer forges) of Saint-Chamond, France. The Compagnie des forges et acieries de la marine et dHomecourt (FAMH)

Image of the construction of the railway in Cuba between Havana and Bejucal (27, 5 km), 1835. It was the first railway in Latin America and Spain. Engraving

The Pacific Union
Front cover of Famous Trains No. 2. Featuring the legendary Union Pacific rolling though the American West. The cover has been digitally enhanced and altered. Date: late 1930s

RAIL / USA / 1869 LINK
The first US transcontinental railroad is completed, linking the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads at Promontory Point, Utah. Date: 10 May 1869

C Vanderbilt - Seabald
Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794 - 1877) Powerful 19th century rail and shipping magnate. Gained a controlling interest in numerous provincial railroads

Inside of a post office-wagon (1854). Illustration published in the magazine La Ilustraci󮧮 Engraving. SPAIN. MADRID (AUTONOMOUS COMMUNITY). Madrid. National Library

Steam train arriving at a station at the beginning of 19th c. Illustration by Lluis Bargall󮠗 atercolour

Empire State Express crossing Salina Street, Syracuse, New York

Birkinshaws?s Patent for malleable iron rails for railroads
Spec for J Birkinshaws?s patent for improvement in the construction of malleable iron rails for railroads

Departure of the first Munich-Augsburgs train (1st September 1839). Engraving. GERMANY. N� rg. Nuremberg Transport Museum

One Rail Railway for India
Double page spread. On one page is a design for locomotive on the other we see two images, one depicting passengers in the carriage

Monorail plan for India
Title page of Economical one-rail railway for India, the colonies and sparsely-populated countries with frontispiece depicting monorail

Interior of a Shed for express trains. Spain

Redlite rail depot, Canda
Redlite rail depot in Canada, 1913 1913

Jeu du chemin de fer

Advertisement for railway equipment
Advertisement for W B Dick & Co of London, Manufacturers of Light Railways and Tramway Materials. Showing various railway items, with a depiction of Kerrs Patent Portable Railway at the centre

Fabyan House Nh
Fabyan House, a popular tourist hotel in the White Mountain area of New Hampshire, with convenient access to main line railroads. Date: 1874

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