Two hundred fifteen silver gelatin photoprints documenting the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway. Images depcit the Takoma Shops, Marent Gulch Viaduct, Howe trusses, trestle work, iron ...

A photo of the Southern Pacific Railroad as it approaches the bridge it constructed to cross the Atchafalaya River. The railroad was preceded the U.S. 10 Atchafalaya Basin Bridge as a direct route ...

God's Chosen Instrument -- The Northern Pacific Must Be Built -- Free from Fatigue -- The Buffalo Will Dwindle Away -- Knee Deep in Mud -- No System Observed -- Stop Firing at Me -- The Army of the ...

Trestles rise from the swamp when the water is low, standing as monuments to an era when a railway was the only direct route from Baton Rouge to Lafayette. And back. This was long before Interstate 10 ...