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Steam train with brown carriages at a wet stone-station platform – Historic Print

Steam train with brown carriages at a wet stone-station platform — historic image
Steam train with brown carriages at a wet stone-station platform. Historic image from the Railroads & Depots collection.

(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Steam train with brown carriages at a wet stone-station platform. It comes from the Snapshots of the Past collection, curated over 25 years for its historical value.

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Steam train with brown carriages at a wet stone-station platform

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Rain has darkened the flagstones of a stone-built station platform, and a steam locomotive waits beside a line of brown passenger carriages. The scene belongs to the era when rail was the main way to travel between towns, and depots like this one were often the largest and most solid buildings in their communities. Look at the wet surfaces, which reflect light and show how the station was built to withstand weather. Steam engines of this period burned coal or wood, and the plume and smoke that trailed from them were a familiar part of every platform visit.

Original scan3,000 × 2,245 px · prints to 10 × 7 in at 300 dpi
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