Historical Railway Routes

Vintage stereographs showcasing scenic railway routes and curves in North America during the late 19th to early 20th centuries.

View of a cogwheel train between Rigi Kulm and Vitznau, Switzerland, Giorgio Sommer, 1871 - 1914 photograph Switzerland cardboard. paper albumen print rack railway Rigi Kulm. Vitznau

Great S Curve. B.&O. R.R., W.Va. American views. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. West Virginia

Looking down the great Inclined Railway, Mt. Lowe, California, U.S.A. no. 751. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1906. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.), Railroads , California

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.)

View from top of Panther Creek Plane. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

B & NY An? line 'rock cut' , Railroad cuts, Railroad tracks

Cut on Reading R. R., below Reading , Railroad cuts, Railroad tracks

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.)

Colorado Central Railroad, Clear Creek Cañon. Joseph Collier (American, born Scotland, 1836 - 1910)

View of a cogwheel train between Rigi Kulm and Vitznau, Switzerland, Giorgio Sommer, 1871 - 1914 photograph Switzerland cardboard. paper albumen print rack railway Rigi Kulm. Vitznau

Mt. Washington Railroad, from the Depot. 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.)

On the line between Nedansjö and Vattjom.

The railway on the end of Dump Mountain. Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain views. Scenes on the line of the Fort Garland extension of Denver & Rio Grande Railway. 133. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado

Coal train bound to front , Coal, Railroad freight cars

Spruce Creek 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, Huntingdon County (Pa.)

Blasted road to Enego. .

Rounding Cape Horn. Road to Iowa Hill from the river, in the distance.. Alfred A. Hart (American, 1816 - 1908)

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. Pisgah Plane. 2322 feet long, 864 feet 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

The railway on the end of Dump Mountain. Gurnsey's Rocky Mountain views. Scenes on the line of the Fort Garland extension of Denver & Rio Grande Railway. 133. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado

Gemin de Ferr DU RIMINA ..

Mt. Pisgah Plane, Switchback R.R. railroad. 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

Gulf Station, 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.)

Rounding Cape Horn, Central Pacific Railroad.. Thomas Houseworth & Company

Two mile turn, Switchback Railroad. 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.), Railroad tracks

Double track banking Gothenburg - Alingsås. Crossing with the old main line on the lake "Lilla Sävelången", in 1916.

Double track banking Gothenburg - Alingsås. Here we have provisional track devices at Floda Bangård, in 1916.

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

Mule Shoe curve, Veta Pass. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado

Borås -Herrjunga Railway (BHJ), line Sparsör - Frusfällan along Öresjö.

Eastern approach to Dale Creek Bridge. , Railroad tracks, Railroad construction & maintenance, Union Pacific Railroad Company. Photographs of the American West

The Cross of Malta train, Galicia, World War I, photograph by Vasarnapi Ujsag, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLI, No 50, December 6, 1914.

Near Kittaning Mountain. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Kittanning Point (Pa.)

Stockholm - Saltsjöns Railway, SSNJ on the line between Saltsjö -Duvnäs and Fisksätra.

Excursion Train at Cape Horn, 3 miles above Colfax.. Alfred A. Hart (American, 1816 - 1908)

Cut on line of Shenandoah 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., Railroad cuts, Railroad switching

Panther Creek plane. Length, 1800 feet. Height, 225 feet. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

Tunnel at Rönninge.

Train and Curve, Jenny Lind Flat. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.), Central Pacific Railroad Company, Railroad locomotives, Mountain railroads

The Railroad, it's like life. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1891. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Crawford Notch (N.H.), White Mountains (N.H. and Me.), Mountains, Railroads, Trestles

Schafbergbahn Cog-wheel railway up the slopes of the Schafberg in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Date: circa 1910s

Railroad Tracks, Boston, Massachusetts. 1939 - 1947.

Km 9.1 train uphill, Floss tunnel Westportal Old temporary. .

Rail Road on to 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.)

Pack Saddle. 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, Scenic overlooks, Packsaddle (Pa.)

Looking down 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

Mount 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.), Mountain railroads

Double track banking Gothenburg - Alingsås. This photo is taken after the bottom explosion. The provisional passing track on the left in the foreground, in 1916.

Train on P. & O.R.R., White Mt'n. Notch. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Crawford Notch (N.H.), White Mountains (N.H. and Me.), Mountains, Railroads, Portland & Ogdensburg Railroad Company

Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, 1850 - 1930 ; Inclined planes; Albumen prints

Neisse in Ostritz, Locomotives of Germany, 1904, Landkreis Görlitz, Railway line 6589 (Germany), Railway line 290 (Poland), Ostritz, Neißetal und Eisenbahnzug

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.)

Logging: Skidding with Tractors - Washington. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic History

Coal Waggons Mine - Denniston, 1907-1920, Denniston, by Bell & Sons.

Rail road on to Mt Washington , Mountain railroads, Mountains, Railroad tracks

The Khyber Pass - the mountain pass that links Pakistan and Afghanistan. Throughout history it has been an important trade route between Central Asia and South Asia and a strategic military location. This card date from the conclusion of the third Anglo-Afghan war of 1919. A tunnel of the New Khyber Railway "a masterpiece of modern engineering"! Date: circa 1920

Switchback. Mt. Jefferson Plane. 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 Bend, at Kittanning Point. Views among the Alleghenies. Penna. Railroad. 94. 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, Kittanning Point (Pa.), Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark (Pa.)

US Military Railroad locomotive and box cars on a high section of track. The locomotive is stopped over a section of track supported by a wood bridge filling the gap between two stone piers. The Bridge of Orange & Alexandria Railroad, was repaired by army engineers. Photo by US Civil War Andrew J. Russell, c. 1862-63 (BSLOC_2019_2_162)

R.R. on to Mt. Washington, N.H. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1870. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.), Railroad tracks

Description: Mile 114, Mbululo diversion Location: Mbululo Description: Temporary Diversion near Tsavo Mile 151 now removed. Location: Tsavo ugandarailway, africa

Bloomer Cut near Auburn, 800 feet long and 63 feet high..

Raising the main tracks on the line Karlberg - Tomteboda.

Jacob's ladder, Mt. Wash'n Railway, N.H. , Mountain railroads, Trestles

Bulli Pass. Attributed to New South Wales Government Printing Office

Coammerpoorweg and railway bridge in the Anaikloof on Sumatra, Christiaan Benjamin Nieuwenhuis (attributed to), c. 1900 - c. 1920 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of activities and sights on Sumatra and Java and of the trip to and of the Dutch East Indies. Sumatra paper. photographic support gelatin silver print ravine, chasm, abyss, canyon. railway, train. funicular railway. landscape with bridge, viaduct or aqueduct Sumatra

Mt. Washington Railway engine, 'Tiptop' , Railroad locomotives, Railroads

Test load of the railway bridge over the Pite River at Sikfors on the line between Piteå and Älvsbyn.

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

Image of an unguarded railway crossing in a snowy environment at Soestdijk.

Description: Logging locomotive at Betotan on main Line. British Borneo Timber Company. Location: Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Description: F.M.S. Railways - Bukit Gantang Station and Road approach. near Taiping. Perak. 1898 - 02. Location: Bukit Gantang, Malaya Date: 1898-1902 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Ascending Mt. Washington , Mountain railroads, Mountains, Rocks

From Allegrippus looking east. Views among the Alleghenies. Penna. Railroad. 66. 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

Description: F.M.S. Railways - Rock Cutting No12, looking West. Maximum depth of centre line 38 feet. Location: Perak, Malaya Date: 1898-1902 asia, malaysia, asiathroughalens

Face in the ravine of the tjihanjoean; State railways on Java. View of the railroad along the river and the ravine of the Tjihanjuean. Part of a group of 62 photos in a box with the inscription "State Railways on Java" from 1888.

Lapland Express at the National Border station on a midsummer day.

Photograph by Alexander Schild from 1871 showing tunnel exit (Alagut Kijárás) on the Kaschau-Oderberger Bahn, depicting tunnel portal, railway tracks, and surrounding terrain.

State Line through Bohuslän Bergs cutting in Strömstad

Albumin print by Alexander Schild showing Hradek station (Hradeki Tápudvár) on the Kaschau Oderberger Bahn railway, created in 1871.

Shore of the Elbe with railway track, there turntable carriage with regular wood to be assembled to rafts. Transport workers when unloaded

Danger , Mountains, Railroads, Cliffs

Bohusbanan, track work at the northern entrance to the Buatunnel on the line between Stenungsund and Ljungskile. The Decauville track system was used as a provisional path during work.

Description: Mile 418. Cutting near Eburru Station. Location: Eburru Description: Mile 419. Eburru Station. Location: Eburru ugandarailway, africa

How Sherman's boys fixed the railroad, US, USA, America, Vintage photography

Fylgia (depicted name).Fylgia (depicted name)

San Fernando Tunnel. 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Railroad tunnels

Explosive work on the line between Hjorted and Totebo.

Railroad, looking up. White Mountain views. 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.), Railroad tracks, Mountain railroads

On the road, Lawrence, Otago, 1880s, Lawrence, maker unknown.

Description: Great Western Railway. New South Wales. The "Great Zigzag" _ Lithgow Valley _ 93 miles from Sydney Location: New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Date: 1876 Description: Great Western Railway. New South Wales. The "Great Zigzag" Lithgow Valley - Location: New South Wales, Australia Date: 1876 australia, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalens

Man at a automobile, presumably near the Inn, 1900 photograph Part of photo album of a French amateur photographer with recordings of trips in France, Spain, Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, the first cars and car races. Innsbruck paper. photographic support automobile. maintenance, repair, storage ~ motor vehicles Inn

th, wire cable car on the Sophienalpe, view of the valley reproduction, Michael Frankenstein , Comp, Photo Studio

Motor in South Westland, 1910-1920 , New Zealand, maker unknown.

Description: Mazeras Station, Mile 13. Location: Mazeras Description: Mazeras Viaduct. Mile 10 1/2, Temporary Line. Location: Mazeras ugandarailway, africa

Description: Mile 363. First incline from down Escarpment. Description: Mile 363. First incline from down different position. ugandarailway, africa

Road to the Straniger Alm.

Entrance to the Gotthard tunnel near Göschenen, Anonymous, 1895 - 1930 photomechanical print Göschenenprinter: Zurich (Stad) Publisher: Zurich (Stad) paper collotype underground road, tunnel Gotthard tunnel. Gorge

On the Burlington and Missouri River R'y near 'Hot Springs, S.D.' 1891.

Iron Ore Train of 45 cars crossing Goose Lake. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1867. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Chicago and North Western Railway Company, Iron industry, Lakes & ponds , Michigan, Mine railroad cars

Pack Saddle Gillegible , Mountains, Railroad tracks, Pennsylvania Railroad

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