Housing an outstanding display of old locomotives, rolling stock and equipment, an operating model railroad and many scale models, the Museum consists of Mt. Clare Station, opened in 1830, the oldest station in the world, and the old passenger car roundhouse built 1883-84, which is unique among structures of its Read More →
Atlantic (Original) 1832 The original Atlantic was built at B&O’s Mt. Clare Shops, Baltimore, in 1832. This locomotive, originally the Andrew Jackson, built in February 1836, was altered in 1893 to resemble the Atlantic for exhibition at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In the background is Mt. Clare Station, Read More →
Lafayette (Replica) 1837 This is a faithful reproduction of the original Lafayette, built by William Norris and Company of Philadelphia in 1837. It was the first B&O engine with a horizontal boiler and has been featured in the motion pictures including "The Great Locomotive Chase", "Wells Fargo" and "Stand Up Read More →
Creator: Unidentified Location: Blackall, Queensland Description: Official dignitaries, in the rain, at the opening of the Blackall Railway Line. Crowds have gathered on the platform to view the opening by the Hon. George Kerr, Minister for Railways, in 1908. View this image at the State Library of Queensland: http://ift.tt/1Azfal8 Information Read More →
Designer unknown (佚名) 1976, October The train supporting agriculture reaches the mountain village Zhinong lieche dao shancun (支农列车到山村) Call nr.: BG E13/636 (Landsberger collection) More? See: chineseposters.net via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/oPTV38
Read More →The new airport express is "full steam ahead" and will open, they say, on June 6. All this talk of trains made me think of all the wonderful shots of trains we have in our Digital Archive (http://ift.tt/1Dn4XI8). This one is a steam locomotive photographed by James Victor Salmon near Read More →
Designer: Wang Guoliang, Guo Weixing (王国墚，郭伟星) 1978, November The swallows are flying back Yanzi feihuilaile (燕子飞回来了) Call nr.: BG E13/318 (Landsberger collection) First of two sheets. More? See: chineseposters.net via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/qfq6g5
Read More →The Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge St.) currently features an exhibit on fashions from 1890-1914. This lovely portrait of the Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, Ishbel Maria Gordon, was taken in Toronto in 1897 during a ball at the Armouries. A celebrated pioneer of women’s rights and healthcare, she also Read More →
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