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Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Steam Train in the Villefranche sur Mer station on the French Riviera, 1910 (postcard)

Steam Train in the Villefranche sur Mer station on the French Riviera, 1910 (postcard)
5958512 Steam Train in the Villefranche sur Mer station on the French Riviera, 1910 (postcard); Index Fototeca

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Loom for making Hemp fishing nets, 1880 (engraving)

Loom for making Hemp fishing nets, 1880 (engraving)
863949 Loom for making Hemp fishing nets, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Loom for making Hemp fishing nets. J & W Stuart's factory, Musselburgh, near Edinburgh, Scotland)

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: A train on the Mount Pilatus rack railway

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)

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Patent Steam Carriage, 1828 (print)

Patent Steam Carriage, 1828 (print)
BAL67554 Patent Steam Carriage, 1828 (print); Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: American paddle steamer ' Savannah, ': the first steamer to cross the Atlantic, 1819

American paddle steamer " Savannah, ": the first steamer to cross the Atlantic, 1819
NWI4962035 American paddle steamer " Savannah, ": the first steamer to cross the Atlantic, 1819. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: American paddle steamer " Savannah)

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Sciences: schema of the steam apparatus of James Watt's (1736-1819)

Sciences: schema of the steam apparatus of James Watt's (1736-1819) Scottish mathematician and engineer
NWI4952866 Sciences: schema of the steam apparatus of James Watt's (1736-1819) Scottish mathematician and engineer. Colour engraving of the 19th century.; (add.info.: Sciences)

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: A printing press powered by a steam engine, 1850

A printing press powered by a steam engine, 1850
3478695 A printing press powered by a steam engine, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a printing press powered by a steam engine. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: James Watt

James Watt
3586308 James Watt; (add.info.: Portrait of James Watt (1736-1819) a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist. Dated 19th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Erskine Beveridge & Company's Factory, United Kingdom, 1880 (engraving)

Erskine Beveridge & Company's Factory, United Kingdom, 1880 (engraving)
863948 Erskine Beveridge & Company's Factory, United Kingdom, 1880 (engraving); (add.info.: Weaving shed, Erskine Beveridge & Company's St Leonard's Factory, Dunfermline, Scotland)

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Plan of the steam locomotive ('Merthyr Tydvil') invented by Richard Trevithick (1771-1833)

Plan of the steam locomotive ("Merthyr Tydvil") invented by Richard Trevithick (1771-1833)
NWI4952918 Plan of the steam locomotive ("Merthyr Tydvil") invented by Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) and Andrew Vivian (1759-1842) in 1805

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Steam engine 'Kompaund' with a Schmidt super-heater, 1910. Creator

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

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: West-Siberian Railroad. Testing the First Section of the Bridge Across the Irtysh River

West-Siberian Railroad. Testing the First Section of the Bridge Across the Irtysh River, 1892-1896. Creator: Unknown
West-Siberian Railroad. Testing the First Section of the Bridge Across the Irtysh River, 1892-1896. From an album of 50 photographs in the Collection of Documentary Materials on the History of

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: P.L.M. Evian les Bains. Trains rapides de jour et de nuit. Trains de luxe, 1908

P.L.M. Evian les Bains. Trains rapides de jour et de nuit. Trains de luxe, 1908. Creator: Tauzin, Louis (1842-1915)
P.L.M. Evian les Bains. Trains rapides de jour et de nuit. Trains de luxe, 1908. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: P.L.M. Vichy, c. 1910. Creator: Tauzin, Louis (1842-1915)

P.L.M. Vichy, c. 1910. Creator: Tauzin, Louis (1842-1915)
P.L.M. Vichy, c. 1910. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: P.L.M. St Honoré-les-Bains (Nièvre), 1910. Creator: Tauzin, Louis (1842-1915)

P.L.M. St Honoré-les-Bains (Nièvre), 1910. Creator: Tauzin, Louis (1842-1915)
P.L.M. St Honore-les-Bains (Nievre), 1910. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Chemins de fer de l'Ouest et du London, 1899. Creator: Grün, Jules-Alexandre (1868-1938)

Chemins de fer de l'Ouest et du London, 1899. Creator: Grün, Jules-Alexandre (1868-1938)
Chemins de fer de l'Ouest et du London, 1899. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Chemin de fer du Nord. Paris à Londres via Calais, 1890. Creator: Gray (Boulanger)

Chemin de fer du Nord. Paris à Londres via Calais, 1890. Creator: Gray (Boulanger), Henri (1858-1924)
Chemin de fer du Nord. Paris a Londres via Calais, 1890. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Chemin de fer du Nord. Paris à Londres via Calais, 1890. Creator: Gray (Boulanger)

Chemin de fer du Nord. Paris à Londres via Calais, 1890. Creator: Gray (Boulanger), Henri (1858-1924)
Chemin de fer du Nord. Paris a Londres via Calais, 1890. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Le Tréport-Mers. Chemins de fer du Nord et de l'Ouest, 1897. Creator: Gray (Boulanger)

Le Tréport-Mers. Chemins de fer du Nord et de l'Ouest, 1897. Creator: Gray (Boulanger), Henri (1858-1924)
Le Treport-Mers. Chemins de fer du Nord et de l'Ouest, 1897. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Chemin de fer d'Orléans. Pont-Aven (Finistère), 1914. Creator: Meunier, Henri Georges (1873-1922)

Chemin de fer d'Orléans. Pont-Aven (Finistère), 1914. Creator: Meunier, Henri Georges (1873-1922)
Chemin de fer d'Orleans. Pont-Aven (Finistere), 1914. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Golden Mountain, Pullman Express (Poster), c. 1930. Creator: Broders, Roger (1883-1953)

Golden Mountain, Pullman Express (Poster), c. 1930. Creator: Broders, Roger (1883-1953)
Golden Mountain, Pullman Express (Poster), c. 1930. From a private collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Taking A Break

Taking A Break
Anthony Bates

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Gold digger train

Gold digger train
Hubert Bichler

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Bray's Traction-engine, 1858. Creator: Unknown

Bray's Traction-engine, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Bray's Traction-engine, 1858....thousands of spectators...seemed much interested and astonished on seeing a steam-engine traversing the streets of London...Attached was a truck, or platform

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant Starting the Machinery...1876

Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant Starting the Machinery...1876. Creator: Melton Prior
Opening of the American Centennial Exhibition: President Grant Starting the Machinery, from a sketch by our special artist, 1876....the procession entered Machinery Hall

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo, 1871. Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II

Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo, 1871. Creator: Utagawa Hiroshige II
Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo, 1871

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Chemins de fer de l'Ouest et de Brighton, 1905. Creator: Péan, René Louis (1875-1945)

Chemins de fer de l'Ouest et de Brighton, 1905. Creator: Péan, René Louis (1875-1945)
Chemins de fer de l'Ouest et de Brighton, 1905. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Illustration from the 'Town carriages, traveling and sporting vehicles from German

Illustration from the "Town carriages, traveling and sporting vehicles from German, French and English makers", ca 1845. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Drawings of the new steam engine for nine pumps in Hellevoetsluis, 1802. Creator: Jan Blanken

Drawings of the new steam engine for nine pumps in Hellevoetsluis, 1802. Creator: Jan Blanken
Drawings of the new steam engine for nine pumps in Hellevoetsluis, South Holland, 1802. Technical drawing of a steam engine: four elevations

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Messrs. Tuxford's Traction-Engine, exhibited at the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, 1857

Messrs. Tuxford's Traction-Engine, exhibited at the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, 1857. Creator: Unknown
Messrs. Tuxford's Traction-Engine, exhibited at the Smithfield Club Cattle Show, [London], 1857....the Traction Engine, or Steam Horse [is] a sort of walking leviathan

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Bex brine baths. Simplon Line, 1930. Creator: Nicollerat, Aimé-Félix (1876-1946)

Bex brine baths. Simplon Line, 1930. Creator: Nicollerat, Aimé-Félix (1876-1946)
Bex brine baths. Simplon Line, 1930. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: U.S.S. Massachusetts, steam steering gear, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown

U.S.S. Massachusetts, steam steering gear, between 1896 and 1901. Creator: Unknown
U.S.S. Massachusetts, steam steering gear, between 1896 and 1901

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Halte!!!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Halte!!!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Halte!!!, 19th century. Halt!!!

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: The railroad, 1838. Creator: Pellerin, Jean-Charles (1756-1836)

The railroad, 1838. Creator: Pellerin, Jean-Charles (1756-1836)
The railroad, 1838. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: The Walker Engineering Laboratories at Liverpool; The Main Laboratory

The Walker Engineering Laboratories at Liverpool; The Main Laboratory, with 100-ton Testing Machin Creator: Unknown
The Walker Engineering Laboratories at Liverpool; The Main Laboratory, with 100-ton Testing Machine in the Foreground, 1890. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 42

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: The Walker Engineering Laboratories at Liverpool; The Main Laboratory (Looking Northwest)

The Walker Engineering Laboratories at Liverpool; The Main Laboratory (Looking Northwest), Showing Creator: Unknown
The Walker Engineering Laboratories at Liverpool; The Main Laboratory (Looking Northwest), Showing the 150 H.P. Triple Expansion Experimental Steam Engine in the Background, 1890

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Toy Train, 1939. Creator: R. Stone

Toy Train, 1939. Creator: R. Stone
Toy Train, 1939

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Steam-engines and Thrashing-machines, at the Smithfield Club Show, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Steam-engines and Thrashing-machines, at the Smithfield Club Show, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Steam-engines and Thrashing-machines, at the Smithfield Club Show, 1854. This new display [in the Exhibition of Agricultural Implements

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Zuger Berg- und Straßenbahn, c. 1910. Creator: Koch, Walther (1875-1915)

Zuger Berg- und Straßenbahn, c. 1910. Creator: Koch, Walther (1875-1915)
Zuger Berg- und Straszenbahn, c. 1910. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: La stazione centrale di Milano nel 1889 (Milan central station in 1889), 1889

La stazione centrale di Milano nel 1889 (Milan central station in 1889), 1889. Creator: Morbelli, Angelo (1853-1919)
La stazione centrale di Milano nel 1889 (Milan central station in 1889), 1889. Found in the collection of the Galleria d'arte moderna, Milano

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Le Pont de l'Europe, Gare Saint-Lazare, 1877. Creator: Monet, Claude (1840-1926)

Le Pont de l'Europe, Gare Saint-Lazare, 1877. Creator: Monet, Claude (1840-1926)
Le Pont de l'Europe, Gare Saint-Lazare, 1877. Found in the Collection of the Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Poster advertising the Orient Express, 1891. Creator: Ochoa y Madrazo, Rafael de (1858-1935)

Poster advertising the Orient Express, 1891. Creator: Ochoa y Madrazo, Rafael de (1858-1935)
Poster advertising the Orient Express, 1891. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Le Tréport-Mers. Chemins de fer du Nord et de l'Ouest, 1897. Creator: Gray (Boulanger)

Le Tréport-Mers. Chemins de fer du Nord et de l'Ouest, 1897. Creator: Gray (Boulanger), Henri (1858-1924)
Le Treport-Mers. Chemins de fer du Nord et de l'Ouest, 1897. Private Collection

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Toy Train, c. 1940. Creator: Robert Clark

Toy Train, c. 1940. Creator: Robert Clark
Toy Train, c. 1940

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Power station, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Power station, Escalante, Utah, 1936. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Power station. This power station services the town from dark until 11:00 p.m. only. One day a week during daylight hours it is served for special purposes. Escalante, Utah

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo (Tokyo Yatsuyama shita... c. 1871)

Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo (Tokyo Yatsuyama shita... c. 1871)
Picture of the Steam Engine Railway in Yatsuyama, Tokyo (Tokyo Yatsuyama shita kaigan jokisha tetsudo no zu), c. 1871

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Ploughing by Steam - Trial at Grimsthorpe, by Lord Willoughby d'Eresby, 1850. Various interesting experiments have been made from time to time

Background imageSteam Engine Collection: Railway enthusiasts at the miniature railway at 'Greywood'

Railway enthusiasts at the miniature railway at "Greywood"
Railway enthusiasts at the miniature railway at " Greywood", the garden of Sir John Samuel, at Burwood Park, Walton-on-Thames. 13th August 1961




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"Unleashing the Power: A Journey Through the Steam Engine Era" Step back in time to witness the marvels of steam power that shaped an era. 🚂✨ St. Paul's and Ludgate Hill, c. 1887 (oil on canvas): Amidst a bustling cityscape, towering above all stands St. Paul's Cathedral as smoke billows from a magnificent steam engine below. Stephensons Rocket 1829: The birth of innovation. Marvel at George Stephenson's groundbreaking locomotive that revolutionized transportation forever. Old fashioned steam train locomotive: Hear the rhythmic chugging and feel the vibrations beneath your feet as you embark on a nostalgic journey aboard an old-fashioned steam train. Poster advertising the Orient Express, 1888: Embark on a luxurious adventure across Europe with this iconic poster beckoning travelers to experience opulence and grandeur aboard the legendary Orient Express powered by mighty steam engines. London Paddington station, Great Western Railway, 1840: Step into history at one of Britain's oldest railway stations where majestic steam engines once roared to life, connecting people and places like never before. Puffing Devil locomotive artwork: Immerse yourself in artistry as you admire a captivating depiction of Richard Trevithick's pioneering "Puffing Devil, " marking its place in history as one of the first successful steam-powered vehicles. Steam engine, England, United Kingdom, Europe: Explore how these powerful machines became synonymous with industrial progress across England and throughout Europe during their golden age. Close-up of a fairground engine, England, United Kingdom, Europe: Witness firsthand how even fairgrounds embraced this revolutionary technology – behold intricate details up close as gears turn and pistons pump with mesmerizing precision. The New Great Western Railway Engine Caerphilly Castle on occasion demonstration .