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1911 | Photograph
The "Industrial Army of America"
This image from The Modern Railroad (1911) depicts a large number of railroad mechanics posing with a locomotive.
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1911 | Photograph
Crane Recovering a Damaged Locomotive
This image from The Modern Railroad(1911) captures two cranes removing a badly damaged Mogul locomotive from the site where it derailed.
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1911 | Photograph
A Manicure on the "Modern Train"
This image from The Modern Railroad (1911) captures a white, female passenger receiving a manicure from an African-American woman while aboard the railroad.
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1911 | Photograph
The Wrecking Train
This image from The Modern Railroad (1911) shows a number of railroad workers standing atop a wrecking train.
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1911 | Photograph
Interior of a Dining Car
This image from The Modern Railroad (1911) captures the interior of an elegant dining car, including several of its male and female passengers.
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1911 | Photograph
A Railroad Engineer "Fussing At His Machine"
This image from The Modern Railroad (1911), shows a railroad engineer, "oil-can in hand," lubricating the wheel of a locomotive.
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1911 | Photograph
An Early Locomotive
This image from The Modern Railroad, published in 1911, shows one of the earliest locomotives built for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
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1911 | Photograph
An Army of Clerks
This image from The Modern Railroad (1911), depicts a room full of freight department clerks.
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1911 | Photograph
The Biggest Locomotive in the World
This image from The Modern Railroad (1911), showcases "the biggest locomotive in the world," a huge engine built by the Santa Fe Railroad in its Topeka, Kansas shops.
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1911 | Photograph
Great Northern Locomotives: Old and New
This image from The Modern Railroad(1911), shows the first engine of the James J. Hill system sitting next to one of the Great Northern Railroad's more recent models.
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1911 | Photograph
A Freight Crew and Its Hack
This image from The Modern Railroad (1911) captures a railroad freight crew posing with an Erie Railroad car in the background.
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1911 | Photograph
The Railroad Track Walker
This image from The Modern Railroad (1911), captures a track walker, lantern in hand, performing his nightly duties.
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1911 | Photograph
The "John Bull" Locomotive
This image from Edward Hungerford's The Modern Railroad (1911) features the "John Bull," a historic locomotive of the Camden and Amboy railroad.
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1911 | Photograph
The Railroad Conductor
This image from The Modern Railroad (1911), shows a railroad conductor at work.
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March 1, 1907 | Time Table
Santa Fe
By 1907 railroads were producing elaborate time tables with detailed connecting information, rates, and times. The Santa Fe Railroad emphasized detailed times and schedules for this large system.
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1907 | Book
The Road
An excerpt from Jack London's The Road.
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1906 | Time Table
El Paso & Southwestern
The El Paso & Southwestern Railway's 1906 time table emphasized its direct route from El Paso to Denver and its speed, covering the trip in 6 hours and 50 minutes.
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1906 | Time Table
The Denver Road
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September 28, 1901 | Letter
Letter from Samuel Lincoln to George P. Cather, September 28, 1901
On September 28, 1901, Samuel Lincoln writes to George P. Cather proposing a buyout of a quarter section of Lincoln's land in Thomas County, Kansas. After assuring Cather that he is not another "land shark", Lincoln also offers to buy Cather's adjoining land if Cather is not interested in buying his. Lincoln feels that he cannot successfully sell or rent such a small parcel of land and that it would be more valuable combined with another holding. The 160 acres of land that originally drew settlers to railroad land as a great opportunity now appeared too small a portion to be of any value on its own.
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September 23, 1901 | Letter
Letter from D. F. Shipre to George P. Cather, September 23, 1901
A year and a half after sending his first letter to George P. Cather, D.F. Shipre writes again on in September 1901, to inquire about purchasing or leasing land adjoining his current spread. He tells Cather that he wants the land as pasture for his cattle and estimates paying a higher price for the land than he did in his first letter. Inquiring about Cather's slow response and fearing it is because Cather distrusts land agents, Shipre informs Cather that he is only a farmer and a poor one at that.
