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  1. IMAGO International History, The Birth of Rail Transport, 1802-1830

IMAGO International History, The Birth of Rail Transport, 1802-1830

Jul 6, 2023

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  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Puffing Billy, Hedley s improved Wylam engine Hedley s improved Wylam engine, known as Puffing Billy taken to museum, Newcastle on Tyne Date: 1813  Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13836190

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Puffing Billy, Hedley s improved Wylam engine Hedley s improved Wylam engine, known as Puffing Billy taken to museum, Newcastle on Tyne Date: 1813 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13836190

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Puffing Billy, Hedley s improved Wylam engine Hedley s improved Wylam engine, known as Puffing Billy Date: 1813  Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13836189

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Puffing Billy, Hedley s improved Wylam engine Hedley s improved Wylam engine, known as Puffing Billy Date: 1813 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 13836189

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Stockton - Darlington Centenary Celebrating the centenary of the opening of the Stockton Darlington railway - Locomotion performing again at Stockton station. Date: 27-Sep-25  Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 12007055

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Stockton - Darlington Centenary Celebrating the centenary of the opening of the Stockton Darlington railway - Locomotion performing again at Stockton station. Date: 27-Sep-25 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 12007055

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Liverpool Manchestr Rail THE LIVERPOOL - MANCHESTER RAILWAY : the departure of the world s first passenger train, drawn by Stephenson s Rocket and with rolling stock resembling road carriages Date: 15 September 1830  Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 12006556

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Liverpool Manchestr Rail THE LIVERPOOL - MANCHESTER RAILWAY : the departure of the world s first passenger train, drawn by Stephenson s Rocket and with rolling stock resembling road carriages Date: 15 September 1830 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 12006556

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Open - Stockton-Darlington The opening of the Stockton - Darlington railway. Date: 27 September 1825  Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 12004875

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Open - Stockton-Darlington The opening of the Stockton - Darlington railway. Date: 27 September 1825 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 12004875

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Richard Trevithick RICHARD TREVITHICK Railway engineer, in 1816 Date: 1771 - 1833  Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 12004685

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Richard Trevithick RICHARD TREVITHICK Railway engineer, in 1816 Date: 1771 - 1833 Copyright: Copyrightx(c)Geminix2023.xCredit:xGemini 12004685

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 RECORD DATE NOT STATED Puffing Billy , 1930. Creator: Unknown. Copyright:xtransporte,transporte,exterior,aoxarxlivre,estradasxdexferro,trem,artes,livro,Britânico,estradaxdexferro,século,GrâxBretanha,tremxdoxvapor,fotografia,thirties,literatura,B&W,motorxdexvapor,MONOCROMÁTICO,Dia,1øxséculo,pretox&xbranco,pretoxexbranco,B W,1930s,20oxséculo,décimoxnonoxséculo,locomotivaxdoxvapor,ThexPrintxCollector,photograph,Unknown,Co,WardxLockx&xCo,WardxLockx&,HarryxGolding,Golding,Harry,ThexWonderxBookxofxRailwaysx IMAGO ,2708470 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!  Copyright:transporte,transporte,exterior,aoxarxlivre,estradasxdexferro,trem,artes,livro,Britânico,estradaxdexferro,século,GrâxBretanha,tremxdoxvapor,fotografia,thirties,literatura,B&W,motorxdexvapor,M

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 RECORD DATE NOT STATED Puffing Billy , 1930. Creator: Unknown. Copyright:xtransporte,transporte,exterior,aoxarxlivre,estradasxdexferro,trem,artes,livro,Britânico,estradaxdexferro,século,GrâxBretanha,tremxdoxvapor,fotografia,thirties,literatura,B&W,motorxdexvapor,MONOCROMÁTICO,Dia,1øxséculo,pretox&xbranco,pretoxexbranco,B W,1930s,20oxséculo,décimoxnonoxséculo,locomotivaxdoxvapor,ThexPrintxCollector,photograph,Unknown,Co,WardxLockx&xCo,WardxLockx&,HarryxGolding,Golding,Harry,ThexWonderxBookxofxRailwaysx IMAGO ,2708470 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:transporte,transporte,exterior,aoxarxlivre,estradasxdexferro,trem,artes,livro,Britânico,estradaxdexferro,século,GrâxBretanha,tremxdoxvapor,fotografia,thirties,literatura,B&W,motorxdexvapor,M

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 RECORD DATE NOT STATED Locomotion No 1, York Railway Station, 1900-1940. Creator: Edwin Dockree. Copyright:xHistoricxEnglandxArchive HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2887839 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!  Copyright:HistoricxEnglandxArchive HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 RECORD DATE NOT STATED Locomotion No 1, York Railway Station, 1900-1940. Creator: Edwin Dockree. Copyright:xHistoricxEnglandxArchive HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2887839 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HistoricxEnglandxArchive HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 RECORD DATE NOT STATED Opening of the line from Liverpool to Manchester, September 15, 1830, with a Rocket machine, firs? Copyright:xImage Index HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2683050 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!  Copyright:Image Index HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 RECORD DATE NOT STATED Opening of the line from Liverpool to Manchester, September 15, 1830, with a Rocket machine, firs? Copyright:xImage Index HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2683050 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:Image Index HeritagexImagesx IMAGO

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 RECORD DATE NOT STATED Headley s Puffing Billy , bakgavel Copyright: xpiemagsx swrailpie25102022-6194 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 RECORD DATE NOT STATED Headley s Puffing Billy , bakgavel Copyright: xpiemagsx swrailpie25102022-6194 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 RECORD DATE NOT STATED Copy of Puffing Billy Copyright: xpiemagsx swrailpie25102022-6193 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 RECORD DATE NOT STATED Copy of Puffing Billy Copyright: xpiemagsx swrailpie25102022-6193 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 RECORD DATE NOT STATED Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester railway, Edge Hill, Liverpool, c1820s. This tunnel, seen here under construction ran from Edge Hill to Lime Street, Liverpool, and was designed by the engineer, William MacKenzie. It was one of the first railway tunnels ever built. The Liverpool & Manchester Railway was designed by its chief engineer, George Stephenson and opened in September 1830. Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester railway, Edge Hill, Liverpool, c1820s. Artist: John Davies

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 RECORD DATE NOT STATED Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester railway, Edge Hill, Liverpool, c1820s. This tunnel, seen here under construction ran from Edge Hill to Lime Street, Liverpool, and was designed by the engineer, William MacKenzie. It was one of the first railway tunnels ever built. The Liverpool & Manchester Railway was designed by its chief engineer, George Stephenson and opened in September 1830. Entrance to the tunnel of the Liverpool & Manchester railway, Edge Hill, Liverpool, c1820s. Artist: John Davies

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Isaac Shaw, active 1830, View on the Line of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, ca. 1830. Brown wash, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper. Copyright: xpiemagsx yapie250121-6953 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Isaac Shaw, active 1830, View on the Line of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, ca. 1830. Brown wash, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper. Copyright: xpiemagsx yapie250121-6953 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Isaac Shaw, active 1830, View on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with the Locomotive Twin Sisters in a Siding, ca. 1830. Brown wash, brown ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper. Copyright: xpiemagsx yapie250121-6951 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Isaac Shaw, active 1830, View on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway with the Locomotive Twin Sisters in a Siding, ca. 1830. Brown wash, brown ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper. Copyright: xpiemagsx yapie250121-6951 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Isaac Shaw, active 1830, Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, ca. 1830. Brown wash, brown ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper. Copyright: xpiemagsx yapie250121-6947 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Isaac Shaw, active 1830, Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, ca. 1830. Brown wash, brown ink, and graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper. Copyright: xpiemagsx yapie250121-6947 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1831. Top: Goods train drawn by locomotive Liverpool . Bottom: Cattle train drawn by locomotive Fury . The world s first passenger railway, the Liverpool and Manchester opened 15 September 1830: Princip Photos12.com - Ann Ronan Picture Library Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP07098390002659

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1831. Top: Goods train drawn by locomotive Liverpool . Bottom: Cattle train drawn by locomotive Fury . The world s first passenger railway, the Liverpool and Manchester opened 15 September 1830: Princip Photos12.com - Ann Ronan Picture Library Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP07098390002659

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 George Stephenson (1781-1848) English mechanical engineer and railway pioneer. Engineer of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (1825), he made a survey for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1824) and was appointed engineer to the line 1826. In 1829 he won the Rainhill Trials with his locomotive Rocket which had a tubular boiler. Engraving from Das Buch der Erfindungen Gewerbe und Industrien (Leipzig, 1896-1901). Photos12.com - Ann Ronan Picture Library Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP07114_011012p

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 George Stephenson (1781-1848) English mechanical engineer and railway pioneer. Engineer of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (1825), he made a survey for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (1824) and was appointed engineer to the line 1826. In 1829 he won the Rainhill Trials with his locomotive Rocket which had a tubular boiler. Engraving from Das Buch der Erfindungen Gewerbe und Industrien (Leipzig, 1896-1901). Photos12.com - Ann Ronan Picture Library Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP07114_011012p

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 27 September 1825. The civil engineer for the line was George Stephenson (1781-1848) From The Triumphs of Steam by Henry Frith (London, c1898). Photos12.com - Ann Ronan Picture Library Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP07112_010018p

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 27 September 1825. The civil engineer for the line was George Stephenson (1781-1848) From The Triumphs of Steam by Henry Frith (London, c1898). Photos12.com - Ann Ronan Picture Library Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP07112_010018p

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, England on 15 September 1830. The engineer for the work was George Stephenson (1781-1848). Woodcut from Roads and Railroads, Vehicles, and Modes of Travelling (London, c1840). Photos12.com - Ann Ronan Picture Library Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP07112_010002p

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, England on 15 September 1830. The engineer for the work was George Stephenson (1781-1848). Woodcut from Roads and Railroads, Vehicles, and Modes of Travelling (London, c1840). Photos12.com - Ann Ronan Picture Library Copyright: xPhoto12 AnnxRonanxPicturexLibraryx ARP07112_010002p

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 George Stephenson s railway engine making the journey from Stockton to Darlington in 1925 to mark its hundred years anniversary of the first journey in 1825. From These Tremendous Years, published 1938. DesignxPicsx xKenxWelsh 902_05_12539753HighRes

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 George Stephenson s railway engine making the journey from Stockton to Darlington in 1925 to mark its hundred years anniversary of the first journey in 1825. From These Tremendous Years, published 1938. DesignxPicsx xKenxWelsh 902_05_12539753HighRes

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 The De Aar Expedition South Africa: 1. The De Aar Railway Extension. 2. Coming Down Hex River Mountain on the Engine on a Moonlight Night. 3. A Boer Family s First Sight of Puffing Billy. 4. Leaving De Aar Removing Ring-Leaders to a Cattle Truck. 5. Volunteers Off to the Front. 6. Searching Prisoners at Beaufort West Gaol. 7. The Musical Part of the Expedition. 8. Arresting Zulus on the Line.  Copyright: LC120411_0715_2

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 The De Aar Expedition South Africa: 1. The De Aar Railway Extension. 2. Coming Down Hex River Mountain on the Engine on a Moonlight Night. 3. A Boer Family s First Sight of Puffing Billy. 4. Leaving De Aar Removing Ring-Leaders to a Cattle Truck. 5. Volunteers Off to the Front. 6. Searching Prisoners at Beaufort West Gaol. 7. The Musical Part of the Expedition. 8. Arresting Zulus on the Line. Copyright: LC120411_0715_2

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Engraving depicting the Olive Mount cutting, a 2 miles sandstone railway cutting, 4 miles from Liverpool, along the railway to Manchester, which was opened in 1830. Dated 19th century 917_05_WHA_115_0950

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Engraving depicting the Olive Mount cutting, a 2 miles sandstone railway cutting, 4 miles from Liverpool, along the railway to Manchester, which was opened in 1830. Dated 19th century 917_05_WHA_115_0950

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Engraving depicting the Olive Mount cutting, a 2 miles sandstone railway cutting, 4 miles from Liverpool, along the railway to Manchester, which was opened in 1830. Dated 19th century 917_05_WHA_115_0949

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Engraving depicting the Olive Mount cutting, a 2 miles sandstone railway cutting, 4 miles from Liverpool, along the railway to Manchester, which was opened in 1830. Dated 19th century 917_05_WHA_115_0949

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Engraving depicting the Olive Mount cutting, a 2 miles sandstone railway cutting, 4 miles from Liverpool, along the railway to Manchester, which was opened in 1830. Dated 19th century 917_05_WHA_115_0948

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Engraving depicting the Olive Mount cutting, a 2 miles sandstone railway cutting, 4 miles from Liverpool, along the railway to Manchester, which was opened in 1830. Dated 19th century 917_05_WHA_115_0948

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Engraving depicting William Hedley s Puffing Billy built in 1813. William Hedley (1779-1843) a British engineer. Dated 20th century 917_05_WHA_115_0720

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Engraving depicting William Hedley s Puffing Billy built in 1813. William Hedley (1779-1843) a British engineer. Dated 20th century 917_05_WHA_115_0720

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 The point where the railway crosses The Duke of Bridgwater s Canal The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the world s first twin-track inter-urban passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and ticketed. Trains were hauled by company steam locomotives between the two towns, though private waggons and carriages were allowed. The line opened on 15 September 1830 and ran between the towns of Liverpool and Manchester in North West England in the United Kingdom., Manchester Greater Manchester United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto  !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1309514

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 The point where the railway crosses The Duke of Bridgwater s Canal The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the world s first twin-track inter-urban passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and ticketed. Trains were hauled by company steam locomotives between the two towns, though private waggons and carriages were allowed. The line opened on 15 September 1830 and ran between the towns of Liverpool and Manchester in North West England in the United Kingdom., Manchester Greater Manchester United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1309514

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Industrial landscape with the London and Manchester Railway in the background (right) The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the world s first twin-track inter-urban passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and ticketed. Trains were hauled by company steam locomotives between the two towns, though private waggons and carriages were allowed. The line opened on 15 September 1830 and ran between the towns of Liverpool and Manchester in North West England in the United Kingdom., Greater Manchester United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto  !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1309502

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Industrial landscape with the London and Manchester Railway in the background (right) The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the world s first twin-track inter-urban passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and ticketed. Trains were hauled by company steam locomotives between the two towns, though private waggons and carriages were allowed. The line opened on 15 September 1830 and ran between the towns of Liverpool and Manchester in North West England in the United Kingdom., Greater Manchester United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1309502

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Chat Moss threatened the completion of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, until George Stephenson succeeded in constructing a railway line through it in 1829; his solution was to float the line on a bed of bound heather and branches topped with tar and covered with rubble stone. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the world s first twin-track inter-urban passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and ticketed. Trains were hauled by company steam locomotives between the two towns, though private waggons and carriages were allowed. The line opened on 15 September 1830 and ran between the towns of Liverpool and Manchester in North West England in the United Kingdom., Manchester Greater Manchester United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto  !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1309490

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Chat Moss threatened the completion of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, until George Stephenson succeeded in constructing a railway line through it in 1829; his solution was to float the line on a bed of bound heather and branches topped with tar and covered with rubble stone. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the world s first twin-track inter-urban passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and ticketed. Trains were hauled by company steam locomotives between the two towns, though private waggons and carriages were allowed. The line opened on 15 September 1830 and ran between the towns of Liverpool and Manchester in North West England in the United Kingdom., Manchester Greater Manchester United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1309490

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Excavation of Olive Mount, from Bury s Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831 Construction required the removal of 480,000 cubic yards of sandstone. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the world s first twin-track inter-urban passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and ticketed. Trains were hauled by company steam locomotives between the two towns, though private waggons and carriages were allowed. The line opened on 15 September 1830 and ran between the towns of Liverpool and Manchester in North West England in the United Kingdom., Manchester Greater Manchester United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto  !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1309484

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Excavation of Olive Mount, from Bury s Liverpool and Manchester Railway, 1831 Construction required the removal of 480,000 cubic yards of sandstone. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the world s first twin-track inter-urban passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and ticketed. Trains were hauled by company steam locomotives between the two towns, though private waggons and carriages were allowed. The line opened on 15 September 1830 and ran between the towns of Liverpool and Manchester in North West England in the United Kingdom., Manchester Greater Manchester United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1309484

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Chat Moss threatened the completion of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, until George Stephenson succeeded in constructing a railway line through it in 1829; his solution was to float the line on a bed of bound heather and branches topped with tar and covered with rubble stone. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the world s first twin-track inter-urban passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and ticketed. Trains were hauled by company steam locomotives between the two towns, though private waggons and carriages were allowed. The line opened on 15 September 1830 and ran between the towns of Liverpool and Manchester in North West England in the United Kingdom., Manchester Greater Manchester United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto  !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1309478

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Chat Moss threatened the completion of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, until George Stephenson succeeded in constructing a railway line through it in 1829; his solution was to float the line on a bed of bound heather and branches topped with tar and covered with rubble stone. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the world s first twin-track inter-urban passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and ticketed. Trains were hauled by company steam locomotives between the two towns, though private waggons and carriages were allowed. The line opened on 15 September 1830 and ran between the towns of Liverpool and Manchester in North West England in the United Kingdom., Manchester Greater Manchester United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1309478

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Newton Church and village with the London and Machester Railway passing in the background , 1 January 1831 The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the world s first twin-track inter-urban passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and ticketed. Trains were hauled by company steam locomotives between the two towns, though private waggons and carriages were allowed. The line opened on 15 September 1830 and ran between the towns of Liverpool and Manchester in North West England in the United Kingdom., Newton Greater Manchester United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto  !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1309491

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Newton Church and village with the London and Machester Railway passing in the background , 1 January 1831 The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (LMR) was the world s first twin-track inter-urban passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and ticketed. Trains were hauled by company steam locomotives between the two towns, though private waggons and carriages were allowed. The line opened on 15 September 1830 and ran between the towns of Liverpool and Manchester in North West England in the United Kingdom., Newton Greater Manchester United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1309491

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway The scene at Edge Hill, Liverpool, as the ceremonial trains prepared to set out on the opening run to Manchester and back on 15 September 1830. Engraving by Isaac Shaw, Liverpool Merseyside United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto  !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1309477

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway The scene at Edge Hill, Liverpool, as the ceremonial trains prepared to set out on the opening run to Manchester and back on 15 September 1830. Engraving by Isaac Shaw, Liverpool Merseyside United Kingdom England Copyright: Topfoto !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1309477

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Engraving depicting the childhood home of Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) a British inventor and mining engineer. Dated 19th Century WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_WHA_095_0546

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Engraving depicting the childhood home of Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) a British inventor and mining engineer. Dated 19th Century WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_WHA_095_0546

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Portrait of Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) a British inventor and mining engineer. Dated 19th Century WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_WHA_095_0545

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Portrait of Richard Trevithick (1771-1833) a British inventor and mining engineer. Dated 19th Century WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_WHA_095_0545

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Engraving depicting a small engineering works from Richard Tangye s One and All . Richard Tangye (1833-1906) a British manufacturer of engines and other heavy equipment. Dated 19th Century WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_WHA_095_0278

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Engraving depicting a small engineering works from Richard Tangye s One and All . Richard Tangye (1833-1906) a British manufacturer of engines and other heavy equipment. Dated 19th Century WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_WHA_095_0278

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830. Renowned as the Father of Railways WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_WHA_095_0066

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830. Renowned as the Father of Railways WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_WHA_095_0066

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830. Renowned as the Father of Railways WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_WHA_095_0065

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer who built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use steam locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which opened in 1830. Renowned as the Father of Railways WorldxHistoryxArchive 917_05_WHA_095_0065

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Experiment , the first passenger railway carriage, built by George Stephenson for the Stockton and Darlington line in 1825. Passengers entered from the back. From Samuel Smiles The Story of the Life of George Stephenson , London, 1859. WHA  !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives012813

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Experiment , the first passenger railway carriage, built by George Stephenson for the Stockton and Darlington line in 1825. Passengers entered from the back. From Samuel Smiles The Story of the Life of George Stephenson , London, 1859. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives012813

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1831. Top: 1st class carriages drawn by locomotive Jupiter . Bottom: 2nd and 3rd class carriages drawn by locomotive North Star . The world s first passenger railway, the Liverpool and Manchester opened 15 September 1830: Principal engineer George Stephenson. Lithograph. WHA  !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0390002658

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Travelling on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway 1831. Top: 1st class carriages drawn by locomotive Jupiter . Bottom: 2nd and 3rd class carriages drawn by locomotive North Star . The world s first passenger railway, the Liverpool and Manchester opened 15 September 1830: Principal engineer George Stephenson. Lithograph. WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives0390002658

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 27 September 1825. The civil engineer for the line was George Stephenson (1781-1848) From The Triumphs of Steam by Henry Frith (London, c1898). WHA  !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives010018

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 27 September 1825. The civil engineer for the line was George Stephenson (1781-1848) From The Triumphs of Steam by Henry Frith (London, c1898). WHA !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright: WHA UnitedArchives010018

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Replica of Locomotion as on Stockton to Darlington Railway 1825 Replica of Locomotion as on Stockton to Darlington Railway 1825  ZB5458_241886_5667

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Replica of Locomotion as on Stockton to Darlington Railway 1825 Replica of Locomotion as on Stockton to Darlington Railway 1825 ZB5458_241886_5667

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 The Opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway September 15th 1830 with the Moorish Arch at Edge Hill as it appeared on that day , Eisenbahn, Zug, Bahnsteig, Schiene, Gleis, Zug, Transport, Personenbeförderung, Passagier, Bahnfahrer, bahnfahren, UnitedArchives00924130

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 The Opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway September 15th 1830 with the Moorish Arch at Edge Hill as it appeared on that day , Eisenbahn, Zug, Bahnsteig, Schiene, Gleis, Zug, Transport, Personenbeförderung, Passagier, Bahnfahrer, bahnfahren, UnitedArchives00924130

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 The Opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway September 15th 1830 with the Moorish Arch at Edge Hill as it appeared on that day , Eisenbahn, Zug, Bahnsteig, Schiene, Gleis, Zug, Transport, Personenbeförderung, Passagier, Bahnfahrer, bahnfahren, UnitedArchives00924129

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 The Opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway September 15th 1830 with the Moorish Arch at Edge Hill as it appeared on that day , Eisenbahn, Zug, Bahnsteig, Schiene, Gleis, Zug, Transport, Personenbeförderung, Passagier, Bahnfahrer, bahnfahren, UnitedArchives00924129

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 William Hedley s Puffing Billy at work at a colliery 1813, Eisenbahn, Zug, Bahnsteig, Schiene, Gleis, Zug, Transport, Personenbeförderung, Passagier, Bahnfahrer, bahnfahren, UnitedArchives00924051

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 William Hedley s Puffing Billy at work at a colliery 1813, Eisenbahn, Zug, Bahnsteig, Schiene, Gleis, Zug, Transport, Personenbeförderung, Passagier, Bahnfahrer, bahnfahren, UnitedArchives00924051

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Railway bridge over the Tees. Barnard Castle , Stockton and Darlington railway 1875 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1269732

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Railway bridge over the Tees. Barnard Castle , Stockton and Darlington railway 1875 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives1269732

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 The Opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway September 15th 1830 with the Moorish Arch at Edge Hill as it appeared on that day Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0807071

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 The Opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway September 15th 1830 with the Moorish Arch at Edge Hill as it appeared on that day Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0807071

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 The Opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway September 15th 1830 with the Moorish Arch at Edge Hill as it appeared on that day Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0807070

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 The Opening of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway September 15th 1830 with the Moorish Arch at Edge Hill as it appeared on that day Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0807070

  • IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway 1825 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0806979

    IMAGO History, Die Geburt des Eisenbahnverkehrs: 1802-1830 Opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway 1825 Mono Print !AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! UnitedArchives0806979

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