19th Century Locomotives

Illustrations and engravings of steam locomotives from the 19th century, depicting engineering and design of early trains and their construction.

Stourbridge Lion

Illustration depicting the engine 'Little Wonder' on the Portmadoc and Festing narrow gauge railway. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting a steam locomotive of the Boynton Bicycle Railroad with a double-deck cab, with the fireman on the bottom and the engineer on the top. Dated 19th century

Locomotive. Draughtsman: Pieter de Josselin de Jong. Dating: 1871 - 1906. Measurements: h 294 mm × w 443 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Constructing M'Connell's express locomotive for the London & North-Western Railway 1852

NEW EXPRESS ENGINE FOR THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY, 1852

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. TRASLADO DE LOS RESTOS MORTALES DEL REY ALFONSO XII DE MADRID A EL ESCORIAL , AÑO 1885. GRABADO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Steam car driving on ordinary roads, built in 1801 by Trevithick and Vivian

Illustration depicting various light-duty locomotives built by H.K. Porter, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Dated 19th century

This illustration, which dates to 1876, shows a locomotive at the time.

Stourbridge Lion

Engraving depicting an British locomotive. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting a 4-4-0 express locomotive built by Dubs & Co., Glasgow. Dated 19th century

Heilmann electric locomotive. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1893

THE PEABODY TRAIN, 1870

Richard Trevithick and Andrew Vivian's steam car driving on ordinary roads. Date: 1801

An ice locomotive, designed by Nathaniel Grew and sent to Russia in 1861 for work on the River Neva for the conveyance of goods and passengers. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition

A mail train on which letters were sorted while it travelled through the night between cities, replacing the need for the horse-drawn mail coaches. From The Illustrated London News, January, 1849.

Engraving depicting the exterior view of a Pullman sleeping car. Dated 19th century

Mechanical steam winch for the operation of the cable of the captive aerostats. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885

Engraving depicting the mountain railway at Mont Cenis crossing the Alps. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting the electric car on the Vesuvius funicular railway built for Thomas Cook & Sons. Dated 20th century

GRABADO-LOCOMOTORA DE PASAJEROS-1884-PATENTE USA.

Electric railway by Clovis Dupuy used to move long lengths of linen in bleaching field at Breuil en Auge, Calvados, France. Engraving, London, 1882.

Spanish traction engine "Alfonso" by Pedro de Ribera.

King Carl's equality, the wagon with the coffin, 1872-09-23.

The 'Flying Scotsman' the locomitive of the express railway train between King's Cross station, London and Edinburgh. Engraving, 1892.

THE GREAT SNOWSTORM

Illustration depicting a steam roller built for the city of Liverpool. Dated 19th Century

Gun carriage, circa 1880, historical wood engraving, circa 1888

Illustration depicting the exterior Queen Victoria and Prince Albert's royal carriage. Dated 19th century

Locomotive 'Hanau', Hanau , Germany, Locomotive in (inside-) space, with a stretched sail on the left. Sign with 'Hanau' on the side. Hanau is a place in the German state of Hesse. Compare RP-F-00-6353 and RP-F-00-6354: place determined on the basis of this photo., photograph, foto, foto's, height 227 mm, width 353 mm, height 350 mm, width 485 mm, photographer, 1860 - 1870, third quarter 19th century, derde kwart 19e eeuw, paper, papier, cardboard, kaart, albumen print, albuminedruk

Locomotive unknown

Illustration depicting an oil train carrying oil, from the Nobel Brothers Baku Oil Wells, for distribution in Russia. Dated 19th century

Old railway. United States. Nineteenth-century engraving.

Illustration depicting the first electric railway, created by Charles Siemens and Johann Georg Halske, at the Electricity Exhibition of 1881, Paris. Charles Siemens (1823-1883) a German-born engineer and entrepreneur. Johann Georg Halske (1814-1890) a German master mechanic. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting a traction engine with a self-contained crane. Dated 20th century

Engraving depicting Timothy Hackworth's locomotive 'Sans Pareil'. Timothy Hackworth (1786-1850) a steam locomotive engineer and the first locomotive superintendent of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Dated 19th century

Historic tram, a pneumatic motor, air motor, or compressed air engine, compressed air tram at the filling station, 1880, historical woodcut, England

An engraving depicting the Huntley & Palmer's factory, Reading. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting Robert Stephenson's locomotive 'Rocket'. Robert Stephenson (1803-1859) an early railway and civil engineer. Dated 19th century

Depictions of fire engines. Engraving.

Fifth Size Single Steam Fire Engine: Short Frames, Fire Fighters & Fire Equipment

Historical stock certificate, railroad company, detail of the vignette, allegorical representation of two railroad workers with a steam locomotive, Boston and Maine Railroad, 1956, USA, North America

Fuel and steam are necessary to run an engine, vintage engraved illustration.

Illustration depicting a steam powered road roller built for the city of Liverpool. Dated 19th century

James Mudd, Locomotive, c. 1860, albumen print from wet-collodion-on-glass negative.

CLEARING SNOW BLOCK : HOW THEY DO IT IN AMERICA. THE GIANT SNOW-PLOUGH OF THE CENTRAL PACIFIC RAILROAD IN THE NEVADA MOUNTAINS, US, USA, America, United States

YZERSWEG / CHEMIN THE FER, 1856 - 1900 print Leaf with 4 horizontal rows with performances of trains, omnibuses and carts. Under each performance a caption in Dutch and in French. Numbered in the middle: n 23. Turnwood paper letterpress printing railway, train. accident with diligence, omnibus, horse-tram. two-wheeled vehicle drawn by one animal

Historical fire pump with electric drive from the 19th century, Germany, Europe

History of fire-fighting, fire brigade, fire pump 1890: electric fire engine, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century model

Fuel and steam are necessary to run an engine, vintage engraving Fuel and steam are necessary to run an engine, vintage engraved illustration. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656381

MM. Cail and Company's traction engine

Engines of the 'Twentieth Century' New York to Chicago line, at New York Date: circa 1932

1 Diagram of a Thomson-Houston electric tram system, 2 Sprague electric tram system station, 3 Brooklyn tram, 4 Sandwell tram, 5 Immisch electric locomotive system, 6 electric road carriage, 7 Slattery electric tricycle, 8 defensive submarine of Point du Jour, illustration from Il Secolo Illustrato della Domenica, Year II, No 38, June 22, 1890.

Agricultural equipment with steam engine from Hornsby and Sons on the Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations of 1851 in London; AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS. Hornsby and Sons. .

Stephenson's locomotive 'Rocket' which won competition at Rainhill Bridge, Manchester for locomotive to be used on Liverpool & Manchester Railway, 14 October 1829. From Samuel Smiles 'The Story of the Life of George Stephenson' London 1859. Woodcut.

Kuhn's steam roller, woodcut, historical engraving, 1880

The 'George Stephenson' Locomotive Engine built at Hamilton; Canada West; for the Great Western Railway of Canada.

Steam Road carriage, London; 1888

The Civil War In America, The U.S. Gun-Boat Weehawken, one of the nine ironclads engaged in the bombardment of Charleston, 2 May, 1863

1890s ILLUSTRATION CARGO TRUNKS SUITCASES BEING UNLOADED FROM BAGGAGE CAR WESTERN EXPRESS TRAIN ATLANTIC & PACIFIC RAILROAD

RAILWAY WORKS, AND TEMPORARY RAILS, NEAR ALEXANDRIA

This illustration dates to 1887 and shows a mine locomotive (with the name of Dunsmore on the side of the covered cabin.

Charles François Daubigny, The Departure (Le Depart), 1862 The Departure (Le Depart)

Horse Driven Windlass, William Williams (England, active 1763 - 1800) 1798

The FastMail. Lithographer: Unknown

Illustration depicting a locomotive snowplough being used to clear a snow drift in Northumberland. Dated 19th century

Wheels for rods tires, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Self-propelled steam fire engine built by the Manchester Locomotive Works.

Water supply to Paris, for various public and private services, France. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Cartoon on the simultaneous submission of a bill on the railways by Heemskerk and Kappeyne, 1875, 1875 print Cartoon on the simultaneous submission of a bill on the railways by Heemskerk and Kappeyne van de Coppello, 1875. Plate appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 19, 1875. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper steam locomotive

Legs locomotive, Brunton 1813, vintage engraving. Legs locomotive, Brunton 1813, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10674156

The cylindrical elevated railway according to Meigs' system, view of a train, light rail system of the Boston engineer Meigs, ca. 1885, historical, digitally restored reproduction of a model from the 19th century.

Railway flag with locomotive; Railway Museum.

Illustration depicting a train de-railed by heavy snow. Dated 19th century

Arrival of the first train from St. Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo on 30 October 1837 by Russian master / State Open-air Museum Peterhof, St. Petersburg/ 1837/ Russia/ Watercolour on paper/ Russian Painting of 19th cen./ Genre,History

Night scene at an American railway junction, 1876, America, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original..

Engraving depicting Shand and Mason's fire engine, used by the London Fire Brigade. Dated 19th century

A photograph by Andreas Groll of Personenzugs-Locomotive I, created by Sharp & Roberts between 1855 and 1857. The image was produced on salt paper, albumed on cardboard, documenting early locomotive design and railway technology.

Photograph by Andreas Groll showing a mixed passenger locomotive, category IV, from the W. Rauds factory, on salt paper, albumed on cardboard, 1855-1857.

Photograph by Andreas Groll of a passenger locomotive, category III, made by W. Günther, on salt paper, albumed on cardboard, 1855-1857.

A stop on the Pacifi c Railway in the Rocky Mountains in 1880, steam locomotive, Pacific Railway, America, USA, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date not known, North America

Going down the Seine, vintage engraving. Going down the Seine, vintage engraved illustration. Paris - Auguste VITU 1890. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10648537

Fifth Size Single Steam Fire Engine: Hand Draft, Fire Fighters & Fire Equipment

Tren-tranvia quitanieves, limpiando las calles de la ciudad de Minnesota, en el año 1893. Grabado de época.

Illustration depicting a cattle train on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Dated 19th century

New works on the Metropolitan Railway: entrance to the Clerkenwell Tunnel, 1868. 'This section...is to be used jointly by the Metropolitan, the Great Western, Midland, Great Northern, and London, Chatham, and Dover Companies' trains...the Clerkenwell portion...between Farringdon-road and King's-cross, will become the great central artery for the internal traffic of the whole metropolis, as well as the common link of connection between the great national railways...the Metropolitan Railway Company, with the aid of their chief engineer, Mr. John Fowler...have made extraordinary efforts to prepar

REFINERY (TOP); CARRYING THE OIL (BOTTOM), CANADA, NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVING

Depósito y taller de reparación de locomotoras en la estación de Hannover, dibujo de los años 1920.

Railway, train, passenger coach, Estrada system, Brazil, South America, ca. 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Railway, train, passenger coach, Estrada system, Brazil, South America, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, South America

United States. Railway station. Engraving, 19th century. Later colouration.

Stockholm - Västerås - Berglagen Railway, SWB. Interior of the railway workshop Tillberga. The locomotive hall. SWB H 57, SWB Y3 16, SWB K1 32.

Camden loco Date: 1880

Bendición de la primera locomotora que circuló en la linea directa de Ciudad Real a Badajoz en 1879 ante el rey de España, Alfonso XII (1857-1885).

I-GRABADO 1870-TREN A VAPOR POR LAS MONTAÑAS ROCOSAS,HOMBRES QUITANDO NIEVE.

Destruction of the locomotives on the bridge over the Chickahominy. Morgan collection of Civil War drawings. Railroad bridges, 1860-1870, Railroad locomotives, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage, Union, United States, Virginia, Chickahominy River

Engraving depicting a Griffin portable petrol engine. Dated 19th century

Accident on the Marly-le-Roi rail line, France, 1891. Artist: F Meaulle

El expreso "rayo". Museum: FREE LIBRARY PHILADELPH USA. Author: CURRIER, NATHANIEL & IVES, JAMES M.

Cartoon on the Ministerial Crisis, 1874, 1874 print Cartoon on the ministerial Krisis, 1874. The Hague tram truck has been derailed. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 26, 1874. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper tram The Hague

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