Historic Mountain Railroads

A collection of vintage stereographs depicting historic mountain railroads, showcasing scenic routes, train trestles, and travelers from the late 19th century.

Dayville , Railroad tracks, Railroads

Switchback R.R. railroad, Mauch Chunk. American views, peoples series. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.)

Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Rail Road. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.), Mountain railroads, Trestles

Pack Saddle.. William T. Purviance (American, active 1860s - 1870s)

Pack Saddle. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Packsaddle (Pa.)

Dayville , Railroad tracks, Railroads

Nagatue Junction, Bridge over Housatonie River, 1100 feet long. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad Company

Train going up Mt. Washington. 1876 - 1889. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.), Mountain railroads, Trestles

West End, Toltec tunnel. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado

Below Roaring Branch , Railroad tracks, Railroads, Pennsylvania Railroad

Horse Shoe Curve. The scenery of the Pennsylvania Railroad. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Railroad cuts, Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark (Pa.)

Mount Jefferson Plane. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

Horse Shoe Bend, at Kittanning Point. Views among the Alleghenies. Penna. Railroad. 98. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Allegheny Mountains, Railroad tracks , Pennsylvania, Kittanning Point (Pa.), Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark (Pa.)

Two mile turn. Scenery on the Lehigh & Susq. Div., Central Railroad of New Jersey. 20. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.)

Mt. Washington R.R. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.), Mountain railroads

Man standing on railroad tracks , Railroad bridges, Railroad tracks

Switch Black Hawk. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Colorado, Black Hawk (Colo.), Railroads , Colorado

Horse Shoe Curve, above Altoona. On the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. Purviances stereographs. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Railroad cuts, Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark (Pa.)

Engine along tracks of Central Pacific Railroad. Alfred A. Hart (American, 1816 - 1908)

Railroad Crossing, Contoocook, N.H. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Merrimack County (N.H.), Girls, Men, Railroad tracks, Covered bridges

Two mile turn, Switchback Railroad. Scenery of the L & S division, Central R.R. of New Jersey 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.), Railroad tracks

Mountain view above Altoona. Purviances stereoscopic views on the line of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Railroad cuts, Railroad tracks , Pennsylvania

Horse Shoe Curve. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Railroad cuts, Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark (Pa.)

Granite Gate, Mt. Lowe Rail Road, Mt. Lowe, California, U.S.A. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1898. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Lowe, Mount (Los Angeles County, Calif.), Railroads , California, Tourists

Track repairer, coming down Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Rail Road. 1865 - 1875. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.), Railroads construction & maintenance, Railroad tracks, Mountain railroads

Bluffs , Boardwalks, Eating & drinking facilities, Waterfronts

Six men on a railway line, Benjamin West Kilburn, 1879 - 1909 stereograph United States of Americapublisher: Littleton cardboard. paper albumen print railway, train

A Busy Path of Commerce in Central New York - Four Track Railway. Electric Road at right, Erie Canal at extreme left. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. 1900. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), Rochester (N.Y.), Railroads , New York (State)

San Jose, California. View of train and people. 1870 - 1873. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, San Jose (Calif.), Railroads

Mount Pisgah Plane looking up Mauch Chunk, Pa. , Mountains, Mountain railroads

Mt. Washington Railway Trains crossing Jacob's Ladder. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.)

View in Jacks Narrows. On the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. Purviances stereographs. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Railroad freight cars

Railroad bridge, with a man standing on the tracks in the distance , Railroad bridges, Railroad tracks

Engine, J.H. Devereux, Alexandria | Library of Congress

Switchback Railroad, looking down Mt. Pisgah plane. Scenery of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.), Inclined planes

View up No. 20 Plane, of the Pa. Coal Co.'s Gravity Road. Stereoscopic views of Scranton, Pa. 1606. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Scranton (Pa.)

Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington R.R. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.)

Drive - Mount Royal Park, Canada. J.G. Parks (Canadian, died 1895)

The head of No. 7 plane. Ride over the Penn'a Coal Co.'s gravity road into the coal regions. 1411. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Coal mining , Pennsylvania, Railroad tracks , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Coal Company

Machine du chemin de fer du Rigi , Mountain railroads, Railroad locomotives

Allegheny Tunnel. On the line of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. Purviances stereographs. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Railroad tunnels , Pennsylvania

Lewistown Narrows. Pennsylvania Central R.R.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

Tunnel on N. & W. R. R. - Upper End. Spafard's stereoscopic views of Norwich Conn., and vicinity. 1875. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Connecticut, New London County (Conn.), Norwich (Conn.), Railroad tunnels, Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company

Hancock and Houghton, Michigan mine railcar. Lake Superior views. 1865 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Michigan, Copper industry , Michigan , Hancock, Copper industry , Michigan , Houghton, Mine railroad cars, Mine railroads

Horse Shoe Curve. The scenery of the Pennsylvania Railroad. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Railroad tracks , Pennsylvania, Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark (Pa.)

Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Railway. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.)

NC train no. 20; 35 miles per hour; nth north of York; Jany January 31st 1897. 1897. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, York (Pa.), Railroad tracks , Pennsylvania

Train set with travelers on the cogwheel railway on the flanks of the Vesuvius, c. 1870 - c. 1900 photograph Part of Reisalbum with photos of sights in Italy and southern France. Mount Vesuvius paper. photographic support albumen print railway, train. railway wagon. funicular railway Mount Vesuvius

View of the Luleå - Narvik (ors railway line), Anonymous, 1888 - 1900 on the right photograph Sweden paper. cardboard albumen print railway, train Luleå. Narcotics

Mount Pisgah Plane. The 'Best' series, Mauch Chunk. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.)

Kahlenberger wire cable car, th, wire cable car on the Leopoldsberg also cable car on the Kahlenberg , Unknown

Pullman drawing room car, N. Y.? , Railroad passenger cars

Lewistown Narrows. Penn. Central R.R.. Edward and Henry T. Anthony & Co. (American, founded 1862, merged 1902)

Chattanooga, Tenn. (vicinity) Nashville & Chattanooga railroad at foot of Lookout Mountain. Title from item. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Tennessee, Chattanooga.

Switchback Railroad. The flats, looking ... Scenery of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Mauch Chunk (Pa.), Railroad tracks

Two men on the 'Trestle Bridge' railway bridge over Long Ravine in California, part of the Central Pacific Railroad, Thomas HOUSWIJN, 1871 - 1875 stereograph Long Ravinepublisher: San Francisco cardboard. paper albumen print railway, train. industrial structures. bridge Long Ravine

Horse Shoe Curve, above Altoona. On the line of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad. Purviances stereographs. 1870 - 1880. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Railroad locomotives, Horseshoe Curve National Historic Landmark (Pa.)

West from Tunnel No. 4, Weber Canon. Scenery of the Union Pacific Railroad. 89 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Utah

The engine, Mt. Washington, r.r. , Mountain railroads, Railroad locomotives

Rail bridge in the Anaikoof on Sumatra. Part of travel album with photographs of activity and sights on Sumatra and Java and from the trip to and from the Dutch East Indies.

Tunnel No. 2, Echo Cañon, U.P.R.R. Union Pacific Railroad. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Utah, Canyons , Utah

Ascending Mt. Washington , Mountain railroads, Sightseers

Snowy range , Mountains, Railroads

Elevated rail road, New York. Popular series 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Elevated railroads , New York (State) , New York

Main Line and Low Grade Tracks at Parkesburg. William H. Rau (American, 1855 - 1920)

Lizzie Bourne monument & r.r. train , Mountain railroads, Mountains, Rocks

The Start - The Passenger Cars.. M.A. Kleckner (American, active Pennsylvania 1870s)

Ascending Mt. Washington , Mountain railroads, Sightseers

Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. Bourne & Shepherd (English, founded 1863, dissolved 2016)

Railroad and railroad cars , Railroads, Railroad facilities Edgar Sutton Dorr Photograph Collection

Rijkswaterstaat Photo Collection. Waterway from Rotterdam to the sea. South Dam Square, Length 1150 M. Face to the coast. 1868. Rotterdam, Rotterdam, South Holland, South Holland

Jacob's Ladder, Mt. Washington Railway. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.)

High tressel, before tunnel no. 2. Scenery of the Union Pacific Railroad. 140. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Utah

Sliding down Jacob's ladder, Mt. Washington Railway , Mountain railroads, Railroad tracks

Mount Washington Railway. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New Hampshire, Washington, Mount (N.H.), Railroad tracks, Mountain railroads

Description: Wagon derailed at Masongeleni Station mile 182. Location: Masongeleni Description: Cutting at mile 183. ugandarailway, africa

Description: H.E. Sir Laurence Guillemard, K.C.B., British Agent for North Borneo and Sarawak landing from Colonial Yacht. Location: Sarawak, Borneo asia, malaysia, borneo, sabah, asiathroughalens

Mount Pisgah Plane. Length, 2341 feet, 664 feet high. A trip around the Switchback R. R. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

Day on the mountain, beautiful day Mt. Washington , Mountain railroads, Trestles

Description: View of Line Mile 125. Description: Mile127. ugandarailway, africa

Midland Railroad, probably later Owego-Midland R.R.. Unknown maker, American

Pres. Elect McKinley going to the White House - passed York 8 AM Mch 2nd 1897. He was in 2nd car from engine. 1897. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Railroad locomotives, York (Pa.), McKinley, William, 1843-1901

The elevated railroad of New York City at 110th Street. Stereoscopic art series 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Elevated railroads , New York (State) , New York

Description: Mile 504 1/2. Cutting Londiani and Upper Kedowa. Location: Londiani, Upper Kedowa Description: Mile 504 1/2. Between Londiani and Upper Kedowa. Location: Londiani, Upper Kedowa ugandarailway, africa

Pilot Boat, J.C. Cousins (#312). Carleton Watkins (American, 1829 - 1916)

East from Green River. Scenery of the Union Pacific Railroad. 181. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Union Pacific Railroad Company, Utah

Mechanics work on locomotive ..

Double track building between Alingsås - Olskroken. Öjaredsbanken sinking.

Double track banking Gothenburg - Alingsås. The bank at Lake Lilla Sävelången in the foreground and Norsesund's yard in the background. Nov 1916.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - First Train leaving over the new High Level Bridge on 19th June, 1913. Date: 1913

View of the yard of the N.S. station Rhenen in Rhenen.

Elevated R.R. 42nd Street branch. New York City. American scenery 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. New York (State), New York (N.Y.), Elevated railroads , New York (State) , New York, Forty-second Street (New York, N.Y.)

Jacob's ladder, Mt. Washington Railway , Mountain railroads, Trestles

P. R. R. shops Altoona, Pa. on turn-table, in western round-house. Views among the Alleghenies. Penna. Railroad. 148. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Railroad, Allegheny Mountains, Railroad locomotives, Altoona (Pa.), Railroad roundhouses, Turntables (Railroads)

Disposal of freight trains on the line between Gamleby and Ullevi.

The picture shows a heavy tractor with caterpillar strip standing in a puddle.Original text: "A conquered English" tractor ", which was used in the fraternity of heavy artillery pawns."The picture shows a heavy tractor with caterpillar strip in a water pool.

Face in the valley of the Tjikondang; State railways on Java. View of the railroad through the Tjikondang valley. Part of a group of 62 photos in a box with the inscription "State Railways on Java" from 1888.

Description: Prince of Wales' tour of Canada, 1919, a volume of photographs published by the Canadian Pacific Railway Location: Canada Date: 1919 canada, americas, princeofwalestour

Men and women in a car from the cable car at Vesuvius; Il Vesuvio: Carozza della funicolare.; Tram to Vesuvius. Part of album with 191 photos from a trip to and through South Africa.

Winter view at Central Pacific Railroad Depot, Cisco, Placer County. 1850 - 1930. still image. Stereographs, Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. California, Central Pacific Railroad Company

th, wire cable car on the Sophienalpe, view of the valley from the mountain station, Michael Frankenstein , Comp, photographer, publisher

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