railroads

[Workers Adjusting Railroad Tracks, Texas Gulf Sulphur Company]

Title: [Workers Adjusting Railroad Tracks, Texas Gulf Sulphur Company]..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: ca. 1939..Place: Port Sulphur, Louisiana..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Richie Photograph Collection..Des... more

[Freight Cars, Warehouse, Texas & Pacific Railway Company]

Title: [Freight Cars, Warehouse, Texas & Pacific Railway Company]..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: ca. 1946..Series: Series 6: Negatives and Color Transparencies ( http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/s... more

[Warehouse Loading Docks, Texas & Pacific Railway Company]

Title: [Warehouse Loading Docks, Texas & Pacific Railway Company]..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: ca. 1946..Series: Series 6: Negatives and Color Transparencies ( http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/s... more

[Warehouse, Texas & Pacific Railway Company]

Title: [Warehouse, Texas & Pacific Railway Company]..Creator: Robert Yarnall Richie ..Date: ca. 1946..Series: Series 6: Negatives and Color Transparencies ( http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/search/collecti... more

[Diesel Locomotive 346 and Freight Cars, Location of Silver Spike, Sou...

Title: [Diesel Locomotive 346 and Freight Cars, Location of Silver Spike, Southern Pacific Railroad]..Creator: Richie, Robert Yarnall, 1908-1984..Date: April 12, 1952..Place: Texas..Part Of: Robert Yarnall Rich... more

Map showing the routes of the contemplated rail road from New-Haven to...

Relief shown by hachures. Includes "Profile of route by Sodom Brook" and "Profile of route by Holt's Hill." LC copies imperfect: Creased and wrinkled. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... more

Vermont

[Rear and side view of George Stephenson's steam locomotive and railro...

Title devised by Library staff. Illus. in: Reports on canals, railways, roads, and other subjects, made to "The Pennsylvania Society for the Promotion of Internal Improvement" / By William Strickland ... while ... more

Plan of a survey for the proposed Boston and Providence Rail-Way.

Topographic strip map showing proposed lines of survey. This is the earliest railroad map represented in the Library's map collections. It is listed as one of the "Rail Roads Never Before Delineated" by Henry S... more

Map of the canals & rail roads of the United States reduced from the l...

One of the earliest general maps of the eastern United States showing railroads in operation. The working lines are in blue, proposed lines are in green. Canals are shown in red and yellow. [From published bibl... more

Dampf eilwagen auf der eisenbahn zwischen Liverpool und Manchester / C...

Print showing two views of passenger trains of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, with enclosed and open passenger cars, drawn by steam locomotives between Liverpool and Manchester, England. Title from item.

Pack und transport dampfwagen auf der eisenbahn zwischen Liverpool und...

Print showing two views of freight trains of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, with flatbed cars for hauling standard freight and cars with rails and cages for hauling livestock, drawn by steam loco... more

Map of the country embracing the various routes surveyed for the Balt....

Map of Baltimore, Ann Arundel, Montgomery, Frederick, and Washington counties, Md, showing drainage, roads, and important place names. [From published bibliography]

Plan and profile of the Danville and Pottsville Rail Road.

Detailed map of part of Pennsylvania between Sharp Mountain and the Susquehanna River showing roads, drainage, and relief by hachures along the survey route. Shows the east and west branches of the Mount Carbon... more

Map of the routes examined and surveyed for the Winchester and Potomac...

Topographic map surveyed in strips along the railroad routes. Shows property owners and covers an area between the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers to Winchester. Includes table showing "a summary of the routes su... more

Map of the route of the proposed New York & Erie Railroad : as surveye...

Shows New York state from Westchester County to Lake Erie, and part of northern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The line was chartered on April 24, 1832. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as ... more

Map of the railroads and canals, finished, unfinished, and in contempl...

Important early map of the United States. Includes drainage, canals, and cities and towns. Contains route profiles for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, the Columbia Railroad, Pa., and the Massachusetts railroad... more

Map of the route of the proposed New York & Erie Railroad, as surveyed...

Shows New York state from Westchester County to Lake Erie, and part of northern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The line was chartered on April 24, 1832. See entry 404. Scale ca. 1:500,000. LC Railroad maps, 481 D... more

A map exhibiting the position of two lines located with a view to the ...

Partial cadastral map showing block numbers. Facsimile. Original version: Washington : Surveyors Office, 1835. Includes text, attestors' names, and illegible seal. LC copy 1 fold-lined. LC copy 2 halved and mou... more

Plan of the West-Philadelphia Rail-Road.

Map includes parts of Philadelphia and Montgomery counties. Indicates topography by hachures, drainage, roads, property owners, and part of the city street plan of Philadelphia. [From published bibliography]. S... more

This plan contains about 1000 acres, of the Canton Company's Land

A map, of the principal canal and rail road improvments [sic], which w...

Outline map covering New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Ohio; shows drainage, canals, important cities, and railroad connections, chartered in 1828, opened to York in 1838.

Plan and geological section of a rail-road route from Old Ferry Wharf,...

Topographical strip map of part of Massachusetts showing relief by hachures, drainage, property owners names, roads, and the lines of survey. Includes geological cross-section profile. [From published bibliogra... more

A map of part of Alabama & Florida, showing the route of the proposed ...

Map of southern Alabama and part of western Florida showing roads, cities, and drainage. Scale ca. 1:800,000. At head of title: No. 1. From Letter from the Secretary of War. LC Railroad maps, 388 Description de... more

A plan & profile of the Boston & Lowell Railroad

Plan and profile of the Boston & Lowell Railroad Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Tracciamento della strada di ferro da Milano a Venezia

Tracciamento della strada di ferro da Milano a Como

Map showing the most direct commercial route from the Atlantic via L. ...

Shows area from Washington, D.C., north to above Lake Huron and from Cape Cod to the Mississippi River. Scale [ca. 1:3,000,000]. LC Railroad maps, 73 Description derived from published bibliography. Available a... more

Carte des États-unis d'Amérique.

Sketch map of the eastern half of the United States showing major mountain ridges by hachures. Indicates canals, railroads and the "Route Nationale" between Cumberland, Md., and Vandalia, Ill. Shows projected... more

Map of the line of the London and Birmingham Railway : from Euston Squ...

Map of Jeffersonville enlarged

Chart of the head of navigation of the Potomac River shewing the route...

Nautical chart with extensive annotations in col. and lead pencils to show proposed railroad routes connecting central Washington and Alexandria (Va.). Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by contours and sou... more

Sketch of the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, ...

Sketch of the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, ...

Topographical plan & profile of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail Road...

Topographic strip map of part of Pennsylvania from Mahanoy Mountain along Schuylkill River to Philadelphia. The line was chartered on December 5, 1833, and was completed in 1839. The entire line was opened on J... more

Map and profile of the Gettysburg Rail Road as surveyed by order of th...

Survey map and profile of part of Pennsylvania and Maryland from Gettysburg to the Potomac River. Shows relief by hachures along the line, creeks, roads, cities and towns. Chartered on January 9, 1838; construc... more

A map of the Georgia Rail Road and the several lines of railroad conne...

Map of the southeastern United States indicating drainage, relief by hachures, place names, roads, canals in blue, Georgia Railroad in red, "R.R. completed & in progress" in yellow. "R.R. chartered & proposed" ... more

Map of New Jersey and Pennsylvania exhibiting the post offices, post r...

Scale ca. 1:650,000. Relief shown by hachures. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. AACR2

Map of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware exhibiting the post offices, po...

Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridians: Washington and Greenwich. LC copy sectioned in 8 and mounted on cloth. Printed label on verso: no. 5, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia. LC Railroad maps, 70 Available also... more

Map of New Jersey and Pennsylvania exhibiting the post offices, post r...

Detailed map showing relief by hachures, drainage, township and county boundaries, cities and towns, canals, roads, and railroads. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:650,000. Relief shown by hachures. LC... more

Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic] with p...

Outline map showing major drainage, some relief by hachures, state boundaries, canals, and important place names. Finished and proposed railroads are indicated.

Map of the canals & rail roads of the United States, reduced from the ...

General map of the eastern United States showing drainage, state boundaries, and place names. Railroads are annotated in brown, canals in blue.

Railroad engine #50 and cars emerging from a mountain tunnel, possibly...

Railroad engine #50 and cars emerging from a mountain tunnel, possibly Jamaica. Courtesy of The Trustees of Reservations, Archives & Research Center

[Map of the railroads of Massachusetts running west from Boston]

Map of the canals and rail roads connecting the Broad Top Coal Region ...

Map of parts of Pennyslvania, New Jersey, Maryland, and Delaware indicating major drainage, relief by hachures, boundaries, cities, and towns. A table of distances appears at left of map. Scale [ca. 1:660,000].... more

Map shewing the connection of the Baltimore and Ohio-Rail-Road with ot...

Map of the United States east of the Mississippi River. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:4,900,000. LC Railroad maps, 334 Includes text. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a ras... more

Map showing the connection of the coal-field of Allegany with the cana...

Outline map of western Maryland showing drainage, major roads, cities, and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Canal. A shaded area indicates the coal field. Scale ca. 1:330,000. LC Railroad maps, 231 Descripti... more

Plan of Boston and its vicinity showing the connection of the Grand Ju...

Railroad map of New England, with adjacent portions of New York & Cana...

Plan of part of the Sterling Branch R.R. from the plans of the Fitchbu...

Map of the projected railway from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic], with ...

Covers area between Massachusetts and Virginia and west to the Mississippi River. Shows "finished" and "proposed" railroads. A mileage chart entitled "Rail Road Routes from Seaboard to the Interior" appears at ... more

Map exhibiting that portion of the State of Pennsylvania traversed by ...

Map shows drainage, county boundaries, cities, roads, and canals. Lines of surveys and railroads in operation are indicated by different colors. [From published bibliography] Scale 1:380,160; 6 miles to an in. ... more

Plan showing the proposed entrance into Boston of the Fitchburg Rail R...

Street map of part of Boston showing the railroad yards and the passenger depot. Chartered on March 3, 1842. Scale 1:24,000. At the upper right of the plan is the "Proposed Plan of Depot of Granite. Front View ... more

Map shewing [sic] the several routes, examined with a view to the exte...

Map of the northeastern United States showing drainage, relief by hachures, important cities, the existing railroads, turnpike roads, canals, and the projected railroads; a statement below the title explains th... more

Map of Florida : Exhibiting the post offices, post roads, canals, rail...

"Entered according to Act of Congress, July 10th, 1839 by David H. Burr, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Columbia." Sectioned into 2 pieces and mounted on cloth. Includes inset of... more

Map of the several routes from Rochester to Buffalo : compiled from co...

Weiterführung der Rheinischen Eisenbahn : general übersicht

Route of the Albany & West Stockbridge Rail Road

Map of Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island constructed from th...

Map of Massachusetts, Rhode-Island & Connecticut : compiled from the l...

Map of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Factory at edge of river, tucked below rolling hills, train passing be...

Title devised by Library staff. (DLC/PP-1997:105) Forms part of: Marian S. Carson collection at the Library of Congress. Forms part of: Documentary drawing filing series (Library of Congress).

Map, exhibiting the railway route between Baltimore & St. Louis, toget...

Map covers area from Portland, Maine, to Norfolk, Va., and west to the Mississippi River. Scale 1:2,471,040. LC Railroad maps, 74 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Libr... more

Map of the county west of Cumberland towards the Ohio river, showing t...

Lightly colored map on tracing linen showing western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, parts of Virginia and West Virginia and most of Ohio. Scale 1:316,800. LC Railroad maps, 335 Description derived from publish... more

Carte des chemins de fer Belges

Route of the proposed Providence & Worcester rail-road

Guide through Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin &...

Detailed township map of the midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, canals, stage roads, and railroads. Scale ca. 1:2,250,000. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1840. LC also has 1... more

Governors race in New Jersey. Young Hyson riding over the backs of the...

A satire on the New Jersey gubernatorial campaign of 1844, centering on a major issue of the race--extension of the Camden and Amboy Railroad. The Whig candidate, New Jersey native Charles C. Stratton, campaign... more

Map showing the proposed rail roads from Boston to Burlington, from Ha...

Outline map of eastern New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and northern Massachusetts showing four proposed railroad routes. A list of distances appear below the title. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Map showing the proposed rail roads from Boston to Burlington, from Ha...

Outline map of eastern New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and northern Massachusetts showing four proposed railroad routes. A list of distances appear below the title. Scale ca. 1:625,000. LC copy annotated in p... more

Map of the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad from Concord to Haver...

Map covers parts of Belknap, Carroll, Grafton, and Merrimac counties, N.H. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:125,000. Relief shown by hachures. Oriented with north toward the lower right. LC Railroad ma... more

Map exhibiting the experimental and located lines for the New-York and...

Detailed topographic strip map showing the coast from New York City to New Haven, Conn. Indicates drainage, relief by hachures, cities and towns, roads, and railroads. Chartered in 1844, organized in 1846, open... more

Map of the Portsmouth and Concord Railroad, shewing its connection wit...

Map showing parts of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine indicating county lines, cities, towns, and the railroad network. [From published bibliography] Scale 1:190,080; 3 miles to an in. Oriented with nort... more

Location of the Boston & Maine extension rail road : from Boston to Wi...

Map of the rail roads, from Rome to Albany and Troy, by one of the eng...

Detailed map of the Mohawk Valley from Troy to Rome showing drainage, relief by hachures, towns, and villages. Scale ca. 1:180,000. LC Railroad maps, 260 Description derived from published bibliography. Accompa... more

U.S. Reports: Stimpson v. West Chester Railroad Co., 44 U.S. (3 How.) ...

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 44; Howard Volume 3; January Term, 1845; James Stimpson, Plaintiff in Error, v. West Chester Railroad Company

Map of rail road surveys from Worcester to Baldwinville & N.H. line.

Map of northern half of Worcester County, Mass., showing drainage, cities, and townships. Shows beginning of survey north of Worcester and the survey for part of the Winchendon branch of the Fitchburg Railroad.... more

U.S. Reports: State of Maryland v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., 44 U...

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 44; Howard Volume 3; January Term, 1845; State of Maryland, for the use of Washington County, Plaintiff in Error, v. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, Defendants

Eisen-bahn-karte von Deutschland und den angrenzenden ländern : zugle...

Map of the country copied from Hale's map of N. E. with railroad route...

Sketch of the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, ...

General map showing drainage, cities, towns, state and county boundaries. Scale [ca. 1:700,000]. LC Railroad maps, 100 Description derived from published bibliography. Available also through the Library of Cong... more

Sketch of the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, ...

General map showing drainage, cities, towns, state and county boundaries. Courtesy of Boston Public Library

A map showing the proposed branch railroads with the Old Colony Railro...

U.S. Reports: Stimpson v. West Chester Railroad Company, 45 U.S. (4 Ho...

Description: U.S. Reports Volume 45; Howard Volume 4; January Term, 1846; James Stimpson, Plaintiff in Error, v. The West Chester Railroad Company, Defendants

A new map for travelers through the United States of America showing t...

A detailed general map of the eastern half of the United States, framed in decorative borders, with most of the details east of the Mississippi River. Indicates drainage, state boundaries and shows many cities... more

Harper's cereographic map of the United States and Canada : showing th...

Shows only southeastern and southwestern portions of Canada. Relief shown by hachures. Prime meridian: Washington, D.C. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes 24 ins... more

Map of the proposed Great Western and Lake Erie Rail Road of Pennsylva...

Physical map of Pennsylvania and parts of adjacent states showing drainage, relief by hachures, spot heights in feet, state boundaries, canals, cities and towns. Finished and proposed railroads with names of li... more

Map of railways in New England and part of New York; engraved by D. C....

Scale [ca. 1:2,700,000]. LC Railroad maps, 101 Description derived from published bibliography. At top of map: "See paragraph headed Our Railway Map." On the verso: City of Boston. 18 x 14 cm. Available also th... more

Map of the Alton & Springfield railroad, in Illinois : showing its con...

Map of the Alton and Springfield railroad, in Illinois Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Map of part of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, showing the location o...

Shows area of Cheshire, Hillsborough, and northern part of Middlesex county. Chartered December 28, 1844. Scale ca. 1:150,000. LC Railroad maps, 617 Description derived from published bibliography. Available al... more

Map of the United States of America to accompany Doggett's Rail Road G...

"The working lines of railroad are shown in color." Prime meridians: Greenwich and Washington D.C. Includes inset "Map of Oregon, California &c.". LC copy imperfect: foldlined, darkened along folds, lacking low... more

Map showing the proposed line of the Manchester Rail Road as petitione...

Map of parts of Middlesex & Essex counties showing the rail road route...

Map of the Boston & Woonsocket rail road routes compiled from the stat...

Map of eastern Massachusetts showing drainage, place names, and township lines. [From published bibliography]

Map of parts of Middlesex & Essex counties, showing the rail road rout...

Map of the Seaboard & Roanoke Railroad from Portsmouth, Va. to Weldon,...

Outline map showing area from Pottsville, Pa., to Macon, Ga. [From published bibliography] Scale ca. 1:3,250,000. LC Railroad maps, 557 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.... more

Route of the Providence and Worcester rail road

Map and profile of the proposed Paterson and Dover Rail Road and Pater...

Map of northern New Jersey from Jersey City to Andover. Shows drainage, relief by hachures, cities & towns, roads, iron works, forges, mines and mills. The Paterson and Ramapo was chartered March 10, 1841. Scal... more

Skeleton map showing the Rail Roads completed and in progress in the U...

Outline map of the eastern half of the United States indicating drainage, state boundaries, major cities, and constructed and contemplated railroads. The southern portion of map indicates proposed shipping rou... more

Les rois s'en vont-- bon voyage! / dessiné par Monta.

French cartoon about kings departing for the moon, possibly in reference to the end of monarchy in Europe. Print shows several balloons labeled "Service du roi" from Spain, Prussia, Denmark, Naples, etc., landi... more

Map of rail road routes from Rouse's Point to Portsmouth and Boston; c...

Map shows Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont. Includes a table of distances and indicates "constructed & completed" and "contemplated & chartered" railroads. The Cocheco line was chartered on July 2, 184... more