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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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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:  7/19/1864  Upload Date: 10/6/2025 11:35:58 AM
Location:  Chattanooga, TN
Author:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  203   Comments: 0
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:  238   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:  203   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:  201   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:  332   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:  197   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:  125   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:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories:  Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 1504(0-6-0)
Views:  385   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:  209   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:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories:  Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  MILW 1271(UNKNOWN)
Views:  377   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:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  CPR 209(4-4-2)
Views:  173   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:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  194   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:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives: 
Views:  187   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:  64   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:  508   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:  91   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:  98   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:  240   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:  663   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:  511   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:  310   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:  515   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:  85   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:  94   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:  241   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:  140   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:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Yard,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:  MP 1718(2-10-2)
Views:  225   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:  149   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:  210   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:  193   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:  214   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:  222   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:  429   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:  353   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:  241   Comments: 0
The Final Hurrah
Title:  The Final Hurrah
Description:  UP Mikado #2709 leads an excursion over the Santa Ana River in California on March 17th, 1954. The engine would never run again and was scrapped soon after this.
Photo Date:  3/17/1954  Upload Date: 10/9/2025 11:39:53 AM
Location:  Santa Ana, CA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  UP 2709(2-8-2)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
Russian Decapod
Title:  Russian Decapod
Description:  NYSW Russian Decapod #2454 leads a freight somewhere on the system. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  5/23/1954  Upload Date: 10/13/2025 3:19:27 PM
Location:  Unknown, NY
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  NYSW 2454(2-10-0)
Views:  172   Comments: 0
Getting To Work By Steam
Title:  Getting To Work By Steam
Description:  PRR G5 4-6-0 #5724 idols at a station with what I presume is a commuter train. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  10/12/1954  Upload Date: 10/21/2025 11:13:23 AM
Location:  Unknown, PA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 5724(4-6-0)
Views:  54   Comments: 0
The Peak Of PRR
Title:  The Peak Of PRR
Description:  PRR K4 #5387 roars out of Chicago with an afternoon train. The background has been edited out as this image was scanned from a Trains Magazine article from 1963. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  8/19/1955  Upload Date: 9/26/2025 12:15:27 PM
Location:  Chicago Union Statio, IL
Author:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 5387(4-6-2)
Views:  248   Comments: 0
Steam Foreign Power?
Title:  Steam Foreign Power?
Description:  A PRR M1 4-8-2 hauls a Northern Pacific train. I have no idea how this happened. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  9/7/1955  Upload Date: 10/7/2025 3:06:54 PM
Location:  Unknown, MT
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Steam
Locomotives:  PRR 6759(4-8-2)
Views:  242   Comments: 0
Spinning A Survivor
Title:  Spinning A Survivor
Description:  One of the last PRR K4 Pacifics in service, #5351 is seen being spun on the turntable in Camden, NJ in 1955.
Photo Date:  11/2/1955  Upload Date: 10/21/2025 11:17:40 AM
Location:  Camden, NJ
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station,Steam,Passenger
Locomotives:  PRR 5351(4-6-2)
Views:  90   Comments: 0
Saddle Tank And Tender?
Title:  Saddle Tank And Tender?
Description:  Yep, this 0-6-0 had both
Photo Date:  2/3/1956  Upload Date: 7/20/2025 3:50:14 PM
Location:  Delta, PA
Author:  Jacob Jablonski
Categories:  Roster,Steam
Locomotives:  MPA 1251(0-6-0)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
USRA Coal Haulers
Title:  USRA Coal Haulers
Description:  B&O USRA Mikado #4440 hauls a coal train across a river as a nearly identical train crosses in the other direction. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  5/25/1956  Upload Date: 10/8/2025 9:56:15 AM
Location:  Unknown, OH
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,RollingStock,Bridge,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  BO 4440(2-8-2)
Views:  184   Comments: 0
Stopped On The CNJ
Title:  Stopped On The CNJ
Description:  CNJ G-4a Pacific #810 idols with what I presume is a fan trip, judging by the large amount of people beside it. Very little info on this image. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  6/25/1956  Upload Date: 10/13/2025 3:26:24 PM
Location:  unknown, NJ
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Station,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  CNJ 810(4-6-2)
Views:  154   Comments: 0
Coaling The Commuter Power
Title:  Coaling The Commuter Power
Description:  Delaware and Ulster, former NYC 4-6-0 #812 is stopped at a rural station to take on coal. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  6/27/1956  Upload Date: 10/21/2025 11:47:33 AM
Location:  Unknown, DE
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station,Passenger,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NYC 812(4-6-0) DURR 812(4-6-0)
Views:  113   Comments: 0
Hippos On Horseshoe
Title:  Hippos On Horseshoe
Description:  A helper set made up of two PRR I1sa Decapod 2-10-0s makes its way over horseshoe curve to assist another freight. Date is approximate.
Photo Date:  7/13/1957  Upload Date: 5/29/2025 10:20:24 AM
Location:  ALTOONA (HORSESHOE C, PA
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Scenic,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PRR 4477(2-10-0)
Views:  325   Comments: 0
N&W At Its Finest
Title:  N&W At Its Finest
Description:  An N&W 2-8-8-2 hauls a manifest freight with a long string of gondolas past a proudly standing CPL signal. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  3/4/1958  Upload Date: 5/29/2025 10:49:56 AM
Location:  Bluefield, WV
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NW 2176(2-8-8-2)
Views:  515   Comments: 0
Long Island Steam And Diesel
Title:  Long Island Steam And Diesel
Description:  LIRR 4-6-0 #22 and ALCo RS-3 #459 wait for their next assignment. Date approximate.
Photo Date:  7/19/1958  Upload Date: 10/13/2025 3:13:28 PM
Location:  Oyster Bay, NY
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Yard,Station,Steam
Locomotives:  LIRR 22(4-6-0) LIRR 459(RS3)
Views:  175   Comments: 0
True Appalachian Railroading
Title:  True Appalachian Railroading
Description:  N&W 578 leads a doubleheader passenger train out of a tunnel and onto a high bridge. 578 is currently preserved. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  7/20/1958  Upload Date: 10/7/2025 2:47:56 PM
Location:  Unknown, WV
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Tunnel,Bridge,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  NW 578(4-6-2)
Views:  207   Comments: 0
A Steam Holdout
Title:  A Steam Holdout
Description:  Preston Railroad 19 crosses a small bridge over a creek. Date and location approximate.
Photo Date:  8/17/1958  Upload Date: 10/7/2025 2:38:55 PM
Location:  Unknown, WV
Author:  Unknown
Categories:  Roster,Bridge,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  PR 19(2-8-0)
Views:  190   Comments: 0

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