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Vintage Steam Locomotives

A series of historical photographs showcasing classic steam locomotives, highlighting intricate designs and engineering from different eras, conveying a sense of nostalgia.

Historical Railroad Photo / Historical Locomotive: SAR Class GDA no. 2257 2-6-2+2-6-2 ca. 1929 .
Historical Railroad Photo / Historical Locomotive: SAR Class GDA no. 2257 2-6-2+2-6-2 ca. 1929 .
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(Union Pacific) UP lok 4002
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Tyskt Ånglok, Prussian state railways S2 103.
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Express Train with the Mail Signals. Illustrated London News July 1844; Black and White Illustration;
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State Railways, SJ GC 88 + 2 G-LOK
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The picture shows steam locomotives for use on Décauville railway. Décauville railway was a system for easy removable narrow track rail.
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Gj lok 10 "hoburgen
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Photograph by Andreas Groll showing a freight train locomotive, category III, produced by the W. Raaber factory, on salt paper, albumed on cardboard, 1855-1857.
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German steam locomotive, 2 b 1 "Frauendorfer". Made in 1905 by J.A. Maffei in Munich.
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Ånglok Royal Saxon State Railways V 924.
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Illustration depicting Henry Meiggs' elevated monorail system in Boston. Henry Meiggs (1821-1877) an American promoter/entrepreneur and railroad builder. Dated 19th century
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Illustration depicting a scene from the Chicago World Fair exhibition of locomotives. Dated 19th century
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Srj Lok 19
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UGJ B 23 with passenger trains at the southern colonial gardens. In the cabin driver Bernhard Eriksson.
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FERROCARRIL. INAGURACION DEL TUNEL DEL MONT - CENIS. EL TREN DE LA COMISION REGIA ATRAVESANDO EL TUNEL. GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA , AÑO 1882. FERROCARRILES. ITALIA.
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Photograph by Andreas Groll depicting a mixed-feature Locomotive II from W. Raaber Factory, printed on salt paper, albumed on cardboard between 1855-1857.
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The Express Train 1859 Charles Parsons American Nathaniel Currier, whose successful New York-based lithography firm began in 1835, produced thousands of hand-colored prints in various sizes that together create a vivid panorama of mid-to-late nineteenth century American life and its history. People eagerly acquired such lithographs featuring picturesque scenery, rural and city views, ships, portraits, hunting and fishing scenes, domestic life and numerous other subjects, as an inexpensive way to decorate their homes or business establishments. As the firm expanded, Nathaniel recruited his younger brother Charles into the business. In 1857, James Merritt Ives (the firm's accountant since 1852 and Charles's brother-in-law) was made a business partner; subsequently renamed Currier & Ives, the firm continued until 1907. Starting in 1853, Nathaniel Currier (and later Currier & Ives) published thirty prints featuring trains for those Americans wanting pictures of the then-modern mode of tran
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The express train - digital file from original item | Library of Congress
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transport transportation tunnels Frejus Rail Tunnel opening 17.9.1871 the first train passing through wood engraving 1871,
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Greetings from the railway, Brothers Kohn KG B, producer
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(The Great Northern Railway ) GNR lok 5
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The State Railways, SJ Da 293 "Tveta".
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SWB C 26
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Engraving depicting John Kresse's method of ventilating railway tunnels. Dated 20th century
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Eat Lok 33
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Kessel oder Dampferzeuger im 19. Jahrhundert, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert
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Duvnäs station
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Opening of the Mont Cenis Tunnel: the first train, 1871. Railway tunnel - 3.7 km (8.5 miles) in length - in the European Alps, linking Bardonecchia in Italy to Modane in France. 'The Mont Cenis Tunnel, as it is still called, from Modane, in Savoy, to Bardonnéche, in Piedmont, bored through seven miles and a half thickness of mountain,...by the science and skill of native engineers and the labour of native workmen, since 1857, was formally opened on Sunday week. The tunnel had been traversed by several previous trains a day or two before, so that the party from Turin, coming by the "i
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Dutch Railways, NS 6110.
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Öcj lok 7
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Ånglok London & North Western Railway. LNWR 531 "Lady of the Lake".
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German steam locomotive, S5, four cylinders. Scribe to show the structure.
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A photograph of Freight train-locomotive III by Andreas Groll, created at the W. Raaber factory between 1855 and 1857. Salt paper print albumed on cardboard shows early freight locomotive construction and railway engineering.
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The 'General' made famous by Andrew's Raiders, now on exhibition at Union Depot -- Chattanooga, Tennessee , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Lltj loc 9
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Vikern - Möckeln Railway, VMJ Lok 3 "Striberget
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Personnel in front of a ore locomotive at Bangården. State Railways, SJ MA 655.
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Engineering Wonders, 1927: Petrol-driven road surfacing motor, USA.
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From the Italy.Jewaled guns and wagons in Polazzo.31.10.17. .
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The 'General' made famous by Andrew's Raiders, now on exhibition at Union Depot -- Chattanooga, Tennessee , Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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Lightning Express by Currier & Ives, color lithograph, active 1857-1907, USA, Chicago, Newberry Library
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Cool Lok 2 Rockesholm
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State Railways, SJ G 1414
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Greek locomotive
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Chrysler Coupe Convertible Date: 1930
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Puffing Billy, the railway locomotive by William Hedley, patented in 1813. It was put into operation in the same year and stayed in use until 1872. Chromolithography 1901.
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Old-Time Engine: Sam Hill, Railroad
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SWB M 52 Ramnäs Gravel Pit
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HNJ lok 42
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Stourbridge Lion: Built in England under the direction of Horatio Allen, this was the first locomotive to be used in America. Boston & Hudson Railroad, ca. 1830. chromolithography 1900
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Tysk Ånglok, Leveransfoto. Prussian state railways S3 648.
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Kirsch, J., Locomotive-tender, Tender locomotive, recto - printed, photograph, photo, page, photos, photographically illustrated books, Société de St. Léonard (Outils) Liége (Belgique), height 61 mm, width 104 mm, Belgian, photographer, 1880 - 1885, photographic paper, photo paper, albumen print
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Steam race system Brown. Photo of a tap, stuck on cardboard, in red lined frame with text under and upstairs at which client E.D. manufactured for state railways Sumatra. Inscription; b. and o.: 'Gebr. Figee - Haarlem - Holland '.