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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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Train going to Vermillion, Dakota.
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Interviews & Articles
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
An Interview With Metropolitan Museum Curator Jeff Rosenheim On the Postcard Collection Of Walker Evans
In 1994, I had the great pleasure of acquiring the complete archive of Walker Evans for the Metropolitan Museum. The archive is qu… [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]
The Daguerreian Society
Explore the history, art, and science of antique daguerreotypes. Includes extensive galleries browsable by subject … [read review or visit site]
Art of the Photogravure
Photographer Mark Katzman's comprehensive and beautiful reference site and collection of Photogravure. A must for p… [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
- The Daguerreian Society
- 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
5x7 B&w Photo Sandy River Railroad Wreck
5x7 B&w Photo Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Rr #5 Hemmond Field 1909
Old Rppc Real Photo Postcard Chalfont Pa Bucks County Rr Railroad Depot 1914
Antique West Photographs Pacific Railroad Sioux Indians Buffalo Bill Yellowstone
Fort Smith & Western Rr Collection 42 Photos, 14 Are Rppc-arkansas & Oklahoma
1880s Lumber Depot Glen Union, Pennsylvania -railroad/train Cabinet Photo
50 Prr Train Photos Locomotives B&w Prr Railroad Photos Reprints From 1930-50's
Antique Original 1898 Photo San Francisco & North Pacific Railroad Locomotive 3 
Ca1870 Connecticut River Railroad Train Mammoth Plate Card Mount Albumen Photo
Pre-1920 Photo Postcard Wilkie, Saskatchewan, Rr Station / Depot & Train Rppc
1894 Old West Antique Photography Book Pioneer Tourist Railroad Photos Western 
1935 Railroad Stages Smashup Milwaukee Obsolete Trains Head On Magnolia Il Photo
Photo Negative-railroad Los Gatos California Station Southern Pacific
Pre-1918 Photo Postcard Chinook, Alberta, Rr Station / Depot, Elevators Rppc 
1904 Copper Belt Railway Utah Shay Locomotive Cabinet Photo Bingham Canyon Mines
1827-1927 2bks B&o History Baltimore & Ohio Baltimore And Ohio Railroad Photos
Baldwin Locomotive Works Collection Of 10 More Builders Card Photos
1938 Japanese Troops Guard Railway Station At Tsing-tao, China Orig Press Photo
Hong Kong China, K.c. Railway Station Hand Tinted Real Photo Postcard C1950's
Photo Negative-railroad Nc&stl #99 Dixieland Caboose Box Car
23 Photos New York City, Brooklyn Queens Transit Railway/ Streetcars 1948 
Horsedrawn Railway Station Yumoto Hot Spring Hakone Japan Color Photo 1890s
Antique Photo Deerwood Minnesota Railroad Depot Station Northern Pacific 1910
Mix Of 54 Different Prr Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive Photos
The White Front Cars Of San Francisco Railroad Trolley Train Vtg Book Photo
50s Reading Pa 35mm Slide Photo Lot Reading Railroad, The Orange Car, Drive In +
Postcard, Real Photo, Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, Railroad Depot
Teddy Roosevelt Rr Train Speech, Bismarck, Nd, C1912 Real Photo
Baldwin Locomotive Works Railroad Factory Interior Real Photo Rppc C 1910s
1909 Union Railroad Station Depot Sterling Oh Ohio Real Photo Postcard Rppc
Baldwin Locomotive Works Collection Of 10 More Builders Card Photos
Photo Lake Arrowhead Dam Construction Narrow Gauge Locomotive Black Annie 721398
Vintage Real Photo Rppc Postcard Flood Railroad Depot White River Indiana?
51 Prr Train Photos Locomotives B&w Prr Railroad Photos Reprints From 1930-50's
Train Engine Locomotive #152 Pocatello Idaho Photo Circa 1890s
Baldwin Locomotive Works Collection Of 12 Builders Card Photos
Photo Negative-railroad Nyc #5344 Commodore Vanderbilt Elkhart Indiana Oct 1937
Ca Railroad Niles Canyon Farwell C1910 Photo Bridge
15 Different American Locomotive Company Info, Photo, Spec Cards
1936 D&h Delaware & Hudson Railroad Train 4 Photo Negative 4 Proof Prints 
1930 Sign Of Original South Carolina Railroad Built 1830-33 1 Negative 1 Photo 
1929 B&m Boston & Maine Railroad Train # 642 Boston Ma 1 Photo Negative
#2 Rppc Photo Postcard Ruins Fire Fj&g Rr Freight House Johnstown Ny 10/20 1908
1936 D&h Delaware & Hudson Railroad Train #1088 2 Photo Negative 2 Proof Prints 
#1 Rppc Photo Postcard Ruins Fire Fj&g Rr Freight House Johnstown Ny 10/20 1908
Original Photo Negative-railroad Refer Box Car Jan 1939 Merchants Dispatch #4529
Original Photo Negative-railroad New York Central Merchandise Box Car #174566
Original Photo Negative-railroad Box Car #166699 New York Central Pine Camp Ny
Builders Photo Negative-railroad Nickel Plate Road Gondola #72825
Original Photo Negative- Railroad Florida East Coast Box Car #605 Aug 1965
Kodachrome Photo Slide-railroad Canadian National #1564 Palmerston Ontario May 1
Kodachrome Photo Slide-railroad Nevada Northern #81 Ely Nevada Sept 1961
Kodachrome Photo Slide-railroad Seaboard Airline #108 Hialeah July 1967
Original Photo Negative-railroad New York Central Stock Car #27357 Hoboken Nj
Original Photo Negatives-railroad Maine Central #1084 Lot Of 2 St Johnsbury
Original Photo Negative-railroad San Francisco Trolley Cable Car #259 Date 1938
Original Photo Negative- Railroad Streamliner #50 Florida East Coast June 1964
Kodachrome Photo Slide-railroad Nickel Plate Road#763 Roanoke Virginia June 1972
Blackfeet Blackfoot Indians In Montana Great Northern Ry Rppc Photo Postcard
Old Rppc Real Photo Postcard Perkasie Pa Rr Railroad Depot Bucks County 1906
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
