Historic Mountain Railroads

A collection of vintage stereographs depicting historic mountain railroads, showcasing scenic routes, train trestles, and travelers from the late 19th century.

Dayville , Railroad tracks, Railroads

Train on the track Turbie Monte Carlo, c. 1886 - c. 1896 photograph France photographic support. cardboard albumen print

Albumin paper photograph depicting the Lemberg-Czernowitzer Railway crossing near the powder thorm close to Lemberg, taken around 1868, showing railway tracks and surrounding landscape.

R.R. on Mt. Washington, N.H. , Railroad tracks, Forests

Train wreck, Bellows Falls, Vermont. Preston William Taft (American, born 1827)

Gen. Casement's construction train. , Railroads, Railroad construction & maintenance, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Casement, John Stephen, 1829-1909. Photographs of the American West

The steamboat Oscar Gorthon in Köping Djuphamn.

Locomotives at Railway Placement and Station of Eindhoven (1). Album leaf with five photos of locomotives with associated numbers and type indication and from Eindhoven railway station. Part of photographic travel report of the visit of the Stephenson LoComotive Society to the Netherlands.

Rijkswaterstaat photo collection. Working at Amsterdam. Schutslocks near the St. Antoniedijk. View of the northern lock heads, eastern lock opening and shract cheal from a point north of the locks and east of the canal axis. April 30, 1890. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

rd, Stadtbahn, main customs office train station, Friedrich Strauß, Photographer

Engine "General Haupt," Alexandria, 1863. No. 232, Title from item. Railroad locomotives, Virginia, Alexandria, 1860-1870, Railroad roundhouses, Virginia, Alexandria, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation.

Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Rail Road. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.), Mountain railroads, Trestles

Tram Line, Mamaku, 1880s, Mamaku, by W Rayner.

Jacob's ladder, Mt. Washington Railway. U.S.A. , Mountain railroads, Trestles

Old 'Z' head of Echo Scenery of the Union Pacific Railroad. No. 145. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Utah

Railway Suspension Bridge, 800 feet long. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Rivers , New York (State), Waterfalls , New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Rivers , Ontario, Waterfalls , Ontario

View of the Waterkant in Paramaribo along the route of the Lawasspoorweg (Landspoorweg), in or after 1905 photograph Part of photo album of an unknown Dutch family with recordings of Suriname, Europe and the Dutch East Indies. Waterfront photographic support railway, train Waterfront

P.M.S.S. & Co.'s Steamship Japan - In the California Dry Dock, Hunter's Point. San Francisco, 255. 1869. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, San Francisco (Calif.), Steamboats, Dry docks, Mail steamers

On the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad , Railroad tracks, Rivers

Track along sugar cane. Track and canal along fields with sugar cane. Part of the photo album of the Tjomal Sugar factory in the period ca. 1900-1919.

Switchback Railroad. Looking down Mt. Pisgah Plane. Scenery of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.), Railroads, Inclined planes

View of the via Mala; La Via Mala 1er Pont ..

Rack path in Rigi, Switzerland.

View of Gothenburg station.

Iron Ore Train of 45 cars crossing Goose Lake. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1867. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Chicago and North Western Railway Company, Iron industry, Lakes & ponds , Michigan, Mine railroad cars

Railroad Accident Caused by Rebels; A.J. Russell (American, 1830 - 1902); 1862; Albumen silver print

R.R. Bridge and Devils Gate - Weber Canon. Pacific R.R.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

View of the pass or killie crankie at Pitlochry; Pass or killie crankie, from The Railway Cutting ..

Gigantic steam shovel dumping 5-ton load of iron ore into car, open-pit mine, Hibbing, Minn; Underwood & Underwood (American, 1881 - 1940s); 1906; Albumen silver print

Near Driftwood , Mountains, Railroads

Railroad and summit, Mt. Washington. American scenery ; New England series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.), Mountains, Buildings, Mountain railroads

Ship on the Suez Canal. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Marseille, Port Said, Aden, Bombay, Colombo, Singapore and Dutch-India.

Steam locomotive.

Penn Haven planes, 1850 - 1930, Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley Railroad Company, Albumen prints

3-TON TRUCK WRECKED IN A CANYON.

The snow plow, near Cisco, Placer County, Cal. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Central Pacific Railroad Company

Connecting the Line des Moulineaux April 1899. Connection of the rolling line, Paris. Connection of the rolling line. Paris, April 1899. Gélatino-Argentic Draw, 1899.

Elevated rail road, New York. American scenery 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

Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Railroad.. Benjamin West Kilburn (American, 1827 - 1909)

nd, Prater - Liliputbahn, postcard, Verlagsanstalt Grapha Vienna, producer

Vienna II, Prater, Liliput track with a ferris wheel and a universities, Verlagsanstalt Grapha Vienna, producer

A Caterpillar tractor being used to construct a trail, circa 1917. The photograph was taken by the Holt Manufacturing Co., Peoria, Illinois, and Stockton, California. This image was received on June 26, 1918, and has a document number of P.N. 1713. It is intended for official use only.

Railway line under Bro between Lene and Brunsberg's mill at Högboda.

Choo Choo -- Maybe. In case you're curious, this is what the Japs use for a locomotive on the island of Saipan. It fell into the American invaders' hands and was snapped by a Coast Guard combat photographer as the invasion forces advanced steadily to dominate the island and capture large stores of enemy equipment.

Description: Mile 346 Description: Mile 347 ugandarailway, africa

Looking up the cut from Bas Obispo , Canal construction, Railroad tracks, Hills, Railroads. Joseph Pennell (1857-1926). Prints and Drawings

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

Description: In the K.L. Railway Workshop. The Locomotive "Lady Clarke" bought from the Sultan of Johor, under repairs. Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaya Date: 1880-1900 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Ordnance Park, Charlestown Navy Yard , Naval yards & naval stations, Charlestown Navy Yard Mass.

The great loop, Silver Plume, Colo. , Mountains, Railroad bridges, Railroads

Canal Maritime de Suez. Unknown

View of the 'Elevated', the raised railway line in New York ..

th, panorama of Nußdorf, with Kahlenbergbahn, postcard, Brothers Kohn KG B, Producer, after, Emanuel Batschny -, drawer

Baan at K.M. 100 - direction "Kwakoegron" (N), 1905 - 1910 photograph The new railway at km 100, towards Kwakoegron. Photo in the photo album about the construction of the Lawaspoorweg in Suriname in the years 1903-1912. Part of a group of objects from the Wesenhagen family in Suriname. Suriname photographic support railway, tramway; rack railway Suriname. Quakoogron

World Exhibition , Entry into the Mont-Cenis tunnel No, Michael Frankenstein , Comp, Photo Studio, Viennese Photographer Association, Publishing House

Steam -driven ore loading tap "Freja" on Svartön, Luleå.

Mt. Lowe Railway, Circular Bridge, California still image. Postcards. 1902 - 1903. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Bridges , California, Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.), Railroads , California

Man and a woman with a horse and carriage on a country road, presumably in the Auvergne, 1902 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first cars and car races. Volvic paper. photographic support two-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle. road, path Volvic

Ships on the trees in Rotterdam, Anonymous, c. 1860 - c. 1880 photograph. cabinet photograph Part of a collective band with photos from Rotterdam. Rotterdam cardboard. photographic support albumen print quay (+ city(-scape) with figures, staffage). sailing-ship, sailing-boat Tree

82. Expon 1900. Wheelway. Universal exhibition of 1900. The sidewalk at the level of the Alma Bridge, the Quai d'Orsay, 7th arrondissement, Paris. Universal Exhibition of 1900. The rolling panel at the level of the Alma Bridge at the Quai d'Orsay, Paris (VIIth ARR.). Industrial photography society or S.i.p. Draw on paper with gelato bromide laminated on yellow cardboard.

The flower covered engine drawing President Roosevelt's special train, Santa Cruz, Cal.

View from top of south tower showing deck panels in place. Original caption: This is a view from the top of the south tower and shows deck panels in place on a portion of the main span. No. 225-5 July 1943. State: Alaska.

Railway tunnel at Gravesfors on the line between Katrineholm and Norrköping C.

Description: Voi Station from south. Date: 1898 Description: Voi Passenger Station. Location: Voi Date: 1898 Description: Voi Passenger Station from East. Location: Voi Date: 1898 Description: Voi Station from west. Location: Voi Date: 1898 ugandarailway, africa

Earth transport in Fosibergi, 1900 - 1913 photograph Rail line for land transport through the forest, according to the caption in Fosibergi. Part of the photo album Souvenir de Voyage (part 3), about the life of the Dooyer family in and around the Ma Retraite plantation in Suriname in the years 1906-1913. Suriname photographic support Suriname

Laan with railway line in Saint-Tropez. Part of photo album from a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first automobiles and autoraces.

Description: Mile 494. Between Mau and Londiani. Location: Mau, Londiani Description: Mile 494. Cutting between Mau and Londiani. Location: Mau, Londiani ugandarailway, africa

Long Ravine Bridge on the Central Pacific Railroad. Timothy H. O'Sullivan (American, about 1840 - 1882)

th, wire cable car on the Leopoldsberg also cable car on the Kahlenberg, view over the Kuchelau to the valley station and the route, Amand Helm -, photographer

The gravel pit at Lilleskog, Uddevalla - Vänersborg - Herrljunga Railway, Uvhj Lok 8 "Bohus".

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. INAGURACION DEL FERROCARRIL DE GRANOLLERS A LAS MINAS DE SAN JUAN DE LAS ABADESAS,1880. GRABADO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Clinton Fire Company No. 41.. Tuthill, William H. (fl. 1825-ca. 1830). Stone, William L. (William Leete) (1792-1844). Prints, Illustrations. 1825. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Erie Canal (N.Y.), Erie Canal (N.Y.), Fire engines

Tunnel near Flüelen, William England, c. 1850 - c. 1880 stereograph Uri cardboard. photographic support albumen print underground road, tunnel. ladder Uri

Description: Matara Railway. Nov 1895. Talpe Station. Location: Talpe, Ceylon Date: November 1895 asia, srilanka, ceylon, asiathroughalens

Canal a Montbrison onz..

Rail transport in Saxony, Große Heeresfeldbahnübung 1909, 1. Königlich Sächsisches Bataillon des Königlich Preußischen Eisenbahnregiments Nr. 1, 1910, Landkreis Meißen, Luga, Deutsche Eisenbahntruppen, Feldbahnzug im Einschnitt, Germany

Unknown architect, laying of the Stettin railway between Pankow and Berlin (without dat.): View. Photo on cardboard, 42.4 x 58.5 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Verlegung der Stettiner Eisenbahn zwischen Pankow und Berlin

Schimpff Gustav (1871-1919), north-south railway through Berlin. Schinkel competition 1897 (1897): Department plan Lehrter freight station 1: 1000. Ink, ink colored watercolor on the box, 73.6 x 101.7 cm (including scan edges) Schimpff Gustav (1871-1919): Nord-Süd-Bahn durch Berlin. Schinkelwettbewerb 1897

The monorail is surely the railway of tomorrow, making it possible to span wide valleys with a single rail. What if all the passengers crowd to one side to admire the view Date: 1910

Man with horse and carriage on a road in driv valleys, anonymous, c. 1860 - c. 1870 photograph Part of English family album with photos of people, travel, cricket and artworks. Drift valley paper. photographic support albumen print two-wheeled, animal-drawn vehicle. public road Drift valley

World Exhibition , Entry of the Mont Cenis tunnel, view from the tunnel No, Michael Frankenstein , Comp, Photo Studio, Viennese Photographer Association, Publishing House

Einheit (ship, 1873), Steamship Germania, Střekov (castle), Elbe in Ústí nad Labem, 1913, Ústí nad Labem Region, Aussig, Burgruine, Elbe mit Dampfer Germania, Czech Republic

Unknown architect, railway Barmen-Rittershausen, railway buildings (without date): View. Photo on cardboard, 42.6 x 55.5 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Eisenbahn Barmen-Rittershausen. Umgestaltung der Bahnanlage

transport transportation railway disasters collapse of the railroad bridge near Muenchenstein Canton Basel Switzerland 14.6.1891 coloured lithograph C. Burckhardt Weissenburg,

Train track in Mozambique, possibly along the banks of the Rio Incomati, Manuel Romão Pereira, c. 1886 - c. 1895 photograph Mozambiqueprinter: Lissabon photographic support albumen print railway, train Mozambique

Plauen-Cheb railway line, Railway viaducts in Germany, Unidentified steam locomotives of Germany, 1903, Vogtlandkreis, Bad Elster, Viadukt mit Eisenbahn

Große Heeresfeldbahnübung 1909, Viadukt bei Luga, 1. Königlich Sächsisches Bataillon des Königlich Preußischen Eisenbahnregiments Nr. 1, 1910, Landkreis Meißen, Luga, Deutsche Eisenbahntruppen, Bau einer Feldbahnbrücke, Germany

Ruins of Lynn fire engine #1 , Fires, Ruins, Fire engines. Chelsea Public Library Archive Collection

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