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Railroadiana collectors love photos. Photos of old railway stations, rolling stock, cabooses, railyards, roundhouses, and especially steam and diesel locomotives. Postcards, prints and photo books are popular, but slides (and negatives) have been the dominant medium in railroad photography for decades. Many railfans, including famous rail photographers like Lucius Beebe and O. Winston Link, have spent their lives documenting specific railroads, routes, and locomotive types.
If you plan to collect railroad photography, pick a theme... otherwise better buy some additional property to store your collection!
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Interviews & Articles
Guest Column: An Overview of Railroadiana Collecting
Many people are fascinated by railroads. At one time, railroads were connected to most aspects of community and economic life, and… [more]
An Interview With 19th Century Photograph and Americana Collector Wes Cowan
I’ve always been interested in antiques. As a kid, I collected a variety of stuff – fossils, rocks, minerals, natural history stuf… [more]
Railroadiana Collectors Preserve the Days of Train Travel
My husband Bill always loved trains and my grandfather had been an executive with the Denver and Rio Grande here. We opened up a l… [more]
Daile Kaplan of Swann Auction Galleries on Collecting 20th Century Photographs
Swann, which is New York City’s oldest specialty auction house, was founded in the late 1940s as an antiquarian book house. In the… [more]
An Interview With Antique Photograph and Camera Collectors Jack and Beverly Wilgus
We both come from families that had collections and we both had collections as children. Jack lost his when his grandmother threw … [more]
Best of the Web (“Hall of Fame”)
Railroadiana Online
If you've ever wondered how to tell real from fake railroad china, or how brass baggage tags originated, this extre… [read review or visit site]
Collection of Collections
Jack and Beverly Wilgus' personal collection website, of which the most interesting areas are: strongmen and strong… [read review or visit site]
Square America
If you like vernacular photographs of everyday 20th century life, you'll love Square America, a collection of onlin… [read review or visit site]
Wisconsin Historical Images
The Wisconsin Historical Society has really outdone themselves with these excellent galleries focused on the 1880s-… [read review or visit site]
Cliff House Project
Gary Stark’s encyclopedic website is dedicated to photos and historical information on San Francisco’s legendar… [read review or visit site]
Time Tales
An amazing compilation of found photographs divided up by era (pre-1930, 1930-1950, 1950-1970, 1970-1990, and 1990-… [read review or visit site]
Clubs & Associations: Railroadiana
- Key, Lock and Lantern, Inc.
- Railroadiana Collectors Association, Inc.
- National Association of Timetable Collectors
- National Railway Historical Society
Other Great Reference Sites: Railroadiana
Top eBay Auctions
Historic Alaska Railroad Photo Lot, Warren G. Harding's Last Autograph? 1923
Vintage Photo Of Kowloon Ferry. Kowloon Canton Railway. Hong Kong. Rppc. China.
1908 Colorado & Southern / Argentine Central Railroad Real Photo Postcards
18 Original Old Railroad & Canal Photographs In An Album With Identification
Original 1907 Photo Canadian Pacific Railway Train Wreck Caledon East Ontario
Lehigh Valley Rr #4-dakelman-all Color Photos-towanda,easton,sayre,allentown Pa
Overly North Dakota 8 Views Railroad Depot Roundhouse Real Photo 1911 Pop.18
Real Photo Great Northern Railroad Depot At Edmonds Wa Washington Rppc Rp !!!
Traverse City Leelanau & Manistique Gr&i Railroad Wreck Michigan Cabinet Photo
Alaska Railroads 1930s Skagway White Pass And Yukon Route Railway Real Photo
Ordway Colorado Missouri Pacific Railroad Depot Beet Dump Real Photo 1909
Vintage Night Trick Norfolk & Western Railway Winston Link Photo Book 1957 16 Pg
Wonderful California Picture Book Brochure - Sp Southern Pacific Rr Photos 1915 
Postcard, Real Photo, Marengo, Washington, C.m. & P.s. Railroad Train Wreck
1981 London Underground Railway Railroad Train Stations 38 Photo Slides
Early Valley Center Kansas Real Photo Postcard Rppc 5 - Railroad Station Depot
Rppc Rp Real Photo Bingham Lake Mn Minnesota Rr Railroad Depot 1917
Lyle, Wa. Original 1900's Photo Copper River & Northwestern Railway Terminal
1981 London Underground Railroad Train Stations Pudding Lane 38 Photo Slides
1981 London Underground Railway Railroad Stations Farringdon 38 Photo Slides
1981 London Underground Railroad Station New Cross Gate Rose Inn 38 Photo Slides
Union Pacific Railroad Steam 8444 & Streamline 2906 Locomotive Photos Press Kit 
Rppc Rp Real Photo Cadillac Mi Michigan Rr Railroad Depot 1911
Durand Wisconsin Depot Milwaukee Road Railroad Cmstp&p Real Photo 1907
Hong Kong Real Photo Postcard Kcr Railway Station Kowloon 1950s
Rppc Stone County Missouri Mo White River Railroad Hall Photo Pc Pm Reed Spring
Real Photo Post Card Lvrr Station Freeville Ny 1910 Lehigh Valley Railroad
Floods In Belgium 1930.waes Railway Station Flooding,nr.antwerp. Orig.photograph
Antique Photograph Locomotive Train Steam Or Coal ?
Real Photo Railroad Depot Albion Mi 
Rare Vintage Set Of 5 Real Photo Train/railroad Car Interiors 1940's
Old Canadian Pacific Railway Empress Yards Real Photo Postcard Alberta Train Cpr
Rppc Rp Real Photo Bemidji Mn Minnesota Rr Railroad Depot 
Rare Globe Stereoview Real Photo Double Engine Rr Locomotive Train Mexico C1906
Rppc Rp Real Photo Rr Railroad Depot Collins Ia Iowa 
Bessemer Locomotive 8' X 10" Original Photo Framed Dated 1946
1978 Mt Washington Bretton Woods Nh Fuel Truck Railroad Train 33 Photo Slides
Reading Railroad 90601 Steam Crane Photos
Railroad Real Photo Post Card - Alco Locomotive #660 On Turntable - Built 1904
Old Photo American Bridge Erection Railroad Car In Front Of Factory, Trenton Nj
Reading Railroad 96192 Gondola Car Photos
Trolley Traction Streetcar Photo B&w Washington Railroad Car Streets
Undated Photograph Atlantic Great Western Railroad Depot Jamestown New York 
Reading Railroad Bethlehem,pa. Photos
Aep-918 Vintage Photo- View Of Swiss Railway In Mountains
Vintage Railroad Photo Lot Columbus & Greenville 305 401 404
Aep-909 Vintage Photo- View Of Swiss Mountain Railway
1947 Railroad Photo Lot Cb&q Burlington Route Station + Brookfield Il
Wwii Moving Mount Range Made From Railroad Car @ Wendover Field Orig Press Photo
Aep-911 Vintage Photo- View Of Swiss Railway In Mountains
* Old Colver Pa. C&i Railway Real Photo Rppc Postcard Cambria County
Photo Christmas Tree Model Railroad Train Park Layout Harrisburg Pa Kuhnert 1924
Vintage Railroad Logging Photo Central Pennsylvania Lumber Co 4 Climax Masten Pa
1930s Central Railroad New Jersey Trip Autos Roundhouse 14 Photo Negatives 
Reading Railroad Misc. Cranes Photos
Uncanoonuc Mt Photo Postcard Goffstown Nh Rr Car C1910 New Hampshire Rppc
Rppc Rp Real Photo Rr Railroad Depot Elizabeth Pa Pennsylvania 
Railroad Photo Cd - Clinchfield Rr + Et&wnc + Tennessee Central
Early Macomb Illinois Real Photo Postcard Rppc 5 - Railroad Station Depot
Vintage 1870's Stereoview Photo ~ Colorado Springs ~ D & Rg Railroad ~ Gurnsey 
Railroadiana
- overview
- railroad badges
- railroad calendars
- railroad caps
- railroad china
- railroad lanterns
- railroad passes
- railroad timetables
- railroad photos
- railroad pocket watches
- railroad postcards
- railroad posters
- railroad signs
- railroad silver
- trolleys
Photographs
Types
- daguerreotypes
- tintypes
- ambrotypes
- cartes-de-visites
- cabinet cards
- real photo postcards
- photogravure
- stereoviews
