Railway Line Collection (#4)

Advertisement for the Railway Bell and Advertiser
3734009 Advertisement for the Railway Bell and Advertiser.; (add.info.: Advertisement for the Railway Bell and Advertiser. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

A train on the Mount Pilatus rack railway
5308352 A train on the Mount Pilatus rack railway.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting a train on the Mount Pilatus rack railway designed by Carl Roman Abt)

Navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line
5308401 Navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line.; (add.info.: Illustration depicting navvies working on the Balaklava Railway Line. Dated 19th century)

The extension of the South Western Railway
5308310 The extension of the South Western Railway.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the extension of the South Western Railway to Waterloo Bridge - Waterloo Station, York Road, London)

The work on the Thames Embankment during the construction of the Metropolitan Line
5308309 The work on the Thames Embankment during the construction of the Metropolitan Line.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting the work on the Thames Embankment during the construction of)

Cutting the first turf of the Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Cutting the first turf of the Carnarvon and Llanberis Railway, 1864. The railway...will not only afford great accommodation to...travellers

The Valparaiso and Santiago Railway: the Maquis Viaduct, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
The Valparaiso and Santiago Railway: the Maquis Viaduct, 1864. Engraving from a drawing by Mr. Boulet, of...one of the highest railways in the world

Antwerp refugees fleeing to Holland, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Antwerp refugees fleeing to Holland, 1914. Shows refugees walking on railroad tracks on way to Holland during World War I

R.R. follows British advance, 31 Oct 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
R.R. follows British advance, 31 Oct 1918 (date created or published later). Railroad construction during World War I, described by the Imperial War Museum as "Battle of the Drocourt-Queant

British loading pontoon boats with ammunition, 22 Apr 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
British loading pontoon boats with ammunition, 22 Apr 1917. British Royal Artillery gunners loading pontoon boats on the River Scarpe with shells near a light railway engine passing on the line near

British troops resting on road, between c1915 and 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
British troops resting on road, between c1915 and 1918. British troops resting on a road during World War I

Germans helping refugees returning to Antwerp, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
Germans helping refugees returning to Antwerp, 1914. German soldiers on train tracks carrying bundle for Belgian refugees in Antwerp, Belgium during World War I

A Landsturm Duet, 1914. Creator: Bain News Service
A Landsturm Duet, 1914. Men playing stringed instruments by the railroad tracks during World War I

Pavlovsk railway station. 25th anniversary of the Tsarskoye-Selo railway, 1862. Private Collection

Chemin de fer du Nord. Pierrefonds, 1900. Creator: Fraipont, Gustave de (1849-1923)
Chemin de fer du Nord. Pierrefonds, 1900. Private Collection

Perm: Headquarters of the Ural Railway Administration, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Perm: Headquarters of the Ural Railway Administration, 1910

Segezh Station; general view, 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Segezh Station; general view, 1915

Ladva Station on the Murmansk railroad; Uneveness of the railway, 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Ladva Station on the Murmansk railroad; Uneveness of the railway, 1915

Borodino Station, 1911. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Borodino Station, 1911

Furious fighting at Amur, c1919. Creator: Unknown
Furious fighting at Amur, c1919

Railroad dam at the Lizhma Station, 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Railroad dam at the Lizhma Station, 1915

Bashkir switchman, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Bashkir switchman, 1910. A switch operator poses on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, near the town of Ust Katav on the Yuryuzan River

Steam engine "Kompaund" with a Schmidt super-heater, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Steam engine "Kompaund" with a Schmidt super-heater, 1910. A "Compound" locomotive with a Schmidt boiler is shown on the railroad between Perm

Demolition of Blackfriars Bridge, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson
Demolition of Blackfriars Bridge, [London], 1864. View from the Surrey bank of the Thames, showing...the scaffolding which has been erected facilitate the removal of materials...[Also visible are]

Anzherskaya railway station, 1911. Creator: Kozlov
Anzherskaya railway station, 1911. From a collection of documents and photographs from more than thirty participants of the Russian Civil War in the Kuzbass

Work Inspection of the Vladivostok Commercial Port by the Maritime Governor-General... 1917. Creator: Unknown
Work Inspection of the Vladivostok Commercial Port by the Maritime Governor-General, N.L. Gondatti, February 16, 1917, 1917. From Vladivostokskii port. Raboty 1916 goda (Vladivostok Port)

Irkutsk The railway track in Glazkovsky suburb, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk The railway track in Glazkovsky suburb, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

The late accident on the Great Eastern Railway, near Bradfield, Essex, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The late accident on the Great Eastern Railway, near Bradfield, Essex, 1864. Engraving from a passenger's sketch of a serious accident involving...the overthrow of the up-train which started

Railway Station at the Franklin Petroleum Oil Works, Pennsylvania, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Railway Station at the Franklin Petroleum Oil Works, Pennsylvania, 1864. The casks or barrels of crude oil are conveyed from the Franklin and Titusville stations by the Atlantic

Opening of the Cape Town and Wellington Railway: arrival of the first train... 1864. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Cape Town and Wellington Railway: arrival of the first train at Wellington Station, 1864. This is the only considerable railway undertaking begun in South Africa

View of the city of Irkutsk from the Irkutsk Bridge. Glazkovskoe suburb, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Eastern Siberia. View of the city of Irkutsk from the Irkutsk Bridge. Glazkovskoe suburb, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Group of railroad construction participants near the town of Kem, 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Group of railroad construction participants near the town of Kem, 1915. The narrow gauge railway that runs from the town of Kem to the port of Kem-Pristan

Irkutsk. Arrival of the first train, 1905. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk. Arrival of the first train, 1905. National Library of Russia

On the handcar outside Petrozavodsk on the Murmansk railway, 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
On the handcar outside Petrozavodsk on the Murmansk railway, 1915. Prokudin-Gorskii and others ride the Murmansk Railroad in a handcar along the shores of Lake Onega near Petrozavodsk

Eastern Siberia. View of the city of Irkutsk from the Irkutsk Bridge. Glazkovskoe suburb, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Eastern Siberia.View of the city of Irkutsk from the Irkutsk Bridge. Glazkovskoe suburb, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Irkutsk. Arrival of the first train, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk. Arrival of the first train, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Vladivostok. Corner of Svetlanskaya street, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Vladivostok. Corner of Svetlanskaya street, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Irkutsk. General View, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk. General View, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Tarradale Viaduct, on the Melbourne and Sandhurst Railway, Australia, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Tarradale [sic] Viaduct, on the Melbourne and Sandhurst Railway, Australia, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Morris and Co. of Elizabeth-street, Melbourne

Irkutsk. General View, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk. General View, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Tunnel Number 12 at Verst 36 with a Length of 365 Sazhens, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Tunnel Number 12 at Verst 36 with a Length of 365 Sazhens, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in

Scene of the late accident on the North London Railway, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Scene of the late accident at the Camden-road station of the North London Railway, 1864. Our Illustration...shows the place where the engine and tender

Drainage Work near a Railroad Bridge, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Drainage Work near a Railroad Bridge, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of

The Terminal at Sliudianka Station, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
The Terminal at Sliudianka Station, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of

Construction of a Tunnel Walls, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Construction of a Tunnel Walls, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of the Trans-Siberian

Construction of a Tunnel, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Construction of a Tunnel, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of the Trans-Siberian

Railroad bridge across Kumsa River near the Medvezhya Gora Station, 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Railroad bridge across Kumsa River near the Medvezhya Gora Station, 1915

Yuryuzan Bridge with excavation, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Yuryuzan Bridge with excavation, 1910

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