Steam Locomotive Collection

Albany & Buffalo Railroad schedule, 1843
Albany & Buffalo Railroad timetable, showing fares and routes, 1843. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century printed piece

Troop train taking Union soldiers to the front
Union troops transported to the front by rail, US Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, 1831
First steam train on the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad, New York, 1831. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Forest fire engulfing a steam locomotive, 1890s
Railroad train racing through a forest fire in the American West, 1890s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Workers cheering the first train over the mountains from California
Snowsheds protecting a transcontinental railroad train in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Buffalo killed from a train on the Great Plains
Passengers and crew shooting buffalo from a train on the transcontinental railroad, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Great Railroad Strike workers blockade the locomotive engines at Martinsburg, West Virginia, in 1877. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Travel by railroad and canal, 1837
Advertisement for rail and canal travel from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh and Louisville, 1837. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Steam locomotive 1850s
Locomotive on the Ohio and Mississippi Railway, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

B&O Railroads Tom Thumb steam locomotive, 1830
Passenger 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, 1850s
Steamboats on the Connecticut River in Hartford, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

First train on the Camden & Amboy Railroad
Johnny Bull, the first locomotive on the Camden & Amboy Railroad. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Train-robbers, 1800s
Gunmen robbing a railroad train, late 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Railroad trestle over the Mississippi River in Minnesota
Northern Pacific Railroad bridge over the Mississippi River at Brainerd, Minnesota, 1871. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Steam locomotives passing each other, early 1900s
Locomotive 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, 1870s
Immigrant 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 Rockies
Steam locomotive on the Cumbres & Toltec Railroad in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado/New Mexico border. Digital photograph

Railroad in Syracuse, New York, 1850s
Steam locomotive in Syracuse, New York, 1850s. Hand-colored woodcut

Railroad in Oregons Cascade Mountains, 1860s
Railroad trestle in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon, 1866. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Railroad blocked by snow in the Rockies
Digging out a railroad snowed under in Colorado, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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First train over the Key West Railroad, Florida. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Danger ahead for a steam locomotive
Flagger warning a railroad crew to brake for danger ahead on the tracks. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Wounded troops transported by train after the battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia, 1862, American Civil War. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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