Royalty Free Pictures of Trains & Railroads

Steam Engine in Operation

This restored steam engine is located in Pennsylvania, USA and powers tours of the Penna. countryside in the restored passenger cars from the bygone era when rail was the best form of transport. There is something about the size, weight, and power of these …

Rails at Sunset

The sun was setting over the New Mexico, USA desert near Cerrillos when we came over this railroad overpass and saw the way the light was reflecting from the rails. Besides being beautiful in it’s own right, the potential metaphors for moving to the light, ...

Steam Engine Drive Wheels

The bulk and mass of these old steam powered locomotives is hard to appreciate today. Everything was made of iron and steel, there were no lightweight, exotic alloys available. When you add the mass of all the iron, coal to make the steam, and …

Rails at Sunset – Earlier

This picture with the light from a spectacular sunset lighting up the rails was taken slightly earlier than the one above. It’s painful how fast the sun sets in a situation like this. However, you can’t even plan to come back another time …

Garden Railroad

Garden railroads have become popular. I think there must be a lot of couples where the wife like to garden and the husband like to fool with trains. (No doubt there are many that go the other way too.) In any case, model trains scaled to …

Garden Railroad Bridge

This garden railroad at the Albuquerque Botanical Park runs through and elaborate setting specially designed to add interest to this area of the facility. They have a SERIOUS train buff who designed it and who is often there to run it.

In this picture the …

Waiting to Board

Passengers can ride these fancy restored cars for miles across the Pennsylvania, USA countryside. Passengers are sheltered from the weather and can see what comfortable, elegant travel was all about in years gone by.

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Railroad Elegance

These were not the cheap seats!. Even in the old days brass work, good lighting, finished and polished wood, and pluh seating would not have been for the average citizen. These were the kind of travel accommodations enjoyed by the wealthy. Of course, even the wealthy …

Steam Locomotive Water Tank

This picture was taken in Pennsylvania, USA at a restored steam train station. It shows the restored depot on the left and the large water tower. Steam trains use a LOT of water! They had to make frequent stops to refill their tanks. You …