19th Century Railway Engravings

Vintage engravings showcasing steam locomotives, early railway stations, and tramways from 19th century Europe.

The Express Train Currier & Ives (1834-1907 American)

The Eastern Counties Railway, the opening of the line to Cambridge and Ely. Date: August 1845

Steam locomotives between Liverpool and Manchester in 1831, England. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

Engraving depicting Cambridge Railway Station, Cambridge, England, as it appeared in 1845. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting the Rigi Mountain Railway, Switzerland. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting an electric tramway by Siemens at the Paris Electricity Exhibition of 1881. Dated 19th century

Departure. .

A train billowing black smoke passes through the countryside.

Estación de Duchak, en el ferrocarril transcaspiano. Grabado de 1895.

The Express Train Currier & Ives (1834-1907 American)

British Post Office railway van showing the net for collecting mailbags whilst the train was moving. Engraving from 'Discoveries and Inventions of the Nineteenth Century' by Robert Routledge (London, 1876).

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

The Metropolitan Railway in 1869, railway, here Farringdon station in London, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century ori...

Passenger train, United States of America, illustration by Le Breton from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 282, July 22, 1848.

Spain, Catalonia. Valls-Vilanova-Barcelona Railway (VVB). Inauguration of the railway from Barcelona to Vilanova i la Geltrú on 29 December 1881. The 'Gumá' locomotive headed the convoy. Engraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1882.

Engraving showing the Mail train from Folkestone to London, with three lights on the front to indicate that it's the Express train, carrying post from India and the Far East. In the foreground is one of the South Eastern Railway Company's employees, signalling to the train. Date: 1844

Sanitary disinfection train, locomotive oven and its boiler during the outbreak of military suettte in Poitou, France. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

LORD STANLEY AND FRIENDS WATCHING A PRAIRIE FIRE FROM THE COW-CATCHER, THE CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY, CANADA 1889.

THE LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY CARRIAGES, UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

OPENING OF THE DURBAN AND PIETERMARITZBURG RAILWAY: ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST TRAIN AT PIETERMARITZBURG, SOUTH AFRICA, 1881

Illustration depicting an elevated railway in New York City. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting Nicklaus Riggenbach's rack railway at Kahlenberg, Vienna. Nicklaus Riggenbach (1817-1899) a French inventor. Dated 19th century

History of transport, 19th century. Inauguration of the France Railroad in Gerona, on January 20, 1878. This section linked the general line of Catalonia with the French line of Perpignan. Arrival of the train with the Spanish commission at Port-Bou station. Engraving. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 1878.

The Hague, Nijhoff, Martinus, Netherlands, Spanier & Zn, widow Elias, Schmidt Crans, Johan Michaël, Transvaalsche spoorleening, Cartoon on the Transvaal railway loan, 1884, Cartoon on the Transvaal railway loan. Paul Kruger being approached by a driver in front of a locomotive. Plate published in the weekly magazine De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 29, 1884., print, picture, cartoon, prints, pictures, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 215 mm, width 275 mm, Dutch, 1830-04-30 - 1907-11-14, print maker, printmaker, 1884 - 1884, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek), printer, drukker, Publication (Event), Publicatie, 1826-12-26 - 1894-09-24, publisher

The Workmen's Train'. From Gustave Dore and Blanchard Jerrold London: A Pilgrimage London 1872. This picture shows steam trains at Gower Street station on the Metropolitan (underground) railway which opened in 1863. Workers hurry to catch their morning

France, Paris, Arrival of the freight train Paris-Orleans, engraving

Illustration depicting the locomotive "The Best Friend of Charlestown" which pulled a short train out of Charleston on Christmas Day 1830. Dated 19th century

Illustration depicting an electric locomotive on the railway between the Military College and Litcherfelde on the Berlin Anhalt line, created by Charles Siemens and Johann Georg Halske. Charles Siemens (1823-1883) a German-born engineer and entrepreneur. Johann Georg Halske (1814-1890) a German master mechanic. Dated 19th century

The New York Elevated Railway at 4th Avenue - one of the finest scraps we have ever seen. Date: late 19th century

The United States. 19th century. A train of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, powered by two locomotives, in a tour around California. It reach 7,07 feet above sea level. Engraving from Frank Leslie's Illustrated newspaper. April 1878. Colored.

The Danger Signal - Engineer of locomotive giving danger signal, as another train approaches.

A train of tankers carrying oil from the Nobel Brothers oil wells at Baku (Baky or Baki), Azerbaijan, for distribution in Russia. Engraving from 'The Illustrated London News' (London, 10 July 1886).

An electric mine locomotive in use on a mine railway at Zaukerode, Saxony, Germany. This was a push-me-pull-you vehicle which could be driven from either end, so avoiding the necessity of turning the locomotive round. From 'Electricity in the Service of Man' by R. Wormell (London, 1890).

Colored skioptic image with motifs of steam locomotive with wagons.

Riot by railroad workers at Martinsburg on the Baltimore-Ohio Railroad, when workers went on strike because the company cut their wages. Wood engraving 1877

Netherlands, Railway between Amsterdam and Cologne, Plan for a railway between Amsterdam and Cologne, 1834, verso - stamped, Plan for the construction of a railway between Amsterdam and Cologne by Lieutenant-Colonel William Archibald Bake (with A. Willink and D. Borski), August 21, 1834. At the top an image of a primitive steam locomotive with two passenger cars and a cattle car. Below that a map of the course of the planned railway line. This copy without the accompanying texts., print, prints, Frederik Muller Historieplaten, height 166 mm, width 283 mm, print maker, printmaker, 1834 - 1834, paper, papier, lithografie (techniek)

Engraving depicting Matthew Murray's steam locomotive built for John Blenkinsop used to haul coals from Middleton Colliery to Leeds in 1812. Matthew Murray (1765-1826) an English steam engine and machine tool manufacturer, who designed and built the first commercially viable steam locomotive, the twin cylinder Salamanca. John Blenkinsop (1783-1831) an English mining engineer and inventor of steam locomotives, who designed the first practical railway locomotive. Dated 19th century

Illustration depicting the first steam railway in Austria. The train is seen leaving from Vienna to Wagram on the Kaiser Ferdinand's Railway service. Dated 19th century

Locomotive engine, with horizontal extra wheels, for the Mont Cenis Railway, 1868. Railway over the Alps. 'The entire length of this line, from St. Michel to Susa, is forty- eight miles...the trial trip...was quite successful, the whole journey being accomplished at the rate of about nine miles an hour...there is no doubt of the usefulness of the mechanical system, invented by Mr. Fell, for enabling the locomotive engines to ascend and descend, with perfect safety and facility, the steepest gradients...Mr. Fell adopts a third or centre rail, upon which adhesion is obtained by the pressure of h

Die elektrische Straßenbahn in Bremen im Jahre 1890, Deutschland, Historisch, authentisch, digital restaurierte Reproduktion von einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Record date not stated 1f-4904175

Going down the Seine, vintage engraved illustration. Paris - Auguste VITU 1890.

American Railroad Scene Currier & Ives (1834-1907 American) Lithograph

Engraving depicting a train carrying rock debris out of the Swiss end of the St Gotthard tunnel.

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. EL SUD- EXPRES. VAGON RTESTAURANTE Y VAGON- CAMA , AÑO 1887. GRABADO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Arrival of the first train from St. Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo on 30 October 1837, Beggrov, Karl Petrovich (1799-1875)

Train train. Leaf with 4 performances of a locomotive and train wagons with people, circus animals and freight. Numbered at the top right: No. 5.

Locomotive, Pen and black ink, black and gray wash, heightened with white, 12.7 × 21 cm (5 × 8 1/4in.), Made in United States, American, 19thcentury, Works on Paper - Drawings andWatercolors

Tragic accident at Marly-le-Roi on the Paris-Saint-Germain railway, France. The engine driver trying to save a woman walking on the line. Both were killed. From Le Petit Journal, Paris, 14 November 1891.

Pullman drawing room car on the Midland Railway, England, 1876. Artist: Unknown

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

Trains That Come and Trains ThatGo. Artist: Joseph Pennell, American, 1857-1926

Cholera epidemic. France. Paris. Fumigation of travellers coming from Toulon and Marseille (port cities through which cholera was introduced from Asia), at the Paris-Lyon-Mediterranee railway station. Passengers and luggage were disinfected in a room by means of intense nitrous vapours for half an hour. As soon as the train arrived, passengers were moved to a special room which was immediately sprayed with sodium phenate, in considerable proportion, and there they were subjected to the action of the pungent vapours exhaled by some devices, charged with crystals of nitrous sulphuric acid. Meanwhile, police inspectors were taking down the names and addresses of the travellers. Drawing by Manuel Alcazar. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

Cholera epidemic. France. Paris. Fumigation of travellers coming from Toulon and Marseille (port cities through which cholera was introduced from Asia), at the Paris-Lyon-Mediterranee railway station. Passengers and luggage were disinfected in a room by means of intense nitrous vapours for half an hour. As soon as the train arrived, passengers were moved to a special room which was immediately sprayed with sodium phenate, in considerable proportion, and there they were subjected to the action of the pungent vapours exhaled by some devices, charged with crystals of nitrous sulphuric acid. Meanwhile, police inspectors were taking down the names and addresses of the travellers. Drawing by Manuel Alcazar. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

Engraving depicting a Belgian first-class carriage on show at the International Exhibition in London. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting Snow Hill Tunnel on the London to Birmingham Railway Line. Dated 19th century

Illustration depicting a train de-railed by heavy snow. Passengers are reassured by staff that the delay won't be long. Dated 19th century

The departure of the Empress of Austria, postcard, when she said goodbye, Verlag P, Conrad Schulemann, publishing house

Elevated rail road, engine depot, New York. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Elevated railroads , New York (State) , New York, Railroad stations

'The Princesses Go By', May 12 1937. Artist: Unknown.

Color print depicting SBB postal or transport services, emphasizing quick and reliable delivery to the house, 1946.

George Buchanan Wollaston, Active 1879-1886, London Chatham and Dover Railway Viaduct, S Mary Cray, Kent, Feb. 16, 1881 - Dec. 15, 1882, 1881. Watercolor and gouache with brown ink and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper.

Night scene at a junction. Published by Currier and Ives. Chromolithograph illustration of several passenger and freight trains at a train station during the night.

The workmen's penny train arrives at Victoria Station, Central London, just before 6am each workday. 1865

This illustration dates to the 1870s and shows a trestle bridge that is part of the rail line of the Great Pacific railway - the transcontinental railway. At Sherman, 549 miles from Omaha, the line attains the summit of its track over the Black Hills, and the highest point on any railway in the world (in the 1870s), being 8,242 ft. above the level of the sea. Wild and desolate scenery characterizes the district round Sherman, and the hills, in places covered with a dense growth of wood, will furnish an immense supply of timber for years to come. The timber-sheds erected over the line, and the

Approaches to Gatun Lock , Locks Hydraulic engineering, Hoisting machinery, Canal construction, Railroad tracks, Lakes & ponds. Joseph Pennell (1857-1926). Prints and Drawings

American Railroad Scene, Snow Bound.

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

DINING CAR ON THE UNION PACIFIC RAILWAY, 1870

This illustration dates to the 1870s and shows the interior of a Pullman car on the Midland Railway. The Midland Company, who first adopted the Pullman cars, have constructed luxurious vehicles in which every elegance and comfort are placed within the reach of the English traveller, and these improvements are highly appreciated by all who have long journeys to make by day or night. Pullman Cars of another kind, providing sleeping accommodation for night journeys, are also in use on the Midland line, and they are fitted up with the same thoughtful regard to comfort as the Parlour Car.

THE CARRIAGE DEPARTMENT, FROM A DAGUERREOTYPE BY CLAUDET

Feeding the Doves. Wanamaker's. Philadelphia. Unknown maker, American

To all who travel by the railroads. 1882. Print showing, a locomotive arriving on snow-covered tracks

Ships await their cargo, whichis piled high on the Levee atNew Orleans.Date: 1881

Track railway from Lyons to the Croix-Rousse, vintage engraving. Track railway from Lyons to the Croix-Rousse, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyage, Travel Journal, 1880-81. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10659849

Engraving depicting an overhead monorail system between Barmen and Elberfeld-Vohwinkel. Dated 20th century

THE DOUBLE COLLISION ON THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY, NEAR HUNTINGDON: SCENE AFTER THE FINAL CATASTROPHE, ENGRAVING 1876, UK, britain, british, europe, united kingdom, great britain, european

The Imperial Boat, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1841.

Old railroad car. Inside view with passengers, USA. 19th-century colored engraving.

Broadway Limited, Pennsylvania Railroad, 1927. Artist: Unknown

Robert Fulton's steamboat, Clermont, on the Hudson River with paying passengers on board, while making the trip between New York City and Albany, ca. 1807-1810 (BSLOC_2019_7_111)

North Coast Limited in Bozeman Pass, Montana, at this scenic pass near Bozeman, Montana, westbound Northern Pacific trains enter the Rockies to pass a total of 28 mountain ranges en route to the Pacific Coast. , Mountains, Northern Pacific Railway Company, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Railcar, Interior, Travelers, Waiter, RailArt, M, Graphic

Giant Potato on a Train Car. ca. 1934, Maine, USA, Potato-The Kind we Raise in Maine

The main station in Vienna, Austria, watercolour

N.N., Railway Barmen-Rittershausen. Remodeling of the railway system: View. Photo on cardboard, 42.8 x 55.4 cm (including scan edge). Architecture Museum of the Technical University of Berlin Inv. No. BZ-F 12.035. N.N. : Eisenbahn Barmen-Rittershausen. Umgestaltung der Bahnanlage

The first American railway, the Mohawk and Hudson Railway ran from Albany to Schenectady, July 31, 1832. It was the first part of the New York Central Railway. The image is a lithograph showing passengers riding in coaches designed like stage coach bodies. The print's legend lists the names of the passengers and the specified cost of the locomotive which was imported from Great Britain (BSLOC_2019_7_90)

Engraving depicting passengers taking lunch in a dining car on the Great Northern Railway. Dated 19th century

Construction of the municipal metropolitan metropolitan railway in Paris. "Gare Saint-Lazare" station. Arrival of a train in the station, towards Courcelles, January 31, 1905. Anonymous photography. Silver gelatin-chloride draw. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 123094-4

The Prince of Wales opening the new electrical railway. The arrival of the train into Stockwell.The underground electric railway runs for three miles from a point in King William Street, near Monument passing under the Thamesto the Borough, Elephant and Castle, on to Stockwell. Date: 8th November 1890

Inauguration of a direct rail from Madrid to Ciudad Real. The Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo bless the locomotive "Badajoz" (1879), in the presence of King Alfonso XII. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration. Colored.

60 miles in 60 minutes by Jacob Weiner , 1900. Vintage Train locomotive artwork poster

The Canadian Pavilion at the Franco-British Exhibition at White City in London, 1908. This section appears to contain stands devoted to transport, namely canoes and carriages. Date: 1908

Transportation - Railway - Greetings with locomotive, Eil greetings from Vienna, with the view of the Votivkirche, postcard, Brothers Kohn KG B, producer

Budapest Metro line 1, 1912, Budapest, Stadtwäldchen mit der elektrischen Untergrundbahn, Hungary

Engraving depicting the Superga cable railway near Turin, Italy. Dated 19th century

Saint Lazare station in Paris, arrival of a train , Fine Art

Diesel Electric Train Abraham Lincoln. ca. 1936, USA, THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN, FIRST STREAMLINED DIESEL ELECTRIC TRAIN BETWEEN CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS. THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN, Completely Air-Conditioned. First Streamlined Train between Chicago-Bloomington-Springfield-St. Louis. Operating on the fastest schedule between Chicago and St. Louis, THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN OF THE Alton Railroad offers a superior service,-safe-comfortable-convenient-dependable...There is nothing miniature or cramped about this outsta

'Early railway Coaches', the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, England, 1831, (c1900-1920). Artist: Unknown

Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Cog Railway, White Mountains, N.H. , Mountains, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Engraving depicting passengers taking lunch in a dining car on the Great Northern Railway. Dated 19th century

American Express Train , Railroads, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

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