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	Search results for Transportation    Refine your search Subject Transportation (267) Steamboats (115) Boats (74) Railroads (69) Natural Disasters (35) Show more... Format of Original Photographic Print, B&... (101) Digital (26) Real Photograph Postca... (20) Photographic Print (19) Photographic Print, B&... (15) Show more... Date 1913 March (28) ca 1900 (21) ca 1910 (12) ca 1870 (7) ca 1880 (7) Show more... Creator Pennsylvania Railroad (7) Monon Railroad (5) Inbody, John (5) The Commercial Club (3) Montgomery Photo (3) Show more... results 1-20 of 312 item(s)  page 1 of 16 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  >> ) :: previous : next select all : clear all : add to favorites   Image: Title: Subject: Description: 1. Network of Commuter Transportation Maps; Railroads; Transportation Maps outlining major interurban routes aided both companies and travelers. A growing Union Traction Company and its many connecting lines in 1914 encompassed central and northeast central Indiana and parts... 2. Streetcar on Broad Ripple Avenue Street-railroads; Transportation; Broad Ripple (Indianapolis, Ind.); Indianapolis (Ind.) The old Broad Ripple Park was owned by the Union Traction Co., a streetcar company that utilized the park’s turnaround and amenities to entice Indianapolis residents to use their transportation system.... 3. Richland Creek Viaduct (Tulip Trestle) Railroads; Transportation; Viaducts; Bridges; Greene County (Ind.) The Richland Creek Viaduct, also known as the Tulip Trestle, has a span of nearly a half mile between the towns of Tulip and Solsberry. At its highest point it is 157 feet tall. When it was built, in 1906,... 4. Union Center Depot Railroads; Transportation The Union Center depot was built around 1880 on the Baltimore & Ohio line. It was demolished in the early 1940s to make way for an ordnance plant during World War II. 5. Inclined Plane, Madison, Indiana Railroads; Transportation; Railroad tracks In 1836-1841, 500,000 tons of rock and earth were moved to create the Madison incline, a cut that served the state's first railroad, the Madison and Indianapolis. The 5.89% grade is one of the steepest... 6. Owensburg Tunnel Railroads; Transportation; Tunnels; Railroads--Employees The only tunnel on the Monon line, the Owensburg Tunnel was part of its Bedford & Bloomfield branch. In 1894 it was converted from a narrow gauge to a standard gauge road. 7. Deer Creek Trestle Railroads; Transportation; Viaducts The Deer Creek Trestle was built in 1878 with a narrow gauge track by the Indianapolis & Air Line Railroad Co. In 1881 it was purchased by the Louisville, New Albany, & Chicago Railway Co. and changed... 8. New York Central Station, Fort Wayne, Indiana Railroads; Transportation; Railroad stations; Railroad tracks The railroad arrived to Fort Wayne in 1852; twenty years later 62 trains per day were coming and going. The Pennsylvania, New York Central, and Nickel Plate railroads each had their own stations in Fort... 9. Evansville & Southern Indiana Traction Co. #502 Locomotives; Railroads; Transportation The Evansville & Southern Indiana Traction Company was in business from 1906 to 1912. This freight locomotive was built by the Cincinnati Car Company in the steeple-cab style with a central cab and two... 10. Conrail #3397 at Leesburg Locomotives; Railroads; Transportation Conrail had GM-EMD build GP40-2 diesel locomotives for them between 1977 and 1980. This diesel-electric, Engine #3397, was one of these, and is shown here at Leesburg in Northern Indiana. It hauled freight.... 11. Madison and Indianapolis Rail Road -- Early Steam in Indiana Railroads; Locomotives; Transportation This illustration shows an early steam locomotive type, a basic engine without a cab for the engineer. The drawing is likely based on the early Baldwin locomotives used on the M&I, Indiana’s first steam... 12. Reuben Wells of Jeffersonville, Madison & Indianapolis Railroad Locomotives; Railroads; Transportation The Reuben Wells, built by JM&I master mechanic Reuben Wells in 1868, climbed the steepest rail incline in the nation, 7,012-feet from Madison toward North Madison. At the time it was recognized as the... 13. Central Indiana Railway #1 at Noblesville Locomotives; Railroads; Transportation The Central Indiana Railway obtained its first new engine, a diesel-electric switcher locomotive from the General Motors Electro-Motive Division (GM-EMD) in 1949. Here is CI #1 at Noblesville in 1956. 14. Last Wabash 0-6-0 at Fort Wayne Railroads; Locomotives; Transportation This Wabash Railroad switcher locomotive was built in 1906 by the Rhode Island Locomotive Works, part of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO). Switchers were used primarily to move cars around the yards.... 15. Interior of Railroad Car Railroad cars; Transportation; Travel The homey interior of the 1931 Louisville Dixie Flyer car was commodious, light and welcoming--a far cry from the stiff straight back seats and stark surroundings found inside many earlier interurbans.... 16. CSX Train Monon (Railroad); Railroads; Transportation In 1971 the Monon merged with the Louisville & Nashville Railroad. Further mergers led it to be absorbed into the CSX line. 17. Monon Railroad Passenger Route Map Monon (Railroad); Railroads; Maps; Transportation; Passenger trains Passenger service was greatly curtailed in 1958, but continued on a limited basis partly to serve the state's colleges, including St. Joseph in Rensselaer, Purdue, Wabash, Depauw, IU, and Butler. The Monon... 18. "Virginia" on Her Maiden Voyage From Cincinnati to Wheeling, West Virginia Steamboats; Bridges; Transportation The Virginia was built in 1895 at Cincinnati. January 1, 1896, she sailed to Wheeling, West Virginia. During her career the ship had several name changes. She worked into the late 1920s. Here the smokestacks... 19. Salvage Boat the "T.F. Eckert" Steamboats; Transportation; Salvage vessels; Ohio River The Eckert was built in 1870 at Cincinnati. She was owned by the Underwriter Wrecking Company and was well known on the Ohio, Mississippi, and Missouri rivers. The ship was sent to wrecks to do salvage... 20. "Sunshine" Steamboats; Transportation; Ferries The ship was built in 1888, at the Howard Ship Yard in Jeffersonville, Indiana. It was owned by the Louisville & Jeffersonville Ferry Company and a subsidiary Fern Grove Amusement Company. It operated... select all : clear all : add to favorites results 1-20 of 312 item(s)  page 1 of 16 : ( <<  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10  >> ) :: previous : next
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