Research Guides: U.S. History: Primary Source Collections Online: Railroads

Railroads: Primary Source Collections Online

American Railroad Journal
This publication was started in 1832, and it covered all aspects of the railroad industry for over 70 years. (Univ. of Missouri)
Chinese Railroad Workers in North America
(Stanford Univ.)
The Countryside Transformed: The Railroad and the Eastern Shore of Virginia, 1870-1935
Maps, photographs, manuscripts, newspapers, public documents, and other media documenting how railroads changed the landscape in the 19th and 20th centuries. (Univ. of Virginia)
Railroad Picture Archives
Over 2.7 million photos, with images of over 125,000 locomotives, and over 25,000 documented locations.