Historic Train Transportation

Images depicting the early history of rail transport, showcasing steam locomotives and train stations with crowds during significant events.

'Coaches to resorts and hotels', c1859, (1938). Artist: Unknown.
'Coaches to resorts and hotels', c1859, (1938). Artist: Unknown.
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Funeral in Lisbon, Portugal, hearse, horse-drawn carriage, drawbar, mourning, festive clothes, wet street, houses, people, female traders, market stall, historical illustration c. 1898, Europe
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Engraving depicting the arrival of the first train at Ulwar Railway Station. Dated 19th century
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Paris. - The departure of Prince Victor by the Express of Brussels, at the Gare du Nord. - (Drawing of Mr. Tinayre). (IT)
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Cartoon on the opening of the railway line The Hague-Gouda-Utrecht, 1870, 1870 print Cartoon on the opening by the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij van de Spoorlijn The Hague-Gouda-Utrecht and The Hague Staatsspoor station. A stork family is traveling with Rein. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 17, 1870. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper passenger train. station; shelter (railway, tramway). shore-birds and wading-birds: stork. animals acting as human beings The Hague. The Hague Staatsspoor station
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Messengers service. Express Company. Usa. 19th century. Engraving.
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The hearse leaving Lord Palmerston's Estate, Brocket Hall in Hatfield, on it's way to Westminster Abbey. Date: 1865
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Regency gentlemen, farmers and peasants riding in a parade of coaches and hay wagons. The Comical Procession from Gloucester to Berkeley. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott.
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A bateaux mouches during the Paris Grand Prix (horse racing), France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1684, Volume LXV, June 5, 1875. Detail.
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The congested approach to New York's wharves - the scene in West Street, close to the North River moorings Date: 1880
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Accidente de ferrocarril en la estación de Montparnasse de París, al entrar el tren a gran velocidad y saltar por las cristaleras de la estación, ocurrido el 22 de octubre de 1895. Grabado de época.
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Tren de pasajeros español atacado por una manada de toros bravos en la provincia de Salamanca, grabado del Petit Journal del l8 agosto 1895.
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Vintage Montreal Tram ticket, circa 1880s, on the MCPR , Montreal City Passenger Railway Company, featuring engraving of a horse pulled tram by John Walker.
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In the horse-drawn tram in the morning, Berlin, public transport in the 19th century, conductor, passengers, reading the newspaper, monocle, row, window, hat, Germany, historical illustration around 1898, Europe
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Engraving depicting a swinging saloon for a passenger steamer designed by Henry Bessemer. Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) an English inventor. Dated 19th Century
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Engraving depicting Gaston and Albert Tissandier in the gondola of their hot-air balloon. Dated 19th Century
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UNION PACIFIC TRAIN IN WESTERN KANSAS 1870 EARLY RAILROAD COMMERCE TRAVEL
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BANDIDOS EN UN TREN.GRABADO POR LAUREYS. Author: PAUL DUFRESNE (S XX). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.
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Illustration showing Postmaster's assistant, waiting to put a mailbag on a train at a way-station. American, 1890
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Willem III and his queen arrive at the railway station at Amsterdam : did you know there was a windmill right beside the station Date: 1861
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A trip by Kaiser Friedrich with the carriage in the castle park of Charlottenburg, original drawing by Paul Heydel, woodcut from the year 1888, Germany, Europe
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Coaching: The Royal Mails Starting from the General Post Office, London, Richard Gilson Reeve, 1803-1889, after James Pollard, 1792-1867, British, 1830, Aquatint, hand-colored, Sheet: 27 x 20in. (68.6 x 50.8cm)
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Boarding on train. "Stig on! Hvisslan Piper". Ink by Fritz von Dardel Nordic
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Illustration of congestion in New York city, showing carnage on the streets especially at rush hours. It is a state that it was felt London was rapidly approaching. Date: October 30th 1926
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A Velocipedes race at the 1867 World's Fair in Paris, Michaux bike, pedal crank bike, bicycle, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date unknown, Europe
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COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORKS OF THE PETROPOLIS RAILWAY BY THE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL, 1852
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Train accident. Travelers seeking refuge. Engraving. Biblioteca Ilustrada of Gaspar y Roig, Spain. 19th century. Color.
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Estados Unidos. Costumbres. Observancia del domingo en un tren del Ferrocarril de Pacífico. El tren se componía de vagones sistema Pullman. Grabado. Coloreado. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 30 de abril de 1876.
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Project of a new metropolitan railway in Vienna in 1887, engraving.
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Launch of the battleship Roma from the arsenal in La Spezia. Illustrator Achille Beltrame (1871-1945), from La Domenica del Corriere, 28th April 1907.
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A cotton wagon-train from 1874
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Enormous railroad shows all united in one consolidation | Library of Congress
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New station indicator on a underground train in London, after the train leaves the station a bell rang and the name of the next station appeared. Date: 1896
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FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. MADRID. SALIDA DE UN TREN DE LA ESTACION DEL NORTE PARA LOS SITIOS REALES , AÑO 1888. GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA. FERROCARRIL.
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One steam train is pulling a long line of enclosed passenger carriages and the other is pulling open trucks with the passengers standing. Chromolithograph.
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Engraving depicting passengers in a First-Class railway carriage. Engraving by Herbert Bone (1853-1931) a British artist. Dated 19th century
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Building tramways on the streets of Paris, 1899. . An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 2nd April 1899
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1800S Currier Ives Progress Of Century Lightning Steam Press Electric Telegraph Locomotive Steamboat 1876 19Th Century
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Illustration depicting a milk train being unloaded at St Pancras Train Station, London. The outbreak of the Cattle Plague in 1865 amongst cows kept in city cellars and backyards, and the subsequent introduction of veterinary inspection created an opportunity for railways to carry fresh milk from the countryside into cities. By 1889 54 million gallons a year were being brought into London by rail. Dated 19th century
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Un guardagujas de los ferrocarriles belgas. Grabado de 1886.
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US. A wagon train of settlers who had hoped to claim land in Oklahoma leaving Arkansas City, Kansas. Engraving. Frank Leslie's illustrated Newspaper, 1885.
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Engraving depicting a drawing room car on an American train. Dated 19th century
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Perth Station, Going South George Earl (active 1856-1883 British) Christie's, London
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Travelers in a Pullman car crossing the plains of Canada. Ca. 1915. Check date 1905 . Some passengers sleep in the overhead berths during the daytime travel.
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EL FERROCARRIL QUE ATRAVIESA ESTADOS UNIDOS - IMPRESO POR CURRIER & IVES. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.
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The royal procession passing St Paul's Cathedral, after the wedding of George Duke of York(later King George V)(1865-1936) to Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953). The newlyweds can be seen in the carriage, on their way to Sandringham for thier honeymoon. Date: 6th July 1893
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Pullman cars - interior of a dining car on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R.R. Color lithograph, 1894
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A spectacular illuminated tram car - decorated thus for the official visit of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to Manchester on 13th July 1905 1905
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The 'Jaune' on display at La Galerie des Machines, Paris. Date: 1903
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France, 19th century. Carriage Rental, 1850.
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North-country mails at the Peacock, Islington. Print shows several passenger and mail coaches on street in front of the Peacock building in Islington, London, England.
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Brotherhood, Railroad
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The Last Spike: May 10, 1869 Union Pacific Railroad, Promontory Point, Utah Thomas Hill (1829-1908 American)
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Illustration depicting a miniature electric railway used to carry food to the dinning table. Dated 19th century
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Funeral car of President Lincoln New York. President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth as he sat watching a play in Ford's Theatre with his wife in 1865.
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'Seen from a Railway During the Late Floods', 1877. Artist: George du Maurier
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The Thames Tunnel, unknown artist, nineteenth century, after unknown artist, 1830, Aquatint, Sheet: 12 7/8 x 18 3/8in. (32.7 x 46.7cm)
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'The Silent Highway - Man', 1858. Artist: Unknown
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Triumphal Procession, Columbia Expo: William Deering and Co., Farm Machinery
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Germany, Niedersachsen, Cuxhaven. Hapag-Hallen Passenger terminal museum, interior.