Circa 1896. Horton, Kansas. "Chicago Rock Island & Pacific Railroad -- Locomotive CRIP 908." 4x5 inch glass negative by the Swiss-born optometrist/railfan Jules Bourquin. Louis A. Marre Rail Transportation Photograph Collection. View full size.

Circa 1900. "Chicago & North-Western Railway locomotive CNW 605 on turntable." 4x5 glass negative from the Louis A. Marre Rail Transportation Photograph Collection. View full size.

Omaha, Nebraska, 1910. "Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Locomotive CBQ 2867." 4x5 inch glass negative, Louis A. Marre Rail Transportation Photograph Collection. View full size.

March 1943. "Santa Fe Railroad activities across New Mexico. Men coming out of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad shops in Albuquerque at the end of the day's shift." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

November 1942. Lititz, Pennsylvania. "Tracks of the Lancaster-Reading Railroad. Two trains come through every day. In the distance is the local chocolate factory." Acetate negative by Marjory Collins for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Santa Fe Railroad conductor's work table in the caboose enroute to Gallup, New Mexico." Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Lynchburg, Virginia -- railroad station." Medium format acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Albuquerque, New Mexico. Workmen washing up at the end of the day at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad locomotive shops." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Clovis, New Mexico. Private Clarence Stephens of Streator, Illinois, a member of the U.S. Army Railroad Battalion stationed at Clovis, with Sidney Mack, engine inspector at the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad shops. They are inspecting one of the 5000 Class freight engines." Acetate negative by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.

Washington, D.C., circa 1919, somewhere along M Street. "Big naval gun of type used in France." These 14-inch, 50-caliber railway guns, deployed to France toward the end of World War I, had a range of 24 miles. More information here, here and here. As well as on this plaque. 8x6 inch glass negative, National Photo Company Collection. View full size.

March 1940. "Berlin, New Hampshire, papermill town inhabited largely by French-Canadians and Scandinavians." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the FSA. View full size.

March 1943. "Vaughn, New Mexico. One of the 5000 Class Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad freight locomotives about to leave on the run to Clovis, New Mexico." Medium format acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Kiowa, Kansas. An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe rail detector car. These cars are actually traveling scientific instruments, which not only detect faulty rails but also record the place and extent of the defect." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.

April 1943. "Baltimore, Maryland. A local delivery truck (last seen here) on South Howard Street." Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

March 1943. "Cajon, California. Indian section gang working on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad track." Photo by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.