A steam train crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point Creek Bridge. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434634/free-photo-image-georgetown-railway-steam-engineFree Image from public domain licenseBlack freight train on the railroad running across the United States. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith's America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434298/free-photo-image-train-railway-trains-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseMount Washington Cog Railway, New Hampshire. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092834/free-photo-image-new-hampshire-america-americanFree Image from public domain licenseScenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, chugs through the San Juan Mountains in the Colorado county of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434417/free-photo-image-train-colorado-trains-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseTrain track to infinity on the eastern Colorado plains. Old Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434007/free-photo-image-railroad-carol-highsmith-railwayFree Image from public domain licenseThe New River Gorge Bridge. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434375/free-photo-image-west-virginia-arch-new-river-gorgeFree Image from public domain licenseA Durango & Silverton Narrow-Guage Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, navigates a San Juan… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434403/free-photo-image-railway-carol-highsmith-americaFree Image from public domain licenseInfrared-camera view of the New River Gorge Bridge in Fayette County, West Virginia. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434284/free-photo-image-bridge-train-black-and-whiteFree Image from public domain licenseThe engine and coach of the world first cog railway, which climbs Mt. Washington in New Hampshire. Original image from Carol… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094236/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseMount Washington Cog Railway in Twin Mountain, New Hampshire. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090877/free-photo-image-new-hampshire-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licensePassing train in Prescott. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2355477/passing-train-prescottView licenseThe New River Gorge Bridge. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434380/free-photo-image-bridges-carol-highsmith-virginiaFree Image from public domain licenseA steam train crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point Creek Bridge. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434529/free-photo-image-public-domain-train-americaFree Image from public domain licenseScenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, chugs through the San Juan Mountains in the Colorado county of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434407/free-photo-image-trains-public-domain-locomotive-steam-trainFree Image from public domain licenseA Durango & Silverton Narrow-Guage Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, crosses an alpine bridge in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434406/free-photo-image-trains-locomotive-natureFree Image from public domain licenseScenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, chugs through the San Juan Mountains in the Colorado county of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434411/free-photo-image-train-railway-natureFree Image from public domain licenseParked freight trains at the Kansas City Southern yards in Wharton County in southeast Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434282/free-photo-image-train-logistics-railwayFree Image from public domain licenseWashington's Union Station train terminal during its wholesale restoration in the 1980s. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433937/free-photo-image-architecture-1980s-engineFree Image from public domain licenseA steam train crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point Creek Bridge. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434533/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-train-trains-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseA steam train crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point Creek Bridge. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434531/free-photo-image-train-trains-public-domain-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseA steam train crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point Creek Bridge. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434532/free-photo-image-train-carol-highsmith-railwayFree Image from public domain licenseA Durango & Silverton Narrow-Guage Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, crosses an alpine bridge in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434397/free-photo-image-train-carol-highsmith-natureFree Image from public domain licensePueblo, Colorado, trainyards. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434304/free-photo-image-bridge-train-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseUnion Station Great Hall during restoration in the 1980s. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434016/free-photo-image-architecture-hall-restorationFree Image from public domain licenseFall along the railroad tracks in Bangor, Maine. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434651/free-photo-image-train-railway-railFree Image from public domain licenseNew York subway train arrives at a station in Brooklyn. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433966/free-photo-image-new-york-subway-train-stationFree Image from public domain licenseA Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) above the Animas River Valley in La Plata County, Colorado USA -… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434301/free-photo-image-america-americas-public-domain-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseMassive machinery at work in the open-pit Wyodak coal mine in the coal-rich Powder River Basin outside Gillette, Wyoming.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434361/free-photo-image-mining-public-domain-trains-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license A scenic-train locomotive, decorated for the Christmas scene in Branson, Missouri, once an obscure… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8104075/photo-image-stars-christmas-skyFree Image from public domain license A vintage rail passenger car outside the Railroad Museum and Park in Moberly, Missouri … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068745/photo-image-grass-sky-vintageFree Image from public domain license A downtown mural called "The Magic City," painted in 2016, the city's sesquicentennial (or 150th… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040770/photo-image-person-sky-roadFree Image from public domain license Trains seem to be coming and going everywhere in a large switching yard in Alliance, Nebraska … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043978/photo-image-cloud-sky-roadFree Image from public domain license Freight engines and their shipping-container freight cars pass the train depot in Rochelle, Illinois… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8052378/photo-image-cloud-plant-treeFree Image from public domain license Train cars outside the old Burlington Railroad depot, now called Lincoln Station, that anchors the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068644/photo-image-plant-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain license A diesel locomotive passes in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami, Florida, which Wikipedia calls "one… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8059729/photo-image-cloud-person-skyFree Image from public domain license A long, long, heavily laden coal train passes outside Cairo (pronounced "CARE-roh"), a small town… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8031620/photo-image-plant-tree-skyFree Image from public domain licenseGolden Spike National Historic Site, where the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads came together in on May 10, 1869.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421930/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-train-railwayFree Image from public domain license Mural noting some of the local attractions in Jackson, a city in southwest Tennessee … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070899/photo-image-cow-person-patternFree Image from public domain license This delightful assemblage of vintage collectibles along a highway in Pinson, Tennessee, has no… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042418/photo-image-plant-tree-vintageFree Image from public domain license Switch engines at the Bailey Yards, as of 2022 the world's largest train classification yard, of the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040855/photo-image-cloud-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseA Durango & Silverton Narrow-Guage Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, rounds a high San Juan… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582545/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA Durango & Silverton Narrow-Gauge Scenic Railroad train, pulled by a vintage steam locomotive, chugs through the San Juan… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582521/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain license An attention-getting railroad caboose high above Casey Jones Village in Jackson, a city in central… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8034602/photo-image-cloud-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Artwork on train cars parked at the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot in Fargo, North Dakota, the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042703/photo-image-border-sky-public-domainFree Image from public domain license The Dairy Cheer restaurant in Pikeville, an eastern Kentucky city named for General Zebulon Pike… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8047850/photo-image-plant-tree-roadFree Image from public domain license The "North of Normal" promotional slogan for the adjoining cities of Fargo, North Dakota, and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8039631/photo-image-sky-public-domain-carFree Image from public domain license Scene at the railroad depot in Garden City, a small city in southwestern Kansas … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041555/photo-image-sky-road-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseTrain cars at Rail Road Park, an unusual motel and resort complex in which guests may opt to stay and sleep in a caboose or… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110800/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseTrain Yard near Baltimore, Maryland. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090854/free-photo-image-abandoned-america-americanFree Image from public domain license The Iron Horse Memorial in Paducah, a Kentucky city at the confluence of the Ohio and Tennessee… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071255/photo-image-cloud-horse-skyFree Image from public domain licenseRestoration work at the Reading Terminal and Market in the mid-1990s. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433992/free-photo-image-construction-train-architectureFree Image from public domain license Metro Transit light-rail trains pass each other in downtown Minneapolis, which--along with… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8055693/photo-image-light-road-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseA steam train on a heritage railroad that operates excursions in Boone County, Iowa, crosses the 156-foot-tall Bass Point… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/422054/old-steam-trainFree Image from public domain licenseBlack and white intrared view of an old train car found in a back lot of the warehouse district in Selma, Alabama. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421763/free-photo-image-train-black-and-white-old-carFree Image from public domain license A weathered mural, fittingly on a wall across from the train depot, showing an old-time steam… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8062319/photo-image-steam-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseBoth coming and going are steep for the Pikes Peak Cog Railway, which ascends Colorado's famous 14,115-foot Pikes Peak from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582507/carol-highsmiths-colorado-photographFree Image from public domain license Steam locomotive outside the modest home in Jackson, a city in central Tennessee … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8070591/photo-image-cloud-steam-plantFree Image from public domain license A Metro Transit light-rail train in downtown Minneapolis, which--along with neighboring St. Paul--is… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041025/photo-image-person-sky-lightFree Image from public domain licenseRestoration work on Reading Terminal. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421943/free-photo-image-construction-architecture-readFree Image from public domain licenseRestoration work on Reading Terminal. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421936/free-photo-image-construction-building-structureFree Image from public domain licenseRocky Mountain near the ski resort of Snowmass Village, Colorado - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434476/free-photo-image-dog-sled-winter-forest-skiFree Image from public domain license"Alpine Loop" San Juan Mountains above Silverton, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434305/free-photo-image-forest-colorado-pineFree Image from public domain licenseMountain-sunset view from Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination in Colorado - Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434454/free-photo-image-colorado-carol-highsmith-americaFree Image from public domain licenseMountain-sunset view from Telluride, once a mining boomtown and now a popular skiing destination in Colorado - Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434422/free-photo-image-mountains-mountain-range-landscapeFree Image from public domain license Dusk accentuates the nostalgic ambience at the Sunliner Diner, which evokes the look and feel (and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068352/photo-image-cloud-person-skyFree Image from public domain license An old camper stands beneath a Frontier Gasoline station sign at a nostalgic roadside attraction… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042060/photo-image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseSpectacular Rocky Mountain valley outside Telluride, Colorado - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434388/free-photo-image-lake-landscape-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseView of the Guadalupe Mountains in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Hudspeth County, Texas. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434233/free-photo-image-guadalupe-mountains-texas-park-americaFree Image from public domain licenseViews of the Providence Mountains from the desert floor in the Mojave National Preserve in southwestern California. Original… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110331/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseLake Molas in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado's San Juan County, USA - Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434303/free-photo-image-snow-scenic-natureFree Image from public domain licenseLake Molas in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado's San Juan County, USA - Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434306/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-colorado-americaFree Image from public domain licenseThis may not be a highway to nowhere in the American West, but it's a highway no one is on at the moment. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421957/free-photo-image-black-and-white-road-street-grayscaleFree Image from public domain licenseMammoth Creek. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434131/free-photo-image-mammoth-dawn-natureFree Image from public domain license Mural on a wall of the N.C.& StL Depot and Railroad Museum in Jackson, Tennessee … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042690/photo-image-cloud-horse-plantFree Image from public domain license A mural in St. Joseph, the principal city in the northwest corner of Missouri, depicting three… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040778/photo-image-cloud-horse-faceFree Image from public domain licenseFall in the San Juan Mountains of Conejos County, Colorado, near the New Mexico border - Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434446/free-photo-image-colorado-autumn-forest-treesFree Image from public domain licenseRocky Mountains National Park Colorado, USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434342/free-photo-image-carol-highsmith-colorado-forestFree Image from public domain licenseFall in the San Juan Mountains of Conejos County, Colorado, near the New Mexico border - Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434459/free-photo-image-colorado-fall-autumnFree Image from public domain licenseNeon sign in Bishop, a small town in Inyo County, California, at the northern end of the sweeping Owens Valley in the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212445/thunderbird-hotel-signFree Image from public domain licenseBalcony level of Washington's Union Station soon after an extensive renovation in the 1980s. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421950/interior-domeFree Image from public domain licenseView of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, looking toward North Carolina. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434582/free-photo-image-georgia-appalachian-mountainsFree Image from public domain licenseScene in the San Juan Mountains above Silverton, Colorado, along the mostly dirt-and-gravel "Alpine Loop" - Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434308/free-photo-image-trees-carol-mountainsFree Image from public domain licenseView of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434346/free-photo-image-colorado-lake-forest-landscape-americaFree Image from public domain licenseVivid reflections from a spectacular sunset highlight a passing freight train near Peach Springs, Arizona. Original image… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582447/carol-highsmiths-arizona-photographFree Image from public domain licenseA freight train colorfully adorned with grafitti approaches Cheyenne, Wyoming. https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2370817/freight-train-colorfully-adorned-with-grafitti-approaches-cheyenne-wyomingFree Image from public domain licenseSalvation Mountain is an art installation covering a hill north of Calipatria, California, near Slab City and just several… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110354/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseView of the Rocky Mountains Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434642/free-photo-image-landscape-forest-coloradoFree Image from public domain licenseView of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434345/free-photo-image-landscape-america-americas-public-domainFree Image from public domain licenseOld Mammoth Road. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434132/free-photo-image-forest-winterFree Image from public domain licenseView of the Rocky Mountains Colorado USA - Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434640/free-photo-image-mountains-colorado-aerial-viewsFree Image from public domain licenseTeapot Rock, a distinctive sedimentary rock formation in Natrona County, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434506/free-photo-image-wyoming-dome-rock-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license