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Freight Train Collection

Journeying through breathtaking landscapes, the mighty freight train conquers every terrain it encounters

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Morants Curve, Bow River, Canadian Pacific Railway, near Lake Louise, Banff National Park

Morants Curve, Bow River, Canadian Pacific Railway, near Lake Louise, Banff National Park, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Alberta, Rocky Mountains, Canada, North America

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Train travelling through the Outback of South Australia, Australia, Pacific

Train travelling through the Outback of South Australia, Australia, Pacific

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Ebbw Vale Colliery

Ebbw Vale Colliery
A stereoscopic image of a freight train at Ebbw Vale Colliery in South Wales, 1856. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreight Train Collection: South Devon Railway Leopard class Saddle Tank Engine

South Devon Railway Leopard class Saddle Tank Engine
Vintage engraving of Lance a South Devon Railway Leopard class Saddle Tank Engine. Lance (1875 to 1892) GWR no. 2130, it was one of two locomotives kept working at Swindon railway works for shunting

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Grain elevator along railroad yard, North Platte, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Grain elevator along railroad yard, North Platte, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Grain elevator along railroad yard. North Platte, Nebraska. [Sign: T.B. Hord Grain Co. Coal Hay and Feed. Union Pacific steam locomotive]

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Downtown Empire State Express

Downtown Empire State Express
Syracuse, New York: c. 1933. The Empire State Express as it prepares to cross South Salina Street, the main business street of Syracuse

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Clerks at the Railway Clearing House

Clerks at the Railway Clearing House
5310153 Clerks at the Railway Clearing House; (add.info.: Engraving depicting clerks at the Railway Clearing House. This organisation was set up to make it possible for passengers)

Background imageFreight Train Collection: U.S. soldiers in France, 6 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service

U.S. soldiers in France, 6 Apr 1918. Creator: Bain News Service
U.S. soldiers in France, 6 Apr 1918. American soldiers of the Twenty Sixth Infantry in freight train car leaving Maron, France on April A6, 1918 during World War I.

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Railway Station at the Franklin Petroleum Oil Works, Pennsylvania, 1864. Creator: Unknown

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

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Sketches in Madrid: the 'Octroi' at the entrance to Madrid, 1876. Creator: C.R

Sketches in Madrid: the "Octroi" at the entrance to Madrid, 1876. Creator: C.R
Sketches in Madrid: the "Octroi" at the entrance to Madrid, 1876....the ordinary aspects of life in Madrid...manner of collecting the "octroi, " or town tolls

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Iron Mines, Ironwood, Mich. between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown

Iron Mines, Ironwood, Mich. between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Iron Mines, Ironwood, Mich. between 1880 and 1899

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Quincy Market, Boston, Mass. c1904. Creator: Unknown

Quincy Market, Boston, Mass. c1904. Creator: Unknown
Quincy Market, Boston, Mass. c1904

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Unloading bananas, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Unloading bananas, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Unloading bananas, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Mule teams and the levee, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown

Mule teams and the levee, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910. Creator: Unknown
Mule teams and the levee, New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1900 and 1910

Background imageFreight Train Collection: L.S. & M.S. [Lake Shore & Michigan Southern] Ry. ore docks, Ashtabula, Ohio, ca 1900

L.S. & M.S. [Lake Shore & Michigan Southern] Ry. ore docks, Ashtabula, Ohio, ca 1900. Creator: Unknown. L.S. & M.S
L.S. & M.S. [Lake Shore & Michigan Southern] Ry. ore docks, Ashtabula, Ohio, ca 1900

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Movie set for a western, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe

Movie set for a western, between 1896 and 1942. Creator: Arnold Genthe
Movie set for a western, between 1896 and 1942

Background imageFreight Train Collection: China - Natives On Railroad Tracks, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing

China - Natives On Railroad Tracks, 1913. Creator: Harris & Ewing. China - Natives On Railroad Tracks, 1913
China - Natives On Railroad Tracks, 1913. Goods wagons in winter. People carrying baskets of pastries at bottom left

Background imageFreight Train Collection: War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing

War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920. Creator: Harris & Ewing. War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920
War Garden Commission, between 1910 and 1920

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Train, between 1913 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Train, between 1913 and 1917

Train, between 1913 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Train, between 1913 and 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Train, between 1913 and 1917. Boise and Arrow Rock Railroad steam locomotive with tender, freight wagon and passenger carriage, probably Boise River, Idaho, USA

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Esquisse pour la salle des fêtes de la mairie de Nogent-sur-Marne : Devoir : Ligne... 1889

Esquisse pour la salle des fêtes de la mairie de Nogent-sur-Marne : Devoir : Ligne... 1889. Creator: Edmond Debon
Esquisse pour la salle des fetes de la mairie de Nogent-sur-Marne : Devoir : Ligne de l'Est - Mobilisation, 1889. Duty, Eastern line, mobilisation

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Camp Meade #2, Maryland, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Camp Meade #2, Maryland, 1917

Camp Meade #2, Maryland, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing. Camp Meade #2, Maryland, 1917. Creator: Harris & Ewing
Camp Meade #2, Maryland, 1917

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Itinerant laborers riding the freight, West side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938

Itinerant laborers riding the freight, West side of San Joaquin Valley, California, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Itinerant laborers riding the freight. West side of San Joaquin Valley, California

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers, Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939

Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers, Lindsay, Tulare County, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Lindsay, California. Houses inhabited by Mexican citrus workers. Tulare County

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Inspecting a freight train from Mexico for smuggled immigrants, El Paso, Texas, 1938

Inspecting a freight train from Mexico for smuggled immigrants, El Paso, Texas, 1938. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Inspecting a freight train from Mexico for smuggled immigrants. El Paso, Texas

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Boy riding freight, West Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Boy riding freight, West Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Boy riding freight. West Texas

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Freight moving east near Odessa, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Freight moving east near Odessa, Texas, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freight moving east near Odessa, Texas

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Orange packing shed, Strathmore, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Orange packing shed, Strathmore, California, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Orange packing shed. Strathmore, California

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Freight train going east near Yuma, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Freight train going east near Yuma, Arizona, 1937. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Freight train going east near Yuma, Arizona

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Opening of the Aberdeen Railway - Dee Bridge and Aberdeen Terminus, 1850. Creator: Unknown

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

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Cotton bales lying at the Bombay terminus of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, 1862

Cotton bales lying at the Bombay terminus of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, 1862. Creator: Unknown
Cotton bales lying at the Bombay terminus of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway ready for shipment to England, 1862. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. M'Combie and Wright

Background imageFreight Train Collection: La Polvorilla, landmark of the Altiplano near San Antonio de los Cobres

La Polvorilla, landmark of the Altiplano near San Antonio de los Cobres. The bridge is the final stop for the tourist train Tren a las Nubes. South America, Argentina (Editorial Use Only)

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Ore cars at the docks in Duluth, Minnesota, Oct. 31, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston

Ore cars at the docks in Duluth, Minnesota, Oct. 31, 1903. Creator: Frances Benjamin Johnston
Ore cars at the docks in Duluth, Minn. Oct. 31, 1903

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Coal sits in train cars on tracks in Grundy, Virginia

Coal sits in train cars on tracks in Grundy, Virginia, U.S. May 17, 2018. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

Background imageFreight Train Collection: USA, Kansas, Hutchinson, Train Terminal, Loading Grain Into Trains, Grain Elevators

USA, Kansas, Hutchinson, Train Terminal, Loading Grain Into Trains, Grain Elevators

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Train and wind mills near Palm Springs, California, USA

Train and wind mills near Palm Springs, California, USA

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Royal Canadian Railway, Churchill, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada

Royal Canadian Railway, Churchill, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Railroad cars loaded with sulphur, Freeport Sulphur Co. Hoskins Mound, Texas, 1943

Railroad cars loaded with sulphur, Freeport Sulphur Co. Hoskins Mound, Texas, 1943. Creator: John Vachon
Railroad cars loaded with sulphur, Freeport Sulphur Co. Hoskins Mound, Texas

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Santa Fe R. R. trains going through Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mountains, Cajon, Calif. 1943

Santa Fe R. R. trains going through Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mountains, Cajon, Calif. 1943
Santa Fe R.R. trains going through Cajon Pass in the San Bernardino Mountains, Cajon, Calif. On the right, streamliner " Chief" going west; in the background, on the left

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Pennsylvania R.R. iron ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter... ore unloaders, 1943

Pennsylvania R.R. iron ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter... ore unloaders, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Pennsylvania R.R. iron ore docks, unloading ore from a lake freighter by means of " Hulett" ore unloaders

Background imageFreight Train Collection: After the ore is weighed in the 'Hewlett'[i.e. 'Hulett'] machine it is... Cleveland, Ohio, 1943

After the ore is weighed in the "Hewlett"[i.e. "Hulett"] machine it is... Cleveland, Ohio, 1943
After the ore is weighed in the " Hewlett" [i.e. " Hulett" ] machine it is dropped in the waiting hopper cars below; Pennsylvania R.R. iron ore docks, Cleveland, Ohio

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Section crew of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific R.R... Bensenville, Illinois, 1943

Section crew of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific R.R... Bensenville, Illinois, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Section crew of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific R.R. at work, Bensenville, Ill

Background imageFreight Train Collection: C. M. St. P. & P. R. R. general view of part of Galewood yard, Chicago, Illinois, 1943

C. M. St. P. & P. R. R. general view of part of Galewood yard, Chicago, Illinois, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
C. M. St. P. & P. R.R. general view of part of Galewood yard, Chicago, Ill. [Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad]

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Section crew at work on the track, C. M. St. P. & P. R. R. Bensenville, Ill. 1943

Section crew at work on the track, C. M. St. P. & P. R. R. Bensenville, Ill. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Section crew at work on the track, C. M. St. P. & P. R.R. Bensenville, Ill

Background imageFreight Train Collection: C. M. St. P. & P. R. R. general view of part of the yard, Bensenville, Ill. 1943

C. M. St. P. & P. R. R. general view of part of the yard, Bensenville, Ill. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
C. M. St. P. & P. R.R. general view of part of the yard, Bensenville, Ill

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Freight cars at the South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad terminal, Chicago, Illinois, 1943

Freight cars at the South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad terminal, Chicago, Illinois, 1943
Freight cars at the South Water Street Illinois Central Railroad terminal, Chicago, Ill

Background imageFreight Train Collection: Illinois Central R. R. freight cars in South Water Street freight terminal, Chicago, Ill. 1943

Illinois Central R. R. freight cars in South Water Street freight terminal, Chicago, Ill. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Illinois Central R.R. freight cars in South Water Street freight terminal, Chicago, Ill. Shows Pabst Blue Ribbon neon sign

Background imageFreight Train Collection: General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railroad freight... Chicago, 1943

General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railroad freight... Chicago, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
General view of part of the South Water street Illinois Central Railroad freight terminal, Chicago, Ill

Background imageFreight Train Collection: A train bringing copper ore out of the mine, Ducktown, Tenn. 1939. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott

A train bringing copper ore out of the mine, Ducktown, Tenn. 1939. Creator: Marion Post Wolcott
A train bringing copper ore out of the mine, Ducktown, Tennessee. Fumes from smelting copper for sulfuric acid have destroyed all vegetation and eroded the land



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Journeying through breathtaking landscapes, the mighty freight train conquers every terrain it encounters. From the iconic Morants Curve to the tranquil Bow River, the Canadian Pacific Railway showcases its power near Lake Louise in Banff National Park. Meanwhile, echoes of history resound as we explore Ebbw Vale Colliery and witness the South Devon Railway Leopard class Saddle Tank Engine in action. In bustling cities, like a symphony on wheels, the Downtown Empire State Express roars past skyscrapers with unmatched elegance. Venturing into remote territories, we find ourselves captivated by a train traversing the vast Outback of South Australia and marvel at La Polvorilla's grandeur near San Antonio de los Cobres. From Grundy, Virginia to Hutchinson, Kansas, these tracks carry more than just coal and grain; they symbolize progress and prosperity for communities across America. As windmills spin gracefully in Palm Springs' horizon, a harmonious coexistence between nature and technology is witnessed by passing trains. Further north lies Churchill in Manitoba's Hudson Bay region—a testament to Canada's Royal Canadian Railway connecting even the most remote corners of this great nation. And let us not forget Freeport Sulphur Co. 's railroad cars loaded with sulphur—an industrial marvel that shaped Texas' Hoskins Mound back in 1943. The freight train—unstoppable force carrying dreams and goods alike—continues its timeless journey across continents and oceans. It remains an enduring symbol of human ingenuity intertwined with nature's wonders.