Historical Railroad Images

Vintage stereographs depicting scenic railroad tracks and landscape features from the Pennsylvania Railroad era, highlighting historical transportation.

Tunnel through Lewiston Mountain, Niagara, N.Y. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Waterfalls , New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Tourism , New York (State) , Niagara Falls (N.Y.)

Jacks Narrows. Pennsylvania Railroad. 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.), Huntingdon County (Pa.)

Horse Shoe Curve. The scenery of the Pennsylvania Railroad. 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.)

Upper Gordon Plane, Mine Hill R.R. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co., Cable railroads

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

Tunnel through Lewiston Mountain, Niagara, N.Y. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Waterfalls , New York (State), Niagara Falls (N.Y. and Ont.), Tourism , New York (State) , Niagara Falls (N.Y.)

Pack Saddle. The scenery of the Pennsylvania Railroad. 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, Packsaddle (Pa.)

Stretch of railway on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad American views: from the Chesapeake to the Ohio B. & O. R.R. Scenery. 1875. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Maryland

Mt. Jefferson Plane. 2070 feet long, 462 feet high. 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

View in Jacks Narrows. Purviances stereoscopic views on the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Railroad freight cars

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.)

Mauch Chunk, Mt. Pisgah. 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.)

Erie Railroad yard. View of switch 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.)

Chemin de fer du Righi , Railroad cars, Railroads

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

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

Sliding down Jacob's Ladder. 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.)

Switch Back R.R. Pa. , Mountains, Mountain railroads, Railroad tracks, Switch Back Railroad

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.)

Incline Plane, McIntyre Coal Mines, Ralston Pennsylvania. William M. Chase (American, 1817 - 1901)

Mt. Jefferson Plane. 2070 feet long, 462 feet high. 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.), Inclined planes

Mt. Pigah Plane. 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.), Inclined planes

West bank, Green River. Scenery of the Union Pacific Railroad. 179. 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

Spruce Creek tunnel. Purviances stereoscopic views on the line of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. 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, Huntingdon County (Pa.)

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.)

From above Allegrippus going east on the P. R. R. 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

Switch Back. Charles Weitfle (American, 1836 - after 1884)

Two mile turn, Switchback 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

Description: Matara Railway - November 1895 - Cuttings 169 to 172. Location: Ceylon Date: November 1895 asia, srilanka, ceylon, asiathroughalens

Rail Road on Mt. Washington, N.H. American views ; New H 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.), Mountain railroads

West bank, Green River. Scenery of the Union Pacific Railroad. 170. 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

On the L.S. & M.R.R. Minnesota. William H. Illingworth (American, 1842 - 1893)

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

No. 128. First Train Across Bull Run Bridge, Spring of 1863.. A.J. Russell, photographer (American, 1830 - 1902) spring 1863 A steam engine crossing a bridge above a stream and small ravine. People are sitting on top of the train cars, standing on the opposite side of the bridge, and standing in the ravine, watching the train cross. (Recto, mount) lower right, pencil: "800";

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Erie Railroad yard. View of switch 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.)

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

Cut and Tunnel between Garrisons and Cold Spring. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.)

Silver ore train. Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain scenery. 184. 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.)

Men and children posed at the blacksmith's shop at the east end of the tunnel. Views of Hoosac tunnel, interior & exterior. 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

Levee and railroad, Sacramento, Cal. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1870. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Sacramento (Calif.), Steamboats, Railroad tracks, Levees

The Allegheny Tunnel.. William T. Purviance (American, active 1860s - 1870s)

Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Railway. American scenery. 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.), Railroad tracks, Mountain railroads

Reading R.R. at Mount Carbon.. Attributed to John Moran (American, born England, 1829 - 1902)

Switchback Railroad, 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.), Inclined planes

Road East of Station, at Auburn. Alfred A. Hart; American, 1816-1908. Date: 1864-1869. Dimensions: 7.5 x 7.6 cm (each image); 8.2 x 17.1 cm (card). Albumen print, stereo, No. 22 from the series "Central Pacific Railroad, California". Origin: United States. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

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

The Depot, Inauguration Week, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Washington (D.C.), Railroad stations, Presidential inaugurations

Sing Sing Prison. (R.R. tracks near the Prison.) Hudson River scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Sing Sing (N.Y.)

Mount Jefferson Plane, S.B.R.R. Switchback Railroad, Pa. American scenery. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.)

Tilburg. Stationsemplacement. recto, o.

Train tressle, New Hampshire. Unknown maker, American

Castle Rock. Scenery of the Union Pacific Railroad. 126. 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

Inside the Sutro Tunnel. Sutro Tunnel, Nevada, 1690. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Nevada

Hudson River , Railroad tracks

View from the Coal Pockets, Lackawaxen. Views of Beautiful scenery along the Line of the Erie Railway. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Railroads , New York (State), Erie Railroad Company

View of a train. Views in Springfield, Mass. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Massachusetts, Springfield (Mass.)

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.)

Railroad and summit, Mt. Washington , Mountain railroads, Mountains, Railroad tracks

Truckee Station, Pacific Railroad. American views 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Railroad tracks, Railroad sidings

Engine, Mt. Washington Railroad. White Mountain scenery. 1868. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.), Engines, Mountain railroads, Passengers

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

Mt. Washington R.R. 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

Foot of No. 7, plane seen from across the Scranton water workds. Ride over the Penna Coal Co's. Gravity road into the coal regions. 1447. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Scranton (Pa.)

Horse Shoe, Looking West. Pennsylvania Railroad. Frederick Gutekunst (American, 1831 - 1917)

Looking over the wilderness, from Point Look-out, on the Bells Gap R. R. Views among the Alleghenies. Bell's Gap Railroad. 121. 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, Scenic overlooks, Railroad tracks , Pennsylvania

View of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. 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.)

Beaver Brook station. Chamberlain's Colorado scenery. 275 1/2 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.), Railroad stations

Description: Mile 473. Elburgon Station Yard. Location: Elburgon Description: Mile 473 1/2. Cutting between Elburgon and Molo. Location: Elburgon, Molo ugandarailway, africa

Description: Bandarawela Railway - Slip in Cutting No.19 June 1894. Location: Ceylon Date: June 1894 asia, srilanka, ceylon, asiathroughalens

Description: North Bay. An important Canadian Pacific Railway divisional point. Prince of Wales' tour of Canada, 1919, a volume of photographs published by the Canadian Pacific Railway Date: 1919 canada, americas, princeofwalestour

Cayuga Lake, Elbow Curve. Artist: William H. Rau (American, 1855-1920). Dimensions: Image: 43 x 51.9 cm (16 15/16 x 20 7/16 in.). Date: 1895-1900.Although William Rau is perhaps best known for his photographs commissioned by the Pennsylvania railroads, he began his career at age nineteen as a photographer on the 1874 U.S. government expedition to document the Transit of Venus. A rare celestial event, each passage of the planet before the sun allows scientists to recalculate the distance of the earth from the sun. After this first commission Rau traveled to the western United States to photograph the Rocky Mountains and to Egypt to photograph the monuments. He never lost his wanderlust, but in 1885 he established a successful society portrait studio in Philadelphia with his father-in-law, the photographer William Bell.In 1895 Rau was contracted by the Lehigh Valley Railroad to photograph along its new route from New York City to Niagara Falls. He made hundreds of landscape views that

Steamers on the Ohio river. American scenery, standard series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Ohio

Crossing with the old main line.

Roadport at Norsesund.

Miamus River , Railroad tracks, Rivers

Double track banking Gothenburg - Alingsås. Refill after blasting in June 1916.

Description: State of Railway Line in part of the upper Forest Reserve. This track is liable to inundation after heavy rainfall. Location: Borneo Description: State of Line in upper Forest Reserve (53 mile). Location: Borneo Description: Engine & bogie truck derailed below Beaufort (16th March 1903). Location: Borneo Date: 16 March 1903 Description: View of sleepers & Rails a little beyond the place of Derailment on the 16th March 1903. Location: Borneo Date: 16 March 1903 asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

View of Saint-Privat d'Allier with wooden poles in the foreground and a cart with tons. 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.

Train wreckage. Views of Bangor and Vicinity. 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

Bandakkanals ", Telemark or Telemarken, Norway, in or after 1896 - c. 1915 photograph Boat that sails through Sluis, with the river next to it. The Telemark Canal (Telemark channels) in Norway consists of two channels, the Norsjø-Skien Channel with locks and Løveid, built in 1854 to 1861, is the oldest of the two channels. The other channel we see in the photo and the Bandak-Norsjø channel is open in 1892 = Terminus Post Quem. Ski photographic support. cardboard

Ogden. View of a railroad trains in a train yard. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Utah

Adirondack Boat & Party. 1885. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Lakes & ponds , New York (State), Adirondack guide-boats

USA, Colorado, Denver and Rio Grande Railroad over Marshall Pass

Roadway & cableway, Brooklyn Bridge. Standard series. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1867 - 1910. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Bridges , New York (State) , New York, Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.), East River (N.Y.), Bridge construction , New York (State) , New York

Truckee Station. Views along the line of the Pacific R.R., no. 7678. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1875. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Railroads , California, Central Pacific Railroad Company, Truckee (Calif.)

Description: Photo of Slip on the Nanu - Oya Railway. Location: Ceylon asia, srilanka, ceylon, asiathroughalens

All aboard for Pike's Peak, 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.)

Munson Grove Truck Trail. 1920 - 1965. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Sisseton Agency. 9/17/1947-. Photographs

Manitou. Scenes on the line of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway. Manitou branch. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Manitou Springs (Colo.)

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.)

Mt. Washington Railroad. 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

Levee and railway, Sacramento, Cal. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1870. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Sacramento (Calif.), Steamboats, Railroad tracks, Levees

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, Trestles

Elevated rail road, New York. Popular series 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

Rounding the curves on Marshall Pass, Colorado, USA, 1898. Artist: BL Singley

Sliding down 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.)

Train wreck , Railroad accidents, Railroads

Through, the wilderness, on the Bells Gap R. R. Views among the Alleghenies. Bell's Gap Railroad. 89 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

Bollsta use. Electric path at the saw.

Albumin stereo photograph of the Rigi rack railway in Switzerland, captured by Adolphe Braun between 1871-1877, showing train, tracks, and mountain landscape.

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