Passenger train with locomotive #211, taken before 4-4-0, 8630-B

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Collection Type

Photography

Date

ca. 1898

GUSN

GUSN-384363

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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
Glass plate negatives
Locomotives
Passenger train with locomotive #211, taken before 4-4-0, 8630-B
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Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920
- Glass plate negatives
  - Locomotives

Description

The image shows a passenger train featuring locomotive #211 on railway tracks. In the foreground, the steam locomotive is visible with smoke emanating from the stack, followed by several passenger cars. A figure is visible walking along the tracks, and an apparatus with a cover is positioned to the right of the tracks.

Details

Descriptive Terms

railroads
passenger trains
rolling stock
locomotives
surveyors
photographs
gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Additional Identification Number

IMLS Negative Barcode NP013270
B-Series negative 8630-B

Physical Descrption

1 glass plate negative

Collection Code

PC015

Collection Name

Boston & Albany Railroad Company photographic collection, 1890s-c. 1920

Reference Code

PC015.002.780.8630-B

Record Details

Originator

Boston and Albany Railroad Co.

Material Type

gelatin dry plate negatives
negatives (photographic)

Conservation Note

NEEDS PRESERVATION: The top left corner of this negative is broken.

Description Level

Item

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