Train of Tomorrow observation lounge
The rear lounge section of Moon Glow, the dome-observation car of General Motors’ 1947 Train of Tomorrow, featured extra-wide curved windows,…
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An FP7 and F7B depart Toronto with Canadian Pacific Railway train 11, The Canadian, in 1964. The 13-car train will rendezvous…
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A mid-1940s view from the Henry Hudson Parkway bridge near the north end of New York City shows the converging…
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FT diesels on a westbound Santa Fe freight idle in front of Joliet (Ill.) Union Station, waiting for the Chief,…
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Two interurban cars and a bus stand at the Sacramento Northern’s ramshackle shop complex in Oakland in 1940. Linn H.…
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On Dec. 9, 1961, Budd Company RDC1 demonstrator 2960 approaches a grade crossing in Glen Burnie, Md., during an 18-day…
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A rendering from a Milwaukee Road brochure for the 1947 Olympian Hiawatha shows a couple enjoying a double bedroom in one of…
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New York Central 4-6-2 4754 pulls out of Detroit’s Michigan Central Station with train 305 for Toledo and Cleveland on…
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New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal, opened in 1954 as one of America’s last pre-Amtrak big-city passenger terminals, featured an open-air…
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A hostler at the Milwaukee Road’s engine terminal near 35th Street in Milwaukee uses a water crane to top off…
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Great Northern mail clerk Ben Russell grabs the pouch from the catcher after making the catch at Bethel, Minn., while…
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Two Rock Island E units lead the Chicago–Los Angeles Golden State into Joliet (Ill.) Union Station in fall 1951. Wallace…
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