Railroad Collection

Rail-Way, 1840 (litho on paper)
8681127 Rail-Way, 1840 (litho on paper) by Lindsay, Thomas (1793-1861); 16x23 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Viaduct across the Sankey Valley, Warrington, Cheshire, February 1831. Artist: Thomas Talbot Bury
Viaduct Across the Sankey Valley, published 1831 (hand coloured engraving). From Six Coloured Views on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with a plate of The Coaches, Machines

Simplon-Orient-Express, Londres-le Caire, c. 1930. Private Collection

The Tube Station, c. 1932 (linocut printed in colours on tissue Japan)
659543 The Tube Station, c.1932 (linocut printed in colours on tissue Japan) by Power, Cyril Edward (1874-1951); 25.5x29 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Tube Station)

The Blue Comet train
The Blue Comet, an all-steel passenger train than ran between New Jersey and Atlantic City from 1929 to 1941 on the Central Railroad of New Jersey. Date: c. 1930s

Poster advertising the Orient Express, 1888. Private Collection

The Spirit of Progress
The Australian Sprit of Progress, streamlined train of the Victorian Government Railways operating between Melbourne and Albury. Date: late 1930s

Union Station, Portland, Maine, USA, on the corner of Congress and St John Street. Date: circa 1908

New Pavilion Saltair and bathers, Salt Lake City, USA
The New Pavilion Saltair (built in 1926) and bathers on Great Salt Lake, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The first Saltair, completed in 1893

Steam train, Durango & Silverton Railroad, Silverton, Colorado, USA

Union Railway Station, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Date: circa 1901

Tokaido Shinkansen bullet train passing by Mount Fuji, Yoshiwara, Shizuoka prefecture, Japan

Map, route of Santa Fe Railroad, USA
Map showing the route of the Santa Fe Railroad, USA, from the Great Lakes in the east, to the Gulf of Mexico in the south, and the Pacific coast in the west

PITTSBURGH: STEEL MILL. Jones and Laughlin steel mills in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Photograph, c1910

USA, North Dakota, Valley City, High Line Railroad Bridge, Hi-Line, Built In Early 1900s Over The Sheyenne River, National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark

In the middle of the Indian forest, a man waits for the train near the railway line (Colour Litho)
2778091 In the middle of the Indian forest, a man waits for the train near the railway line (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Tehachapi Train Loop near Tehachapi California is the historic location of the Southern Pacific Railroad where freight trains gain 77 feet in elevation

USA, Nevada. Old steam train engine in historic Gold Hill train station, our side Virginia CIty
USA, Nevada. Old steam train engine in historic Gold Hill train station, our side Virginia City, Nevada

LOCOMOTIVE: ROCKET, 1829. George Stephensons Rocket, the winner of the Liverpool and Manchester Railways competiton of 1829. Engraving, American, 1881

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RAILWAY POSTER, 1870s. A Chicago and North-Western Railway poster of the 1870s promoting free homestead lands in the Dakota Territory

Spring Forward In London
A railway worker stands on a ladder and changes a clock ahead one hour to begin Daylight Savings (or Summer) time, at Liverpool Street Station, London, early 20th Century. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

View at St. Rollox Looking South East; Opening of the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway
1198425 View at St. Rollox Looking South East; Opening of the Glasgow and Garnkirk Railway, 1832 (hand-coloured lithograph) by Hill

Curvature of Spacetime
Rainer Inderst

USA, New York, Hudson Valley, Poughkeepsee, Walkway Over The Hudson, pedestrian walkway on renovated train trestle over the Hudson River

The famous Bernina Express red train at Alp Grum station, Graubunden, Switzerland

First Russian steam locomotive, by Yefim and Miron Cherepanov, 1833-1834 (Postage stamp), 1978. Artist: Anonymous
First Russian steam locomotive, by Yefim and Miron Cherepanov, 1833-1834 (Postage stamp), 1978. From a private collection

The Empire Builder, the majestic streamlined Diesel-Electric makes its way through Glacier National Park in the Rockies from Seattle to Chicago USA, Date: late 1930s

Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Depot, Nevada, USA
The Tonopah & Goldfield Railroad Depot, Nevada, USA, on 7 December 1907, with a steam train, crowds of people on the platform and cars and horses waiting alongside

Railway station at Chanute, Kansas, USA, on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. Date: circa 1920

WYOMING: FORT SANDERS. Generals Grant, Sherman, Sheridan, Hooker, Harney, Dodge, Gibbon, and Potter at Fort Sanders, Wyoming, for a meeting regarding the Union Pacific Railroad

Hell Gate Bridge In Queens Under Construction
The Hell Gate Bridge over a part of the East River called Hell Gate, which separates Astoria, Queens, from Wards Island, during construction, mid 1910s. Construction began in 1914 and ended in 1916

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USA, California, Gold Country, Grass Valley: Empire Mine State Historic Park/Gold Mine Gold Mine, Main Mine Shaft

Trans Australian Railway Poster
Vintage Travel Poster

Martinique, 1958
Bo Anderson

Locomotive Engine, "The Rocket, " Built by George Stephenson, 1830 (coloured etching on paper)
7394209 Locomotive Engine, "The Rocket, " Built by George Stephenson, 1830 (coloured etching on paper) by Naysmith, James (1807-90) (after); Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford

Canterbury from the Railway, 1842 (coloured litho on paper)
7394177 Canterbury from the Railway, 1842 (coloured litho on paper) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 23x38 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Under Runcorn Viaduct Manchester Ship Canal, 1893 (pen with wash on paper)
7389725 Under Runcorn Viaduct Manchester Ship Canal, 1893 (pen with wash on paper) by Simpson, William (1823-99); 29x23 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

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]

Advertising poster for the London to Vichy Pullman express train, 1927 (colour lithograph)
1198038 Advertising poster for the London to Vichy Pullman express train, 1927 (colour lithograph) by Chaurand-Naurac, Jean Raoul (1878-1948)

In Clives Footsteps: De Glehn "Atlantic", Bengal - Nagpur Railway, 1910 (litho)
6437131 In Clives Footsteps: De Glehn " Atlantic", Bengal - Nagpur Railway, 1910 (litho) by Rudd, Edwin Thomas (1861-1940); Private Collection; (add.info)

USA, Georgia, Athens, The Murmur Trestle, 1880 railraod trestle featured on rock group REMs debut album Murmur

U-Bahn trains passing in front of St. Pauli LandungsbrAocken, St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany

Brussels-Liege Express
Stunning green streamlined " Atlantic" type locomotive on the Brussels-Liege Express, Belgium. Date: late 1930s

El Navajo Hotel, Gallup, New Mexico, USA
El Navajo, the new Santa Fe hotel and station at Gallup, New Mexico, USA. Date: 1910s

The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad on the Animas River, San Juan National Forest
The Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad on the Animas River, San Juan National Forest, Colorado, USA

WEST VIRGINIA: RAILROAD. The roundhouse in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Photograph, 1970

Metro sign, Paris, France

Road, railway, and Seaward Kaikoura Ranges, Mangamaunu, near Kaikoura, Marlborough, South Island, New Zealand

Mount Rainier and Gateway to the City of Tacoma, USA (note the Old City hall - 8193) - sitting above the extensive Northern Pacific Railroad freight depot (yards) and the Thea Foss Waterway

Pacific Railroad, Costa Rica - Puente Rio Grande
Pacific Railroad Bridge over the Rio Grande - Costa Rica Date: circa 1908

Historic coal mining stream train in tundra, Ny-Alesund, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, August

Crowds admiring the Horse Guards at St. James Park in London, England, on a French railway poster of 1908 promoting
LONDON: HORSE GUARDS. Crowds admiring the Horse Guards at St. James Park in London, England, on a French railway poster of 1908 promoting travel between Paris and London

Dearborn Street Station, Chicago, Ill. Postcard. ca. 1905-1939, Dearborn Street Station, Chicago, Ill. Postcard

Making the Shoreham Railroad, c. 1840 (w/c on paper)
7389747 Making the Shoreham Railroad, c.1840 (w/c on paper) by Unknown Artist, (19th century); 22x29 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire, UK; (add.info.: Arist: Unknown)

Glenfinnan Viaduct
Jure Kravanja

Railway track, Royal Gorge, Arkansas River, Colorado, 1880 s

1940s East Africa - train Limuru escarpment, Kenya
1940s East Africa - train descending the Limuru escarpment, Kenya Photograph by a British army recruitment officer stationed in East Africa and the Middle East during World War II

Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) (oil on canvas)
BAG126996 Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-59) (oil on canvas) by Horsley, John Callcott (1817-1903); 127x101.6 cm; Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, UK; eBristol Museums

Power locomotive, 1945 (colour litho)
PNP246698 Power locomotive, 1945 (colour litho) by American School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: painted by Alexander Leydenfrost for the company calendar;)

Railroad depot and train, Reno, Nevada, USA. circa 1930s

Viaduct across the Sankey Valley, 1831 (colour aquatints, partly hand-coloured)
1198423 Viaduct across the Sankey Valley, 1831 (colour aquatints, partly hand-coloured) by Bury, Thomas Talbot (1811-77) (after); 26.5x66 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; English

By Road and Rail in Catland, 20th
STC61951 By Road and Rail in Catland, 20th by Wain, Louis (1860-1939); Private Collection; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

A Peep at the Train, India, 1892 (pencil and w / c on paper)
1197524 A Peep at the Train, India, 1892 (pencil and w/c on paper) by Swoboda, Rudolf Der G. (1859-1914); 94x66.8 cm; Private Collection; Photo eChristies Images; Austrian, out of copyright

Lines in Liege
Jeroen van de Wiel

Woman on a Train Date: 1950

La Ligne Electrique du Simplon, 1928. Private Collection

Great Northern Depot, Viborg, South Dakota, USA
Great Northern Railroad Depot, Viborg, South Dakota, USA, with a train in the station and people on the platform. Date: 1911

POSTER: RAILROAD, 1952. The most important wheels in America. Lithograph by Joseph Binder for the Association of American Railroads, 1952

Map of French Railway Lines

HALIFAX HARBOR, 1917. View of the wreckage in the railroad yards on the Richmond side of Halifax harbor following the disastrous explosion and fire of 6 December 1917

Railway alongside Cranberry lake, NY State, USA
Men at work on the new railway at the side of Cranberry Lake, near Childwold, New York State, USA, constructed for the Emporium Lumber Company. Date: circa 1913

Map of European Railway Lines

Source Size = 1872 x 1674
Anniversary of the Opening of the First English Railway: George Stephensons " locomotion" (" puffing Billy" ), September 26, 1874

The American Railway Scene at Hornellsville, Erie Railway (print, 1874)
BAL32905 The American Railway Scene at Hornellsville, Erie Railway (print, 1874) by Currier, N. (1813-88) and Ives, J.M. (1824-95); Private Collection; American, out of copyright

Source Size = 3745 x 1216
THE ACCIDENT NEAR NAGPUR ON THE GREAT INDIAN PENINSULA RAILWAY: The wreck of the leading engine is shown lying upon its side

The Rocket, locomotive of George and Robert Stephenson

Steam trains and carriages, passing through golfcourse, North Norfolk Railway, Sheringham, Norfolk, England, August

Opening of the Exeter and Exmouth Railway: Arrival of the First Train at Exmouth

Old Train Station, Puerto Madryn, The Welsh Settlement, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina

Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, Shenandoah, PA, USA
Lehigh Valley Railroad Station, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, USA, with people waiting on the platform. Date: circa 1907

Red fox (Vulpes vulpes) adult with train in background, Kent, UK. March. Highly commended in the Nature Photographer of the Year Awards 2018. Taken with remote camera

Flower garden and historic Railway Station at night, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

The main facade of the Fez railway station, Morocco

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"The Golden Era of Railroads: A Journey Through Time" Step back in time to the glamorous era of rail travel with iconic images that capture the essence of a bygone age. The Blue Comet train, known for its luxurious amenities and impeccable service, epitomizes the grandeur and elegance of train travel. As it departs from Grand Central Terminal in New York City circa 1930, one can only imagine the excitement and anticipation felt by passengers embarking on their adventures. The Spirit of Progress beckons us to explore further as we encounter a captivating poster advertising the Orient Express in 1888. This legendary train became synonymous with opulence and intrigue, whisking travelers away on unforgettable journeys across Europe. Union Station in Portland, Maine stands as a testament to America's love affair with trains. Its magnificent architecture serves as a gateway to new destinations and possibilities. Similarly, Simplon-Orient-Express transports our imagination from London to Cairo during the early 1930s – an extraordinary feat that connected continents. Venturing westward, we discover New Pavilion Saltair amidst bathers enjoying leisurely days by Salt Lake City's shores. This idyllic scene showcases how railways brought joy and recreation to communities across America. In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Union Railway Station emerges as a symbol of progress and industrial might. Steam trains chug along its tracks, carrying goods and dreams alike towards an ever-evolving future. Traveling beyond borders takes us on A Peep at the Train journey through India in 1892 – capturing vibrant landscapes through pencil sketches infused with watercolors. It reminds us that railways have always been bridges between cultures and civilizations. A woman aboard a train captures our attention next; her date set against the backdrop of bustling stations evokes nostalgia for simpler times when romance bloomed amidst rhythmic clatterings on steel tracks. Finally, we witness modernity colliding with tradition as Tokaido Shinkansen, Japan's bullet train, races past Mount Fuji.