Railroad Track Collection (#10)

MISSISSIPPI: NATCHEZ, 1940. A family walking along the railroad tracks in Natchez, Mississippi. Photograph by Marion Post Wolcott, 1940

MILK JUGS, 1941. Railway cart loaded with containers of milk, Caldwell, Idaho. Photograph by Russell Lee, July 1941

MANVILLE IRON WORKS, 1936. View of the Manville Iron Works and railroad, Manville, New Jersey. Photograph by Carl Mydans, February 1936

ARKANSAS: ROADSIDE, 1935. An abandoned automobile in front of a railroad crossing near a deserted mining town, Zinc, Arkansas. Photograph by Ben Shahn in October 1935

CHICAGO: ELEVATED TRACK. Under the elevated tracks in Chicago, Illinois. Photograph by John Vachon in July 1940

GRAIN ELEVATORS, 1941. Grain elevators in Caldwell, Idaho. Photograph by Russell Lee, July 1941

IDAHO: FLOUR MILL, 1941. Exterior of Caldwell Flour mills in Caldwell, Idaho. Photograph by Russell Lee, July 1941

ELECTRIC RAILROAD, 1936. Houses alongside the Chicago and Milwaukee Railroad, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Photograph by Carl Mydans, April 1936

BURLINGTON ZEPHYR, 1940. Awaiting the arrival of the Burlington Zephyr in East Dubuque, Illinois. Photograph, 1940, by John Vachon

Urban crossing
Pedestrian crossing over tram tracks, road markings on the pavement

CALIFORNIA: RAILROAD, c1910. Boarding the Los Angeles Limited at an unidentified stop in California. Oil over a photograph, c1910

LOCOMOTIVE, 1883. The conductor, crew and canine mascot of a Central Pacific Railroad train posing by the locomotive during a station stop at Mill City, Nevada. Oil over a photograph, 1883

CARTOON: ANTI-TRUST, 1902. The railroad trust satirized in a cartoon from An Alphabet of Joyous Trusts. Cartoon by Frederick Burr Opper, 1902

PULLMAN STRIKE, 1894. The end of the Pullman Company strike. The first meat train leaving the Chicago stockyards with a U.S. Cavalry escort on July 10, 1894

PULLMAN STRIKE, 1894. Freight cars burning at the Illinois Central Railroad yards in Kensington, near Chicago, after being set afire by rioting workers during the Pullman strike, 6 July 1894

Steel Nerves
Men at work on Battersea Power Station walking along a narrow girder with trains and the gasometer in the background

Nineteenth century railway features: Rectangular turning plate and a cross section of this plate

Rectangular railway turning plates

Cross section of the rails of the Mont Cenis railway

Landwasserviadukt Grisons in SwitzerlandRHB Rhaetian Railway

Railroad track and hillside with figures, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

Switch on a railroad track, 1860-1865, drawing, 1862-1865, by Alfred R Waud, 1828-1891, an american artist famous for his American Civil War sketches, America, US

GRAND CENTRAL STATION. Construction on Grand Central Station in New York City. Photograph, c1908

GRAND CENTRAL STATION. Excavations at the construction site of Grand Central Station in New York City. Photograph, c1908

SAN FRANCISCO: FERRY HOUSE. Crowds and streetcars outside the ferry house in San Francisco, California. Photographed c1890

MEMPHIS: MAIN STREET, 1890. A view of Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee, showing a wagon loaded with cotton. Photographed in 1890

BOSTON: NEWSBOY, 1909. A newsboy flipping cars, on a trolley in Boston, Massachusetts
BOSTON: NEWSBOY, 1909. A newsboy flipping cars, " on a trolley in Boston, Massachusetts. Photograph by Lewis Hine, October 1909

NEW YORK: SUBWAY. Construction of the subway at Union Square, New York City. Photographed 8 June 1901

NEW YORK: SUBWAY. Construction of the subway at Broadway and 38th Street in New York City. Photographed between 1908 and 1920

CHICAGO: RAILWAY MAP, 1878. Line engraving, American, 1878

NEW YORK: BROADWAY, c1915. Looking north along the west side of Broadway from 62nd Street, c1915

NEW YORK: EL TRAIN, c1878. Construction of the elevated railroad on Broadway, New York, c1878. Contemporary painting by Hughson Hawley

NEW YORK: NINTH AVENUE. View of the intersection of Ninth Avenue and Little West 12th Street in New York City, with tracks of the Greenwich Street-Ninth Avenue elevated railroad line running

NEW YORK: UNION SQUARE. Photograph, 1898, by Joseph Byron

NEW YORK: BROADWAY, 1899. A view of Broadway in New York City, looking north from 23rd Street. Photographed in 1899

UTAH: PRICE CANYON, C1900. View of Castle Gate in Price Canyon, Utah. Photograph, c1900

MONTANA: RAILROAD, c1890. The Northern Pacific Railroad at Rocky Canyon in Montana. Photograph, c1890

MONTANA: CANYON, c1890. The Jefferson Canyon in the Rocky Mountains in Montana. Photograph, c1890

OREGON: CASCADE MOUNTAINS. View in the Cascade Mountains in Oregon. Wood engraving, English, 1866

SOUTH DAKOTA: CANYON, 1890. A view of Elk Canyon in the Black Hills in South Dakota, along the Fort Pierre Railroad. Photographed by John C.H. Grabill, 1890

ALASKA: SKAGWAY, c1912. View of the railroad tracks and pier on the Taiya Inlet at the town of Skagway, Alaska. Photograph, c1912

ALABAMA: CAHABA PRISON. Civil war stockade and prison at Cahaba, Alabama. Undated drawing

Diesel Locos
Two diesel trains on the Burlington route at a station. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Escalator
circa 1930: An escalator on London Underground with posters on show at the side. (Photo by William Davis/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Washington Bridge
New Yorks George Washington Bridge from the New Jersey side, the space left for subway tracks is visible in the centre. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Siemens Train
The first model electric train made by Werner Siemens and Halske in operation at the Berlin Trade Fair. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Future Commuters
circa 1890: Labourers clearing the ground for a railway line running beside a village of thatched huts in Kenya. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

St Lazare Station
circa 1925: St Lazare station in Paris filled with people waiting to travel during the August holidays. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

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