Nostalgia & History > Railroad Workers

Picture 1 became separated from the reference to its source.  I used Picasa photo identification to find its source.  The website said the picture was the “Pennsylvania Railroad track crew at Van Dyke, Juniata County Pennsylvania, 1909.”  The Picasa photo identification also named the picture as 19th century railroad workers.  It also gave a number of similar a number of visually similar images.  The pictures below are selected from these visually similar images. 
 
https://www.pinterest.com/clarkhallman/railroad-misc

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Picture 2, “Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro select teams pose in front of the train taking the Rio team home after the first ever match between the rival cities.” 
 
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2651367/Revealed-How-19th-century-Scotsman-kicked-Brazils-consuming-love-affair-football.html

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Picture 3, No text.
 
“Construction of the Vermont Central Railroad running from Hartford to Painesville (present day Essex Junction) began in 1845. A short time later, construction started on the Rutland Railroad, which terminated in downtown Burlington. Both were completed in 1849. Many smaller lines were proposed but not constructed and the business of building railroads was fraught with bankruptcies, corruption, and mismanagement. Even so, by the end of the nineteenth century most Vermonters lived within close proximity of a railroad, and the Iron Horse had a pro-found impact on every aspect of life in the state for decades.” 
 
http://www.freedomandunity.org/1800s/railroads.html   
 

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Picture 4, “Winona and St. Peter Railroad workers at the yard.”
 
http://www.winonadailynews.com/news/local/thursday-throwback-winona-workers-tackled-railroad-safety-dating-back-to/article_3777f311-ad85-5a96-95a9-d90b940c9ec4.html
 
 

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#1 looks like a rough bunch, I would have made sure they got paid on time.

More nice photos, thanks for sharing!  I agree about the folks in #1 looking like a tough group.  Interesting handles on their shovels and rakes, would guess the handles were made out of wood?
Todd Montgomery
Springfield OR

It's interesting that there's a cover over the headlight in the last picture. Anyone know why it would have a cover?-BMT