
All shiny and new!
This is Colonel William Crooks with a locomotive named after him.
Women posed with trains
And dressed for traveling

The train has seen some wear

But the woman is so stylish!
1902 railroad car

Travelin' in style!
1919 locomotive

The "Old 278" ran between Anchorage and Seward, Alaska.
The Burlington Zephyr, 1936

Can you see the train? That's a pile of snow it's stirring up!
Lehigh Valley Railroad train

Between 1900 and 1910
Mexican Central Railway

Late 1800's
World War 2
Troop train? Sure looks like it from the graffiti!
The men of the railroad

1895 Missouri - can't you hear the song?
I've been working on the railroad . . .
All the live long day . . .

Erie Railroad, 1913
I've been working on the railroad . . .

Just to pass the time away

Can't you hear the whistle blowing . . .

Civil War, 1864

Damaged locomotive, Civil War

Train wreck, 1922

On the train . . .
On carriages!
Inside the train

In 1900
Wave to the engineer

And he'll blow the horn. Remember that??
1890 France

The end of the line - the photo isn't in good shape but hey, it's over 126 yrs old.
Bye-bye!

By 1910 in the U.S., most of a vast railroad system was built but the railways have never regained the supremacy they had in the 1800's. Trucks began hauling produce and cars and planes began carrying passengers. And the invention of the diesel electric locomotive in 1940 led to a further decline in employees of the railroads - these engines were so efficient that fewer workers were needed (on the tracks and in repair shops). Sound like today? Yes, new technology always changes the face of the labor force.
Click "next page" to see photos of The Wild West - in the U.S., railroads opened this territory.