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Steam Locomotives Metal Print Collection

A collection of hot and steamy locomotives

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The creation of steam locomotives began with the development of the steam engine dating back into the late 17th century. They are vehicles that run on rails or tracks and are powered by steam engines. Historically they were used for moving freight and other materials, as well as passengers. A popular method of transportation for a large part of the 19th into the 20th century, they were eventually replaced with more modern methods of transportation.

569 Metal Prints

Steam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: LNER (London and North-East Railway)

LNER (London and North-East Railway) Collection
78 Metal Prints

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Blackpool Station

Blackpool Station
9th July 1934: The Fylde Coast Express leaving Blackpool Station on its inaugural trip to London. Blackpool Tower is in the background. (Photo by E. Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Hudson Steam Loco

Hudson Steam Loco
A streamlined 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive of the New York Central Railroad. Designed by Henry Dreyfuss and built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO), the engines were introduced in 1938

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Steam Train on Glenfinnan Viaduct, Scotland

Steam Train on Glenfinnan Viaduct, Scotland
Scotland - July 2017: Steam train crossing Glenfinnan Viaduct on its way from Fort William to Mallaig during summer, Scotland, UK

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Industrial Revolution in the 1800s

Industrial Revolution in the 1800s - scanned 1878 engraving

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: General Sherman

General Sherman
circa 1865: No.1, the Union Pacific Railways first locomotive, otherwise known as the General Sherman, brought to Omaha by steamboat from St Louis on 8th June 1865

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Handmade Logging Train

Handmade Logging Train
A hand-made, jerry-rigged, locomotive built round a steam engine circa 1890. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: blue, british, history, horizontal, locomotive, mallard, no people, public transport

blue, british, history, horizontal, locomotive, mallard, no people, public transport, side view, smoke, steam train, studio shot, train, transportation, watercolour painting, white background

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: GWR Engine

GWR Engine
20th May 1892: A Bulkeley engine of the Iron Duke Class, the last train on the Broad Gauge to leave Paddington Station, London. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Bulgaria State Railways steam

Bulgaria State Railways steam
Restored and operating Bulgaria State Railways 2-10-2T narrow gauge steam locomotive 609 76 hauls winter excursion through Rila Mountains of southern Bulgaria

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Steam Silhouette

Steam Silhouette
circa 1946: A steam train silhouetted as it crosses the Ruhr. The Friedrich Wilhelm steelworks are in the background. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Kings Cross Station

Kings Cross Station
Steam trains at Kings Cross Station in London, circa 1912. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Shrewsbury Rail Accident

Shrewsbury Rail Accident
The scene of the Shrewsbury rail accident of 15th October 1907. Eighteen people were killed in the crash when a train from Manchester derailed on the approach to Shrewsbury station

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Steam Train

Steam Train
11th June 1968: A miniature New York and Central Hudson locomotive. (Photo by Ted West/Central Press/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Mallard Steam Engine, expanded cross-section

Mallard Steam Engine, expanded cross-section
Colour Image, Cross-Section, Driver, Engine, Horizontal, Illustration, Steam Locomotives, 75490145

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Diagram of Watts steam engine

Diagram of Watts steam engine
Vintage engraving of the Watt steam engine, alternatively known as the Boulton and Watt steam engine

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: vintage train blueprint

vintage train blueprint
Antique illustration of train blueprint

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Gangway connection between passenger cars on a train

Gangway connection between passenger cars on a train
Outside of a steam train

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: The Jacobite Steam train Crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct in Scotland

The Jacobite Steam train Crossing the Glenfinnan Viaduct in Scotland
An image of the Jacobite steam train crossing over the Glenfinnan Viaduct in Autumn. Steam can be seen exiting the trains stack. The Train and Viaduct were used in the Harry Potter film series

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: London Midland & Scottish Railway's ‘Coronation Scot

London Midland & Scottish Railway's ‘Coronation Scot
May 1937: The sleek Coronation Scot 4-6-8 locomotive at Crewe. The 1930s saw remarkable advances in railway technology, which produced improved journey times and better comfort for travellers

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Class N2 locomotive number 1477

Class N2 locomotive number 1477
Steam Locomotives, 167388508

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Early morning

Early morning
Steam Locomotives, 167424631

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Kinchley lane in the mist

Kinchley lane in the mist
Steam Locomotives, 167424724

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Victorian main line express passenger train

Victorian main line express passenger train
Vintage engraving of a Victorian main line express passenger train

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: American steam train of the Union Pacific Railroad Company

American steam train of the Union Pacific Railroad Company

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: The Penny Express

The Penny Express
Popular excursion trains in Budapest, with ticket fares reduced by a quarter of the normal fare

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Train and levers

Train and levers
Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear, England

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Holdens Express Victorian Steam Train

Holdens Express Victorian Steam Train

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Victorian Compound express passenger train, 19th Cnetury

Victorian Compound express passenger train, 19th Cnetury
Vintage engraving of a Victorian Compound express passenger train, North-Eastern Railway, 19th Century

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Engine Replica

Engine Replica
July 1929: The historical steam engine replica Rocket being unloaded at the Science Museum, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Napier Aero Engine

Napier Aero Engine
September 1929: Crowds gather around a train promoting the Napier Aero Engine, a contender in the Schneider Trophy for the fastest aircraft. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Transport Race

Transport Race
15th February 1928: Railway officials who made the trip from London to Edinburgh by plane in a race with the Flying Scotsman. (Photo by Crouch/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Armoured Train

Armoured Train
An American armoured train. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: All Aboard

All Aboard
July 1929: A train pulls in at Hurst Green Station, Lancashire. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Testing Buffers

Testing Buffers
17th October 1928: One of the new Lincolnshire Type steam engines bought by the London North-Eastern Railway (LNER) being used to test buffers at Kings Cross Station, London

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Locomotive train in Wadi Rum desert, Jordan

Locomotive train in Wadi Rum desert, Jordan BW image

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Potters Bridge

Potters Bridge
Glenfinnan viaduct and the Jacobean steam train crossing

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: The Pacific Railway

The Pacific Railway
Vintage engraving showing a scene on the Pacific Railway, in the Sierra Navada Mountains, 1878

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Steam Train circa 1935

Steam Train circa 1935
circa 1935: A signalman watches a steam train travel down a track. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Train Filming

Train Filming
circa 1930: A cameraman filming the driver of an express train from the coal tender. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Stoking The Loco

Stoking The Loco
December 1926: Stoking up on the Atlantic train during a night time run. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: French Rail Strike

French Rail Strike
Striking railway workers put a locomotive across the tracks to halt railway traffic in northern France. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Mini Menace

Mini Menace
January 1933: The Romney Hythe and Dymchurch Light Railway, the smallest public railway in the world, still poses a danger to traffic at a level crossing. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Model Trains

Model Trains
Model train engines lined up around a circular track waiting for repair

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Victorian compound engine steam train

Victorian compound engine steam train
Vintage engraving of a Victorian compound engine steam train

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: LNWR Lady of the Lake Class Steam Train

LNWR Lady of the Lake Class Steam Train
Vintage engraving of a LNWR Lady of the Lake Class Steam Train

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Victorian Herschel Passenger Steam Train

Victorian Herschel Passenger Steam Train
Vintage engraving of a Victorian Herschel Passenger Steam Train

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: LNWR Special Tank Engine

LNWR Special Tank Engine
Vintage engraving of a LNWR Special Tank Engine, 1894

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: LNWR Eight wheeled side tank engine

LNWR Eight wheeled side tank engine
Vintage engraving of a LNWR Eight wheeled side tank engine, 1894

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Steam Train at Goathland

Steam Train at Goathland
A steam train pulls into Goathland station, one of a number of stations in North Yorkshire that the line services

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Old Patagonian Express, Esquel, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina

Old Patagonian Express, Esquel, Chubut Province, Patagonia, Argentina
argentina, beauty in nature, chubut province, classic, concept, copy, Steam Locomotives, 121778763

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Changing the points

Changing the points
A fireman descends from the cab of his steam engine to change the points thus allowing his engine to run around the train ready for the return journey

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Level Crossing

Level Crossing
20th April 1939: Two cars wait for a train to pass over a level crossing. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: LNER Locomotive

LNER Locomotive
June 1929: The London North Eastern Railways Gresley A1 locomotive Sansovino at Kings Cross Station, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: USA, Texas, Grapevine, Tarantula steam locomotive

USA, Texas, Grapevine, Tarantula steam locomotive
Trains runs between Grapevine and Fort Worth, Texas. 2005

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Stream Train under construction, Crewe Locomotive Works, 1892

Stream Train under construction, Crewe Locomotive Works, 1892
Vintage engraving of a Stream Train under construction at the London and North Western Locomotive Works, at Crewe, 1892, 19th Century

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Borsig Engine

Borsig Engine
circa 1860: A German steam engine designed by August Borsig of Berlin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Antique illustration of steam powered machinery

Antique illustration of steam powered machinery

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Crampton steam locomotive with coal car

Crampton steam locomotive with coal car - Scanned 1870 Engraving

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Steam engine sledge

Steam engine sledge
Vintage engraving of a Steam engine sledge

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Antique illustration of steam locomotive

Antique illustration of steam locomotive

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: 19th Century USA - Elevated train in New York

19th Century USA - Elevated train in New York
Vintage engraving of Elevated train in New York. Ferdinand Hirts Geographische Bildertafeln, 1886

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Early Steam trains

Early Steam trains
" Vintage engraving of some of the first steam trains

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Farwell China Steam

Farwell China Steam
A double pair of QJ class steamlocomotives worked with a heavy frieghttrain across the Sandi viadukt on the Jitong line in Nei Mongol province. Today its all over there (steam traction)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Old North American Locomotive

Old North American Locomotive
Vintage engraving of a steam train used on the North American railways

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Old Semmering Railway Locomotive

Old Semmering Railway Locomotive
Vintage engraving of a Old Semmering Railway Locomotive

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Gebirgs locomotive

Gebirgs locomotive
Vintage engraving of a Gebirgs locomotive or mountain steam train

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Old Belgian Locomotive

Old Belgian Locomotive
Vintage engraving of a steam train used on the Belgian railways

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Old French locomotive

Old French locomotive
Vintage engraving of a steam train used on the French railways

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Steam Train Black and White

Steam Train Black and White
A stream train seen in dramatic silhouette. A blast of white steam highlighted in the sun

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Derbyshire Winter

Derbyshire Winter
A train passes through a snowy landscape in Derbyshire, January 1936. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: General Strike

General Strike
May 1926: Women engine drivers at work during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: The Culebra Cut

The Culebra Cut
circa 1910: View of steam shovels and trains assisting workers with their digging during the construction of the Culebra Cut of the Panama Canal. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Old And New

Old And New
circa 1935: View of the New York Central railroads Commodore Vanderbilt steam locomotive, alongside of which a steam-powered wagon rests, 1930s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Giant Locomotives

Giant Locomotives
A row of LNER streamlined locomotives belch out smoke at a London railway station, where they are to be tested out

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Locomotive Cleaner

Locomotive Cleaner
circa 1930: A worker sitting astride a locomotive whilst cleaning the boiler. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Elevated Railway

Elevated Railway
A steam elevated railway on Market Street near Lake Street in Chicago, 30th June 1895. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Corinth Canal

Corinth Canal
circa 1950: A train steaming across one of the bridges straddling the Corinth Canal in Greece. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Blackleg Driver

Blackleg Driver
A lady engine driver in cloth cap and high-heeled shoes fixes one of the lamps on her steam train during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Iron Road

Iron Road
September 1935: A steam engine thunders across the Firth of Forth railway bridge. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Women At Work

Women At Work
December 1926: Lady engine drivers, in light shoes, turn their hand to the coal shovelling on their steam engine whilst a male colleague looks on, during the General Strike

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Steam Locomotive at Gare du Nord 1929

Steam Locomotive at Gare du Nord 1929
1929: A steam locomotive at Gare du Nord train station in Paris. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Strike Drivers

Strike Drivers
December 1926: Two women driving a steam engine in Britain during the General Strike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageSteam Locomotives Metal Print Collection: Lady Engine Driver

Lady Engine Driver
1st December 1926: A lady engine driver fixes the lamp on the front of her great steam locomotive. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)



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