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.

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

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