A Regency needlework map of England and Wales, circa 1820 Of oval form, worked in coloured silks on a linen ground, designed with the counties of England and Wales, within a naturalistic trailing floral border, verre eglomise glass and gilt-wood frame, 62.5cm x 54cm Additional information Au...
A system map of the Pennsylvania Railroad, circa 1950. Author's work.Beyond the Northeast Corridor were the PRR's lines to the Delmarva Peninsula and across New Jersey. The Delmarva Lines extended southward through Wilmington, down the heart of Delaware, and through Maryland's southeastern tip...
The Jersey Central served much of its home state along with northwestern Pennsylvania, including Easton, Bethlehem, and Wilkes-Barre. It also acquired a part of the old Lehigh & New England during the 1960s to pick up desperately need freight tonnage....
Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, who ruled that CSS Alabama, a warship built in Liverpool for the Confederacy during the American Civil War, did not violate Britain's neutrality. He also sat on the post-war tribunal that debated the claims for reparations from Britain for the damage...
New England’s one and only national park, dating back to 1916, Acadia sits on the coast and boasts some dramatic views of this region’s storied shoreline. Acadia National Park is all about rewarding mountain hikes, strolls along the shore, beautiful bike rides, and drives that will induce...
The Crystal Palace in South London was the first home of the club, and several members of the original squad were in fact glaziers and maintenance workers at The Crystal Palace back in the first decade of the 20th Century (ie, circa 1905). That to me is way more impressive than a rando...
A posed but interesting scene of the Orange & Alexandria's bridge crossing Bull's Run (Virginia), circa 1863, with Union soldiers in the foreground. The span was a Haupt Truss type designed by the United States Military Railroad's General Herman Haupt. American-Rails.com collection. ...
Penn Central E7A #4006 and other power at Michigan Central Station, circa 1969. American-Rails.com collection. He also did not believe the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC), governing body of the industry, would ever approve a union that would monopolize the Northeast. ...
Many of these lines served coal mines (anthracite and bituminous) while others were agricultural in nature. In eastern and northeastern Pennsylvania, where the state's rich seams of anthracite coal were located you can find scars of old branches operated by Lehigh Valley, Lehigh & New England, ...
components of the MEC live on while other sections have taken over former portions of the railroad, such as the Conway Scenic Railroad and Twin State Railroad which operate sections of the old Mountain Sub. There is still much anger over the abandonment of so much trackage across New England...