Historic Train Transportation

Images depicting the early history of rail transport, showcasing steam locomotives and train stations with crowds during significant events.

'Coaches to resorts and hotels', c1859, (1938). Artist: Unknown.

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INAUGURATION OF THE ALBERT VIADUCT AT SALTASH BY THE PRINCE CONSORT, OPENING OF THE CORNWALL RAILWAY

First Train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway - 1825 drawn by Stevensons No. 1. The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, its first line connected collieries (a coal mine and the buildings and equipment associated with it) near Shildon with Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, and was officially opened on27 September 1825. Locomotion No. 1 hauled the first train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway, and became the first locomotive to run on a public railway.Locomotion No 1, which was originally named 'Active,' was an early British steam locomotive train. It was built by Robert Stephenson and Company in 1825 for the Stockton and Darlington Railway.

'Coaches to resorts and hotels', c1859, (1938). Artist: Unknown.

THE CAMBRIDGE CHANCELLORSHIP ELECTION: THE RAILWAY STATION AT CAMBRIDGE, ARRIVAL OF VOTERS, UK, 1847

Departure of the Duke of Edinburgh from the Parell Station of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway, 1870. The prince '...was accompanied by Sir Seymour Fitzgerald, the Governor of Bombay. Our Illustration shows the scene at their departure from the Parell station, near the city of Bombay, on the 16th March. The Prince is standing near the carriages, with the Governor on his left hand, and Mr. Conder, the general manager of the railway, on his right. Colonel Fraser, of the 11th Hussars, stands behind them. To the left of the group are the carriages and escort from Government House ; and in the b

Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 27 September 1825. The civil engineer for the line was George Stephenson (1781-1848) From 'The Triumphs of Steam' by Henry Frith (London, c1898).

Royal Agricultural Society of England; arrival of the cattle by railway; landing cattle at the quay, 1844. Agricultural show at Southampton. From "Pictorial Times", 1844.

Spain, Basque Country, Alava province, Vitoria. Arrival of the first train to the station, the 23 of the current month. Drawing by A. Rodriguez Tejero. Engraving. La Ilustracion Espa-ola y Americana, January 30, 1876.

Inauguration of the small railway path of the Cours-la-Queen.

OPENING OF THE NEWBURY AND DIDCOT RAILWAY

People boarding a train at a station Date: 1864

Folkestone: Arrival of the Indian Mail - Express Omnibus proceeding to receive it, 1844. Postal service between Britain and India - crowds watching the mail being transferred from a steamship to a horse-drawn omnibus: 'The Abstract Mail having thus escaped the perils of the water, and reached the Folkestone station in safety, is placed in the carriage of a special train'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I.

Töreboda station.

View in a straight line a first class train and accessories, vintage engraving. View in a straight line a first class train and accessories, vintage engraved illustration. Magasin Pittoresque 1861. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10678066

Engraving showing the press boat in the River Thames at Putney, on the day of the Oxford University vs. Cambridge University Boat Race, 1880. Due to the heavy fog visible in this image, the race was postponed to the following Monday morning. Date: 27 March 1880

An engraving depicting an English Hackney coach dropping off a passenger. Dated 19th century

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. MADRID. ESTACION DEL NORTE. DE VUELTA DEL VERANEO , DIBUJO DE DIAQUE. GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA. MADRID PINTADO.

Imposed in 1711, the Stamp Duty on newspapers was not abolished until 1855 : here, the Illustrated London News is being delivered to Somerset House for stamping. Date: 1842

Franco-Prussian War: the use of railway carriages as hospitals. Wood engraving by P. de Kartow.

An engraving depicting a carriage fitted with a chapel, travelling on the Trans-Siberian railway line. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting a busy platform at Birmingham Station. Dated 19th century

Illustration depicting the trial run of an electric tram at Kew Bridge. Dated 19th century

The Metropolitan Railway in 1869, railway, here Kings Cross station in London, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th ...

Alexander III the Great (356-323 B.C.). King of Macedonia (336-323 B.C.). Death of Alexander. Funeral procession. Engraving.

In the countryside, a steam locomotive with ten pieces of open passenger cars is seen. As well as a hay lace drawn by two horses.

The Cunard Company's steamship Scythia leaving the Mersey for New York. From America Revisited: From The Bay of New York to The Gulf of Mexico, published 1886.

Steam trams in North Street Date: 1890

Illustration showing Second class carriage on an excursion-train. Cartoon from Punch London, 1883

Cholera epidemic. France. Paris. Fumigation of travellers coming from Toulon and Marseille (port cities through which cholera was introduced from Asia), at the Paris-Lyon-Mediterranee railway station. Passengers and luggage were disinfected in a room by means of intense nitrous vapours for half an hour. As soon as the train arrived, passengers were moved to a special room which was immediately sprayed with sodium phenate, in considerable proportion, and there they were subjected to the action of the pungent vapours exhaled by some devices, charged with crystals of nitrous sulphuric acid. Meanwhile, police inspectors were taking down the names and addresses of the travellers. Drawing by Manuel Alcazar. Engraving by Bernardo Rico (1825-1894). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana), 1884.

Railway accident at Abbot's Ripton, Cambridgeshire, England. Scene on the line after the double collision. Date: 1876

Engraving showing passengers on the deck of the 'Artemisia' leaning over the side, as the boat leaves a British harbour bound for Australia, 1848. Date: 1848

Transferring the remains of President James Garfield to the Funeral Train Car in Elberon, NJ

Engraving depicting the interior of Victoria Railway Station. Dated 19th century

The Flight That Failed: Plumed Horses pulled the lifeboat "Chicago" -- As it was christened -- through the streets of New York on Sept. 5th, 1873 -- attracting huge throngs. June 15, 1940. (Photo by Schoenfeld Collection of Camera Features).

An engraving depicting a horse-drawn sleigh bus in New York. Dated 19th century

OPENING OF THE RAILWAY FROM GOTTENBURG TO STOCKHOLM

Police steam boat accompanying a ship suspected of carrying cholera victims on the river Havel near Spandau, Germany, historical illustration, ca. 1893, Europe

Boat carrying goods in the port of London. XIX century colored engraving.

Apertura de los Alpes, paso de la primera locomotora por el Túnel de Mont Cenís, en la intersección de la galeria principal y el empalme, entre Francia e Italia, el día 7 de septiembre de 1871. Grabado de época.

Transporting a process load on a portable rail, vintage engraved illustration. Industrial encyclopedia E.-O. Lami - 1875.

USA. Old railroad car. Wagon with passengers. 19th century. Engraving by R.D.F. Zogambaum. Harper' Weeky. 1886. Author: RUFUS FAIRCHILD ZOGBAUM.

EL PRIMER TRANVIA - 1870. Location: MUSEO DE HISTORIA DE MADRID-GRABADOS ByN. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Embarkment of the Prince of Wales at the Queen's Wharf; St. John's; Newfoundland.

A Boston Watering Cart Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910). , 1857. Wood engraving, image: 9 1/2 x 6 in. (24.1 x 12.7 cm);. American Art 1857

transport transportation public transport subway station London underground colour engraving private collection,

This illustration dates to the 1870s and shows the Gower Street Train Station in England in the 1870s - a stop for the Metropolitan railway. The booking offices for the up line are on one side of the road, and those for the down line on the other. This view represents the interior of the Gower Street Station. In each the platforms are 325 ft. long and 10 ft. broad, and the stations are lighted by lateral openings through the springing of the arch which forms the roof. This arch is a portion of a circle of 32 ft. radius, with a span of 45 ft. and a rise of 9 ft. at the crown. The lateral openings are arched at the top and bottom, but the sides are flat. The width of each is 4 ft. 9 in., and the height outside 6 ft., increasing to 10 ft. at the ends opening on the platform. The openings are entirely lined with white glazed tiles, and the outward ends open into an area, the back of which is inclined at an angle of 45, and the whole also lined with white glazed tiles, and covered with glas

Tren de vapor transportando troncos de árboles gigantes en California. Grabado de 1886.

Tea ships in 1867

Engraving depicting the moving of freight from a board gauge to a narrow gauge wagon at Gloucester Train Station. Dated 19th century

The cars of the Pacific Railroad. The diner cuisine, vintage engraving. The cars of the Pacific Railroad. The diner cuisine, vintage engraved illustration. Journal des Voyages, Travel Journal, 1879-80. Copyright: xZoonar.com/PatrickxGuenettex 10656790

'Barge of the Sultan; Caique (Turkish name) 1854', 1854. From "Cassells Illustrated Family Paper; London Weekly 31/12/1853 - 30/12/1854".

At the gare saint-Michel, teams of horses prepare to drag carts and carriages on runners through the pass between France and Italy. Date: 1865

Train in the The Annexe in France in a railway station, locomotive, 1880, woodcut, France, Europe

transport transportation navigation emigrant ship steerage engraving Adolf Neumann (1825 - 1884) second part of 19th century,

Arrival of the Prince of Wales at Lisbon, 1876. The future King Edward VII visits Portugal. 'The Prince of Wales left Madrid...by a special railway train through Ciudad Real and Badajoz, travelling through the night; he arrived at Lisbon...at three in the afternoon. His Royal Highness was received at the station by King Louis, his father, King Ferdinand, two of the Ministers, the British Consul, Admirals Seymour and Phillimore, the Staff Commander of the Serapis, and the dignitaries of the Portuguese Court. The Prince alighted from the carriage with the President of the Council, who had attend

Grand saloon of the steamship 'Atlantic', 1850. Artist: Unknown

The Embarkment of the Prince of Wales at the Queen's Wharf; St. John's; Newfoundland.

OPENING OF THE FIRST RAJPOOTANA STATE RAILWAY TO ULWAR

A good turnout on Brighton Road - A large group of horse drawn sleighs

A steamboat on the Volga, Russia, c1890. Artist: Unknown

Launching of the first war steamer Fulton I in New York on 29 silver hake (1814), Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date not known

Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, England on 15 September 1830. The engineer for the work was George Stephenson (1781-1848). Woodcut from 'Roads and Railroads, Vehicles, and Modes of Travelling' (London, c1840).

THE LORD MAYOR'S VISIT TO OXFORD: THE EMBARKATION AT OXFORD, UK, 1846

Livingstone's funeral procession passes through Southampton streets Date: 1874

Laying the last rails on Turksib. 1930.The Turkestan-Siberian Railway (Turk-Sib) is a railway that connects Central Asia with Siberia. It starts north of Tashkent in Uzbekistan at Arys, where it branches off from the Trans-Aral Railway. It heads roughly northeast through Shymkent, Taraz, Bishkek (on a spur) to the former Kazakh capital of Almaty. The bulk of construction works was undertaken between 1926 and 1931.

Rickett's steam carriage, designed to travel on the roads. With room for three at the front, and a platform for a stoker behind, it could maintain a speed of 10 mph. Thomas Rickett from Buckingham, England, made a steam-powered car in 1860

The Metropolitan Railway in 1869, railway, here Kings Cross station in London, England, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century master, exact original date not known

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom arriving to board a train at Srasbourg train station, Boulogne, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 652, Volume XXVI, August 25, 1855.

Engraving depicting a horseman paying a toll at Stanmore, Middlesex. Dated 19th Century

The first US transcontinental railroad is completed, linking the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads at Promontory Point, Utah. Date: 10 May 1869

Driving of Golden Spike by H. Charles McBarron, 20th Century

Switzerland. 19th century. Locomotive driven by compressed air used for the drilling of Saint-Gothard. Engraving of "The Spanish and American Illustration," 1875.

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. IRUN. LLEGADA DE ALFONSO XII A LA ESTACION DE FERROCARRIL , AÑO 1879. GRABADO. ILUTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Illustration from 1911 of the first escalators ever installed on the underground, between the District and the Piccadilly line platforms at Earls Court station. At the time, they provided great entertainment for the passengers using them. Date: 14th Oct 1911

The Unitaed States. San Francisco. 19th century. Departure of the stagecoach. Engraving in "Harper's Weekly", 1858.

A would-be passenger tries tohail a tram in a busy Berlinstreet.Date: 1890s

Ten minutes for refreshments - Train stop with bar and tables, circa 1886

Engraving showing sailor casting off and the passengers waving their hats in the air, as the tug 'Alexandra' departs and the steamship 'Moselle' heads out to sea, 1888. Date: 1888

The opening of the railway from St. Petersburg to Moscow. 1838.

Arrival of cattle at Euston rail terminus, 1849.

A stagecoach station on the transcontinental line in Utah, America, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century original, exact date u...

'Ludgate Hill', London, 1872. Artist: Unknown

Illustration of a traffic jam in The Strand, London, whilst a overwhelmed policeman tries to take control of the situation. Dated 19th Century

THE BOAT COMING OFF TO THE STEAMER

An engraving depicting a luggage barrow used by porters at a French railway station. Dated 19th century

Joseph Rusling Meeker, The Summer Exodus from New YorkThe Albany Night Boat, 1884, wood engraving on paper.

Train on Trestle bridge, Pacific railroad

VERMONT - BUEYES ARASTRANDO UN BARCO QUE NO PASA EL CANAL - 1830.

Pullman drawing room car on the Midland Railway, England. Wood engraving, 1876.

RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN INDIA

The South Devon and Tavistock Railway was inaugurated on the 21st June 1859. The event was celebrated with great festivity as the opening of the line would benefit greatly the trade between Plymouth and Davenport. Date: 16th July 1895

train in the The Annexe in France in a railway station, locomotive / Zug im The Annexe in Frankreich in einem Bahnhof, Lokomotive, historisch, C:CC5historical, digital improved reproduction of an original from the 19th century / digitale Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, Originaldatum nicht bekannt.

Illustration showing the English industry and transport display at the Exposition Universelle of 1900. This was a fair held in Paris, France, from 14 April to 12 November 1900, to celebrate the achievements of the past century and to accelerate development into the next.

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. INAGURACION DEL FERROCARRIL DE MADRID A LA FRONTERA PORTUGUESA. DIBUJO DE J. COMBA , AÑO 1881. GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Scene at Reno station, Nevada, on the Central Pacific Railroad, engraving, circa 1876

The steps of the station

Vienna, In the Volks-Prater , Brothers Kohn KG B, Producer, after, Karl Feedtag -, Drawer

A boat being carried uphill on an inclined plane on the Morris canal, New Jersey Date: 1880

Paris. Departure from the Champs-Elysees, the first ambulance of the relief society to the wounded.

Funeral in Lisbon, Portugal, hearse, horse-drawn carriage, drawbar, mourning, festive clothes, wet street, houses, people, female traders, market stall, historical illustration c. 1898, Europe

Engraving depicting the arrival of the first train at Ulwar Railway Station. Dated 19th century

Paris. - The departure of Prince Victor by the Express of Brussels, at the Gare du Nord. - (Drawing of Mr. Tinayre). (IT)

Cartoon on the opening of the railway line The Hague-Gouda-Utrecht, 1870, 1870 print Cartoon on the opening by the Nederlandsche Rhijnspoorweg-Maatschappij van de Spoorlijn The Hague-Gouda-Utrecht and The Hague Staatsspoor station. A stork family is traveling with Rein. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 17, 1870. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: Arnhempublisher: The Hague paper passenger train. station; shelter (railway, tramway). shore-birds and wading-birds: stork. animals acting as human beings The Hague. The Hague Staatsspoor station

Messengers service. Express Company. Usa. 19th century. Engraving.

The hearse leaving Lord Palmerston's Estate, Brocket Hall in Hatfield, on it's way to Westminster Abbey. Date: 1865

Regency gentlemen, farmers and peasants riding in a parade of coaches and hay wagons. The Comical Procession from Gloucester to Berkeley. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Robert Cruikshank from The English Spy, London, 1825. Written by Bernard Blackmantle, a pseudonym for Charles Molloy Westmacott.

A bateaux mouches during the Paris Grand Prix (horse racing), France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 1684, Volume LXV, June 5, 1875. Detail.

The congested approach to New York's wharves - the scene in West Street, close to the North River moorings Date: 1880

Accidente de ferrocarril en la estación de Montparnasse de París, al entrar el tren a gran velocidad y saltar por las cristaleras de la estación, ocurrido el 22 de octubre de 1895. Grabado de época.

Tren de pasajeros español atacado por una manada de toros bravos en la provincia de Salamanca, grabado del Petit Journal del l8 agosto 1895.

Vintage Montreal Tram ticket, circa 1880s, on the MCPR , Montreal City Passenger Railway Company, featuring engraving of a horse pulled tram by John Walker.

In the horse-drawn tram in the morning, Berlin, public transport in the 19th century, conductor, passengers, reading the newspaper, monocle, row, window, hat, Germany, historical illustration around 1898, Europe

Engraving depicting a swinging saloon for a passenger steamer designed by Henry Bessemer. Henry Bessemer (1813-1898) an English inventor. Dated 19th Century

Engraving depicting Gaston and Albert Tissandier in the gondola of their hot-air balloon. Dated 19th Century

UNION PACIFIC TRAIN IN WESTERN KANSAS 1870 EARLY RAILROAD COMMERCE TRAVEL

BANDIDOS EN UN TREN.GRABADO POR LAUREYS. Author: PAUL DUFRESNE (S XX). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. France.

Illustration showing Postmaster's assistant, waiting to put a mailbag on a train at a way-station. American, 1890

Willem III and his queen arrive at the railway station at Amsterdam : did you know there was a windmill right beside the station Date: 1861

A trip by Kaiser Friedrich with the carriage in the castle park of Charlottenburg, original drawing by Paul Heydel, woodcut from the year 1888, Germany, Europe

Coaching: The Royal Mails Starting from the General Post Office, London, Richard Gilson Reeve, 1803-1889, after James Pollard, 1792-1867, British, 1830, Aquatint, hand-colored, Sheet: 27 x 20in. (68.6 x 50.8cm)

Boarding on train. "Stig on! Hvisslan Piper". Ink by Fritz von Dardel Nordic

Illustration of congestion in New York city, showing carnage on the streets especially at rush hours. It is a state that it was felt London was rapidly approaching. Date: October 30th 1926

A Velocipedes race at the 1867 World's Fair in Paris, Michaux bike, pedal crank bike, bicycle, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century artwork, exact original date unknown, Europe

COMMENCEMENT OF THE WORKS OF THE PETROPOLIS RAILWAY BY THE EMPEROR OF BRAZIL, 1852

Train accident. Travelers seeking refuge. Engraving. Biblioteca Ilustrada of Gaspar y Roig, Spain. 19th century. Color.

Estados Unidos. Costumbres. Observancia del domingo en un tren del Ferrocarril de Pacífico. El tren se componía de vagones sistema Pullman. Grabado. Coloreado. La Ilustración Española y Americana, 30 de abril de 1876.

Project of a new metropolitan railway in Vienna in 1887, engraving.

Engraving depicting various light locomotives built by H.K. Porter & Co., Pittsburgh. Dated 19th century

Launch of the battleship Roma from the arsenal in La Spezia. Illustrator Achille Beltrame (1871-1945), from La Domenica del Corriere, 28th April 1907.

A cotton wagon-train from 1874

Enormous railroad shows all united in one consolidation | Library of Congress

New station indicator on a underground train in London, after the train leaves the station a bell rang and the name of the next station appeared. Date: 1896

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. MADRID. SALIDA DE UN TREN DE LA ESTACION DEL NORTE PARA LOS SITIOS REALES , AÑO 1888. GRABADO DE LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA. FERROCARRIL.

One steam train is pulling a long line of enclosed passenger carriages and the other is pulling open trucks with the passengers standing. Chromolithograph.

Engraving depicting passengers in a First-Class railway carriage. Engraving by Herbert Bone (1853-1931) a British artist. Dated 19th century

Building tramways on the streets of Paris, 1899. . An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 2nd April 1899

1800S Currier Ives Progress Of Century Lightning Steam Press Electric Telegraph Locomotive Steamboat 1876 19Th Century

Illustration depicting a milk train being unloaded at St Pancras Train Station, London. The outbreak of the Cattle Plague in 1865 amongst cows kept in city cellars and backyards, and the subsequent introduction of veterinary inspection created an opportunity for railways to carry fresh milk from the countryside into cities. By 1889 54 million gallons a year were being brought into London by rail. Dated 19th century

Un guardagujas de los ferrocarriles belgas. Grabado de 1886.

US. A wagon train of settlers who had hoped to claim land in Oklahoma leaving Arkansas City, Kansas. Engraving. Frank Leslie's illustrated Newspaper, 1885.

Engraving depicting a drawing room car on an American train. Dated 19th century

Perth Station, Going South George Earl (active 1856-1883 British) Christie's, London

Travelers in a Pullman car crossing the plains of Canada. Ca. 1915. Check date 1905 . Some passengers sleep in the overhead berths during the daytime travel.

EL FERROCARRIL QUE ATRAVIESA ESTADOS UNIDOS - IMPRESO POR CURRIER & IVES. Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION.

The royal procession passing St Paul's Cathedral, after the wedding of George Duke of York(later King George V)(1865-1936) to Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953). The newlyweds can be seen in the carriage, on their way to Sandringham for thier honeymoon. Date: 6th July 1893

Pullman cars - interior of a dining car on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton R.R. Color lithograph, 1894

A spectacular illuminated tram car - decorated thus for the official visit of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra to Manchester on 13th July 1905 1905

The 'Jaune' on display at La Galerie des Machines, Paris. Date: 1903

France, 19th century. Carriage Rental, 1850.

North-country mails at the Peacock, Islington. Print shows several passenger and mail coaches on street in front of the Peacock building in Islington, London, England.

Brotherhood, Railroad

The Last Spike: May 10, 1869 Union Pacific Railroad, Promontory Point, Utah Thomas Hill (1829-1908 American)

Illustration depicting a miniature electric railway used to carry food to the dinning table. Dated 19th century

Funeral car of President Lincoln New York. President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth as he sat watching a play in Ford's Theatre with his wife in 1865.

'Seen from a Railway During the Late Floods', 1877. Artist: George du Maurier

The Thames Tunnel, unknown artist, nineteenth century, after unknown artist, 1830, Aquatint, Sheet: 12 7/8 x 18 3/8in. (32.7 x 46.7cm)

'The Silent Highway - Man', 1858. Artist: Unknown

Triumphal Procession, Columbia Expo: William Deering and Co., Farm Machinery

Germany, Niedersachsen, Cuxhaven. Hapag-Hallen Passenger terminal museum, interior.