Railway History Photos & Video

Get some great railway and railroad photos & videos. Learn the history of trains

The exciting history of the building of railways worldwide will come to life with these photos, timelines and videos from the first locomotives to the latest 21st century bullet trains.

Featuring videos of important railroad history with historical photos and pictures, key events in the global railway network are explained and relived.

An interactive timeline that you control on your phone or tablet with allow you to scroll through the centuries make it easy and fun to explore railway and train history.

Important people and events you will meet include:

1) Rail history timelines

2) Bullet Trains

3) Train stations

4) Steam locomotive videos and pictures

5) Diesel and electric train photos

6) Asian railway history, videos and photos including India, Russia, China, Japan and Vietnam

7) Railroad videos of Australia and New Zealand.

8) The building of railway networks of Europe including Germany, Spain, Italy and Switzerland and others.

9) Railway videos of South America.

10) Railway museums and videos of railroads in Africa.

11) Canadian train videos.

12) Model railroading photos and videos on how to begin model railways including HO, N and O scale are featured.

13) The development of diesel and electric locomotives are covered.

14) The rise of freight and passenger train travel in the United States of America are also included.