19th Century Train Stations

Engravings depicting train stations and railway experiences from the 19th century, showcasing travel and technology of the time.

Swindon station on the Great Western Railway, 1845. Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) favoured broad gauge 7ft 1/4inch (2. 2m) and designed the Great Western Railway accordingly. However, in the Gauge Act of 1846 declared that all future railway track should be of the standard 4ft 8 1/2inch (1. 44m) gauge introduced by George Stephenson (1781-1848) on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. It was not until 1892 that the last broad gauge track was lifted. From 'The Illustrated London News'. (London, 18 October 1845).

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY STATION, HAMILTON, CANADA, NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGRAVING

CIVILISATION IN JAPAN, SKETCHES ON THE YOKOHAMA RAILWAY

Swindon station on the Great Western Railway, 1845. Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806-1859) favoured broad gauge 7ft 1/4inch (2. 2m) and designed the Great Western Railway accordingly. However, in the Gauge Act of 1846 declared that all future railway track should be of the standard 4ft 8 1/2inch (1. 44m) gauge introduced by George Stephenson (1781-1848) on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. It was not until 1892 that the last broad gauge track was lifted. From 'The Illustrated London News'. (London, 18 October 1845).

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. MADRID. FUMIGACION DE VIAJEROS EN LA ESTACION DEL MEDIODIA , AÑO 1885. GRABADO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

GRABADO-ESTACION DE FERROCARRIL DE OMAHA-(NEBRASKA).

Double decker wagon for high speed, Estrade system. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1886

Illustration depicting the Parsey compressed-air locomotive designed by Arthur Parsey. The locomotive was intended for coal-mine work. Dated 19th century

Armour-plated railway trucks used in 1870 during the Franco-Prussian war.

Illustration depicting a train on the East Indian Railway. Dated 19th century

FERROCARRILES. INGLATERRA. PASO DEL FERROCARRIL CAMBDEN - AMBAY POR LA CIUDAD DE BURLINGTON, AÑO 1875. GRABADO DE L ' ILLUSTRATION.

Monorail air railway built in Lyon for the 1872 exhibition, France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1884

The fish market.

LONDON-BIRMINGHAM LINE Three classes of passenger coach, and a variety of wagons for freight and livestock. Date: 1837

Pneumatic Railroad now in Operation near the Crystal Palace, London, England. Train coming in, 1864

The Prince of Wales opening the Mersey Tunnel, connecting Birkenhead with Liverpool. After the opening ceremony the royal train passed through the Mersey tunnel. Spectators were gathered either side of the tunnel waving at the train as it went by. Date: 30th Jan 1886

Höör - Hörby Railway, Hhyj steam car.

An early Chinese railway, circa 1880. From a 19th century illustration.

Lançon and F. Moller. "The illustrated world": a suburban market ". Photomécanic print (after engraved wood). 1872. Paris, Carnavalet museum. 50769-11 Serious wood, photomecanic print, newspaper, the illustrious world, suburban march, press

Railway carriage, System Estrada, Brazil, South America, historical engraving, circa 1885, South America

Fairlie's Steam Carriage. Light railway steam locomotive for use on branch lines. 1869

The East India Railway in operation. 1863

Steam traction engine pulling a train of wagons on the Grand Trunk Road near Lawrencepore, India. Woodcut, London, 1873.

Queen Victoria changing trains at Gloucester, 1849. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 6 October 1849).

Coach and locomotive parts strew the tracks of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway, following a horrific accident at Winchburgh. The bodies have been removed. Date: 1862

ON THE UNDERGROUND RAILWAY, 1863. London, UK, 19th century engraving

CROXTON PARK RACES, THE RACE

Illustration depicting a platform at Gower Street Station. Dated 19th century

Spain. King Alfonso XII (1857-1885) inaugurated the Madrid-Lisbon railway line on October 8, 1881. Inaugural train. Composition and illustration by Juan Comba. Engraving by Vela. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.

The Royal Hotel, Slough, with a train arriving at the adjacent railway station attended by mounted guardsmen and cheering crowds. Engraving, 184-.

Inauguration of a direct rail from Madrid to Ciudad Real. The Cardinal Archbishop of Toledo bless the locomotive "Badajoz" (1879), in the presence of King Alfonso XII. Engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration.

Engraving depicting the departure of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (1841-1910) from Canada. Dated 1860

Engraving showing the horse-drawn carriage carrying the Prince of Wales arriving at the Bethnal Green Museum, London, in 1872. The Prince of Wales was there to officially open the building. Date: 29 June 1872

S. G. Hughes, active 1832, View of the Intersection Bridge on the line of St. Helen's & Runcorn Gap Railway, Crossing the Liverpool and Manchester Railway near the Foot of the Sutton Inclined Plane, 1832. Hand-colored aquatint.

FERROCARRILES. EGIPTO. ALEJANDRIA. EL TREN BLINDADO QUE EMPLEA EL GENERAL ALISON EN LOS RECONOCIMIENTOS MILITARES.

Illustration depicting the royal train leaving York on he Queen's journey back to London from Balmoral. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting a junction on the Metropolitan Railway Line. Dated 19th century

Arrival of the first train from St. Petersburg to Tsarskoye Selo on 30 October 1837, Martens, Friedrich von (1809-1875)

Illustration depicting the first electric railway, created by Charles Siemens and Johann Georg Halske, at the Industrial Exhibition, Berlin. Charles Siemens (1823-1883) a German-born engineer and entrepreneur. Johann Georg Halske (1814-1890) a German master mechanic. Dated 19th century

New York City. the first train on the Gilbert Elevated Railroad passing through Sixth Avenue, near the Jefferson Market Police Court. woodcut, April 29th, 1878

Illustration depicting the Grand Saloon on board the steamer 'The Great Britain', the first screw steamer to cross the Atlantic. Dated 19th Century

Riot by railway workers at Martinsbury on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. Workers went on strike when the Company cut their wages. Wood engraving, Paris, August, 1877.

Railway accident at Chester showing a dilapidated span of the Dee Bridge. It was thought that the weight of the train caused it to strike a girder at which point the bridge gave way and the train plummeted through. Date: 12th June 1847

Cartoon on the Transvaal Railway Loan, 1884, 1884 print Cartoon on the Transvaalse railway loan. Paul Kruger approached by a driver for a locomotive. Plaat appeared at the Weekblad De Nederlandsche Spectator, no. 29, 1884. print maker: Netherlandsprinter: Netherlandspublisher: The Hague paper steam locomotive Transvaal

Saint Nicolas Port, 1869

First train ride on the track at Brussels, Paulus Lauters, 1835 print paper. railway, train. prospect of city, town panorama, silhouette of city Brussels

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. INAGURACION DEL FERROCARRIL DE FRANCIA. PRIMER TREN EN GERONA Y PORT - BOU. GRABADO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA , 1879.

Early locomotive travels along the Patapsco River in Ellicott Mills, Maryland. On the far riverbank is the Union Works, built in 1809.

Train passing through the cutting at Harrow on the Hill, North west London. 1839

transport transportation navigtion passengers ships dining hall of the RMS ""Atlantic"" during a exhibition at Liverpool wood engraving circa 1872,

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. DECARRILAMIENTO DEL TREN CORREO EN CADIZ , AÑO 1879. GRABADO. ILUSTRTACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Carrera de barcos de vapor en el Mississippi. Museum: UNIVERSIDAD DE YALE NEW HAVEN USA. Author: CURRIER, NATHANIEL & IVES, JAMES M.

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. INAGURACION DE LA LINEA FERREA DIRECTA DE MADRID A PORTUGAL , AÑO 1881. GRABADO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

French postal service. Mail train approaching a railway station platform fitted with apparatus for catching sacks of mail from the moving train. Engraving from 'Le Journal de la Jeunesse' (Paris, 1886).

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. GALICIA. INAGURACION DEL FERROCARRIL COMPOSTELANO. BENDICION DE LA LOCOMOTORA EN LA ESTACION DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA , AÑO 1874. GRABADO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Plan voor een spoorweg tussen Amsterdam en Keulen, 1834; Spoorweg tusschen Amsterdam en Keulen.Plan for the construction of a railway between Amsterdam and Cologne by Lieutenant-Colonel William Archibald Bake (with A. Willink and D. Borski), August 21, 1834. At the top of an image of a primitive steam locomotive with two passenger wagons and a cattle wagon. Below you have a ticket from the course of the planned railway line. This copy without the corresponding texts.

America On Wheels, 1853, Artist Unknown,

American Stage Wagon, Isaac Weld, 1774-1856, Irish, undated, Pen and black ink and gray wash on Medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, Sheet: 6 1/2 × 9 inches (16.5 × 22.9 cm), figures, genre subject, horses (animals), house, road, wagon, America, North America, United States

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. INAGURACION DEL FERROCARRIL A ASTURIAS , AÑO 1884. GRABADO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Level crossing and barrier

Hallidie's patent Cable Tramway System, England, historical illustration, 1884

ACCIDENT TO A BRIGHTON EXPRESS TRAIN AT NORWOOD JUNCTION

Covered wagon on a road in Driebergen, Holland., print maker: Elias Stark, (mentioned on object), Nieuwer-Amstel, 12-Jan-1887, paper, etching, h 123 mm × w 196 mm

FERROCARRILES. ESTADOS UNIDOS. CHICAGO. HUELGA DE EMPLEADOS DE FERROCARRILES. GRABADO. ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA , AÑO 1894.

Illustration depicting the royal train leaving Berwick-on-Tweed on he Queen's journey back to London from Balmoral. Dated 19th century

Departure of guests to the castle of Compiegne at the railway station in Paris, 1869, France, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century painting, exact original date not known, Europe

Train in Julesburg station, United States

The collision of two trains at the entrance of the Tunnel Saint -Innocent, Van Mierlo, 1876 - 1877 print In front of the entrance of the Saint Innocent tunnel in France, the wreckage of two bunched trains are and bodies of wounded people are brought to safety. Netherlands paper letterpress printing railway-accident. underground road, tunnel France

Dekzicht of an East Indians with mate at the helm, Jan Brandes, 1779 - 1787 drawing Color drawing of the half cover seen from the big mast to the echo mast. Visible are part of the bulging sails, rig and because. There are boxes and a chair on the deck. The mate rotates the steering wheel. A servant gets service for the partially visible officers. Part of the drawing is missing on the right. Part of Jan Brandes' sketchbook, dl. 1 (1808), p. 5. Atlantic Ocean paper. pencil brush sailing-ship, sailing-boat. parts of ship's exterior (DECK). at the helm (manoeuvering)

Steam locomotives between Liverpool and Manchester in 1831, England. Old 19th century engraving from La Nature 1887

Dek view of an East India with mate at the helm. Color drawing of the semi-deck of the large mast to the keeper. Part of the bold sailing, rig and because. There are crates and a chair on the deck. The mate turns the steering wheel. A servant gets a service for the partially visible officer stays. On the right, part of the drawing is missing. Part from Jan Brandes, DL sketchbook. 1 (1808), p. 5.

Royalty on Tour On the way to India Sunday at Sea India Copyright: xJehangirxSorabjee/DinodiaxPhotox

Utrecht masquerade of 1856, plate 1; On the street; Our homeland around the mid-17th century, proposed by H.H. Students, members of Mutua Fides, to celebrate the 220th anniversary of the Utrechtsche Hoogeschool, Den 25. Junij 1856. Two carriages run on a square. There are citizens of different grades around. Part of the group of seven plates with a statement of the historic procession in Masquerade staged by the students of the Mutua Fides association of the Utrecht University of Applied Sciences on 25 June 1856 on the occasion of the celebration of its 220th anniversary.

The cable railway in the New World in Berlin, Germany, ca 1892, Historical, digital reproduction of an original from the 19th century, Europe

Joseph Pennell, Making War Locomotives, 1917 Making War Locomotives

From Skåne horse slid - steam car. Two jokes.

'Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, attended by George Hudson (1800-1871) the railway financier, entering a railway carriage at Cambrdige to travel to Tottenham. Woodcut 1847.'

Railway Valls-Vilanova-Barcelona. Inauguration of the first section Vilanova-Barcelona in 1882. Interior first class wagon. Engraving by La Ilustracion Espanola Americana, 1882. Spain.

Horse-drawn barges crossing on the Barton viaduct over the river Irwell on the Duke of Bridgewaters canal, built by James Bindley. Engraving, London, 1892.

MADRID. PRIMEROS TRANVIAS EN MADRID. GRABADO COLOREADO DE FINAL DEL SIGLO XIX. AÑO 1871. MADRID PINTADO.

LIVERPOOL TO MANCHESTER RAILWAY Two passenger trains with 1st class carriages for the well- to do, open wagons for the lower classes and fresh-air fiends (3rd class) Date: 1831

Old railroad car. Waggon with passengers. 19th century. Engraving.

Spain, Andalusia. Espeluy-Jan Line. Railway line inaugurated in 1881. It was originally part of the Linares-Puente Genil line, built by the "Compaia de los Ferrocarriles Andaluces" between 1879 and 1893. The section between Espeluy and Jan was completed in 1881, long before the rest of the line, allowing the city of Jan to be linked to the rest of the Spanish railway network. Arrival at Jan station of the first passenger train of the new railway line, on August 18, 1881. Illustration by M. Ruiz. Engraving by Bernardo Rico. La Ilustracion Espaola y Americana, 1881.

Scenes showing an American style horse ambulance at work in Liverpool, England. Wood engraving, 1886.

FERROCARRILES. ESPAÑA. DE MADRID A SAN SEBASTIAN. APUNTES DE VIAJE POR J. COMBA EN LA ILUSTRACION ESPAÑOLA Y AMERICANA.

Train, 1848 - 1881 print Leaf with 4 horizontal rows with performances of a train. In the lower margin a verse in two columns. Numbered at the top right: No. 66. Publisher: Den Boscheprint Maker: Netherlands paper letterpress printing passenger train. steam locomotive

Prison hulk "Bahama" moored off Gillingham (on The Thames). Norwegian prisoners were kept there. Date: 1810

Depot where electrically driven Paris cabs were fitted with freshly charged batteries, 1899. Artist: Unknown

Paisajes sevillanos, estación de ferrocarril de los Panaderos, en Alcalá de Guadaira. Dibujo de 1903. Author: Manuel García y Rodríguez.

The Pacific Express rounding Cape Horn, California, USA in the 19th century. From America Revisited: From The Bay of New York to The Gulf of Mexico, published 1886.

Engraving depicting Magnus Volk's electric trolley car which ran on rails laid down on the beach between Brighton and Rottingdean. This shows the car travelling in front of the cliffs with the tide in.

American Express” Train. Artist: Nathaniel Currier, American, 1813-1888 After: Charles Parsons, American, born England, 1821-1910

An interior view of passengers in the dining car Date: 1884

An escalator in action and a detail of its mechanism as seen in New York Date: 1893

A RUNAWAY BULLOCK TEAM, NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA, 1883

S. G. Hughes, active 1832, Travelling on the Liverpool & Manchester Railway: A Train of the First Class Carrriages, with the Mail and A Train of the Second Class for Outside Passengers, Plate I (one of a pair), 1831. Aquatint, hand-colored.

This illustration dates to the 1870s and shows the interior of a Pullman car on the Midland Railway. The Midland Company, who first adopted the Pullman cars, have constructed luxurious vehicles in which every elegance and comfort are placed within the reach of the English traveller, and these improvements are highly appreciated by all who have long journeys to make by day or night. Pullman Cars of another kind, providing sleeping accommodation for night journeys, are also in use on the Midland line, and they are fitted up with the same thoughtful regard to comfort as the Parlour Car.

Ferrocarril subterraneo en Londres. Escena de la inaguración el año 1868.

Victor Tatin (1843 1913) was a French engineer who created an early airplane, Experiment with Tatin's steam-powered model airplane at Chalais-Meudon (1879). Tatin's mechanical bird:

Approaches to Gatun Lock , Locks Hydraulic engineering, Hoisting machinery, Canal construction, Railroad tracks, Lakes & ponds. Joseph Pennell (1857-1926). Prints and Drawings

''The Manchester Ship Canal, lock gates at Eastham, 1891', 1891. From "The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper", Volume 44. July to December, 1891.

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