Collection

Trains in City Parks Photographs

Railroad and transit imagery discovered in the City Parks Association Photographs collection -- Philadelphia's urban landscapes captured alongside their rail infrastructure.

CLIP Analysis Note

Railroad and transit imagery filtered from the City Parks Association collection. Items were identified through catalog metadata keywords and CLIP visual analysis, then filtered to retain only photographs where trains, tracks, trolleys, or rail infrastructure are directly referenced in the title or subjects.

51 items

← Railroad Photographs

Aerial view of Philadelphia

Unknown

Aerial view of Center City Philadelphia looking to the northeast. Train stations, Rittenhouse Square and Washington Square are pictured.

City Parks

Aerial photographs

mid-centuryblack and whitevintage (pre-1920s)rail yard

View of railyard and train bridged on the Schuylkill River

Unknown

City Parks

Railroad Yards

bridge / trestlemid-centuryvintage (pre-1920s)urban / industrial

View of the Market St. Bridge and rail lines

Unknown · Wallace, Philip B.;

Market St. Bridge and rail lines looking North from the East bank of the Schuylkill River at Chestnut St.

City Parks

bridge / trestlemid-centuryrail yardurban / industrial

Offices of the Pennsylvania Railroad under construction

1926-08 · Wallace, Philip B.;

City Parks

mid-centuryblack and whitecolor photovintage (pre-1920s)

The Philadelphia station of the B&O Railroad

1930-08 · Wallace, Philip B.;

City Parks

rail yardfreight trainmid-centuryurban / industrial

Freight lines crossing the passenger rail lines and Market Frankford El at 31st Street

Unknown

City Parks

urban / industrialbridge / trestlesteam locomotiverail yard

Rail lines along the West bank to Schuylkill river

1928-08 · Wallace, Philip B.;

City Parks

urban / industrialmid-centuryvintage (pre-1920s)bridge / trestle

Proposed site of the new B+O Railroad Station

1930-09 · Wallace, Philip B.;

The Hudson Essex building at the proposed construction site of the B+O station

City Parks

mid-centuryurban / industrialblack and whiterail yard

Market Frankford El and the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad along Market Street

Unknown · Wallace, Philip B.;

City Parks

mid-centurybridge / trestleurban / industrialstation / depot

East bank of the Schuylkill from the Chestnut Street Bridge

1928-07

Shows rail lines running along the bank, bridges crossing the river and the Hudson Essex building.

City Parks

mid-centurybridge / trestlevintage (pre-1920s)black and white

Freight lines crossing the passenger rail lines and Market-Frankford El at 31st Street

Unknown

City Parks

urban / industrialbridge / trestlesteam locomotiverail yard

Elevated line, rail lines with steam locomotive

Unknown

Elevated line and rail lines with steam locomotive rounding the bend.

City Parks

Steam locomotivesRailroads, Elevated

steam locomotiverail yardmid-centuryfreight train

Girard Avenue trolley

Unknown · Stady, Stanley Elmore;

Route 15 trolleys share Girard Avenue with trucks and cars

City Parks

Trolley cars

mid-centuryblack and whitepassenger trainurban / industrial

Street view along Chestnut Street

Unknown · Stady, Stanley Elmore;

The Route 13 trolley and pedestrians along Chestnut Street.

City Parks

mid-centuryblack and whitephotographcolor photo

Trolley terminal

Unknown

City Parks

mid-centuryblack and whitevintage (pre-1920s)color photo

Street construction

Unknown · Stady, Stanley Elmore;

Installation of paving stones along trolley tracks.

City Parks

mid-centuryblack and whitestation / depoturban / industrial

View from the Elevated Train Line around 31st Street

unknown · Stady, Stanley Elmore;

City Parks

Market-Frankford Elevated Train (Philadelphia, Pa.)

urban / industrialrail yardmid-centuryfreight train

Under the El at 44th and Market Sts.

1925-07 · Wallace, Philip B.;

Automobile parked under the elevated train tracks. Cobblestone street.

City Parks

Market-Frankford Elevated Train (Philadelphia, Pa.)

mid-centurybridge / trestleblack and whitestation / depot

Train tracks on West Chester Pike

unknown · Wallace, Philip B.;

City Parks

Railroad tracks

mid-centuryrail yardfreight trainblack and white

Aerial view of Pennsylvania Avenue

unknown · Stady, Stanley Elmore;

Factories and railroad tracks.

City Parks

FactoriesAerial photographs

mid-centuryblack and whitecolor photoposter / illustration

Railroad tracks along Schuylkill banks

unknown

Vim Motor Truck Company factory.

City Parks

FactoriesRailroad tracks

mid-centuryrail yardvintage (pre-1920s)black and white

Filbert Street

1925-06 · Wallace, Philip B.;

Cobblestones on Filbert Street. 'Chinese Wall' train viaduct visable.

City Parks

Railroad bridges

mid-centuryrail yardbridge / trestlefreight train

Chinese Wall at Seventeenth and Market Streets

1925-07 · Wallace, Philip B.;

City Parks

Railroad bridges

mid-centurybridge / trestlevintage (pre-1920s)black and white

Automobiles on Filbert Street

1925-07 · Wallace, Philip B.;

Automobiles on Filbert Street along the Chinese Wall.

City Parks

Railroad bridges

mid-centuryblack and whitefreight traincolor photo

Delaware Avenue

1899-04-17 · Crawford, Andrew W.;

Horse-drawn carriages along Delaware Avenue. Pennsylvania Railroad Ferry Station.

City Parks

Horse-drawn vehicles

rail yardfreight trainmid-centuryvintage (pre-1920s)

Chinese Wall

1925-07 · Wallace, Philip B.;

Chinese Wall with City Hall in the background.

City Parks

Railroad bridges

mid-centurybridge / trestleurban / industrialrail yard

Crum Creek valley

1927-09-09 · Wallace, Philip B.;

Factories, buildings and train tracks from Baltimore Pike.

City Parks

mid-centuryfreight trainurban / industrialsteam locomotive

Pennsylvania Railroad Freight Station on Delaware Avenue

unknown

City Parks

Horse-drawn vehicles

vintage (pre-1920s)black and whitemid-centurycolor photo

Garrett Road

unknown · Wallace, Philip B.;

Train tracks and telephone polls line Garrett Road.

City Parks

Railroad tracksTelephone lines

mid-centuryrail yardurban / industrialfreight train

Wingohocking Station

1926-08 · Wallace, Philip B.;

Wingohocking Station on the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad

City Parks

mid-centuryblack and whitecolor photophotograph

Unidentified train station

unknown

City Parks

Railroad tracksRailroad stations

station / depoturban / industrialrail yardmid-century

Train station, Winchester

unknown

City Parks

Railroad bridgesRailroad stations

mid-centuryyard / switchingstation / depoturban / industrial

Manayunk Bridge

unknown · unknown

View down Main Street looking east under a span of the Manayunk Bridge.

City Parks

Railroad bridges

mid-centurybridge / trestleblack and whiteurban / industrial

Grain elevator and railroad tracks

unknown · Stady, Stanley Elmore

City Parks

Railroad tracks

black and whiteyard / switchingmid-centuryrail yard

Trolley tracks along unidentified road

unknown · Stady, Stanley Elmore

City Parks

mid-centuryblack and whiteurban / industrialrail yard

Unidentified lot shot from elevated railroad tracks

unknown · Stady, Stanley Elmore

City Parks

mid-centuryblack and whiterail yardurban / industrial

Trolley tracks along unidentified road

unknown · Stady, Stanley Elmore

City Parks

mid-centuryblack and whiteurban / industrialrail yard

Road leading to the Spring Garden Bridge

unknown · Stady, Stanley Elmore

Trolley tracks and automobiles.

City Parks

rail yardyard / switchingurban / industrialmid-century

Looking east along the Manayunk Canal

unknown · unknown

Factory buildings, railroad tracks and telephone poles line the canal.

City Parks

Canals

mid-centuryrail yardfreight trainblack and white

Merion Station

unknown · J. Horace McFarland Company (Harrisburg, Pa.);

Looking across the train tracks at Merion Station.

City Parks

station / depotyard / switchingelectric locomotiverail yard

Germantown Avenue and Cresheim Valley Drive

unknown · Stady, Stanley Elmore

Trolley in the background.

City Parks

mid-centuryvintage (pre-1920s)black and whitecolor photo

Rising Sun Avenue

1925-06 · Wallace, Philip B.;

Trolley tracks and a sign for Colonial Ice Cream.

City Parks

Parks

mid-centurycolor photoblack and whitevintage (pre-1920s)

Unidentified field and railroad tracks

unknown

City Parks

mid-centuryblack and whitebridge / trestlevintage (pre-1920s)

Unidentified field

unknown

Buildings, dirt roads and railroad tracks.

City Parks

vintage (pre-1920s)mid-centuryblack and whitecolor photo

Riverside Drive

unknown · unknown

Railroad tracks run parallel to Riverside Drive.

City Parks

rail yardmid-centuryfreight trainurban / industrial

12th and Susquehanna

unknown · Wallace, Philip B.;

Trolley tracks intersect in cobble stone streets.

City Parks

mid-centuryrail yardblack and whitevintage (pre-1920s)

Intersection on Rising Sun Avenue

unknown · unknown

An intersection with trolley tracks and park space in the middle.

City Parks

mid-centuryblack and whitecolor photorail yard

Delivery truck on Ridge Avenue

1930 · Stady, Stanley Elmore;

Cars, a delivery truck and a trolley drive down Ridge Avenue.

City Parks

mid-centuryfreight trainblack and whitephotograph

Olney Avenue bridge

unknown · Stady, Stanley Elmore;

A bridge on Olney Avenue crosses over train tracks near a factory building.

City Parks

mid-centuryrail yardurban / industrialyard / switching

Parkway intersection

1925-07 · Wallace, Philip B.;

Trolley tracks, parked cars and pedestrians at the intersection.

City Parks

Parkways

mid-centuryblack and whitevintage (pre-1920s)photograph

Street in the vicinity of 30th St. Station

unknown · Stady, Stanley Elmore;

Trolley and railroad tracks.

City Parks

rail yardmid-centuryurban / industrialyard / switching