Rome, Georgia, in the mid-1800sTown of Rome, Georgia, viewed from the Coosa River, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Chinese immigrants working on the transcontinental railroadChinese laborers constructing the Central Pacific Railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, 1831First steam train on the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, New York, 1831. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Building the railroad to Bismarck, North Dakota, 1870sLaying railroad track in winter across the Missouri River at Bismarck, North Dakota, 1879. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Albany & Buffalo Railroad schedule, 1843Albany & Buffalo Railroad timetable, showing fares and routes, 1843. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century printed piece
Forest fire engulfing a steam locomotive, 1890sRailroad train racing through a forest fire in the American West, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration
Railroad land for sale in Iowa and MinnesotaFarmland in Minnesota and Iowa for sale by the St. Paul & Sioux City Railroad Company, 1870s. Handset type advertisement with a watercolor wash
Workers cheering the first train over the mountains from CaliforniaSnowsheds protecting a transcontinental railroad train in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Transcontinental railroad in a Wyoming frontier townUnion Pacific Railroad at Sherman Station, Wyoming Territory, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Telegraph poles following the transcontinental railroadLinemen stringing telegraph wire beside the transcontinental railroad on the Great Plains, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Railroad in Montana, 1880sUtah & Northern Railroad in Silver Bow Canyon near Butte, Montana, 1880s. Hand-colored mezzotint of a 19th-century illustration
Buffalo killed from a train on the Great PlainsPassengers and crew shooting buffalo from a train on the transcontinental railroad, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Center of Philadelphia, 1850sThe Exchange, omnibus depot, and part of Dock Street, Philadelphia, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
BUSN2A-00160Great Railroad Strike workers blockade the locomotive engines at Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1877. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Building the transcontinental railroadImmigrants and other workers laying track for the transcontinental railroad across Nebraska, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Transcontinental railroad workers attacked by Native AmericansCheyenne Indians attacking workers building the transcontinental railroad on the Great Plains, 1867. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Transcontinental railroad across the Great PlainsTranscontinental railroad track to a station on the Great Plains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Immigrants building the transcontinental railroadAsian and European immigrants working on the last mile of the transcontinental railroad, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Financiers of the transcontinental railroadRailroad kings Huntington, Stanford, Ames, Crocker, Dillon, and Moffat, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Dining car on the transcontinental railroadPalace Hotel dining car on the Union Pacific Railroad, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Transcontinental railroad in Nevada, 1869Central Pacific passenger train passing through a canyon in Nevada, 1869. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Laying railroad track across the Great PlainsWorkers laying track for the transcontinental railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Steam locomotive 1850sLocomotive on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Railroad telegraph office, early 1900sTelegraphers at a railway signal office, early 1900s. Hand-colored woodcut of an early 20th-century illustration
B&O Railroads Tom Thumb steam locomotive, 1830Passenger car pulled by Peter Coopers experimental locomotive " Tom Thumb" on the B&O Railroad, 1830. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Hartford on the Connecticut River, 1850sSteamboats on the Connecticut River in Hartford, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Troop train taking Union soldiers to the frontUnion troops transported to the front by rail, US Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Cattle loaded on the railroad at Abilene, Kansas, 1870sLoading Texas cattle on the Union Pacific Railway at Abilene, Kansas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Transcontinental railroad observed by Native AmericansNative Americans getting their first view of the transcontinental railroad, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Syracuse, New York, 1850sBusy Salina Street in downtown Syracuse, New York, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
First train on the Camden & Amboy RailroadJohnny Bull, the first locomotive on the Camden & Amboy Railroad. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Train-robbers, 1800sGunmen robbing a railroad train, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Texas railroad station, 1870sPassengers at a busy railroad depot in Texas, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustratioin
Atchison & Pikes Peak Railroads first section of track, 1865First spike on the Atchison & Pikes Peak Railroad, 1865. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Travel by railroad and canal, 1837Advertisement for rail and canal travel from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and Louisville, 1837. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Prairie settlement along the transcontinental railroadRailroad stop near a new town on the Great Plains, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Work party on the transcontinental railroadTranscontinental railroad constructed across the western prairie, 1860s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Railroad trestle over the Mississippi River in MinnesotaNorthern Pacific Railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Brainerd, Minnesota, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Survey party for the transcontinental railroadRailroad surveyors camp in the Rocky Mountains, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Steam locomotives passing each other, early 1900sLocomotive fireman in coal car waving to an oncoming train, early 1900s. Printed color halftone reproduction of an illustration
Blizzard halts a transcontinental train in Utah, 1870sImmigrant workers digging out a snowbound Union Pacific train near Ogden, Utah, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Historic steam railroad in the RockiesSteam locomotive on the Cumbres & Toltec Railroad in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado/New Mexico border. Digital photograph
Freight train brakemen in a blizzardRailroad brakemen working atop boxcars in a snowstorm, 1890s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
Railroad in Oregons Cascade Mountains, 1860sRailroad trestle in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PSCI2A-00222George M. Pullman, inventor of railroad cars with folding berths. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait
PPRE2A-00061Railroad parlor car with President Benjamin Harrison aboard, 1891. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PPRE2A-00068Assassination of President James Garfield in a Washington DC train station, 1881. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
PPRE2A-00205James Garfield cheered as he arrives by train in Cleveland after his nomination for President, 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration
