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19th Century Locomotives

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

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A Motor Tour of Lakeland If you desire to go the pace, try motoring through this lovely place !! circa 1920s
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transport transportation navigation sea rescue cliff crane of J. Johnston for the rescue of stranded wood engraving 19th century,
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Our volunteer fire department, a series of illustrations representing the various steam fire-engines now used in New York. 1861 - 1880. Prints. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. New York (State) , History, Fire fighters , New York (State) , New York, Fire engines , New York (State) , New York
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Stem train in Russia by Russian master , watercolor on paper , 1837, Russia, St. Petersburg , State Open-air Museum Peterhof
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Colour illustration of the K-class locomotive of the East Coast Railway of New Zealand. Dated 1939
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Description: The vast Chittaranjan locomotive works provide a good example of how India is helping herself under the Colombo plan. The picture shows a newly-built engine. Location: India Date: 1950-1960 india, asia, asiathroughalens
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Vignette illustration, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson -- One of the earliest honeymoon trains run by the GWR. Date: 1935
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Postcard of a Giant Potato. ca. 1914, POTATO-THE KIND WE RAISE IN MAINE
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'Inside a British submarine: complex details of the craft in which our underwater crews live and fight'. A sectional view of a boat of the 'T' class, showing how machinery, torpedoes, fighting gear and living quarters are compressed into a craft housing more than 50 men. Date: 1943
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American railroad scene: lightning express trains leaving the junction
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Michigan Central and Great Western Railways. Via suspension bridge and Niagara Falls. , Bridges, Railroads, 19th Century American Trade Cards
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Central Pacific Railraod in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Train cheered by railroad workers, including Chinese labourers. Wood engraving c1875.
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card showing the train route from Amsterdam to Cologne 1839
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Part of a French wagon-lit (sleeping car), showing accommodation by day and night and centre, the lavatory and WC. Carriages were double-glazed and heated and there was hot and cold running water. Wood engraving, 1890
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A balloon lands on the Lyon- Marseille line at Villeurbaine just at the moment that an express enters the station : luckily, this is a scheduled stop... Date: 1907
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'We are coming on a slow train'! A couple share a lingering kiss on their transport of choice - an enormous steamroller! Date: 1913
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Denver and Rio Grande Narrow-Gauge Mikado, Railroad
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Restoration of railway transport. (From a picture by N. B. Terpsikhorov).
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Chinese pleasure junk, Qing Dynasty. Pleasure boat with latticed windows and large cabins, usually rowed or pulled. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Andrea Freschi after Antoine Cardon from Henri-Leonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin and Jean Baptiste Joseph Breton's China, Its Costumes, Arts, Manufactures, etc., Howlett and Brimmer, London, 1824.
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Photograph by Andreas Groll of a passenger train locomotive, category II, built by W. Norris, on salt paper, albumed on cardboard between 1855-1857.
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A photograph by Andreas Groll of Freight train-locomotive III, built by J. Cockerill between 1855 and 1857. Salt paper print albumed on cardboard documents early freight locomotive engineering and railway design.
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George Schilling was an American athlete who made his living by walking great distances for a wager circa 1908.
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Construction of the municipal metropolitan metropolitan railway in Paris. "Place Gambetta" station (departure). Interior view, towards Courcelles, February 16, 1904. Anonymous photography. Silver gelatin-chloride draw. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 123093-7
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Universal Exhibition Paris 1900 - Machine Gallery, The French Section Universal exhibition Paris 1900. Gallery of machines, the French section. Photograph of Neurdein Brothers.
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Illustration showing a view of transporting post by electric in monorail, New England, USA 1890
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History of the Railway. 19th century. United States. Tourist train descending through Mount Washington railway line. Engraving by Capuz. La Ilustración Española y Americana (The Spanish and American Illustration), 1878. Author: Tomás Carlos Capuz (1834-1899). Spanish engraver.
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NA, USA, Arizona, Holbrook Railroad mural
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Union Pacific Railroad: Train crossing wooden trestle bridge carrying railroad across the Sierra Nevada. Wood engraving 1876
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French illustration of a tram conductor in conversation with passengers, Paris 1896
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New York subway train in the tunnel connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn under the East River Date: 1907
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Lentz G., Express Zuglokomotive for the Royal Railway Directorate Cologne (without Dat.): View: With anchorless boiler, D.R.-P-No. 51028, built by the Hohenzollern locomotive factory. Photo on cardboard, 48.1 x 65 cm (including scan edges)
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Sectional view of London's transport system at Queen Victoria Street. Top is the London, Catham & Dover Railway. Bottom: City and Waterloo Railway. Dated 19th century
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E for the Engine that's Lighted with Coke, The Alphabet
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Furious fighting at Amur, Railroad
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US. Workmen on a handcar riding down a mountain line to pick up new provisions. Engraving, 1889.
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Scott-Moncrieff's patent Pneumatic Tramway-car Date: 1876
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Railway train halted by a snowstorm. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 5 March 1892. France, Transport Railroad, Steam, Locomotive, Weather, Winter, Cold
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Greetings from Kahlenberg, Kahlenberg with a cog railway , Carl Karl Ledermann jun, Producer
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Illustration showing Queen Victoria crossing the Tay Bridge on her return from Balmoral just six months before its collapse.1879
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Lentz G., Express Zuglokomotive for the Royal Railway Directions Cologne (without Dat.): View: With anchorless boiler, D.R.-P-No. 51028, built by the Hohenzollern locomotive factory. Photo on cardboard, 47.8 x 65.1 cm (including scan edges)
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FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA." PASO DE UN TREN HACIA MIRANDA DEL EBRO POR EL VIADUCTO DE LAS PEÑAS DE PANCORBO , AÑO 1875 ". GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA , AÑO1875. FERROCARRIL. ESPAÑA.
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Engraving depicting the interior of a Pullman railway car. Dated 19th century
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The Superga funicular railway near Turin, Italy. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1884
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Railroad Magazine: Engine Cabs, 1943, Railroad
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'The Finest Route to All Points East.' The great Providence Line between New York & Boston. Only 42 miles rail. -- Time 60 minutes. , Railroad cars, Bridges, 19th Century American Trade Cards
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Railroad Magazine: Traveling, 1950, Railroad
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Gotthardbahn: Luftlocomotive. Adolphe Braun & Cie (French, founded 1876, dissolved 1889)
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Railroad: The Magazine of Adventurous Railroading, 1954, Railroad
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Railroad Magazine: Top Banana Line, 1952, Railroad
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Railroad Magazine: Through the Night, 1950, Railroad
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Case printing depicting locomotives and text: Association of Mutual Help 14/X 1917 by railway workers; 1917 (1917-00-00-1917-00-00);
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Barmen-Elberfeld (now Wuppertal), Germany, electric overhead monorail, 1901. This the world's first, and oldest still operating, overhead monorail passenger transport system was designed by the German engineer Eugen Langen (1833-1895), and was opened to the public on 1 March 1901. From a series of cards, (London, 1901). Chromolithograph.
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Military Motor series, 1916: Russian Motor Repairing Shop.
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Bilderserie Rätsel, zwei Bahnstationen liegen 6 Fahrstunden auseinander. Jede Stunde geht von jeder der Stationen nach der Anderen ein Zug ab, Wieviel Züge begegnen sich / Picture series puzzle, two train stations are 6 hours drive apart. Every hour a train departs from each of the stations after the other, how many trains meet each other, Liebigbild, digital improved reproduction of a collectible image from the Liebig company, estimated from 1900, pd / digital restaurierte Reproduktion eines Sammelbildes von ca 1900, gemeinfrei.
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A.J. Brookins, inventor; Parts of the Brookins Automatic Train Control System to prevent wrecks.. Illustrations. 1925. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division. African Americans , Chicago (Ill.)
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The Chicago Express - March Two Step, America