pennsylvania railroad

Original double culvert under Muleshoe Curve, Allegheny Portage Railro...

This photo was taken sometime in the late 1800s. Muleshoe was part of the improvements made by the state to the Allegheny Portage Railroad in the early- to mid-1850s. Sometimes referred to as 'the road to avoid... More

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

Below Roaring Branch, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Li...

Public domain scan of the back of stereograph card, stereoscopic view, 19th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Map of the Ohio and Pennsylvania Railroad and connecting lines, Solomo...

Outline map of the northeastern and north-central states showing major drainage, relief by hachures in Ohio, place names, canals, and the railroad network. Chartered in 1848. Consolidated to form the Pittsburgh... More

Near Newton Hamilton, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Li...

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Near Sharpsburg, west Pen., Stereoscope Card

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Pack Saddle G[illegible], Stereoscope Card

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Below Roaring Branch, Stereoscope Card.19th century. Boston Public Li...

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Map of Pennsylvania Railroad with its connections, showing the differe...

Map of the northeastern and north-central States showing the existing and projected railroad network. Chartered April 13, 1846. Scale ca. 1:1,450,000. Across bottom of map: "Profile of Pennsylvania Rail Road." ... More

A correct map of the Pennsylvania Central Rail Road with its branches ...

Sketch map of the eastern United States showing the railroad network and emphasizing the routes between St. Louis and Chicago, and Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York. Scale ca. 1:10,000,000. LC Railroad maps... More

Map of the Pennsylvania Rail Road, from Harrisburg to Pittsburg [sic] ...

Topographic strip map of Pennsylvania between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh showing drainage, relief by form lines, county boundaries, cities and towns. A list of stations and distances is given to the right of t... More

Resumption of the fast express train Through to Pittsburg in 13 hours....

Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122, Folder 8g.

Pennsylvania rail road and its connections. Office of the Pennsylvania...

New and reliable fast freight line to the west! Time guaranteed, deliv...

Transportation.; On verso: M.C. #09-82-038.193 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122... More

Reduced. The great central Pennsylvania rail road route to the west .....

Transportation.; On verso: M.C. #09-82-038.191 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122... More

New and reliable fast freight line to the west! Time guaranteed, deliv...

Transportation.; On verso: M.C. #09-82-038-190 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text in SGML. Printed Ephemera Collection; Portfolio 122... More

Fare reduced! The great central Pennsylvania rail road route to the we...

Transportation.; On verso of Copy 1: M.C. #09-82-038.188; On verso of Copy 2: M.C. #09-82-038.189 Available also through the Library of Congress web site in two forms: as facsimile page images and as full text ... More

Dedicated to the city of Philadelphia through the directors of the Pen...

Street map of Philadelphia and vicinity showing proposed railroads. Scale ca. 1:40,000. LC Railroad maps, 294 Description derived from published bibliography. At lower right of map: "Directors for No. 2 of the ... More

Verses on the death of Miss. Annie Lilly, one of the victims of the ac...

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Camden & Amboy dock New York. New York (state) 19th Century Stereoscop...

Photograph shows people and carts loaded with goods at the offices for the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Camden and Amboy Railroad, at "Pier no. 1", near New York City, New York. Card number: "No. 392." Publis... More

Horse Shoe, Looking West. [Pennsylvania Railroad]

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View at the Battery New York City

Photograph shows people and carts loaded with goods at the offices for the Pennsylvania Railroad at "Pier no. 1", near New York City, New York. Publisher attribution based on provenance. Gottheim collection co... More

[Bird's-eye view of Pennsylvania Railroad at Manunka Chunk (now Jim Th...

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Railroad map of Pennsylvania Company showing the Pennsylvania Railroad...

Map of the middle Atlantic and midwestern states showing drainage, cities and towns, township and county boundaries, and the railroad network with names of lines and mileage between stations.

[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: "Depot at Harrisburg, one...

View down track toward tunnel under street. Public domain photograph - historical image of Pennsylvania, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Map of the Pittsburg [sic], Fort Wayne & Chicago, Cleveland and Pittsb...

Map of the northeastern United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network with named lines. Emphasis on the main lines. See also entry 504. 13336 U.S. Copyright Offi... More

Pennsylvania Railroad. Horse shoe curve, Allegheny Mountains

Three locomotives on tracks. Public domain photograph of train tracks, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: "Train view, West Philade...

Sepia photo copyrighted by W.P. Mange & Co., Phila. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads Stations Pa.; Railroads Ads [1874]; Railroads [ca. 1874]; Shelf.

[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: general ad. listing servi...

Lithograph copyrighted by W.P. Mange & Co., Phila. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa. Harrisburg; Pa. Phila.; Railroads Ads [1874]; Shelf.

[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: "Grain depot, 31st and Ma...

Sepia photo copyrighted by W.P. Mange & Co., Phila. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Pa. Phila Bldgs. Grain depot; Railroads Ads [1874]; Railroads [ca. 1874]; Shelf.

[Pennsylvania Railroad advertising material: "Pennsylvania Air Line, b...

View down track toward tunnel under street. Sepia photo copyrighted by W.P. Mange & Co., Phila. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads Stations Pa.; Railro... More

Pennsylvania Railroad from "[Popular Resorts and how to reach them, et...

This image has been taken from scan 000261 from "[Popular Resorts and how to reach them, etc. (Second edition.)]". The title and subject terms of this image have been generated from tags, created by users of th... More

Cresson, a summer resort on the P.R.R. among the wilds of the Alleghen...

Stereograph showing view from lawn of the hotel and resort buildings at Cresson Springs Resort. From series: Views among the Alleghenies, Penna. Railroad. Forms part of: Marian S. Carson Collection at the Libr... More

Damaged Track, Railroad Riots - Pennsylvania Railroad

Stereo by A.V. Albee. Gelatin silver copy photograph of a half stereograph. Iconography of Pittsburgh Coll. - #382. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: RR Locomot... More

Map of the Pennsylvania, Reading, and Lehigh Valley Railroads, and the...

Outline map of the middle Atlantic states showing the three major lines in different colors. Indicates major drainage, cities and towns, and names the railroads along the lines. 14722 U.S. Copyright Office Scal... More

Map of the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections.

Map of the United States showing major relief by hachures, drainage, and the railroad network with named lines and emphasis on the main line. 5488 U.S. Copyright Office Scale ca. 1:7,000,000. Blue line print. I... More

Bird's-eye view of the Conemaugh Valley from Nineveh to the lake, John...

Aerial view of the Johnstown vicinity showing the route of the waters of the Johnstown Flood of 31 May 1889 and the devastated areas resulting from them. Relief shown by landform drawings. Devastated areas, bui... More

map from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Exposition, with desc...

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Juniata River water gap from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian E...

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map from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Exposition, with desc...

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steam engine from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Exposition, ...

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United States Capitol from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Exp...

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Pennsylvania from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Exposition, ...

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map from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Exposition, with desc...

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General map of the Pennsylvania Railroad and its connections.

Map of the United States showing major drainage, relief by hachures, and the railroad network with names of lines and stations. Emphasizes with heavy black lines the Pennsylvania Railroad in the northeastern st... More

Allegheny Mountains from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Expos...

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dining car from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Exposition, wi...

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harbor from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Exposition, with d...

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Juniata Valley from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Exposition...

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Statue of Liberty from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Exposit...

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"America's grandest railway terminal". Pennsylvania Railroad. New pass...

Photoprint of lithograph of exterior of train station; perspective elevation. "Century Lithography Company" written on verso.

Horse-shoe Curve from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Expositi...

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Broad Street Station from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Expo...

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Pennsylvania from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Exposition, ...

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Pennsylvania from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Exposition, ...

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map from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Exposition, with desc...

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map from "Pennsylvania Railroad to the Columbian Exposition, with desc...

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Penn'a R.R. car shop's Altoona, Pennsylvania 1895 /

Perspective map not drawn to scale. Bird's-eye-view. "Published by T. M. Fowler & James B. Moyer." LC Panoramic maps (2nd ed.), 731.2 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. I... More

Early years, snapshots, 1896-1898. In the Pennsylvania Railroad yard, ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of railway tracks, train station, railroad building, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

"Washington Limited," at the speed of 55 miles an hour--Pennsylvania R...

Copyright by F.W. Blauvelt, New York. Public domain photograph of a steam locomotive, engine, train, railroad, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Philadelphia Express, Jersey Central Railway /

"The scene of the overhead crossing of the Pennsylvania and Jersey Central railroads at Elizabeth, N.J. While a Pennsylvania train is passing over the arch, the Philadelphia Express on the Central Railroad come... More

Picryl description: Public domain image of a ship hull, port, harbor, ...

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[Pennsylvania Railroad ferries, Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylva...

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Altoona Car Shops, Fire Engine House No. 8, 201 Chestnut Avenue, Altoo...

Significance: Built in 1871, the Fire Engine House No. 8 displays architectural details which are consistent with the early construction period of the Pennsylvania Railroad's Altoona Works. Survey number: HAER... More

Penn R.R. Pennsylvania Railroad site, Otc. '08 New York

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

Photos by a commercial "wanderer" through New York and Pennsylvania. R...

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Anchor Line docks and Penna. R.R. Pennsylvania Railroad coal & ore doc...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "85" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012893. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Photos by a commercial "wanderer" through New York and Pennsylvania. R...

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Photos by a commercial "wanderer" through New York and Pennsylvania. R...

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Penn R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] site, Otc. '08 [New York]

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Anchor Line docks and Penna. R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] coal & ore d...

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Whirleys unloading ore, Penna. R.R. Pennsylvania Railroad docks, Erie,...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). "83" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 012895. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Hunt Tower, Fifth & Allegheny Streets, Huntingdon, Huntingdon County, ...

Significance: After a flood in 1889 destroyed the partially abandoned Juniata Division of the canal, the railroads relocated the tracks to the canal right-of-way in congested areas. This relocation of the trac... More

P.R.R. Pennsylvania Railroad terminal, Oct.' 08 New York

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

P.R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] terminal, Oct.' 08 [New York]

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P.R.R. Pennsylvania Railroad terminal, Oct. '08 New York

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is availabl... More

P.R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] terminal, Oct. '08 [New York]

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Whirleys unloading ore, Penna. R.R. [Pennsylvania Railroad] docks, Eri...

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Railway Labor and Capital meet. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. In complianc...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Pennsylvania Railroad ferries, Market Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylva...

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Repairing locomotives, Penn. R.R. shops, Altoona, Pennsylvania--engine...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an industrial equipment, workshop, assembly line, factory, power engine, 19th-20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sky scrapers of New York City, from the North River /

Filmed from a moving boat, the film depicts the Hudson River (i.e., North River) shoreline and the piers of lower Manhattan beginning around Fulton Street and extending to Castle Garden and Battery Park. It beg... More

Panorama water front and Brooklyn Bridge from East River /

This film depicts the East River shoreline and the piers of lower Manhattan starting at about Pier 5 (the New York Central Pier) opposite Broad Street, and extending to the Mallory Line steamship piers just sou... More

New York waterfront. Cityscape photograph

Photograph shows view of the New York City waterfront from across a river, ferry "Plainfield" in the foreground, tugs and boats in the mid-ground, several "Pennsylvania Railroad" piers on the waterfront, with t... More

[Building with Baltimore & Ohio, and Pennsylvania Railroad ticket offi...

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PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD TICKET COUNTER

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Pennsylvania Railroad ferry New Brunswick

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Pennsylvania Railroad Y.M.C.A., Canton, Ohio

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Pennsylvania Railroad Y.M.C.A., Canton, Ohio

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Pennsylvania Railroad Y.M.C.A., Canton, Ohio

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Inaugural Committee No. 33, Mr. George W. Boyd

This illustration entitled, "Inaugural Committee No. 33, Mr. George W. Boyd", by cartoonist Clifford Berryman, which appeared in the Washington Post on January 13, 1905, depicts 1905 Presidential inaugural com... More

Two track levels of P.R.R. on the horseshoe curve, train rounding curv...

H98986 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13253. Public domain photograph of industrial revolution, stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Four trains abreast--enormous traffic on the Penn. R'y, west of Altoon...

No. 13255. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rounding the bend, ascending the heavy grades (90 ft. to the mile) of ...

Bird's-eye view of train, Pennsylvania Railroad. H98987 U.S. Copyright Office. No. 13252.

Hulett machine unloading ore, Pennsylvania [Railroad] dock, Buffalo, N...

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Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York city : Seventh Avenue and Thir...

Panorama. "Copyright 1910 Pennsylvania Railroad Co." Includes index and inset of the front of the Station. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City

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George W. Boyd - Public domain photograph, glass negative

Photo probably shows George W. Boyd, an offcial of the Pennsylvania Railroad. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

[Pennsylvania Railroad Station, New York City, from 6th Ave.]

Photo copyrighted by Irving Underhill. No. B19333. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. I.; NY NYC Views 1912; NY NYC P-; Ph. Ind.; R... More

Gettysburg battlefield today. Pennsylvania Railroad. during American C...

Scale not given. LC Civil War Maps (2nd ed.), 345.5 Copyright no. 59616R June 3, 1913. Panoramic map of the Gettysburg battlefield. Round Top is in the foreground. Description derived from published bibliograph... More