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IMAGO International History, Andrew J. Russell Archive, Railway construction in the western USA 1860-1870

Apr 24, 2026

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  • UTAH: TRESTLE WORK, 1870. Trestle work of the Central Pacific Railroad at Promontory Point, Utah. Photograph by Andrew Joseph Russell, 1870. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0653032
  • CALIFORNIA: RAILROAD, 1869. Excursion party at Devil s Gate Bridge, California, c1869. Photograph by Andrew Joseph Russell, c1869. Copyright: xGRANGERx xGRANGERx 0130957
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED The Great West Illustrated in a Series of Photographic Views Across the Continent, 1869. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2959723 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Bridge on Orange & Alexandria Railroad. Title from item, Published title: Bridge on Orange & Alexandria Virginia Railroad, as repaired by army engineers under Colonel Herman Haupt, Attributed to Andrew J. Russell, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948, Published in: Eyes of the nation : a visual history of the United States Vincent Virga and curators of the Library of Congress ; historical commentary by Alan Brinkley. New York : Knopf, 1997. Orange and Alexandria Railroad Company, 1860-1870, Railroad bridges, Virginia, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, United States, Virginia. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-17592 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Potomac Creek bridge - Acquia (i.e. Aquia) Creek Railroad built by U. S. M. R.R. construction corps in nine days from standing timber. No. 4071, Similar photograph in LOT 9209, no. 13, also taken by Andrew J. Russell, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Potomac Creek Site. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-10437 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Railroad yard ruins, Richmond, Virginia. Title devised by Library staff, Library has two prints from the same negative: no. 13, and a lesser quality print, no. 14, Published in: Russell s Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no. 59. Railroad shops & yards, Virginia, Richmond, 1860-1870, War damage, Virginia, Richmond, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Destruction & pillage. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-8557 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED View at Fredericksburg, Virginia - south end of the railroad bridge across Rappahannock River, taken from north side of river by telescopic camera. Similar photograph in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art is attributed to Andrew J. Russell, No. B396, Title from item, Gift; Col. Godwin Ordway; 1948. United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, United States, Virginia, Fredericksburg. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-11433 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED R.R. depot, Petersburg, Virginia. Title from item, Published in: Russell s Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no. 47. Railroad tracks, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, Railroad stations, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-8584 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Engine W. H. Whiton, and President s car, Alexandria, January,1865. Title from item, Published in: Russell s Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no. 39. Railroad locomotives, American, Virginia, Alexandria, 1860-1870, Railroad cars, American, Virginia, Alexandria, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-8571 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED City Point R.R. Depot, looking toward Petersburg. No. 144, Title from item, Published in: Russell s Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no. 31. Railroad stations, Virginia, Hopewell, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation, City Point (Hopewell, Va.), 1860-1870. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-8565 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Long Bridge, Washington, D.C.. No. 275, Title from item, Published in: Russell s Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no. 94. Railroad bridges, Virginia, 1860-1870, Coastlines, Virginia, 1860-1870, Long Bridge (Washington, D.C. and Va.), 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-8666 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED First train across Bull Run Bridge, spring of 1863. Title from item, Published in: Russell s Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no. 128. Railroads, Virginia, Bull Run, 1860-1870, Railroad bridges, Virginia, Bull Run, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-8587 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Railroad mortar at Petersburg, Virginia, July 25, 1864. No. 304, Title from item, Published in: Russell s Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no. 28. Mortars (Ordnance), Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, Railroad freight cars, American, Virginia, Petersburg, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-8583 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Remains of wreck on the track, ready for transportation to Alexandria. This train was thrown from the track by the Rebels. Title from item, Published in: Russell s Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no. 105. Railroads, Virginia, 1860-1870, Railroad accidents, Virginia, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-8585 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Upper wharf, Belle Plain. Built by U.S.M.R.R. Construction Corps. No. 151, Title from item, Published in: Russell s Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no.18. Pontoon bridges, Virginia, 1860-1870, Railroad construction workers, Virginia, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-8606 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Bull Run, looking upstream. Railroad bridge in distance Cap. A.J. Russell.. No. 226, Title from item, Published in: Russell s Civil War photographs : 116 historic prints by Andrew J. Russell ; with a preface by Joe Buberger and Matthew Isenberg. New York : Dover Publications, c1982, no. 5. Rivers, Virginia, Bull Run, 1860-1870, Logs, Virginia, Bull Run, 1860-1870, United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Transportation. Copyright: xpiemagsx civwarpietiff12032023-8648 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Scene of Battle, Fredericksburg, Virginia Caissons Destroyed by Federal Shells , May 3, 1863. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2840634 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Wilhelmina s Pass, Distant View of Serrated Rocks or Devil s Slide, Weber Canon, Utah, 1868 69. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2840632 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Tunnel No. 3, Weber Canon, Utah, 1868 69. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:x54420x IMAGO ,2840630 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:54420x IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Trestle Work, Promontroy Point, Salt Lake Valley, 1868 69. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2840629 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Thousand Mile Tree, Wilhelmina s Pass, 1868 69. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:x55205x IMAGO ,2840628 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:55205x IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Malloy s Cut, Sherman Station, Laramie Range, 1868 69. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2840620 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Hydraulic Gold Mining, Near Dutch Flats, California, C. P. R. R., 1868 69. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2840617 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Citadel Rock, Green River Valley, 1868 69. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2840607 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Bridge on Orange and Alexandria Rail Road, as Repaired by Army Engineers under Colonel Her..., 1865. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2778458 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Excavating for Y at Devereaux Station Copyright:xtrasporto,trasporto,laxgente,maschio,lavoro,uomo,uomini,ferrovie,treno,ingegneria,ingegnere,ingegneri,paese,uomo,occupazione,attrezzi,attrezzo,museo,ferrovia,LaxVirginia,fotographia,guerra,posizione,secolo,professione,clifton,forcella,vagone,lavoratore,lavoratori,scavare,concetto,forcelle,B&W,GlixStatixUnitixDixAmeri,Venutoxaxcontattoxdi,Museoxmetropolitanoxd arte,Ilxmuseoxmetropolitanoxdixarte,diciannovesimoxsecolo,RACCORDO,nerox&xbianco,neroxexbianco,B W,GuerraxCivilexAmericana,GeneralxHaupt,diciannovesimoxsecolo,ArancioxexferroviaxdexAlessandria,locomotivaxdelxvapore,vagoni,Americano,GlixS.U.A.,photograph,John,Herman,Devereux,MathewxBrady,Brady,HermanxHaupt,Haupt,waggons,HeritagexArt,albu Copyright:trasporto,trasporto,laxgente,maschio,lavoro,uomo,uomini,ferrovie,treno,ingegneria,ingegnere,ingegneri,paese,uomo,occupazione,attrezzi,attrezzo,museo,ferrovia,LaxVirginia,fotographia,guerra,p
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Confederate Method of Destroying Rail Roads at McCloud Mill, Virginia, 1863. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2778453 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED City Point, Virginia. Terminus of U.S. Military Railroad, 1861-65. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2778448 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Terminus of U.S. Military Railroad, City Point, Virginia, 1861-65. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2778447 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Camp of Construction Corps, U.S. Military Railroad at City Point, 1861-65. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2778446 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Bridge. U.S. Military Railroad at City Point, 1861-65. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2778445 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Locomotive 133, U.S.M.R.R., 1861-65. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2778441 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Military Railroad Camp, City Point, Virginia, 1861-65. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2778437 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Bridge. U.S. Military Railroad at City Point, 1861-65. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2778434 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Confederate Trestle Work on Alexandria Railroad, 1861-65. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2778430 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Locomotive 56, U.S. Military Railroad City Point. Troops Ready to be Taken to the Fron..., 1861-65. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2778422 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • RECORD DATE NOT STATED Woodchoppers Huts in a Virginia Forest. On the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. Wood Su..., June 1863. Creator: Andrew Joseph Russell. Copyright:xHeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO ,2778382 ! ACHTUNG: AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT! Copyright:HeritagexArt HeritagexImagesx IMAGO
  • Confederate Trestle on Southside Railroad 1861 65 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Confederate Trestle on Southside Railroad 268003 Copyright: xpiemagsx Metbot-235179 !ACHTUNG AUFNAHMEDATUM GESCHÄTZT!
  • Camp of Construction Corps, U. S. Military Railroad at City Point, Virginia 1861 65 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Camp of Construction Corps, U. S. Military Railroad at City Point, Virginia 268110 Copyright: xpiemagsx Metbot-226037
  • Camp of Construction Corps, U.S. Military Railroad at City Point 1861 65 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Camp of Construction Corps, U.S. Military Railroad at City Point 268191 Copyright: xpiemagsx Metbot-212181
  • Locomotive 56, U.S. Military Railroad City Point. Troops Ready to be Taken to the Front by Rail 1861 65 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Locomotive 56, U.S. Military Railroad City Point. Troops Ready to be Taken to the Front by Rail 268077 Copyright: xpiemagsx Metbot-175126
  • Camp of Construction Corps, U.S. Military Railroad, at City Point 1861 65 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Camp of Construction Corps, U.S. Military Railroad, at City Point 268160 Copyright: xpiemagsx Metbot-156962
  • Military Railroad Camp, City Point, Virginia 1861 65 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Military Railroad Camp, City Point, Virginia 268240 Copyright: xpiemagsx Metbot-147277
  • Terminus of U.S. Military Railroad, City Point, Virginia 1861 65 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Terminus of U.S. Military Railroad, City Point, Virginia 267882 Copyright: xpiemagsx Metbot-132024
  • Terminus of U.S. Military Rail Road, City Point, Virginia 1861 65 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Terminus of U.S. Military Rail Road, City Point, Virginia 268263 Copyright: xpiemagsx Metbot-130299
  • Bridge. U.S. Military Railroad at City Point 1861 65 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Bridge. U.S. Military Railroad at City Point 268290 Copyright: xpiemagsx Metbot-119634
  • Laborers at Quartermaster s Wharf, Alexandria, Virginia 1863 65 Attributed to Andrew Joseph Russell American The United States Quartermaster™s office managed the supply, warehousing, and distribution of food, fuel, ordnance, medical supplies, forage for animals, and even mail delivery for the army. This extraordinary view shows a group of emancipated slaves who worked as paid laborers for the army along the immense set of wharves at Alexandria, Virginia. One of the freedmen holds a carpenter™s square, one a barrel, the others coal shovels marked with United States Army initials. The workers moved commodities either into storage or onto wagons or railroad cars to be taken to the front.. Laborers at Quartermaster s Wharf, Alexandria, Vi Copyright: xpiemagsx Metbot-34774
  • Excavating for Y at Devereaux Station, Orange & Alexandria Railroad 1863 Andrew Joseph Russell American. Excavating for Y at Devereaux Station, Orange & Alexandria Railroad 267884 Copyright: xpiemagsx Metbot-31972
  • Bridge on Orange and Alexandria Rail Road, as Repaired by Army Engineers under Colonel Herman Haupt 1865 Andrew Joseph Russell American This view by Russell documents the engine Fire Fly testing the stability of a new wooden trestle bridge built quickly by the United States Military Railroad engineers to replace a masonry bridge destroyed by the Confederates. Atop the box car trailing the engine is a pair of armed sentries; others are on the rail tracks and bridge foundation. The top-hatted figure in the foreground is unidentified, but he may be the photographer himself or a civilian railroad engineer working for General Herman Haupt, commander of the United States Military Railroad. President Abraham Lincoln was so impressed with Haupt™s Copyright: xpiemagsx Metbot-31959
  • Confederate Trestle Work on Alexandria Railroad, 1861–65, Albumen silver print from glass negative, 15.2 x 21.1 cm (6 x 8 5 16 in.), Photographs, Andrew Joseph Russell (American, 1830–1902) Copyright: Artokoloro AM170720_063954
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