Railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine

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Hamilton, Ontario: the steam locomotive 'George Stephenson' with representatives of the Great Western Railway of Canada. Wood engraving, 1860.

A steam train is travelling across a viaduct at Nanterre with a road, a carriage and horses underneath. Engraving by Lemaitre after C. Rauch.

Four steam locomotives. Engraving by E. Bourdelin.

Niagara River: a steam train travelling on a bridge over the river between Canada and the USA. Wood engraving, 1862.

A steam train travelling on the London and Croydon Railway towards London Bridge. Tinted lithograph by E. Duncan, 1838.

London, Ontario: a steam train travelling on a bridge over the Thames River towards the town. Wood engraving, 1854.

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Steam locomotives

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Images referencing Steam locomotives

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Niagara River: a steam train travelling on a bridge over the river between Canada and the USA. Wood engraving, 1862.

London, Ontario: a steam train travelling on a bridge over the Thames River towards the town. Wood engraving, 1854.

Hamilton, Ontario: the steam locomotive 'George Stephenson' with representatives of the Great Western Railway of Canada. Wood engraving, 1860.

A steam train is travelling across a viaduct at Nanterre with a road, a carriage and horses underneath. Engraving by Lemaitre after C. Rauch.

A steam train travelling on the London and Croydon Railway towards London Bridge. Tinted lithograph by E. Duncan, 1838.

Steam locomotives

Images from the collections

Images referencing Steam locomotives

Works from the collections

Niagara River: a steam train travelling on a bridge over the river between Canada and the USA. Wood engraving, 1862.

London, Ontario: a steam train travelling on a bridge over the Thames River towards the town. Wood engraving, 1854.

Hamilton, Ontario: the steam locomotive 'George Stephenson' with representatives of the Great Western Railway of Canada. Wood engraving, 1860.

A steam train is travelling across a viaduct at Nanterre with a road, a carriage and horses underneath. Engraving by Lemaitre after C. Rauch.

A steam train travelling on the London and Croydon Railway towards London Bridge. Tinted lithograph by E. Duncan, 1838.

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