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Viewing Album:  Historical Collection - Steam
 
By:Jacob Jablonski
Dates:1/1/1850 - 12/31/1999
Album Info:Photos of steam engines I have collected over the years. None of these are my photos.
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Air Brake Innovation
Title:  Air Brake Innovation
Description:  PRR 4-4-0 #13 was the first locomotive to be fitted with a Westinghouse compressed air brake system. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 10/7/2025 11:54:35 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 13(4-4-0)
Views:  342   Comments: 0
Ancient Commuter Engine
Title:  Ancient Commuter Engine
Description:  Long Island railroad 4-4-0 #72. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 10/7/2025 12:10:42 PM
Location:  Long Island, NY
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  LIRR 72(4-4-0)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
One Old Engine House
Title:  One Old Engine House
Description:  B&M 4-4-0 #150 poses outside the engine house in Danvers, Massachusetts in 1895.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 10/7/2025 2:52:32 PM
Location:  Danvers, MA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  BM 150(4-4-0)
Views:  299   Comments: 0
That Classic American 4-4-0
Title:  That Classic American 4-4-0
Description:  B&O "Civil War" 4-4-0 #232 is seen just outside of Cumberland Maryland in 1858. This is one of the oldest pictures in my collection. Date approximite.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 10/6/2025 10:53:00 AM
Location:  Cumberland, MD
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  BO 232(4-4-0)
Views:  547   Comments: 0
B&O Camel
Title:  B&O Camel
Description:  B&O "Camel" 0-8-0 #65 poses for a photo sometime in 1852. Location approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 10/14/2025 11:50:55 AM
Location:  Unknown, MD
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Station,Steam
Locomotives:  BO 65(0-8-0)
Views:  288   Comments: 0
Legendary Railroad Name
Title:  Legendary Railroad Name
Description:  4-6-0 #13 of the amazingly named Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Railroad poses for a photo. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 10/14/2025 12:05:17 PM
Location:  Unknown, NC
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  212   Comments: 0
A True Civil War 4-4-0
Title:  A True Civil War 4-4-0
Description:  US Military Railroad 4-4-0 #137 is seen at a military camp in Chattanooga in 1864. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 10/6/2025 11:35:58 AM
Location:  Chattanooga, TN
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  305   Comments: 0
Nickel Plate In Knox
Title:  Nickel Plate In Knox
Description:  NKP 4-6-0 #44 passes the depot in Knox, IN. This line is now abounded but the depot still stands as a museum. Ive actually been there, its a really nice place.
Photo Date:  1/1/1900  Upload Date: 1/6/2026 10:06:08 AM
Location:  Knox, IN
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NKP 44(4-6-0)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
Three Bridges, Three Railroads (But Its Older This Time)
Title:  Three Bridges, Three Railroads (But Its Older This Time)
Description:  The C&O, SAL, and SOU have all parked a train at the incredible triple stack crossing in Richmond Virginia for photographers. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  4/5/1900  Upload Date: 6/2/2025 11:28:50 AM
Location:  Richmond, VA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 1504(0-6-0)
Views:  491   Comments: 0
When Railroads Ran On Wood
Title:  When Railroads Ran On Wood
Description:  Ancient NP 4-6-0 #398 hauls a string of wooden coaches over the extremely impressive wooden trestle in Grangeville, Idaho. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  5/16/1900  Upload Date: 10/8/2025 9:50:42 AM
Location:  Grangeville, ID
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NP 398(4-6-0)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
The Last 4-4-0s
Title:  The Last 4-4-0s
Description:  One the Milwaukees last 4-4-0s stopped at a station for a promotional photo. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  5/20/1900  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 10:57:07 AM
Location:  Unknown, WI
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 1271(UNKNOWN)
Views:  469   Comments: 0
Compound Atlanic
Title:  Compound Atlanic
Description:  Builders photo of CPR Vauclain compound 4-4-2 #209 at the Baldwin Locomotive Works. This design was short-lived due to high maintenance expenses. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  8/26/1902  Upload Date: 10/14/2025 12:15:25 PM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CPR 209(4-4-2)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
Steam At Walkerton Depot
Title:  Steam At Walkerton Depot
Description:  A Walkerton, Lake Erie & Western 4-6-0 stops at the Walkerton IN depot. I railfan here a lot, so its pretty surreal seeing a photo of it in the steam era. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  4/15/1903  Upload Date: 1/5/2026 12:17:22 PM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Robert Albert
Categories:  Roster,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  101   Comments: 0
Vintage Switchers
Title:  Vintage Switchers
Description:  Three Council Bluffs & Omaha Railway crews pose with their switchers for this photo next to the former Pacific Junction depot. The left engine is an E class, and the middle and right ones are G classes.
Photo Date:  6/1/1905  Upload Date: 10/6/2025 10:46:13 AM
Location:  Pacific Junction, IA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  307   Comments: 0
A Fresh Camelback
Title:  A Fresh Camelback
Description:  Rogers Locomotive & Machine Works 4-4-0 camelback #124s builders photo. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  3/23/1906  Upload Date: 10/7/2025 12:08:07 PM
Location:  Paterson, NJ
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  265   Comments: 0
New Haven Atlanic
Title:  New Haven Atlanic
Description:  NH 4-4-2 #1111 is stopped in a yard. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  4/15/1912  Upload Date: 10/21/2025 10:34:55 AM
Location:  Unknown, CT
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:  NH 1111(4-4-2)
Views:  198   Comments: 0
You dont have a membership!
Title:  You dont have a membership!
Description:  A MR&ST railroad pacific is on TRRA trackage at the St. Louis Union Station. The MR&ST was one of the few railroads without a TRRA membership to be allowed to run on their tracks, but for passenger service only. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  10/12/1912  Upload Date: 5/29/2025 9:17:44 AM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Yard,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  673   Comments: 0
Departing Atlantic
Title:  Departing Atlantic
Description:  PRR 4-4-2 #3267 departs from somewhere. Pretty much no info on this photo, so date and location are approximite.
Photo Date:  3/24/1914  Upload Date: 10/21/2025 10:38:00 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 3267(4-4-2)
Views:  216   Comments: 0
A Quirky Rebuild
Title:  A Quirky Rebuild
Description:  A builders photo of a freshly rebuilt CGW 4-6-2 #916. This engine looks so weird to me, almost like an export engine. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  4/21/1920  Upload Date: 10/21/2025 11:34:07 AM
Location:  Oelwein, IA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  CGW 916(4-6-2)
Views:  202   Comments: 0
Hudson Prototype
Title:  Hudson Prototype
Description:  Builder's photo of ATSF 3450 class prototype at Baldwin Locomotive Works. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  11/18/1923  Upload Date: 2/4/2026 10:41:41 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  ATSF 3450(4-6-4)
Views:  25   Comments: 0
First Run Of The 9000
Title:  First Run Of The 9000
Description:  The first shakedown run of the UP 9000 prototype under UP ownership. This class would soon become numerous across the system.
Photo Date:  3/13/1926  Upload Date: 2/3/2026 9:45:33 AM
Location:  Omaha, NE
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 9000(4-12-2)
Views:  27   Comments: 0
B&O "Atlanic"
Title:  B&O "Atlanic"
Description:  A publicity photo showing B&Os grasshopper type 0-4-0 "Andrew Jackson" disguised as their original "Atlantic" pulling two replica 1830s passenger cars. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  9/2/1931  Upload Date: 10/6/2025 10:35:26 AM
Location:  Unknown, MD
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  BO 1832(0-4-0)
Views:  376   Comments: 0
Three Bridges, Three Railroads
Title:  Three Bridges, Three Railroads
Description:  The C&O, SAL, and SOU have all parked a train at the incredible triple stack crossing in Richmond Virginia for photographers. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  5/17/1935  Upload Date: 5/29/2025 12:06:22 PM
Location:  Richmond, VA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:  CO 433(4-6-2) SAL 267(4-8-2) SOU 1204(4-6-2)
Views:  819   Comments: 0
Blasting Through Jersey
Title:  Blasting Through Jersey
Description:  PRR K4 5411 flies through somewhere in New Jersey with a long passenger train. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  6/7/1935  Upload Date: 2/2/2026 12:36:45 PM
Location:  unknown, NJ
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5411(4-6-2)
Views:  31   Comments: 0
Mountain In The City
Title:  Mountain In The City
Description:  An L&N 4-8-2 "Mountain" idols at Louisville Union Station.
Photo Date:  4/4/1937  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 2:24:27 PM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  LN 412(4-8-2)
Views:  687   Comments: 0
Hope You Arent Afraid Of Heights!
Title:  Hope You Arent Afraid Of Heights!
Description:  A Canadian Pacific passenger train heads over one of the Cisco Bridges while traveling on its way through the Rockies. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  4/5/1937  Upload Date: 5/29/2025 10:57:24 AM
Location:  Lytton, BC
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  373   Comments: 0
Off We Go!
Title:  Off We Go!
Description:  An L&N Pacific departs Louisville Union station while a switcher goes about its work.
Photo Date:  6/18/1937  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 2:17:05 PM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  LN 278(4-6-2)
Views:  671   Comments: 0
A Prototype Picture
Title:  A Prototype Picture
Description:  Builders photo of the first of the DL&W 1151 class, aptly numbered 1151, before it was streamlined. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  1/12/1938  Upload Date: 10/21/2025 11:40:57 AM
Location:  Schenectedy, NY
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  DLW 1151(4-6-4)
Views:  195   Comments: 0
I1sa Climbing The Grade
Title:  I1sa Climbing The Grade
Description:  PRR 2-10-0 #4253 helps an M1 4-8-2 on the world famous Horseshoe Curve. Year 1938. Exact date approximate.
Photo Date:  3/13/1938  Upload Date: 10/21/2025 2:54:30 PM
Location:  Horseshoe Curve, PA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4253(2-10-0)
Views:  213   Comments: 0
Their Glamour Remains
Title:  Their Glamour Remains
Description:  ATSF 4-8-4 Northern 3775 roars around a curve with a noticable smoke show. This image is from a Santa Fe promotional booklet. The caption for the image says: "Although the great steam locomotives of yesterday have largely been replaced by diesels, their glamour remains." Date and location are approximate.
Photo Date:  6/8/1938  Upload Date: 9/24/2025 2:49:27 PM
Location:  Unknown, NM
Author:  ATSF
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  ATSF 3775(4-8-4)
Views:  329   Comments: 0
Doubleheading Into The Windy City
Title:  Doubleheading Into The Windy City
Description:  Two PRR K4s doublehead "The General" into Chicago. I actually have the date and location for this one!
Photo Date:  8/15/1939  Upload Date: 10/14/2025 11:55:37 AM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 5471(4-6-2)
Views:  245   Comments: 0
Fresh FEF
Title:  Fresh FEF
Description:  Builder's photo of UP FEF #820.
Photo Date:  9/30/1939  Upload Date: 2/3/2026 9:40:59 AM
Location:  Schenectedy, NY
Author:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 820(4-8-4)
Views:  22   Comments: 0
Classy ATSF Steam
Title:  Classy ATSF Steam
Description:  A rostershot of ATSF 3450 class Hudson #3456. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  6/17/1940  Upload Date: 2/4/2026 10:49:31 AM
Location:  Unknown, CA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ATSF 3456(4-6-4)
Views:  31   Comments: 0
Mainstays Of The B&M
Title:  Mainstays Of The B&M
Description:  B&M K8c class 2-8-0 #2726 pulls a local freight through Salem, MA.
Photo Date:  8/15/1941  Upload Date: 1/12/2026 2:54:08 PM
Location:  Salem, MA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  BM 2726(2-8-0)
Views:  83   Comments: 0
Screaming Eagles
Title:  Screaming Eagles
Description:  The MoPac is certainly feeling extra patriotic in this scene, since it takes place during WW2. You can see the long lines of tank cars in the background behind Ex-Wabash MoPoc 1718. Shame not MoPac steam engines were preserved.
Photo Date:  5/15/1943  Upload Date: 10/7/2025 12:15:48 PM
Location:  Kansas City, MO
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MP 1718(2-10-2)
Views:  331   Comments: 0
Hudson Tender
Title:  Hudson Tender
Description:  A new tender has just been completed by NYC's Beech Grove shops. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  8/16/1944  Upload Date: 1/5/2026 12:03:47 PM
Location:  Beech Grove, IN
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  NYC 5418(4-6-4)
Views:  103   Comments: 0
Your Typical LIRR Steam Freight
Title:  Your Typical LIRR Steam Freight
Description:  LIRR 2-8-2 #113 hauls a typical LIRR freight of the time trough Bethpage, NY. I actually have the date and location for this one!
Photo Date:  1/28/1946  Upload Date: 10/14/2025 12:09:55 PM
Location:  Bethpage, NY
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  LIRR 113(2-8-0)
Views:  251   Comments: 0
ICs Only Streamlined Steamer
Title:  ICs Only Streamlined Steamer
Description:  IC 1146, the only steam engine the railroad ever streamlined, poses for a photo in one of the ICs yards. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  2/3/1947  Upload Date: 10/6/2025 11:40:32 AM
Location:  Unknown, IL
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Steam,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:  IC 1146(4-6-2)
Views:  314   Comments: 0
The Black Diamond
Title:  The Black Diamond
Description:  LV 2102 leads the Black Diamond" Express. This is honestly my favorite streamliner of all time. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  5/16/1947  Upload Date: 10/7/2025 2:17:15 PM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  LV 2102(4-6-2)
Views:  274   Comments: 0
SP In The Woods
Title:  SP In The Woods
Description:  On SP Cab Forwards hauls cars of timber trough a forest
Photo Date:  7/9/1947  Upload Date: 9/24/2025 3:37:40 PM
Location:  Unknown, CA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  305   Comments: 0
Rockies Articulated
Title:  Rockies Articulated
Description:  D&RGW 2-8-8-2 3603 climbs the Rockies with a short train of 33 cars. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  3/18/1948  Upload Date: 10/9/2025 2:25:22 PM
Location:  unknown, CO
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  DRGW 3603(2-8-8-2)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
We Dont Have Much Time Left
Title:  We Dont Have Much Time Left
Description:  A group of L&N steam locomotives eye the new EMD E6 diesel. Its the first sign of their eventual retirement. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  9/7/1948  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 9:51:12 AM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  603   Comments: 0
Switching Port Boxcars
Title:  Switching Port Boxcars
Description:  BEDT #15 switches a ATSF boxcar in the port of New York. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  4/14/1949  Upload Date: 2/3/2026 9:38:04 AM
Location:  New York, NY
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  BEDT 15(0-6-0T)
Views:  21   Comments: 0
Nine Thousand
Title:  Nine Thousand
Description:  A dramatic front view of the UP 9000 class prototype, giving a nice view of the third cylinder. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  8/24/1949  Upload Date: 2/2/2026 12:51:04 PM
Location:  Cheyenne, WY
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  UP 9000(4-12-2)
Views:  16   Comments: 0
Hammond Nickel Plate
Title:  Hammond Nickel Plate
Description:  NKP 767 races past the Hammond, IN NKP station. The station is now torn down and 767 has been scrapped.
Photo Date:  6/15/1950  Upload Date: 1/6/2026 11:01:58 AM
Location:  Hammond, IN
Author:  John Strombeck
Categories:  Roster,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  NKP 767(2-8-4)
Views:  110   Comments: 0
On Wisconsin, In Illinois
Title:  On Wisconsin, In Illinois
Description:  One of the Milwaukee Roads streamliners, the On Wisconsin, is departing Madison on its way north with one of the classic class A 4-4-2s. The diesels had pushed them off the Hiawathas by now.
Photo Date:  12/3/1950  Upload Date: 5/30/2025 10:44:17 AM
Location:  Madison, WI
Author:  William Middleton
Categories:  Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  453   Comments: 0
A Berk, A Depot And A Diamond
Title:  A Berk, A Depot And A Diamond
Description:  NKP 757 passes the depot and crosses the NYC diamond in Claypool, IN. This engine is now preserved in Bellevue, OH
Photo Date:  4/15/1951  Upload Date: 1/5/2026 11:14:08 AM
Location:  Claypool, IN
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Station,Steam,Track
Locomotives:  NKP 757(2-8-4)
Views:  92   Comments: 0
Mixed Traffic Pacific
Title:  Mixed Traffic Pacific
Description:  One of the NYC K11 pacifics heads through Elkhart. A passenger train is parked at the depot in the background. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  6/15/1953  Upload Date: 1/5/2026 12:08:42 PM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Robert Schell
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station,Steam,Passenger,Track
Locomotives:  NYC 4441(4-6-2)
Views:  93   Comments: 0
The Peak Of N&W
Title:  The Peak Of N&W
Description:  The N&W poster child, J class 4-8-4 #602, races past a river with a fast streamliner, probably the Powhatan Arrow. I wish this engine had been preserved along with 611, but at least we have the photos. Date and location are approximate.
Photo Date:  7/16/1953  Upload Date: 9/24/2025 2:54:51 PM
Location:  Unknown, VA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 602(4-8-4)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
Now A Musuem
Title:  Now A Musuem
Description:  NYC USRA Mikado #1878 slowly chugs through Elkhart with a freight. The spot this picture was taken is now the National NYC Museum. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  9/18/1953  Upload Date: 1/5/2026 11:43:10 AM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  NYC 1878(2-8-2)
Views:  97   Comments: 0

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