Railway Line Collection (#8)

White section gang near King City, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White section gang near King City, California. Before the depression this work was done entirely by Mexican labor

White section gang near King City, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White section gang near King City, California. Before the depression this work was done entirely by Mexican labor

White section gang near King City, California, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
White section gang near King City, California. Before the depression this work was done entirely by Mexican labor

Opening of the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway - Braestones Station, 1850. Creator: Smyth
Opening of the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway - Braestones Station, 1850. Braystones railway station, on the Irish Sea coast, was formerly in Cumberland. It is now part of Cumbria

Opening of the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway - Broughton, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway - Broughton, 1850. The whole line from Whitehaven to Broughton abounds with magnificent scenery

Opening of the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway - Duddon Sands Viaduct, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway - Duddon Sands Viaduct, 1850. One of the interesting objects on the line is the viaduct across Duddon Sands

Great Fire at the Southern and Western Railway Station, Cork, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Great Fire at the Southern and Western Railway Station, Cork, [Ireland], 1850....a destructive fire broke out in the Cork terminus of the Great Southern and Western Railway

Interior of the Tube - Mr. Stephenson Driving the Last Rivet, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Interior of the Tube - Mr. Stephenson Driving the Last Rivet, 1850. Opening of the Britannia Tubular Bridge across the Menai Straits in Wales....a very interesting episodical proceeding took place in

Fallen Railway Arches in Copenhagen-Fields, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Fallen Railway Arches in Copenhagen-Fields, [London], 1850. Extension of the Birmingham Railway to Blackwall. Last week, one of the most important works on this line

Opening of the Aberdeen Railway - Dee Bridge and Aberdeen Terminus, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Opening of the Aberdeen Railway - Dee Bridge and Aberdeen Terminus, 1850. In the foreground is represented the elegant bridge across the Dee, from the designs of Messrs

The Welwyn Viaduct, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Welwyn Viaduct, [Hertfordshire], 1850. Railway bridge on the London-York section of the Great Northern Railway. At Welwyn the train stopped for some time

The Station at Huntingdon, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Station at Huntingdon, [now in Cambridgeshire], 1850. Crowds on the London-York section of the Great Northern Railway

The Landore Viaduct, near Swansea, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Landore Viaduct, near Swansea, [Wales], 1850. This...magnificent wood structure - perhaps the most striking object on the line...conducts the Railway over the river Tawe

Laying first rails of new U.S. railroad at Ship Creek, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Laying first rails of new U.S. railroad at Ship Creek, between c1900 and c1930

Workmen laying track, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Unknown
Workmen laying track, between c1900 and 1927

Martha White driving first spike in the government railway, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Martha White driving first spike in the government railway, between c1900 and c1930

Frank G. Carpenter and man sitting on tracks, between c1900 and 1924. Creator: Unknown
Frank G. Carpenter and man sitting on tracks, between c1900 and 1924

Babe White driving first spike in U.S. Railroad, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Babe White driving first spike in U.S. Railroad, between c1900 and c1930

Government railroad, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Government railroad, between c1900 and c1930

Mr. Edes and Lieut. Mears, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Mr. Edes and Lieut. Mears, between c1900 and 1916

Dog team pulling railroad cart, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Dog team pulling railroad cart, between c1900 and c1930

At the new railroad left to right are: Mr. Edes, Frank G. Carpenter, ... between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
At the new railroad left to right are: Mr. Edes, Frank G. Carpenter, Lieut. Mears, between c1900 and 1916

Crane being used in construction of new railway bridge, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Crane being used in construction of new railway bridge, between c1900 and c1930

Pup-mobile, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Pup-mobile, between c1900 and 1916. Dog team pulling a cart, with passengers, along railroad tracks. Title transcribed from caption accompanying item

Pupmobile, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Pupmobile, between c1900 and 1916

Open cut in the great Homestake mine, at Lead City, Dak, 1888. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Open cut in the great Homestake mine, at Lead City, Dak, 1888. Distant view of mine entrance; four men posed on or near three mining cars on tracks

A Sunday outing from Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Creator: Eleanor Lord Pray
A Sunday outing from Vladivostok, Russia, 1899. Group portrait shows (left to right): William S. Davidson, Sarah E. Smith, Maud Morphew, Eleonora Hansen, Frederick Pray

A train on the Ussuri line of the Trans-Siberian railway, between Vladivostok and... 1899. Creator: Eleanor Lord Pray
A train on the Ussuri line of the Trans-Siberian railway, between Vladivostok and Khabarovsk, Russia, 1899. In: Photograph album of Pray family expatriate life in Vladivostok, Russia. Eleanor L

Eleanor Pray and Sarah Smith posed with their friend Mr Hunt at a Trans-Siberian railroad... 1899
Eleanor Pray and Sarah Smith posed with their friend Mr Hunt at a Trans-Siberian railroad car on the Ussuri line, which runs north from Vladivostok to Khabarovsk, Russia, 1899

Grand Canyon Elk Canyon on Black Hills and Ft P RR, 1890. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Grand Canyon Elk Canyon on Black Hills and Ft P RR, 1890. Section of train track next to the side of a mountain

Signal Rock Elk Canyon on Black Hills & Ft P RR, 1890. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Signal Rock Elk Canyon on Black Hills & Ft P RR, 1890. Rock formation on the right of railroad track which curves into distance; trees, mountains in background

Avalanche of snow across railroad tracks, between 1890 and 1930. Creator: Frank G. Carpenter
Avalanche of snow across railroad tracks, between 1890 and 1930

Hot Springs, SD From the Fremont, Elkhorn and MV Ry bridge looking north to Fred... 1891. Creator: John C. H. Grabill
Hot Springs, SD From the Fremont, Elkhorn and MV Ry bridge looking north to Fred T Evans residence and plunge bath, 1891. Bird's-eye view of a developing small town with railroad track running

Derbinsky Settlement in the Tym River Valley in the Interior of the Island, 1880-1899. From an album created on Sakhalin Island in the 1890s

Dock in course of construction at Boulogne, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Dock in course of construction at Boulogne, [France], 1862. The entire dock, including the sluice-entrance, will cover nearly seventy English acres...the total cost...is estimated at something like

Messrs. Allsopp and Sons pale-ale brewery at Burton-on-Trent, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Messrs. Allsopp and Sons pale-ale brewery at Burton-on-Trent, 1862. [This] establishment...[has] attained a world-wide celebrity. Messrs

The Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway Company's pier at Sandridge, near Melbourne, Australia, 1862. In 1853-4

View of Bilbao, Spain, from the railway station, 1862. Creator: Unknown
View of Bilbao, Spain, from the railway station, 1862. View...looking inland, of the maritime terminus of [the Bilbao and Tudela Railway]...This great work

The Civil War in America: scene of operations in eastern Virginia, showing M'Clellan's... 1862
The Civil War in America: scene of operations in eastern Virginia, showing M'Clellan's present position, 1862. Map of...an area of about 20, 000 square miles

Dogs pulling pupmobile, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Dogs pulling pupmobile, between c1900 and 1916

Dog team, between c1900 and 1916. Creator: Unknown
Dog team, between c1900 and 1916

Trial-trip on the Metropolitan (underground) Railway: the train passing Portland-road station, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Trial-trip on the Metropolitan (Underground) Railway: the train passing the Portland-road station, [London], 1862. This railway...has been bored successfully amidst a complicated network of gaspipes

Trestle no. 19 of A.C. Railroad, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Unknown
Trestle no. 19 of A.C. Railroad, between c1900 and 1927

Railroad on Kenai Peninsula, between c1900 and 1927. Creator: Unknown
Railroad on Kenai Peninsula, between c1900 and 1927

Horse-drawn carriages on the ice of Lake Baikal, 1904-1914. Creator: Unknown
Horse-drawn carriages on the ice of Lake Baikal, 1904-1914. This postcard is from the "Lake Baikal" series. National Library of Russia

Transbaikal railway. The eastern portal of the tunnel...through Yablonovy ridge.1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Transbaikal railway. The eastern portal of the tunnel at the 592nd verst during the descent from the pass through the Yablonovy ridge, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Station "Baikal", 1904. Creator: Unknown. Station "Baikal", 1904. Creator: Unknown
Station "Baikal", 1904. National Library of Russia

Transbaikal railway. Transfer to the Chita tract near the city of Verkhneudinsk... 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Transbaikal railway. Transfer to the Chita tract near the city of Verkhneudinsk at the 156th verst, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

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