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1864 | Illustration
A Diagram Exhibiting the difference of time between the places shown & Washington
A time atlas, illustrating the time and mileage distances between Washington and numerous other world locations. Conceptualizng space and time in a way that was meaningful to an increasingly mobile population became an increasingly important task during the 19th Century.
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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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July 20, 1877 | Newspaper
A General Strike
This article from the July 20, 1877 edition of the Baltimore American gives an account of the strike and notes the military's effectiveness at calming the mob, but the reluctance of railroad workers to return to work.
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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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November 2, 1867 | Illustration
A New Cure
This image from the November 2, 1867 issue of Harper's Weekly offers a cartoonist's conception of the relationship between railroads and rheumatism.
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March 14, 1874 | Illustration
A Patient Railroad Traveler
In an apparent commentary on the slowness of some railroad companies, this image from the March 14, 1874 issue of Harper's Weekly offers a cartoonist's conception of a patient railroad traveler.
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August 28, 1869 | Illustration
A Prairie Fire In Nebraska
This image from the August 28, 1869 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts a Nebraska prairie fire near the Union Pacific railroad. Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Magazine featured stories about highlights along the transcontinental route
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August 1, 1877 | Illustration
A Pun on Kars
This image from the August 1, 1877 edition of PUCK Magazine is a pun on Kars (a city in Turkey) that depicts a soldier being pulled behind a railroad car.
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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
A Railroad Fireman Shoveling Coal
This image from The Modern Railroad (1911), captures a railroad fireman shoveling coal into the firebox.
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March 19, 1870 | Illustration
A Snow Drift On The Pacific Railroad
This image from the March 19, 1870 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts workers and a snow plow attempting to clear a snow drift on the Pacific Railroad.
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May 28, 1858 | Illustration
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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May 11, 1869 | Newspaper
Account of the "Golden Spike" Ceremony, Promontory Point, UT on May 10, 1869
This account of the "Golden Spike" ceremony at Promontory Point, Utah on May 10, 1869, as printed in the May 11th edition of the Salt Lake Telegram, describes the festivities involved and lists some of the important attendees. Following the article, the compiler offers a one-sided picture of the situation regarding pay for the Union Pacific's construction crews and details Samuel Reed's actions after the ceremony.
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1842 | Book
American Notes for General Consideration
Dicken's American Notes came from his 1842 trip to the United States. The author visited prisons, politicians, and toured primarily in New England and the Great Lakes region. In this excerpt, he describes American train travel in its early period, segregated railcars, and the distinctions between gentlemen's and ladies' cars.
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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
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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1850 | Annual report
Annual Report to the President and Directors of the Board of Public Works, 1850
When proposed and the first efforts made in 1850, the Blue Ridge Tunnel was to be the longest tunnel in North America. Claudius Crozet, as chief engineer, warns his Board of Public Works against comparing its progress with other tunnels. The condition of the rock and the scale of the project were different and unprecedented, respectively. Crozet tries to educate the Board on the nature of the project.
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May 30, 1868 | Illustration
Aspinwall, New Granada, Central America
This image from the May 30, 1868 issue of Harper's Weekly depicts the railroad and railway station at Aspinwall, New Granada (present day Colon, Panama) in Central America.
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N.D. | Time Table
Atlantic & Great Western Railroad
The Atlantic & Great Western Railroad stressed its safety record and comfortable, elegant, luxurious cars. The time table quotes former Illinois Congressman Elihu B. Washburn on the road's smooth ride and "clean, light, and airy" setting. The road also boasted that its passengers traveling in its beautifully appointed Pullman cars would "not have to leave the train between Chicago, Cincinnati, and St. Louis."
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1887 | Time Table
Atlantic and Pacific Railroad
The Atlantic and Pacific Railroad's 1887 time table featured the speed of its route from St. Louis, Kansas City, or Chicago to Los Angeles. The time table emphasized express trains and fewer changes of cars than competing lines.
