Historical Steam Vehicles

Engravings and illustrations of early steam vehicles like passenger locomotives and fire engines from the 18th and 19th centuries, highlighting advancements in transportation technology.

Richard Trevithick's Common Road Passenger Locomotive, London, 1803.

Richard Trevithick's Common Road Passenger Locomotive, London, 1803.

Carriage Of Cugnot In 1771, Steam Car, Inventor N.J. Cugnot.

An engraving depicting a traction engine with driving wheels which could disconnect from one another for negotiating corners, and a front guiding wheel operated by a man seated behind it. Built by Aveling and Porter of Rochester. Dated 19th century

Merryweather and Son's improved London Brigade fire engine, 1862. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862, published 1862.

Harry G Aberdeen, Iron Steam Fire Engine, c 1936 Iron Steam Fire Engine

City and travel carriage (Coupe-chaise de ville et de voyage) built by Moussard, Paris, France, illustration from L'Illustration, Journal Universel, No 454, Volume XVIII, November 6-13, 1851.

Dog Pulling Cart, Germany, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

Lokomotiven aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, die Lokomotive von Trevethik, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Fire engine. From a late 18th century French print.

History of fire fighting, fire brigade, fire pump 1890: Steam-powered engine, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th-century model

Blenkinsop's toothed rack locomotive

Fire engine by Merryweathers. This would be drawn to the scene of the fire by four horses. 1851.

Engraving depicting a Merryweather & Sons fire engine. This would be drawn to the scene of a fire by four horses, and the pump required 30 men to operate it. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting a road locomotive crane.

Construction plan of the Sitzrad motorcycle with a daimler engine, historical illustration, wood engraving, about 1888

Merryweather and Son's steam pumper fire engine, 1862. From A Concise History of The International Exhibition of 1862, published 1862.

Stanley Locomobile steam car, 1899. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1899

The International Exhibition: sociable, with interchangeable heads, by Rock and Son, of Hastings, 1862. 'Messrs. Rock and Son...who, like all the other provincial coachbuilders, had only space for a single carriage allotted to them, have managed practically to exhibit two carriages upon that space. This they have accomplished by means of the principle of interchangable heads, invented and patented by them. The carriage...is a dioropha landau, or sociable, with interchangable heads - that is to say, a carriage which, for summer use, is an elegant sociable landau, with folding head to cover all

American steam powered self-propelled fire engine designed by AB Latta of Cincinatti, 1854.

An engraving depicting Leon Serpollet's steam wagon powered by his instantaneous steam generator. Leon Serpollet (1858-1907) a French industrialist and pioneer of steam automobiles. Dated 19th century

An engraving depicting a steam road engine with 'feet' designed by Bramah Joseph Diplock, and able to mount steps. Bramah Joseph Diplock (1857-1918) an English inventor. Dated 20th century

An engraving depicting the Stanley steam car. Dated 19th century

The Michaux-Perreaux steam tricycle 1884, Perreaux exhibited a tricycle version of his steam velocipede, with two rear wheels and the belt driving the front wheel, at the Industrial Exhibition on the Champs-Élysées, Paris. The alcohol-fuelled engine had a similar bore and stroke to the original. The water tanks were sufficient for two to three hours of operation, resulting in a range of 3054 miles

Steam pumper fire engine, produced by Joseph Beduwe, Liege, Belgium, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1887.

Brunton's locomotive with crutches

transport/transportation carriage stagecoach mounted on English frame plan by A.J.Roube 18th century,

Newsham's fire engine.

Engraving depicting Richard Trevithick's steam locomotive of 1804 for the Penydarren tram line. Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall, England. Dated 19th century

Cugnot's 1770 fardier a vapeur, built, specified to be able to carry four tons and cover two lieues (7.8 km or 4.8 miles) in one hour, a performance it never achieved in practice. The vehicle weighed about 2.5 tonnes tare, and had two wheels at the rear and one in the front where the horses would normally have been. Brooke Bond Tea Card

Horizontal steam engine with base plate, 1880, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century, exact original...

Steam pumper fire engine, produced by Shand Mason & Co, London, United Kingdom, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1887.

An engraving depicting an Amempton carriage by Edward Kesterton on Longacre - shown at the Great Exhibition. Dated 19th century

STEAM LOCOMOTIVE, INVENTION OF RICHARD TREVITHICK IN 1804. Author: RICHARD TREVITHICK.

Machine for breaking up old road surfaces, Morsier patent by Aveling & Porter, Rochester, England, industrial product from 1880, Historic, digitally restored reproduction of an original 19th century model, exact original date unknown

An engraving depicting a town chariot. Dated 19th century

Locomotive The Rocket by George and Robert Stephenson from 1829, England, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhund...

Locomotives from the 19th century: Locomotive with double boiler for the French Eastern Railway, digitally restored reproduction of an original from the 19th century.

Wooden handcart. Leaf 29 Recto from a sketchbook with 87 sheets.

Engraving depicting Crosskill's liquid manure cart. Dated 19th century

Diagrams of a locomotive engine, from a 19th century engraving

A print of a Benz motor tricycle of 1885. Dated 20th century

Construction plan of a car with a daimler engine, historical illustration, wood engraving, about 1888

An engraving depicting a horse-drawn rotary street sweeper introduced to the Paris streets. Dated 20th century

Farmers cart. Draughtsman: Simon Andreas Krausz. Dating: 1770 - 1825. Measurements: h 131 mm × w 183 mm. Museum: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Steam pumper fire engine, in use at the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, London, produced by Shand Mason & Co, United Kingdom, illustration from L'Industria, Rivista tecnica ed economica illustrata, Milan, 1887.

An engraving depicting a steam car. Dated 19th century

Electric automobile Richard. Old 19th century engraved illustration from La Nature 1899

James Ward, 1769-1859, British, A Timber Cart Laden with Tree Trunks, Drawn by a Pair of Horses and a Pair of Oxen, undated. Graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper.

Engraving of the end elevation of roller boat by Ernest Bazin. Dated 19th Century

transport/transportation trucks B»ssing 1911 drawing by Weiskam Germany 20th century,

The Sterling Gasoline Traction Engine. Original caption: "The Sterling Gasoline Traction Engine" - From Scientific American - May 11, 1895 - p. 294 - Vol 86 - January-June 1895.

Franco-Prussian War 1870, 1871, The kitchen car of a medical train, food during transportation during the war, Germany, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Franco-Prussian War 1870, The kitchen car of a medical train, food during transportation during the war, reproduction of a woodcut from 1882, digitally improved, Europe

French motorised 'Radiographic Van' - interior view and diagram of equipment. Date: 1904

Tender

Engraving depicting the exterior of a Pullman Sleeping car, on the Pacific Union Railway line. Dated 19th century

Engraving depicting James Davidson's Cliff Wagon being used to aid a ship wrecked at the foot of a cliff. Dated 19th Century

Patent steam coach, by the late Mr. David Gordon, 1830., 1830., London. Publisher, Printed for T. Kelly. Steam-engines, History

Vehicle of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, 1780, "Classical Portfolio of Primitive Carriers", by Marshall M. Kirman, World Railway Publ. Co., Illustration, 1895

An engraving depicting the end elevation of a roller ship by Ernest Bazin - designed as a Channel steamer. Dated 19th century

Electrically powered fire pump used by the Paris Fire Service on their way to a fire.

Steam powered fire engine

A 50 Horsepower Antoinette Motor Mounted on the body framework of a monoplane, 1909

Illustration depicting the McCarthy and Moran's snowplough. Dated 19th century

N.N., American railway vehicles. (From: Atlas to the magazine for Building, ed. V. G. Erbkam, Jg. 11, 1861.) (1861-1861): Details. Stitch on paper, 28.2 x 44 cm (including scan edges) N.N. : Amerikanische Eisenbahnfahrzeuge. (Aus: Atlas zur Zeitschrift für Bauwesen, hrsg. v. G. Erbkam, Jg. 11, 1861)

Velocipede, bicycle, 19th century and earlier, 1880, woodcut, Germany, Europe

Old drawing of Minervette 5 HP, 1905 two-seated vintage car from Belgian luxury automobile manufacturer Minerva, Belgium, Europe

Historische Illustration von Gasmotoren, 19. Jahrhundert: Benzmotor, digital restaurierte Reproduktion einer Originalvorlage aus dem 19. Jahrhundert

Petrol engine tricycle by De Dion and Bouton, France, illustration by Tiglioli from L'Illustration, No 2724, May 11, 1895.

Flange-rail and Old Killingworth Locomotive Still In Use. Original caption: From Lives of the Engineers Vol. III by Samuel Smiles, London, 1862, p. 7 and 135.

Drawing BJ steam locomotive littera N3. The locomotive was manufactured between 1907 and 1917.

Regulation of the Vistula mouth. Steam ferry, Schiewenhorst: Views, cuts, details (from: Atlas for the magazine for Building, ed.

Engraving depicting a locomotive drive brake. Dated 19th century

Vintage transport steampunk vehicles sketch decorative icons set isolated vector illustration. Vintage Transport Sketch

This very successful French biplane will go through many modifications during the years leading up to World War One. Date: circa 1909

Replica Daimler riding carriage from 1885, the world's first motorbike, Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Engraving showing the mouth of the despatch-tube and a carriage, carrying mail, of the Pneumatic Despatch Company, Battersea, London. This was an experimental setup to test the design of the tube and related engines over a quarter of a mile of irregular ground. Once the carriage was in the tube, the door was shut and pneumatic pressure used to 'suck' the carriage through the tube. The company's intention was to link London's Post offices and railway stations with a network of underground pneum

An engraving depicting the coupling of railway cars with a link-and-pin coupler. The accident rate during this operation was high. Dated 19th century

Camille Jenatzy (1868-1913) in his aluminium battery-driven electric car 'La Jamais Contente', 1899.

Motorcycle vintage vector motorbike illustration motor design bike retro

Cross section of the Cunard passenger liner which, at the time of her launch, is the largest of her kind. Date: 1906

Drawing of tram.

Agriculture: a combined plough-share and drill. Engraving, c.1820.

Stepherson's Rocket. The first steam locomotive. Designed in 1829 by Robert Stephenson. Engraving, 19th century. Color.

Hot Coal Carrier. Dated: c. 1938. Dimensions: overall: 37.5 x 44.8 cm (14 3/4 x 17 5/8 in.). Medium: watercolor and graphite on paperboard. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Douglas Cox.

N.N., floating steaming crane in the outer port, Emden: cuts 1:50, 1:30. Lithograph on paper, 65 x 118.8 cm (including scan edges)

English Railways and Freight Cars, as Illustrated in Strickland's Report, 1826. Original caption: From Development of Transportation Systems in the United States by J. L. Ringwalt, Philadelphia, 1888, p. 128.

Drawing of boat drawing number 510

End view of steel passenger car.. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. Illustrations. 1904. Rare Book Division. Subways , New York (State) , New York, Railroad cars , New York (State) , New York

Lewis Gompertz's (1783/4-1861) improvement on Baron von Drais's bicycle, powered by a rack-and-pinion on the front wheel. Wood engraving c1880.

Engraving depicting Henry Badgley's air-ship. A novel machine intended for aerial navigation, invented by Mr. Henry Badgley, of Fairfax Court House, Va. The boat carries a motor, and has at opposite ends propeller wheels for moving it either backward or forward. A portion of the shaft is flexible, so that the rear propeller wheel may be turned in a horizontal plane for the purpose of steering. Dated 19th Century

Escalator at the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's Cortland Street Station, New York. Reno-Cail system; electrically powered; length 13m; elevation 6m. Wood engraving, Paris, 1893

Battery wagon

Engraving depicting a cold storage refrigerated railroad car. Dated 19th century

Horse-drawn ambulance design for those suffering with fever and smallpox. Date: 1867

HNJ steam car. Sketch.

Metal underframe of protected wooden car.. Interborough Rapid Transit Company. Illustrations. 1904. Rare Book Division. Subways , New York (State) , New York, Railroad cars , New York (State) , New York

Jean Marie Le Bris (1817 1872) French aviator, who accomplished a glider flight in December 1856 in his 'Albatross glider'

Drawing BJ steam locomotive Litt H3S and M3S. The locomotive was manufactured between 1907 and 1917.

An engraving depicting a lady riding a tricycle. Dated 19th century

Lewis wagon / J.S. Vernam del. ; Compton, Gibson & Co., Buffalo. | Library of Congress

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