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Railway Worker Collection

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: The Charing-Cross Railway: covered way leading to the platform, 1864. Creator: Unknown

The Charing-Cross Railway: covered way leading to the platform, 1864. Creator: Unknown
The Charing-Cross Railway: covered way leading to the platform, 1864. 'In no part of London has a greater improvement been made than upon the spot where Hungerford Market once stood

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: B & O Women Workers, Loraine, O. [i.e. Lorain, Ohio], 1917. Creator: Bain News Service

B & O Women Workers, Loraine, O. [i.e. Lorain, Ohio], 1917. Creator: Bain News Service
B & O Women Workers, Loraine, O. [i.e. Lorain, Ohio], 1917. Shows women railroad workers in the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shops during World War I in Lorain, Ohio.

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Yard Man, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service

Yard Man, between c1915 and c1920. Creator: Bain News Service
Yard Man, between c1915 and c1920.

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Railway employees against the background of train cars, 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown

Railway employees against the background of train cars, 1910-1919. Creator: Unknown
Railway employees against the background of train cars, 1910-1919. From a collection of 136 photographs of Irkutsk from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Bashkir switchman, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky

Bashkir switchman, 1910. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Bashkir switchman, 1910. A switch operator poses on the Trans-Siberian Railroad, near the town of Ust Katav on the Yuryuzan River.

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Irkutsk The railway track in Glazkovsky suburb, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown

Irkutsk The railway track in Glazkovsky suburb, 1904-1917. Creator: Unknown
Irkutsk The railway track in Glazkovsky suburb, 1904-1917. National Library of Russia

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: View of the city of Irkutsk from the Irkutsk Bridge. Glazkovskoe suburb, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

View of the city of Irkutsk from the Irkutsk Bridge. Glazkovskoe suburb, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Eastern Siberia. View of the city of Irkutsk from the Irkutsk Bridge. Glazkovskoe suburb, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Group of railroad construction participants near the town of Kem, 1915

Group of railroad construction participants near the town of Kem, 1915. Creator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Prokudin-Gorsky
Group of railroad construction participants near the town of Kem, 1915. The narrow gauge railway that runs from the town of Kem to the port of Kem-Pristan.

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Eastern Siberia. View of the city of Irkutsk from the Irkutsk Bridge

Eastern Siberia. View of the city of Irkutsk from the Irkutsk Bridge. Glazkovskoe suburb, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Eastern Siberia.View of the city of Irkutsk from the Irkutsk Bridge. Glazkovskoe suburb, 1900-1904. National Library of Russia

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Construction of a Tunnel Walls, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

Construction of a Tunnel Walls, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Construction of a Tunnel Walls, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of the Trans-Siberian

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Construction of a Tunnel, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

Construction of a Tunnel, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Construction of a Tunnel, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of the Trans-Siberian

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Construction of a Tunnel, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

Construction of a Tunnel, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Construction of a Tunnel, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of the Trans-Siberian

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Construction of a Tunnel, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown

Construction of a Tunnel, 1900-1904. Creator: Unknown
Construction of a Tunnel, 1900-1904. In the second half of the 19th century, Russia underwent a period of extensive rail development that culminated in the construction of the Trans-Siberian

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Trains at Fox Station, 1916. Creator: Unknown

Trains at Fox Station, 1916. Creator: Unknown
Trains at Fox Station, 1916.

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Avoir fait un voyage de quinze lieues en chemin de fer.. 1855. Creator: Honore Daumier

Avoir fait un voyage de quinze lieues en chemin de fer.. 1855. Creator: Honore Daumier
Avoir fait un voyage de quinze lieues en chemin de fer.. 1855....et pas un accident...quelle chance! (To have made a journey of fifteen leagues by rail, and not a single accident...how lucky!)

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Le Danger de s'Assoupir en Voyage, 1843. Creator: Honore Daumier

Le Danger de s'Assoupir en Voyage, 1843. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le Danger de s'Assoupir en Voyage, 1843. Reveillez-vous, monsieur, et descendez de voiture! - Ou sommes-nous, conducteur

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Pourvu que l'aiguilleur ne fasse rien dérailler!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Pourvu que l'aiguilleur ne fasse rien dérailler!, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Pourvu que l'aiguilleur ne fasse rien derailler!, 19th century. As long as the switchman does not derail anything!

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Russia War Pictures - Women, 1917. Creator: Unknown

Russia War Pictures - Women, 1917. Creator: Unknown
Russia War Pictures - Women, 1917. Russian women working on the railway - the woman in the centre has bare feet

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Grand Army of The Republic - G.A.R. Emblem Carved in Wood By Switchman at Peace Monument, 1917

Grand Army of The Republic - G.A.R. Emblem Carved in Wood By Switchman at Peace Monument, 1917. Inscribed Jack Hannah Jr

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Grand Army of The Republic - G.A.R. Emblem Carved in Wood By Switchman at Peace Monument, 1917

Grand Army of The Republic - G.A.R. Emblem Carved in Wood By Switchman at Peace Monument, 1917. Inscribed Jack Hannah Jr

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Le danger de s'assoupir en voyage, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier

Le danger de s'assoupir en voyage, 19th century. Creator: Honore Daumier
Le danger de s'assoupir en voyage, 19th century. Railways. The dangers of dozing off during the journey. Porter wakes passenger who asks where are we?'. Porter replies Rouen'

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Officers of the Railway Men's International Benevolent Industrial Association, 1922

Officers of the Railway Men's International Benevolent Industrial Association, 1922. Creator: Unknown
Officers of the Railway Men's International Benevolent Industrial Association, 1922

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: John Henry, Los Angeles, 1936. Creator: Unknown

John Henry, Los Angeles, 1936. Creator: Unknown
John Henry, Los Angeles, 1936. Mayan Theatre..."John Henry" - Federal Theatre Project...Div. of W.P.A.'. Play based on the African-American folk hero

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: J. J. Irvine, 1887. Creator: Unknown

J. J. Irvine, 1887. Creator: Unknown
J. J. Irvine, 1887. Engineer, farmer and politician John J. Irvine was a noted leader of a movement to establish an African-American colony in the Western United States

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Arriving at Glamis with Her New Sister - August, 1931, 1947. Creator: Unknown

Arriving at Glamis with Her New Sister - August, 1931, 1947. Creator: Unknown
Arriving at Glamis with Her New Sister - August, 1931, 1947. The future Queen Elizabeth II and baby sister Princess Margaret Rose arrive in Scotland by train

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts Office, Waterloo-Road, 1854. Creator: Unknown

Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts Office, Waterloo-Road, 1854. Creator: Unknown
Messrs. Peto, Brassey, and Betts Office, Waterloo-Road, 1854. After the British government requests a Civil Engineering Corps to build the Grand Crimean Central Railway, the London offices of Peto

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Laying first rails of new U.S. railroad at Ship Creek, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown

Laying first rails of new U.S. railroad at Ship Creek, between c1900 and c1930. Creator: Unknown
Laying first rails of new U.S. railroad at Ship Creek, between c1900 and c1930

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Camden Town Engine Sheds, c. 1935, (1945). Creator: Norman Wilkinson

Camden Town Engine Sheds, c. 1935, (1945). Creator: Norman Wilkinson
Camden Town Engine Sheds, c. 1935, (1945). London, Midland & Scottish Railway poster of steam locomotives at Camden Motive Power Depot in north London

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: The London and Southwark Subway, 1890. Creator: Unknown

The London and Southwark Subway, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The London and Southwark Subway, 1890

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Women wipers of the Chicago and North Western Railroad cleaning one of the... Clinton, Iowa, 1943

Women wipers of the Chicago and North Western Railroad cleaning one of the... Clinton, Iowa, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Women wipers of the Chicago and North Western Railroad cleaning one of the giant " H" class locomotives, Clinton, Iowa. Mrs. Marcella Hart and Mrs. Viola Sievers

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Section crew of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific R.R... Bensenville, Illinois, 1943

Section crew of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific R.R... Bensenville, Illinois, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Section crew of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific R.R. at work, Bensenville, Ill

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Illinois Central R. R. Chicago, Illinois, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano

Illinois Central R. R. Chicago, Illinois, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Illinois Central R.R. Chicago, Ill. Vernon Brower, riding the foot board of a diesel switch engine at the South Water Street freight terminal

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Workers at the roundhouse of the C & NW RR Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano

Workers at the roundhouse of the C & NW RR Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Workers at the roundhouse of the C & NW RR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad] Proviso Yard, Chicago, Ill

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR, at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. 1942

Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR, at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Frederick Batt, brakeman, on the C & NW RR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad], at Proviso yard, Chicago, Ill

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: A train (or 'cut') being pushed out of a receiving... Proviso yard, C & NW RR. Chicago, Ill

A train (or "cut") being pushed out of a receiving... Proviso yard, C & NW RR. Chicago, Ill
A train (or " cut" ) being pushed out of a receiving yard toward the hump. A brakeman rides each train to signal the engineer in the locomotive at the rear; Proviso yard, C & NW RR

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano

Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR, Chicago, Ill. 1942. Creator: Jack Delano
Two employees at the roundhouse at Proviso yard, C & NW RR [i.e. Chicago and North Western railroad], Chicago, Ill

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Washing one of the Santa Fe R.R. 54 hundred horse power diesel freight... Argentine, Kansas, 1943

Washing one of the Santa Fe R.R. 54 hundred horse power diesel freight... Argentine, Kansas, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Washing one of the Santa Fe R.R. 54 hundred horse power diesel freight locomotives in the roundhouse, Argentine, Kansas. Argentine yard is at Kansas City, Kansas

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Activity in the Santa Fe R. R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano

Activity in the Santa Fe R. R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Activity in the Santa Fe R.R. yard, Los Angeles, Calif. Due to blackout regulations, flood lights, switch lights, locomotive headlights

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a 'fusee'... 1943. Creator: Jack Delano

Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a "fusee"... 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Indiana Harbor Belt RR, switchman demonstrating signal with a " fusee" - used at twilight and dawn - when visibility is poor. This signal means " stop." Calumet City, Ill

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Daniel Senise throwing a switch while at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard, 1943

Daniel Senise throwing a switch while at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard, 1943. Creator: Jack Delano
Daniel Senise throwing a switch while at work in an Indiana Harbor Belt Line railroad yard

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Yardman, Grand Island, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Yardman, Grand Island, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Yardman. Grand Island, Nebraska

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Railroad yards, Kearney, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Railroad yards, Kearney, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Railroad yards, Kearney, Nebraska. Overland train passengers go back to their cars after ten minute train stop on trip between San Francisco and Chicago

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Brakeman on the Challenger, Nevada, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Brakeman on the Challenger, Nevada, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Brakeman on the Challenger. Nevada

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Yardmen, Grand Island, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

Yardmen, Grand Island, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Yardmen. Grand Island, Nebraska

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: The 'Challenger', Grand Island, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange

The "Challenger", Grand Island, Nebraska, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
The " Challenger." Grand Island, Nebraska

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: The Russians in Central Asia, view of the Transcaspian Railway, 1888. Creator: Unknown

The Russians in Central Asia, view of the Transcaspian Railway, 1888. Creator: Unknown
The Russians in Central Asia, view of the Transcaspian Railway, 1888. From, The Graphic. An Illustrated Weekly Newspaper Volume 38. July to December, 1888

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Uniform vest and trousers owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas, ca. 1920

Uniform vest and trousers owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas, ca. 1920
A Pullman Porter uniform owned by Robert Jackson Thomas. Being a Pullman porter was one of the jobs that helped build the black middle class in America

Background imageRailway Worker Collection: Uniform owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas, ca. 1920

Uniform owned by Pullman Porter Robert Thomas, ca. 1920
A Pullman Porter uniform jacket and trousers owned by Robert Jackson Thomas. Being a Pullman porter was one of the jobs that helped build the black middle class in America



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