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    Viaduct on Baltimore and Washington Railroad

    A steel-engraved image by Henry Adlard, from a drawing by William Henry Barlett, in American Scenery or Land, Lake, and River Illustrations of Transatlantic Nature.

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    Hours of Departure of the Passenger Trains

    Note the delicate illustration of the passenger car in this advertisement.

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    Railroad Results Illustrated in the case of a Railroad of 35 Miles

    An example of the ways opportunities created by railroads pushed Americans to to conceptualize space and time in new ways, this illustration for the article "Thoughts on a Rail-Road System for New Orleans and the Southwest. No. III" emphasizes the commercial opportunities offered by rail networks.

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    Barnum's City Hotel, Monument Square, Baltimore

    This 1858 advertisement for the Barnum Hotel in Baltimore promotes the hotel, notes a few of its luxuries, and boasts of the ability to house 600 guests. Railroads helped inaugurate a wide array of luxury hotels designed to meet the needs of a traveling public and business class.

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    Accident on the New York Central Railroad

    This image from the May 28, 1858 edition of Harper's Weekly depicts an accident on a railroad bridge near Utica, New York.

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    Railroad Cars Traversing the Submerged Wabash Valley

    This image from the June 26, 1858 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a train passing through the Wabash Valley during a flood.

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    Scene During the Inundation at Cairo, Illinois

    This image from the June 26, 1858 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the flooding of Cairo, Illinois.

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    The Erie Railroad Accident—the Cars Going Off the Track

    This image from the July 31, 1858 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the beginning of a train derailment on the Erie railroad.

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    The Scene After the Accident

    This image from the July 31, 1858 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the scene at a train derailment on the Erie railroad.

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    The railroad depot at Pittsburgh (Harper?s Weekly, December 4, 1858)

    The railroad depot at Pittsburgh (Harper?s Weekly, December 4, 1858). Pittsburgh celebrated 100 years since Fort Duquesne was captured from the French--the railroad depot stood on the site of the old fort, a symbol of the city?s modernity. By 1861 Pennsylvania possessed over 500 depots, so many that 85 percent of the state?s population lived within fifteen miles of a depot.

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    A Brother Artist

    A visual representation of the relationship between photographers and painters.

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    Anno Domini MMMM.DCCC.LIX

    The artist envisions the lasting legacy of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.

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    Artists' Excursion Over The Baltimore & Ohio Rail Road

    Noteworthy for its marvelous illlustrations, this feature article portrays the joys of railroad travel.

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    Ascending the Alleghanies

    A key illustration from the article features artists and guests riding the engine.

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    In The Beginning

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    LEFT

    The plight of the tardy traveller is part and parcel of the narrative of travel.

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    Modern Chivalry

    Chivalry is part and parcel of the conductor's work.

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    Nisi Pro Nobis

    "Except for us" - sun coming out after a cloudy journey.

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    The Model Conductor

    The characters encoutered along the rail journey are part of the artist's experience.

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    The Old World and the New

    American railroad progress is compared with the adoption of the technology in England.