Historic Railroad Scenes

Black and white stereographs of historic railroad landscapes, showcasing train tracks, tunnels, and disasters from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Views of the Tariffville disaster , Railroad accidents, Railroad bridges, Railroads

Scenery of the Union Pacific Railroad. 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

Allegheny Tunnel. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Railroad tunnels , Pennsylvania

Mt. Pisgah and Switchback R.R. with car. Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania. 778. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.)

Views of the Tariffville disaster , Railroad accidents, Railroad bridges, Railroads

Minnehaha steamer, Lake George. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake), Lakes & ponds , New York (State)

The suspension bridge on the Ohio, at Wilmington. Anthony's stereoscopic views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Ohio

Tramway on Anastasia Island. 1884. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Florida, Saint Augustine (Fla.), Lighthouses, Anastasia Island (Fla.), Horse railroads

Summit of Mt. Washington & r.r. train , Mountain railroads, Mountains, Rocks

Mt. Washington Railroad, White Mountain, N.H. 1870. 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, Passengers

Hudson River Rail road. 1855 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.), Railroads

Train on Mt. Washington R.R. , Mountain railroads, Mountains, Rocks

Paris, Charenton railway ..

Mount Pisgah Plane looking down. American scenery, Mauch Chunk, Pa. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.)

Esplanade Str. View of railroad tracks. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Texas, Trees, Street railroad tracks

Cut-Whitehall and Saratoga Railroad, steamboat landing, Lake Champlain. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Champlain, Lake, Lakes & ponds , New York (State), Railroad tracks

Sharon Springs, N.Y. View of women on horse-drawn carts. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Sharon Springs (N.Y.), Springs , New York (State) , Sharon Springs (N.Y.), Carriages & coaches, Women , Clothing & dress , United States , 1860-1869

Mt. Washington Railway. 1869. 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, Railroad employees

Mount Pisgah Plane looking down. American scenery, Mauch Chunk, Pa. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.)

The Allegheny Tunnel. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Railroad locomotives, Railroad stations, Railroad tunnels , Pennsylvania

Robert Fulton-type railroad stream engine. Unknown

Interior of Sound Steamer.. Unknown maker, American

Mt. Pisgah Plane. - Length 2,341 ft. - 664 ft. high.. James Zellner (American, active Pennsylvania 1870s - 1880s)

Spree after the Alsen-Brucke. Berlin..

Inclined plane, looking down. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.)

Directors car, elevator and depot. C. & N.W.R.R. Chicago and North Western Railroad depot. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Illinois, Chicago (Ill.)

Hoboken Ferry. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1865. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Harbors , New York (State) , New York, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.), Hoboken (N.J.), Carriages & coaches, Marine terminals

Town along the Union Pacific Railroad. William Henry Jackson & Co.

North-west towards Bennington Cut. Views among the Alleghenies. Penna. Railroad. 69. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Allegheny Mountains, Railroad tracks , Pennsylvania

Steamer York, Lewiston, N.Y. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1858 - 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Steamboats

New York Depot, 31st & Market Streets, Phila. View of horse drawn trolleys in front of the New York Depot. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.)

15th Amendment bringing his crop to town. Man on an oxcart loaded with hay. 1868 - 1900. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. African Americans

Incline plane. Mauch Chunk. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.)

Horse Shoe Curve. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Railroad cuts, Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark (Pa.)

All aboard for Mt. Washington , Railroad stations, Railroads

People in coach with African American coachman. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Rhode Island, Newport (R.I.), Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, African Americans , Men

Group of steamboats lying at Simonson's ship yard, foot of 12th street. Anthony's instantaneous views. No. 5178. 1860. 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.), Harbors , New York (State) , New York, Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)

Lewistown Narrows. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Juniata River (Pa.), Mifflin County (Pa.)

Williams Bridge Station. 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, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

Danger, Clear Creek Canon. Views on the line of the Colorado Central R.R. in Clear Creek Canyon. 59. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Canyons , Colorado, Clear Creek Canyon (Colo.), Railroads , Colorado

From Quakake. View of railroad tracks. Catawissa Creek scenery, Penn'a. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Catawissa Creek (Pa.)

Junc's R.R. railroad tunnel under Market & Chestnut Streets. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (Pa.)

Boats on the shore of Lake George. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), George, Lake (N.Y. : Lake), Lakes & ponds , New York (State), Rowboats

Wagon with "A. Wilson, Baker, Lawrence" on the canopy. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Lawrence (Mass.), Carts & wagons, Bakers

Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Railway. 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.)

Conemaugh Boro fire engine, Johnstown, Pa. Johnstown and Conemaugh Valley, Pa., disaster. May 31, 1889. 1889. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Johnstown (Pa.)

Waiting for the train , Mountain railroads, Sightseers

Cut on railroad at St. Paul Mts. , Railroad cuts, Railroad tracks

Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Railway, N.H. 1865 - 1875. 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

Summit of Mt. Washington Railway. 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.)

Shoreline of a river with moored rowing boats (presumably) in France ..

View of a buggy on a residential street. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Barre (Mass.), Carriages & coaches, Residential streets, Dry stone walls

A few boats on narrow speed, presumably the Sungai Martapura river, with both Europeans and original inhabitants of Borneo, Anonymous, 1900 - 1940 stereograph Indonesia cardboard. baryta paper gelatin silver print river Indonesia

The first flight from Clément van Maasdijk at Heerenveen.A Number of Menealing With A Small Plane That is in a hangar.

Willow road, Lanesville, Mass. New series. American scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Ann, Cape (Mass.), Quarrying

Girl in a carriage (presumably) on a beach. .

Train going up Mt. Washington, N.H. 1890. 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

Shrewsbury July 4th 1871 Cavalcade.. Frank Lawrence (American, 1837 - 1914)

Near Whetham. On the line of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. Purviances stereographs. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Railroad tracks , Pennsylvania, Clinton County (Pa.)

Smash up , Railroad accidents, Railroads

Eastern portal. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.), Tunnels , Massachusetts

Delaware Water Gap. View on the Weston and Lehigh Rail Road.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

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

Motor in South Westland black-and-white prints, stereoscopic photographs

P. R. R. car shops, Altoona, Pa. Views among the Alleghenies. Penna. Railroad. 134. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Allegheny Mountains, Railroad shops & yards, Altoona (Pa.)

West end illegible , Mountains, Railroad tracks, Railroad tunnels

View of the Erie Railroad yard. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Hornellsville (N.Y.)

Up Mt. Washington. 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

Colachi, Quebec, Canada. William Ellisson & Co.

Ascending Mt. Washington , Mountain railroads, Mountains, Rocks

Near Kittanning Mountain. Pennsylvania Central R.R.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

Remains of Wreck on Track, Ready for transportation to Alexandria. This Train was thrown from the track by Rebels.. A.J. Russell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1902) March 1864 A train, with several men standing on top. (Verso, mount) lower right, in pencil: "CW-15"; lower right, in pencil: "sim. repro Miller II p 35";

Mnt. top station illegible , Railroad stations, Railroad tracks, Railroads

The home stretch, Switchback R.R. 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.), Railroad tracks

Ascending Mt. Washington. 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.)

Uncle Red. Man in an oxcart. 1868 - 1900. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. African Americans

South African workers at a cart in Church Street in Pretoria; Church St Pretoria. Part of travel album with photos of South Africa, Madeira, Portugal, France and Germany.

Mt. Pisgah Plane. Length 2,341 ft., 664 ft. high. Scenery of the L & S division, Central R.R. of New Jersey. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.), Inclined planes

Descending Mt. Washington by rail , Mountain railroads, Mountains, Rocks

West end illegible , Mountains, Railroad tracks, Railroad tunnels

Above Crosson's.. William Henry Jackson & Co.

Sliding down Mt Washington r r , Mountain railroads, Railroad tracks

N.O. and Mobile R.R. station, New Orleans. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Louisiana, New Orleans (La.)

Rosalind. Schreiber & Sons

People in a carriage drawn by a horse ..

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

Le Rigi Staffel , Railroads

Ascending Mt. Washington , Mountain railroads, Mountains, Rocks

Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Hendrik in an open carriage, 1901 - 1910 stereograph Netherlands cardboard. photographic support prince. queen

East end,near view. Hoosac tunnel route series. 220. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Hoosac Tunnel (Mass.), Tunnels , Massachusetts

Devils Gate Station. Attributed to A.J. Russell (American, 1830 - 1902)

Bangor railroad disaster. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1871. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maine, Bangor (Me.), Maine Central Railroad Company, Railroad accidents , Maine , Bangor

Sliding down Mt Washington r r , Mountain railroads, Railroad tracks

I helped to build Pike's Peak railroad myself," Colorado, U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1894. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Pikes Peak (Colo.)

Carro del Bueyes. 1860 - 1869. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Carts & wagons

A Fine Jamaica Road. The 'Perfec-Stereograph', 7677.. Photographs. 1904. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Jamaica, Carriages & coaches, Dirt roads

Steam train seen from above, Anonymous, 1897 - 1900 photograph This photo is part of an album. France baryta paper steam locomotive. railway, train France

Lake Calhoun. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Minnesota

Met on the Road.. John K. Hillers (American, 1843 - 1925)

Swan boats, Public Garden , Parks, Lakes & ponds, Boats

Jamaica Plain, Mass.. Deloss Barnum (American, 1825 - 1873)

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