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Historical Train Operations

Black and white images capturing the essence of vintage rail travel, including workers and steam locomotives from the past.

The State Railways, SJ CO8C 3133. Departure from Stockholm Central against Falköping.
The State Railways, SJ CO8C 3133. Departure from Stockholm Central against Falköping.
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""Limited express"" - railway in Central Park, New York City, U.S.A., RailroadOilers at streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. 1939. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Oklahoma , Oklahoma City, Oklahoma , Oklahoma CountyAnefo photo collection. Departure Concertgebouw Orchestra to America, departure by train from Central Station Amsterdam with destination Rotterdam. October 1, 1954. AmsterdamAnefo photo collection. Oudeschoot Mrs Keijzer Railway Guarder disappears. March 10, 1952. OudeschootThe introduction of remote control with equipment from German Siemens called CTC, Centralized Traffic Control.Disassembly of interior decoration in wagon for viewingInstallation of the state railways, SJ's emblem on a passenger car.PlowA SJ employee and a man with a camera stand and talk. Besind is a Nash Ambassador Slipstream.Test ride with SJ B3 Prince AugustPoll photo collection. Reporting Dutch Railways. Porter with crates on the platform of Central Station in Amsterdam. 1933Group portrait in front of the electricity belonging to the traffic company Grängesbergoxelösund railways, TGOJ.Signal repairer W. Häggström and the station champion in Storsjö.Cooking shoes at the kitchen trolley.Departure signal.Elsevier photo collection. Conductor of a tram with boy. 1931. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandSweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)Hans V. Runkvist, Kalmar Central, at the State Railways, SJ EF 682.In the Image, Suitcases from 1929, creation of Bernard.Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection A woman railway porter wheeling a small calf on a trolley.Passengers arriving at Croydon Airport after their 2.5 hr flight from Le Bourget, Paris, pass through Customs with their luggage Date: 1921Danish refugees on return home.Station Master E H Strömqvist.Travel from Kaiser Karl I and Empress Zita to the Isonzofront, Istria, Carinthia and Vorarlberg. In the period from 1-6.6.1917, Feldkirch.State Railways, SJ. Transport consultants at Norra StationTransport of ship plate manufactured on Oxelösund ironworks.Two maroon women sell their goods to train passengers; No sauaze sandwiches - but bushneger objects offered for sale..part or photo album from an unknown Dutch Family with Recordings of Suriname, Europe and Dutch East Indies.New type of track gear junction is being inserted.Africa, Sudan, Nubia, train to KarimaFirst electric train with, among others, Director General Erik Upmark somewhere on the line Gävle - Söderhamn - Kilafors. State Railways, SJ da 810.Japanese Americans at a train station as the U.S. Military supervises their transport to Owens Valley Assembly center for internment during World War II. Los Angeles, California, April 1942.Historical train's journey from Stockholm to Gothenburg for the inauguration of train 62. The picture shows Lok number 3 "Prince August", later the State Railway SJ BB 43. The building on the left is Stockholm Central.Traffic restaurants, tr. Train hostess and service boyAnefo photo collection. Boltini bears in Blijdorp. May 29, 1962Railway official gives signal.Anefo photo collection. Arrival troop ship in Rotterdam. January 12, 1950. Rotterdam, South HollandHistorical train's journey from Stockholm to Gothenburg for the inauguration of train 62. The picture shows Lok number 3 "Prince August", later the State Railways SJ BB 43.Station manager provides a retirement signal.Uniformed woman Brooklyn Subway guard stands in the doorway of train car. Ca. 1910.Prince Wilhelm and Princess Maria at Flens station.Signage on a company train, Atlas Copco. Sweden-Finland-Danmark-NorwayGerman leave at Helsingborg Central.Inauguration Morjärv-KalixState Railways, SJ's staff at work.1930s SMILING AFRICAN-AMERICAN MAN RED CAP PORTER CARRYING LUGGAGE IN TRAIN STATION Vintage Photograph. Railroad brakeman hanging on side of freight car signalingMickey Miller - Featherweight champ arriving in Melb. April 28, 1937.First electric train somewhere on the line Gävle - Söderhamn - Kilafors. State Railways, SJ da 810.Anefo photo collection. NDSM Greek ship "Proteus". November 13, 1954. AmsterdamRunaway train (EV007511_H)Stockholm-Rimbo Railway, SRJ. Loading of goods at Rimbo Station.04/30/1982. Despeñaperros, Jaén.- For the traveler who goes by road or rail from the Castilian plateau to Andalusia or vice versa, the Despeñaperros pass has been a mandatory route since the time of King Carlos III. In the 80s, its passage still constituted a real "bottleneck".ASJ (Aktiebolaget Svenska Iron Workshops) Linköping. Rest Cart, LabbeDressine along SKWJ, at Sjörås, (Skara - Kinnekulle - Vänern Railway) Götene municipality Inauguration Morjärv-Kalix. SJ B01-L 4732Anefo photo collection. Applying a new marking along the tram track. Alderman Ham sticks the first "egg cakes" on Leidseplein. September 16, 1968. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland1970S Man Commuter Wearing Gas Mask Carrying Briefcase Waiting On Train PlatformCartoon - The Extra Man in the Cab John Collins (1917-2007)Train hostessStins Nordkvist in front of Storå station.Engine driver looking from the cab of an historical steam trainThe train driver on the first electric train on the line between Söderhamn-Hudiksvall.