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002rr: 1887 Railroad Car of the President. The interior luxury of the splendid car carrying President and Mrs. Cleveland is evident. Beautifully hand colored engraving. Authentic antique Harper's front page. 11x16 in. $50     009rr: Civil War B&O Railroad. Original black & white engraving of an armored car and engine. The armored car had a cannon, and fifty hole for firing rifles. With brief descriptive text. 16x11-1/2 in. $30 012rr: 1873 Railroad Humor. Several humorous hand colored engraved views of the difficulties of early railroad travel, from Harper's. 11x16 in. $50   016rr: 1889 Grand Central Station Print. This print is from original July 13, 1889 issue of Harper’s Weekly. It is titled "The System of Depot and Train Management at the Grand Central Station in New York City." The print contains seven small scenes in the station: 1) Lighting a Semaphore; 2) Tower No. 1: Making a Fly; 3) An Oiler Going the Rounds; 4) Dispatcher’s Room. Opening a door by signal. 5) The Dispatcher’s House; 6) Yardman Talking with a Tower; and 7) Signalling to the Train: Three Cars on F Track. This print has been hand colored, and it’s in excellent condition. Size is 11x16 in. PLEASE NOTE: This is an original print from 1889. It is NOT a reproduction!! $40   019rr: 1888 The Great Loop On The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad. Drawn and engraved by Charles Graham. This hand colored engraving is from the February 1888 edition of Harper's Weekly and shows a lovely view of the tracks winding through the canyon. size: 16x11 in. $80	101rr: 1883 Railroad Winter Travel. Four engraved views, the largest showing the locomotive pushing a huge snow plow. From an 1883 issue of Harper's Weekly. 11x16 in. $30 102rr: 1886 Southern Railroad Celebration. Antique, hand-colored print shows Southern railroad celebrating the switch from wide to standard gauge, making freight transport from the North possible. Includes text of the railroads' progress. 11x16 in. $50 103rr: 1880 Railroad Map of the US. Antique lithograph shows the abundance of lines in the East, versus the very few lines of the West. Also shows steamship lines along the seaboards. 15x23 in. $80 106rr: 1873 Humors of Railroad Travel. Hand colored engraving from the Sept. 20, 1873 issue of Harper’s Weekly, showing humorous scenes encountered daily by train passengers: smoke-filled cars, cows crossing the tracks, etc. 11x16 in. $50 107rr: 1875 Scenes on a Mail Train to Chicago. Interesting hand colored engraving from the Oct. 9, 1875 issue of Harper’s Weekly. Title is "The Lightning Postal Train from New York to Chicago. Shows the train leaving Grand Central Station, and postal workers inside sorting the mail. 11x16 in. $50   111rr: 1891 Presidential Railroad Car Scene. Hand colored engraving from the April 25, 1891 issue of Harper’s Weekly, titled "The Observation Car of the Presidential Train." Shows the luxurious accommodations that the President had while travelling. 11x16 in. $50   118rr: 1875 Railroad Building Scene in the Old West. Hand colored engraving from Harper’s Weekly, titled "Railroad Building on the Great Plains." Teams of men are shown laying track across the prairie, while two Indians stand in the foreground talking with several armed guards. 11x16 in. $50   120rr: 1869 Railroad Scene, Promontory Point Utah. Large, hand colored engraving from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. Title is "The Completion of the Pacific Rail Road: The Ceremony at Promontory Point Utah, May 10th. The Locomotives Jupiter of the Central Line, and 119, of the Union Line, Meeting at the Junction After the Driving of the Last Spikes." Impressive portrayal of an historic moment in the history of U.S. railroads. 16x22 in. $250	202rr: From the May 11, 1889 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 'Sketches from the Famous New York & Chicago Limited Express Train'. Images include The Vestibule, Compartment, Sleeping, Dining, Drawing-Room and Library Cars. 11x16 in. $50   1049rr: 1902 Prints: Winter Transportation. Original Harper's Weekly (1902). The difficulties of winter transportation. Color: Black and White. Type: Half Tone. Size: 11x16 in. $25 204rr: 1920 The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad System 24x11.25 in. $50 205rr: 1861 Harper's Pictorial History of The Civil War The men of the Eighth Massachusetts regiment repairing the bridges on the railroad from Annapolis to Washington 11x 8.25 in. $30 206rr: May 18, 1861 The Illustrated London News The Baltimore and Ohio Railway: Tray Run Viaduct 16x10.5 in. $50 207rr: January 23,1886 Harper's Weekly Excavating For The New Line Of The Baltimore and Ohio; Transferring Passengers From A Snow-Bound Train 11x16 in. $20 208rr: c. 1865 Map Showing the Part of Maryland Raided by the Confederate Army; map indicates Baltimore & Ohio railroad line 11x10 in. $40 209rr: 1835 Viaduct on Baltimore and Washington Railroad W. H. Bartlett 10.5x8 in. $60 210rr: A Railroad Batter on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 16x11 in. $40 211rr: June 29, 1889 Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper Maryland - Picturesque Views on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad - Deer Park and its Attractions 16x11 in. $80 212rr: October 20, 1866 Harper's Weekly Cumberland, Maryland, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad 15.5x10.5 in. $40 213rr: May 18,1861 The Illustrated London News The Baltimore and Ohio Railway; Boardtree Hill; Kingwood Tunnel 11x16 in. $40 214rr: December 22, 1866 Harper's Weekly the Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad Bridge Across the Susquehanna, Connecting Perryville with Havre De Grace 13x11 in. $40 215rr: 1853 Ballou's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion Carrollton Viaduct, near Baltimore 10.5x7 in. $20
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