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The Great Seal of the State of Nebraska, 1867. The seal shows a steamboat on the Missouri River, a train, a cabin, and a blacksmith. The banner holds the state motto, "Equality Before the Law."

Seal of Nebraska

The Great Seal of the State of Nebraska, 1867. The seal shows a steamboat on the Missouri River, a train,…

"Railway Semaphore. a, lever, which operates both b, blade, and c, lantern." -Whitney, 1911

Railroad Semaphore

"Railway Semaphore. a, lever, which operates both b, blade, and c, lantern." -Whitney, 1911

"A track-layers' bar having two parallel blunt arms at the end the space between which is designed to fit the web of the rail. It is used in lifting the end of a rail." -Whitney, 1911

Rail Fork

"A track-layers' bar having two parallel blunt arms at the end the space between which is designed to…

"Industrial-railway Turn-table. a, circular base with channel for ball-bearing, showing ring of balls; b, under side of table; c, table in position, showing cross-tracks; d, latch for cover. A car is run by hand on the turn-table, the table turned one quarter of the way round, and the car run off on a track at right angles to the first track." -Whitney, 1911

Railway Turntable

"Industrial-railway Turn-table. a, circular base with channel for ball-bearing, showing ring of balls;…

"Industrial Railway. a, cast-iron plates bedded in concrete for boiler-room floor; b, section of boiler; c, cast-iron track; d, charging-car with outside-flange wheels." -Whitney, 1911

Industrial Railway

"Industrial Railway. a, cast-iron plates bedded in concrete for boiler-room floor; b, section of boiler;…

"A valve for opening and closing the induction and eduction passages of a steam-engine cylinder: so called from its plan resembling the letter D. The usual form of the D-valve is shown in fig. 1, where it is seen detached." -Whitney, 1911

D Valve

"A valve for opening and closing the induction and eduction passages of a steam-engine cylinder: so…

"A valve for opening and closing the induction and eduction passages of a steam-engine cylinder: so called from its plan resembling the letter D. fig. 2 ... represents a section of a steam-cylinder and nozles." -Whitney, 1911

D Valve

"A valve for opening and closing the induction and eduction passages of a steam-engine cylinder: so…

An illustration of a supply train powered by oxen.

Supply Train

An illustration of a supply train powered by oxen.

An illustration of a train station.

Train Station

An illustration of a train station.

An illustration of a man and a boy on a train.

Man & Child on Train

An illustration of a man and a boy on a train.

An illustration of a man boarding a tram.

Man Boarding Tram

An illustration of a man boarding a tram.

An illustration of a steam train engine.

Steam Train

An illustration of a steam train engine.

An illustration of a man running towards a train station.

Man Running Towards Train Station

An illustration of a man running towards a train station.

An illustration of a decorative Y on a train car.

Decorative Letter Y

An illustration of a decorative Y on a train car.

An illustration of a train accident.

Train Accident

An illustration of a train accident.

An illustration of a train.

Train

An illustration of a train.

<p>A Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Advance Warning sign shall be used on each highway in advance of every highway-rail grade crossing except in the following circumstances:<BR>A. On an approach to a highway-rail grade crossing from a T-intersection with a parallel highway, if the distance from the edge of the track to the edge of the parallel roadway is less than 30 m (100 ft), and signs are used on both approaches of the parallel highway; or<BR>B. On low-volume, low-speed highways crossing minor spurs or other tracks that are infrequently used and are flagged by train crews; or<BR>C. In business districts where active highway-rail grade crossing traffic control devices are in use; or<BR>D. Where physical conditions do not permit even a partially effective display of the sign.<BR></p>

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Advance Warning, Black and White

A Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Advance Warning sign shall be used on each highway in advance of every…

<p>A Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Advance Warning sign shall be used on each highway in advance of every highway-rail grade crossing except in the following circumstances:<BR>A. On an approach to a highway-rail grade crossing from a T-intersection with a parallel highway, if the distance from the edge of the track to the edge of the parallel roadway is less than 30 m (100 ft), and signs are used on both approaches of the parallel highway; or<BR>B. On low-volume, low-speed highways crossing minor spurs or other tracks that are infrequently used and are flagged by train crews; or<BR>C. In business districts where active highway-rail grade crossing traffic control devices are in use; or<BR>D. Where physical conditions do not permit even a partially effective display of the sign.<BR></p>

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Advance Warning, Color

A Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Advance Warning sign shall be used on each highway in advance of every…

<p>A Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Advance Warning sign shall be used on each highway in advance of every highway-rail grade crossing except in the following circumstances:<BR>A. On an approach to a highway-rail grade crossing from a T-intersection with a parallel highway, if the distance from the edge of the track to the edge of the parallel roadway is less than 30 m (100 ft), and signs are used on both approaches of the parallel highway; or<BR>B. On low-volume, low-speed highways crossing minor spurs or other tracks that are infrequently used and are flagged by train crews; or<BR>C. In business districts where active highway-rail grade crossing traffic control devices are in use; or<BR>D. Where physical conditions do not permit even a partially effective display of the sign.<BR></p>

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Advance Warning, Outline

A Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Advance Warning sign shall be used on each highway in advance of every…

<p>A Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Advance Warning sign shall be used on each highway in advance of every highway-rail grade crossing except in the following circumstances:<BR>A. On an approach to a highway-rail grade crossing from a T-intersection with a parallel highway, if the distance from the edge of the track to the edge of the parallel roadway is less than 30 m (100 ft), and signs are used on both approaches of the parallel highway; or<BR>B. On low-volume, low-speed highways crossing minor spurs or other tracks that are infrequently used and are flagged by train crews; or<BR>C. In business districts where active highway-rail grade crossing traffic control devices are in use; or<BR>D. Where physical conditions do not permit even a partially effective display of the sign.<BR></p>

Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Advance Warning, Silhouette

A Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Advance Warning sign shall be used on each highway in advance of every…

A Storage Space sign supplemented by a word message storage distance sign should be used where there is a highway intersection in close proximity to the highway-rail grade crossing and an engineering study determines that adequate space is not available to store a design vehicle(s) between the highway intersection and the train dynamic envelope. The Storage Space signs should be mounted in advance of the highway-rail grade crossing at an appropriate location to advise drivers of the space available for vehicle storage between the highway intersection and the highway-rail grade crossing.

Storage Space, Black and White

A Storage Space sign supplemented by a word message storage distance sign should be used where there…

A Storage Space sign supplemented by a word message storage distance sign should be used where there is a highway intersection in close proximity to the highway-rail grade crossing and an engineering study determines that adequate space is not available to store a design vehicle(s) between the highway intersection and the train dynamic envelope. The Storage Space signs should be mounted in advance of the highway-rail grade crossing at an appropriate location to advise drivers of the space available for vehicle storage between the highway intersection and the highway-rail grade crossing.

Storage Space, Color

A Storage Space sign supplemented by a word message storage distance sign should be used where there…

A Storage Space sign supplemented by a word message storage distance sign should be used where there is a highway intersection in close proximity to the highway-rail grade crossing and an engineering study determines that adequate space is not available to store a design vehicle(s) between the highway intersection and the train dynamic envelope. The Storage Space signs should be mounted in advance of the highway-rail grade crossing at an appropriate location to advise drivers of the space available for vehicle storage between the highway intersection and the highway-rail grade crossing.

Storage Space, Outline

A Storage Space sign supplemented by a word message storage distance sign should be used where there…

A Storage Space sign supplemented by a word message storage distance sign should be used where there is a highway intersection in close proximity to the highway-rail grade crossing and an engineering study determines that adequate space is not available to store a design vehicle(s) between the highway intersection and the train dynamic envelope. The Storage Space signs should be mounted in advance of the highway-rail grade crossing at an appropriate location to advise drivers of the space available for vehicle storage between the highway intersection and the highway-rail grade crossing.

Storage Space, Silhouette

A Storage Space sign supplemented by a word message storage distance sign should be used where there…

An illustration of a factory set near a river with a train track on a bridge.

Factory Near River & Train Tracks

An illustration of a factory set near a river with a train track on a bridge.

An illustration of a group of men waiting at a train station.

Group of Men Waiting at Train Station

An illustration of a group of men waiting at a train station.

"Herodias. Great Egret Heron. Character of Ardea proper, excepting in plumage; color white; no crest; a long depending train of still-shafted loose-webbed scapular feathers in the breeding season. Size large, only exceeded by the species of Ardea." Elliot Coues, 1884

European Great White Egret

"Herodias. Great Egret Heron. Character of Ardea proper, excepting in plumage; color white; no crest;…

"Garzetta. Small Egret Herons. Color white; and occipital crest, and short recurved train of stiff-shafted loose-webbed feathers in the breeding season; lower neck-feathers lengthened, depending.

European Little White Egret

"Garzetta. Small Egret Herons. Color white; and occipital crest, and short recurved train of stiff-shafted…

This sign indicates that a train station is located nearby.

Train Station, Black and White

This sign indicates that a train station is located nearby.

This sign indicates that a train station is located nearby.

Train Station, Color

This sign indicates that a train station is located nearby.

This sign indicates that a train station is located nearby.

Train Station, Outline

This sign indicates that a train station is located nearby.

This sign indicates that a train station is located nearby.

Train Station, Silhouette

This sign indicates that a train station is located nearby.

This railroad car is a vehicle that is used for the carrying of cargo or passengers. These cars can be coupled together into a train and hauled by a locomotive.

Union Park Railway Car on a Rail Transport System

This railroad car is a vehicle that is used for the carrying of cargo or passengers. These cars can…

This coupling mechanism is used for connecting rolling stocks in a train. The design of the coupler is standard, it is more convenient to have all rolling stocks coupled together.

Mechanism Connecting Rolling Car Coupler

This coupling mechanism is used for connecting rolling stocks in a train. The design of the coupler…

Emergency brake is the generic term for the maximum available braking force that a train crew can apply. Different countries use different systems, but usually the emergency brake applies considerably more braking force than the standard full service brake.

Emergency Rail Brake

Emergency brake is the generic term for the maximum available braking force that a train crew can apply.…

An armoured train is a train protected with armour. Usually they are equipped with railroad cars armed with artillery and machine guns. They were mostly used during the late 19th and early 20th century, when they offered an innovative way to quickly move large amounts of firepower into position. Their use was discontinued because modern road vehicles became much more powerful and offered more flexibility, and because armoured trains were too vulnerable to track sabotage as well as attacks from the air.

Military Railroad Car

An armoured train is a train protected with armour. Usually they are equipped with railroad cars armed…

A,trolley is a rail borne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a conventional train, designed for the transport of passengers within, close to, or between villages, towns and/or cities, on tracks running primarily on streets. Certain types of cable car are also known as trams.

Trolley Wheel

A,trolley is a rail borne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a conventional train, designed…

Single railroad track conventional topography symbol for use in drafting.

Single Track Railroads Topography Symbols

Single railroad track conventional topography symbol for use in drafting.

A double railroad track map or topography symbol for drafting and map drawing

Double Track Railroads Topography Symbols

A double railroad track map or topography symbol for drafting and map drawing

A conventional topographical electric railway symbol for drawing maps and drafting.

Electric Railway Topography Symbols

A conventional topographical electric railway symbol for drawing maps and drafting.

A series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives.

Locomotive Train

A series of connected railroad cars pulled or pushed by one or more locomotives.

using a mechanical system of gears or belts and pulleys to increase or decrease shaft speed. Power losses from friction are inherent in any gearing system.

Change Speed Gearing

using a mechanical system of gears or belts and pulleys to increase or decrease shaft speed. Power losses…

Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged

Mechanical Gearing

Equipped with or connected by gears or having gears engaged

"The cross-wire system is another method of training which appears to be confined in this country to the Hudson River Valley, and even there it is used only to a limited extent. But at Jura&ccedil;on, Bassess-Pyr&eacute;n&eacute;es, France, this system is regularly followed. Poles are used in place of the wires, however. [The image] represents vines trained in this manner."&mdash;Government Printing Office, 1897

Cross-Wire System of Grape Training

"The cross-wire system is another method of training which appears to be confined in this country to…

"A philosopher, seating himself under an oak tree, and viewing its massiveness, could not understand why so large a tree should produce such small fruit. 'There,' said he, 'is the pumpkin, growing on a slender vine; how much better it would be, if that vine bore acorns, and the great tree the pumpkins; then there would be some harmony and fitness in nature.' As he was meditating on this subject, and examining some ancient theories on the works of creation, an acorn dropped on his head and broke up the train of his reflections. 'How foolish and short-sighted I am, to question the wisdom of Providence,' thought the philosopher, 'if the acorn had been a pumpkin, my head would have been broken.'"&mdash;Barber, 1857

Man Thinks Himself Wise, till God Shows Him His Folly

"A philosopher, seating himself under an oak tree, and viewing its massiveness, could not understand…

"A traveler's starting for a distant port, / The train is ready, and the time is short; / He gives a boy his trunk upon the way, / Bids him be quick, and not to stop and play, / But soon the boy pursues a butterfly, / Forgets his errand, and the time slips by."

If You Want a Thing Done, Go; If Not, Send

"A traveler's starting for a distant port, / The train is ready, and the time is short; / He gives a…

"Here is a store of costly wine and meats, / Of which this rich man daily drinks and eats; / But in return for his luxurious ways, / He's often sick, and lives but half his days: / He's got the gout; swollen his feet appear, / His wines and savory meat have cost him dear. / To pleasure's hour succeed long days of pain, / Bringing reproach, repentance, in their train; / The richest viands on the palate pall, / And sick at soul, he loathing turns from all, / And envies now the poor man's humble lot, / Who, coarsely clad, and in his lowly cot, / His simple meal, a scanty crust, can eat, / And be content, for labor makes it sweet."&mdash;Barber, 1857

Much Meat, Much Malady

"Here is a store of costly wine and meats, / Of which this rich man daily drinks and eats; / But in…

"Built by Stephenson to compete in a trial of locomotive engines for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The greatest speed it attained in the trial was 29 miles an hour, but some years later it ran at the rate of 53 miles an hour. The total weight of the engine and tender was only about 7 1/2 tons."

The Rocket

"Built by Stephenson to compete in a trial of locomotive engines for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.…

The first railroad train to be used in America.

First Railroad Train

The first railroad train to be used in America.

"The highest of the White Mountains is Mount Washington. We can go in an ordinary train to the foot of this mountain, and from there can ride to its summit over one of the oddest little railroads in the world. The mountain is more than a mile high, and this little railroad goes right up to its top. In some places the track is so steep that it looks more like a ladder than a railroad, and the cars which go up it are at times at such an angle that you would think they would slide to the bottom."&mdash;Carpenter, 1898

Railroad Up Mount Washington

"The highest of the White Mountains is Mount Washington. We can go in an ordinary train to the foot…

A cartoon of two men at a train station. One man is holding a ticket, while the other man is leaning out of the train with his fist held out.

Two Men at a Train Station

A cartoon of two men at a train station. One man is holding a ticket, while the other man is leaning…

A cartoon of a woman talking to a train conductor, with a pile of packages at her feet.

Woman and Train Conductor

A cartoon of a woman talking to a train conductor, with a pile of packages at her feet.

A curved iron bar is used to train trees into such a shape. A pear tree arbor is used for covering a portion or the whole of a garden.

Pear Tree Arbor

A curved iron bar is used to train trees into such a shape. A pear tree arbor is used for covering a…

A combination of wheels and axles, called a train. The wheel that is moving with a belt is called a driven wheel or follower. The wheel which causes the follower to move is the driver.`

Gear Train

A combination of wheels and axles, called a train. The wheel that is moving with a belt is called a…

Image of a locomotive from the front. E is the exhaust pipe, and S is the smokestack. T are tubes through which hot gases are expelled.

Locomotive Blast

Image of a locomotive from the front. E is the exhaust pipe, and S is the smokestack. T are tubes through…

The manner in which the wheels of a railway car orient themselves around a curve. The outer and inner wheels turn on different diameters.

Wheel Position

The manner in which the wheels of a railway car orient themselves around a curve. The outer and inner…

"Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance of the house. And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre." Esther 5:1-2 ASV <p>Illustration of Esther, dressed in the finest robes, approaching the throne of the king. The king reaches out for her. A handmaid holds the train of Esther's robes. A small boy stands next to the king, with a crown on a pillow. The room is richly decorated with curtains and columns.

Esther Approaches the King and is Welcomed

"Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner…

"An implement for clearing away snow from roads, railways, etc. a, body of plow; b, caboose for implements and workmen; c, movable wings for widening the cuttings; c1, doors which give access to leading truck for oiling, etc.; d, cupola; e, headlight; f, iron plates, scrapers, or shoes which remove snow from the outer margins of the track; f, adjustable aprons which clean out the snow from between the tracks flush with the wheel flanges; g, intermediate apron; h, draw-bar for hauling the plow when not in use; i, adjustable scraper for removing hard-packed snow or ice from the inner side of the rails." &mdash;Whitney, 1889

Wing Snow Plow

"An implement for clearing away snow from roads, railways, etc. a, body of plow; b, caboose for implements…

"...an instrument which gives a spectrum when the source of the light is in a straight line with the eye&mdash;that is, which gives dispersion without deviation&mdash;is called a direct vision spectroscope..." —Whitney, 1889

Direct Vision Spectroscope

"...an instrument which gives a spectrum when the source of the light is in a straight line with the…