Railroad Street Commerce

Early town development focused upon the town square, but that changed when cotton and railroads grew in importance. In 1837, Georgia Rail Road construction was announced, and rail service arrived four years later in Madison -- the end point until ...

Old Railroad Tunnel

“The Iron Trail” by Rex Beach describes these events and this area.

This tunnel was hand cut into the solid rock of Keystone Canyon and is all that is left of the “railroad era” when nine companies fought to take advantage ...

The Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) Terminal

Emigrant (Immigrant) Waiting Room

After passing the Statue of Liberty and being processed at Ellis Island, where did the new Americans go?

Once declared “clearly and beyond a doubt, entitled to land” almost two-thirds of the immigrants processed at Ellis ...

Pennsylvania Railroad No. 7688

1915

A Standard Freight Locomotive:

With more than 3000 Consolidations on the roster by 1907, the 2-8-0 was clearly the Pennsylvania's locomotive of choice for freight service. Despite the success of current designs, the railroad continuously strove to make a better and ...

Pennsylvania Railroad No. 3750

1920

The Success of the K4s Locomotive:

Perpetually searching for more powerful and efficient locomotives, the Pennsylvania Railroad introduced its new standard passenger power in 1914. The K4s Pacific blended the best attributes of other successful locomotives including the E6 Atlantic and ...

Pennsylvania Railroad No. 6755

1930

The "Mountain" Class:

The "Mountain" type of locomotive (4-8-2) first appeared on the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad in 1911. These locomotives excelled at hauling heavy freight trains at high speeds. The Pennsylvania Railroad adopted the M1 design in 1923 with the ...

Pennsylvania Railroad No. 460

1914

The "E6" Class:

The introduction of steel passenger trains on the Pennsylvania at the turn of the twentieth century created a need for a more powerful passenger locomotive. While most roads had begun building larger Pacific (4-6-2) type locomotives for this ...

Long Island Railroad #193 Rotary Snow Plow

This rotary snow plow (built in 1898) worked the Long Island Railroad for sixty-nine years, until its retirement in 1967.

The Long Island #193 was a Canadian-invented plow designed to reduce the cost of snow removal. Much like a modern ...

The Railroad Comes To Charleston

The first passenger railroad began operation in England in 1825. Word of this new kind of transportation quickly spread across the Atlantic. Charleston businessmen, suffering through a severe recession in the 1820s, were eager to explore this cheaper, faster, and ...

Railroad Connection

This dirt lane once led to the farm's northern fields and the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad tracks, about 3/4 mile from here.

During the 1880 presidential campaign, the railroad ran special trains that stopped at Garfield's Farm. From this ...