Historic Railroads

Historic photographs of railways navigating through mountainous terrains and valleys, capturing engineering marvels from the past.

United States: 1918 One of the trucks of the Goodyear Wingfoot Express traveling on the Lincoln highway from Boston to San Francosco.

Drive on Zinndateau Wire cable car, look against three-stroke top. .

1950. Old Pass of the Devotas, where the cinca entered the road and its Tunnels.

Quay with railways and boats in the Emmahaven of Padang. Part of travel album with pictures of sights in Italy, Switzerland and Dutch East Indies.

Bus and 7th Science Congress visitors on Wainui hill road - 15 February 1949 gelatin silver negatives, black-and-white negatives

Levico. Auto-Reserve. Wagenreinigung. .

Here they are; First: Air picture of the Railway line ***** forrest (103 miles from Melbourne) buckled and torn on ***** approach to a bridge over the Barwon river. August 12, 1953.

With his personal belonging on a bullock cart, a South Korean trudges along a road South of the Han River. May 29, 1951.

Border tunnel of runways Zw.bukovina u.rumänien.

Log-hauler + Bartholomew's tramline in bush, in the Makahika valley. black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

An Italian auto-truck in trouble on the deck of Sarantaporos has the Greek-Albanian border.

Spanned train station, Hrenow. .

Original caption: "30" Cement culvert on truck trail Santa Ysabel (Mission)". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Poll photo collection. Dutch glory on the Rhine. Rijnvaart, report from Tugboat Duvo 9: West Germany.Sleep in the Rhine bend at the Lorelei. April 1, 1955. Germany, Sankt Goar, West Germany

The oil wharf at Miramar with the tanker "Falkefjell" discharging cargo. Mt Albert in the distance , 06 April 1936, by Leslie Adkin. Gift of G. L. Adkin family estate, 1964.

c.1900 vintage photograph: Steamboat landing at Bennett Lake, White Pass and Yukon Railway, Canada.

From a Schneelawine spilled cable car in Ceremana Schasten.

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Mt. Lowe Railway, cable incline | Library of Congress

Car with a caravan. .

Description: "Sno-cat" leaving Spencer's Creek camp area. Location: Spencer's Creek, Australia Date: August 1951 australia, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Monte Carlo Motor Rally -- Cars in the Monte Carlo Motor Rally, stand bonnet to tall on a road overlooking the Mediterranes.There has been confusion and protests over the awards at the close of the Monte Carlo Motor Rally, but whatever the final decisions will be, British small cars, ***** as the Hillman Minx and Jowitt ***** placed 1st and 2nd ***** their records, of the 230 ***** in the Rally - considered the ***** "outdoor motor show" in the ***** 60 were British. A Bristol and were placed high in the main gory. January 30, 1949.

Visits, Rimutaka Tunnel : West portal, Rimutaka, 05 November 1952, by Leslie Adkin.

Cucuracha i.e., Cucaracha Slide -- Panama

The U.S. Army Jeep.... A Militarist's Dream Come True -- Equipped with railroad wheels, the Jeep can run on tracks. November 02, 1942. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.)

Old wheels of the famous twenty mule team Borax wagons, Death Valley, California Date: C. 1910

Description: Why caution and good brakes are essential! A dangerous meeting on a narrow blind corner. Location: Colombia Date: July 1958 Description: Cleaning a small landfall. Notice the width of the road (Medellin-Quibdo) Location: Colombia Date: July 1958 Description: Note the stone and height of the middle strip. Medellin-Quibdo Location: Colombia Date: July 1958 Description: Road hazards. Location: Colombia Date: July 1958 Description: A muddy patch in a winding narrow valley. Location: Colombia Date: July 1958 Description: Typical section of road in the Choco. Location: Choco, Colombia Date: July 1958 americas

Early autotype of Ragusa, Austria-Hungary, 1880, now Dubrovnik, Croatia, Europe

Vintage North African motor rally 1905

04/30/1982. Despeñaperros, Jaén.- For the traveler who goes by road or rail from the Castilian plateau to Andalusia or vice versa, the Despeñaperros pass has been a mandatory route since the time of King Carlos III. In the 80s, its passage still constituted a real "bottleneck".

Åre cable car, the tree line.

History of the Automobile, Group of American Tourists in their Cars in the Alps, 1921, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th-20th century original

Malaga, 01/20/1923. The trip of Mr. Bergamin. The illustrious former minister (x) and guests visiting the Agujero reservoir dam.

Mooring Line on the River Douro, Retro Image Filtered Style

Boat on a river, circa 1935, New Zealand, by Gordon Burt, Gordon H. Burt Ltd.

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Pickup and Cars Parked by Sidewalk. 1900 - 1960. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Rosebud Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Kötzschenbroda. Dutch Lößnitzgrund, stroller

Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report on life and work on board a Rijnschip. Seinpost along the Rhine at Bacharach. April 1, 1955. Bacharach, Germany, West Germany

Sightseers walking along railroad tracks with bridge and mountains in background , Sightseers, Railroad tracks. Nicholas Catsimpoolas Collection

Southern exit from Härnösand. East coast line, OKB, tunnel.

The Galle Road - Ceylon, circa 1900

Panama Canal Zone - Pedro Miguel Locks, Aerial Photograph.

Train at the assembly office in Mauthen.Absgen.22.IX.1915. .

Seilbahn 10.Vigolo.Station Matarello. .

Poll photo collection. Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene at the Werkplaats Children's Communion van Kees Boeke in Bilthoven. Princess Irene and classmates at a car at the workplace. 1948

Contract No. 60, Access Roads to Shaft 12, Quabbin Aqueduct, Hardwick and Greenwich, looking back from Sta. 7+80, Greenwich and Hardwick, Mass., Oct. 21, 1938

Tinakori Ridge with Glenmore tram-route below, from western end of Upland Road black-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives

Truck on a dirt road, 1921-1922, New Zealand, maker unknown.

Etschtal (at Magre Sattel) 42cm pipe car.

""Horse Shoe Curve."" On Burlington and Missouri River Railway. Buckhorn Mountains in background, Wild West

Cars parked along main street during the Labor Day celebration, Silverton, Colorado. 1940. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado , Silverton, Colorado , San Juan County

Motif on the Rollestrasse at S. Martino. .

Fire in train and snow gallery at the national border.

Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report from Tugboat Duvo 9: West Germany. Lift to a bank on the water in Oberwesel. April 1, 1955. Germany, Oberwesel, West Germany

Poll photo collection. Israel 1960-1965: Negev desert, the road to Eilat. Passenger car on the road to Eilat and the surrounding landscape. January 1, 1960. Israel, Negev

Train on Railroad track Train on Railroad track, Ramdarya, Pune, Maharashtra, India Copyright: xZoonar.com/yogeshxmorex 3813397

Relocation Central Massachusetts Railroad, viaduct from cableway tower, Clinton, Mass., Jun. 26, 1903 , waterworks, railroads infrastructure, viaducts, construction completed

Arrival of the Negus to Haifa. the train at Haifa which brought Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie I and his family to Jerusalem, May 8, 1936. 1936, Israel, Haifa

Tan-Y-Bwlch, Ffestiniog Railway, Rheilffordd Ffestiniog, a narrow gauge railway, 1880, in County Gwynedd, Wales, Historical, digitally enhanced reproduction of a photochrome print of the time

On the way to field work on the Hanse man

Snow plow at work

Original caption: "Truck Trail - Santa Ysabel (Mission)". 1936 - 1942. Pacific Region (Riverside, CA). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Mission Agency. 11/15/1920-6/17/1946. Photographs

Anefo photo collection. Autorace in Zandvoort. Racing of racing cars. August 7, 1948. Noord-Holland, Zandvoort

Poll photo collection. Between Amman and Jerusalem. Car driving on sagging away. 1953-00-00}. Jordan

Destroyed by the Italians locomotives at Venas. .

UPPER SECTION OF 100-INCH TELESCOPE TUBE ARRIVING VIA 3-TON TRUCK ON MT. WILSON; PHOTO TAKEN BELOW 150-FOOT TOWER TELESCOPE.

Anefo photo collection. A baily bridge at Malang is laid. September 30, 1947. Malang

Untitled, circa 1931, by Eric Lee-Johnson.

SkiopT icon image with motifs in boats at mountainjön Königssee in Southeast Beyern.The image has been stored in cardboard marked: Höstesan 1909.Köningssee 3. Munich 1. Innsbruck 3. No: 13. Text on image: "Buyingsee".

School and train home travelers.

Syria. motorcycle in the desert. a camel skeleton. 1940-50

Syria. Motorcycle In The Desert. A Camel Skeleton. 1940-50

Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report on life and work on board a Rijnschip. Seinpost along the Rhine at Kaub, seen from an inland vessel. April 1, 1955. Germany, Kaub, West Germany

Cruise Ship Cruise Ship on the River Douro in Portugal, Stylized Photo Copyright: xZoonar.com/gkunax 11173183

Breguet biplane, type 1910, flying over a town, possibly in Morocco

Calabria. rosarno. peasant cart on the banks of the mesima river. 1955

Calabria. Rosarno. Peasant Cart On The Banks Of The Mesima River. 1955

Stereo image, Virgo's aft deck.

Steam Locomotive on the Victoria Falls Bridge crossing the Zambezi River, near Livingstone, Zambia/Zimbabwe. Date: Circa 1910

Pipiriki - Raetihi Road, 1905, by Fred Brockett.

Palermo Aviation Week at the foot of Mount Pellegrino, 1910, Italy, photo by Vincenzo Lo Cascio, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XXXVII, No 21, May 22, 1910.

Motor home near cliffs, Indian Cove Campground, Joshua Tree National Park, California, USA

Strasse Bei Kostanjevica Gegen Fajti Hill.

Track work.

Poll photo collection. Rijnvaart, report from Tugboat Duvo 9: West Germany. Face on Braubach with the Marksburg. April 1, 1955. Braubach, Germany, West Germany

Steam train on railway

World War 1 - A supply convoy on the road in the Dolomites: ahead lies the mountain of Pomagagnon. 1915

Man on a Bicycle black-and-white negatives

Vintage Photograph. Above parking area at Coulee Dam.

Black and white photo of old train station

Bullock carriages, Madeira, Portugal, c1920s-c1930s(). Artist: Unknown

Buses and party at Lake Coleridge, 20 May 1951, by Leslie Adkin.

Train on the street of Fiera di Primiero. .

Signs - Utah. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Seatoun fault from ... Road junction, 12 May 1956, by Leslie Adkin.

Mike Sarcich at Plimmerton gelatin dry plate negatives, black-and-white negatives

China, Tibet, Friendship highway

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