Historic Steam Locomotives

Vintage illustrations of early steam locomotives, showcasing intricate designs and engineering from the 1800s, including famous models like the Rocket.

George Stephenson's Patent for Locomotive Engine

Richard Trevithick's Common Road Passenger Locomotive, London, 1803.

'The Rocket'; George Stephenson's locomotive which won the Rainhill Trials and was used to haul trains on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway: 1829

The Novelty Steam Locomotive built by John Ericsson in 1829 to compete with Stephenson's Rocket. Black and White Illustration;

Steam Fire Engine, vintage engraved illustration. Trousset encyclopedia (1886 - 1891).

A French mobile bakery - the bakery en route, and the furnace which is towed behind Date: 1900

Luftfahrt: Gaserzeuger von Yon, für die Füllung von Ballons, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Original...

George Stephenson's Patent for Locomotive Engine

Brake of a wagon

Steam Carriage 1825, by Sir Goldsworthy Gurney (17931875) was a surgeon, chemist, lecturer, consultant, architect, builder and prototypical British gentleman scientist and inventor, of the Victorian era.

Locomotives from the 19th century: a tender for the Saxonia locomotive, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century.

line illustration of a Thomson's road steamer, pulling a train of loaded coal wagons. London 1870

Various views of a border wagon, an omnibus for rail and road, mechanical engineering, industrial product from the year 1880, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original template from the 19th century, exact original date not known

An engraving depicting Hancock's Steam Omnibus. Dated 19th century

Fowler's traction engine for steam ploughing

George Stephenson's locomotive 'Rocket'. On 11 October 1829 'Rocket' won the Rainhill Trials for the engine to be used on the Liverpool to Manchester Railway, England. Wood engraving, 1892

Mixed-traffic locomotive

Coupled wheels locomotive of Blenkinsop, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861.

Merryweather Steam Engine and Sons from 1863, Technology, Industrial product from 1880, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original date not known

Verschiedene Ansichten eines Grenzwagens, eines Omnibusses für Schienen und Straße, Maschinenbau, Industrieprodukt aus dem Jahr 1880, Historisch, digi...

Benz's motor tricycle is essentially a carriage with a motor : in 1892 he will produce something more closely resembling a motor car. Date: 1885

Landwirtschaft, Ernte, Lokomobile, Lokomobile, eine Dampfmaschinenanlage in geschlossener Bauform, bei der alle zum Betrieb der Anlage erforderlichen Baugruppen, Feuerung, Dampfkessel, Steuerung sowie die gesamte Antriebseinheit auf einer gemeinsamen Plattform montiert sind, von Firma Wolf, Magdeburg, um 1860, digital verbesserte Reproduktion einer Vorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Historisch, genaues Datum unbekannt

Locomotive 'Dragon' and wagon of the 'Rothschild' line from Paris to Saint-Germain. Date: 1837

THE PARIS INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION

Char-a-Banc for the Queen of Portugal, 1850. 'Two beautiful Chars-à-Banc...have just been completed at the establishment of Messrs. Thrupp and Co., in Oxford-street, for her Majesty the Queen of Portugal, and are intended for her Majesty's use during the summer sojourn of the Court at the Royal residences of Cintra and Mafra. The carriages are exceedingly elegant, and are finished in the highest style...The seats have caned sides, and are lined with pearl-coloured Spitalfields silk, trimmed with handsome lace, of the grape-vine pattern, designed expressly for these carriages. The lamps ar

William Murdoch's first working model of a steam carriage, or road locomotive, in 1784.

Model of rocket

'Locomotive and Royal Saloon, London and Birmingham Railway, 1843', 1930. Creator: Unknown.

Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, Wuerttembergian four-in-hand sick transport car, Germany, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Franco-Prussian War 1870, Wuerttembergian four-in-hand sick transport car, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Europe

The rocket locomotive built by Robert Stephenson. The 'Rocket,' shown here in this 1901 engraving, was the first modern steam locomotive. It was built in Newcastle, England, in 1829 by George Stephenson, who is known as the 'Father of Railways.'.

Engraving depicting an engine turntable. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting Jean-Francois Durenne's steam locomotive -1855. Jean-Francois Durenne was a French builder of steam engines, boilers, and fire-fighter equipment in Courbevoie. Dated 19th century

British Robey & Co (Lincoln), Steam Road locomotive, with chain drive. This vehicle had rubber tyres 1871

Illustration showing Steam road roller and traction engine. The front axle could be removed, and a casting fixed to which front rollers could be attached, so making a dual purpose machine. by Wallis and Steeven. 1891

Engraving depicting George Stephenson's old engine on the Killingworth railway. George Stephenson (1781-1848) an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Dated 19th century

Máquina locomotiva routier expuesta en la Exposición Universal de París. Grabado de 1867.

Carriage, from the period 1660, 1690, France, Illustration from 1880, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Studio shot of old fire engine

Engraving depicting Braithwaite & Ericsson's locomotive 'Novelty'. Novelty was an early steam locomotive which took part in the Rainhill Trials in 1829. John Braithwaite (1797-1870) an English engineer who invented the first steam fire engine. John Ericsson (1803-1889) a Swedish-American inventor, active in England and the United States, and regarded as one of the most influential mechanical engineers ever. Dated 19th century

Horizontal steam engine on wheels, built by Hermann-Lachapelle. Engraving, 1875. The Spanish and American Illustration. Spanish edition.

Engraving depicting a central longitudinal section of a locomotive by Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia. Dated 19th century

Design for Park Drag, no. 3328a. Dimensions: sheet: 6 1/16 x 9 1/4 in. (15.4 x 23.5 cm). Manufacturer: Brewster & Co. (American, New York). Date: 1877.Brewster & Company HistoryEstablished in 1810 by James Brewster (1788-1866) in New Haven, Connecticut, Brewster & Company, specialized in the manufacture of fine carriages. The founder opened a New York showroom in 1827 at 53-54 Broad Street, and the company flourished under generations of family leadership. Expansion necessitated moves around lower Manhattan, with name changes reflecting shifts of management-James Brewster & Sons operated at 25 Canal Street, James Brewster Sons at 396 Broadway, and Brewster of Broome Street was based at 372 & 374 Broome Street with a repository (showroom) on 14th Street & Fifth Avenue. By 1874, Brewster & Company had 400 employees and combined warehouse and factory facilities at 47th & 48th Streets and Broadway. Brewster successfully branched out to produce their own automobiles, as well as supplying

An engraving depicting a gig - a light two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse. Dated 19th century

Fell locomotive, a type of locomotive in which two additional friction wheels acting horizontally on a centre rail increase the transmissible tractive force, 1868, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century model, exact original date unknown, Europe

An Omnibus Fire Pump, 1870, Historic, Digital Reproduction of an Original 19th century Original

Brougham. Original caption: Brougham. Copied from "The Carriage Monthly" Vol. 26 No. 7 October 1890.

Trailer, anonymous, c. 1910 - c. 1940 drawing cardboard. paper. ink. pencil. deck paint pen / brush traffic on land

Fell locomotive, a type of locomotive in which two additional friction wheels acting horizontally on a centre rail increase the transmissible tractive...

agriculture machines ""Lokomobile"" steam digging machine design by Josef Bauer colour engraving Brockhaus Publishing Leipzig private collection,

Patent steam coach, by Messrs. Burstall and Hill, of London and Edinburgh, 1824. Illustrations. 1830. Rare Book Division. Steam-engines

Historische Illustration eines Velozipeds, Fahrrad, Gepäckdreirad, 19. Jahrhundert und früher, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage...

Electrically powered hose wagon used by the Paris Fire Service.

Bayley ladder on its transport trolley with its crew. Fire brigade of the city of Paris, France. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

Railway steam locomotive designed in 1849 by the English engineer Thomas Russell Crampton (1816-1888). Wood engraving.

Exterior view plane and locomotor Agudio, Provision proposed for transversee of access ramps Gotthard, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

An engraving depicting the process of oiling the draw-bars on a locomotive. Dated 20th century

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. LOCOMOTORA QUE RECORRIO LAS CALLES DE MADRID EN EL AÑO 1861. GRABADO.

Electrical van firemen of Paris, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

Portable fire engine with 120 feet of hose.

This fine locomotive is not an exact match of any other in our files, but it is very similar to the goods locomotives Mr Allan is building at Crewe, 1843+. Date: circa 1845

Sectional view of a mid-19th century steam railway locomotive showing firebox and boiler tubes. Chromolithograph 1882.

Fifth Size Single Steam Fire Engine: Crane-Necked Frames, Fire Fighters & Fire Equipment

The International Exhibition: patent viceroy hansom cab by Evans, of Liverpool, 1862. 'Mr. James Evans, of Tarlton-street, Liverpool, has just introduced an improved patent cab, the patent of which consists in the application of metallic springs to the shafts near their junction with the front of the vehicle, thus securing a combined action which removes the unpleasant motion common to vehicles of the ordinary construction. Uneven roads produce no effect on the patent cab, as, by means of the patent springs and joint, an equal balance is preserved between the vehicle and the shafts under all c

W.H. James's mode of propelling railway carriage, 1823. Illustrations. 1830. Rare Book Division. Steam-engines

Sectional and plan view of a First-Class carriage on the Moscow and Koorsk Railway. Dated 19th century

Centenary Of The Borsig-Factories -- The wellknown Borsig-engine-factories in Berlin celebrate in 1937 their 100th birthday. Here we see a Borsig-locomotive built in 1841 - a strong contrast to the latest engine by Borsig built in 1937. July 25, 1937.

Charlotte Dundas. Second steamboat. Designer by W. Symington. 1803. Engraving, Nuestro Siglo, 1883.

Cutting view of a steam locomotive from the middle of the 19th century with fireplace and boiler pipes. Chromolithography 1882.

Coach suspension: view of the fore wheels of a crane-necked carriage and Mr. Jacobs' contrivance for the forewheels of a coach. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after a drawing by J. Farey Jr. from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1818.

Delarue, Fortun_ (1794-) Private Collection Graphic arts History Steam locomotive

Illustration depicting an closed cattle truck at a feeding and watering halt. This system of trucks was used in the United States for transporting live-stock over long distances. Dated 19th century

The vintage steam traction engine

Old Chinese rickshaw in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Asia. Trip to Mongolia by Nikolai Mijailovich Przewalski in 1870-1873, Le Tour du Monde 1877

Illustration depicting an open cattle truck at a feeding and watering halt. This system of trucks was used in the United States for transporting live-stock over long distances. Dated 19th century

Royal carriage built in Paris for Queen Maria Luisa. Engraving from Historia del Reinado de Carlos IV 1890

Railway, locomotive, Estrada system, Brazil, South America, ca. 1885, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Railway, locomotive, Estrada system, Brazil, South America, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, South America

Steam fire pump from Paris firefighters, built by A. Thirion. BERTHAUD photograph. Draw on albumin paper, 1872. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 123096-17

Engraving depicting a passenger train on the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad. Dated 19th century

Truck. 1900-1910.

Gala glass carriage for court festivities, ca 1825, England / Gala Glaskutsche für Hoffestlichkeiten, ca 1825, England, Historisch, historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert.

Engraving depicting William Edward Ayrton's electric tricycle. 10 charged Faure accumulators were placed on footboard S) and the motor fitted under the seat. By means of a commutator, C), worked with the left hand, the number of accumulators used could be altered, thus varying the speed of the machine. William Edward Ayrton (1847-1908) an English physicist and electrical engineer. Dated 19th century

Cartoon about the elections, 1869, 1869 print Cartoon with the liberals of Bosse and Fock as a driver and stoker at the stationary locomotive 'perpetuation'. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 23, 1869. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper railway, train

Lokomotiven aus dem 19. Jahrhundert: Lokomotive mit Doppelkessel für die französische Ostbahn, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage...

Gala carriage of the Lord Major of London in 1870, England, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact original date unknown

The German use of motor traction for field artillery: A specially designed car for conveying a light gun. Date: 1915

Spanish traction engine "Castilla" by Pedro de Ribera. It transports 4 people from Valladolid to Madrid, covering over 200 kilometers in 20 days in 1860.

Steam engine, the Rocket

1 Richard-Choubersky automobile tandem, 2 Mechanism of the Girardot bicycle, 3 Lamaudiere and Labre petrol bicycle. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1899

Ferry near Portsmouth. USA. Publication of the book Meyers Konversations-Lexikon Ferry near Portsmouth. USA. Publication of the book Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 7, Leipzig, Germany, 1910 Copyright: xZoonar.com/SergeyxKohlx 21639707

Snow-Plough on the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, 1870. 'There is nothing in the ordinary phenomena of the seasons that is so apt to interrupt the traffic of railways as the accumulation of snow...The Grand Trunk Railway of Canada, with its magnificent extent of 900 miles, comprising the branches, through a country which never fails to exhibit the effects of winter in full force, has of course had to contend with this enemy to locomotion. Its engineers have invented for that purpose a very powerful kind of snow-plough, the form and use of which are shown in the Illustrations we have engraved,

The vintage military truck

Hydrogen gas device mounted on a trolley intended for the gagging of captive aerostats of the Russian army built by Gabriel Yon. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1885

The Old Locomotive. Lyonel Feininger; American, 1871-1956. Date: 1906. Dimensions: 153 x 321 mm (image); 245 x 394 mm (sheet). Lithograph on ivory Japanese paper. Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Levenn Car and Cottereau car . Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1899

Toy Locomotive. Dated: c. 1936. Dimensions: overall: 22.8 x 29.8 cm (9 x 11 3/4 in.) Original IAD Object: 22" long. Medium: watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: John Fisk.

Model of steam locomotive.

Cars on Frykstad Railway.

Locomotion no 1, built for the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825 (1906). Artist: Unknown.

Vector truck vintage

Ship cannon on gun carriage, showing gun-tackle, blocks and pulleys fixed to sides of gun-carriage and to side of ship, by means of which gun is run up to, or drawn back from porthole. Wood engraving, 1884.

An engraving depicting a Peugeot petrol driven car. Dated 19th century

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