Truman campaign train at Denver
At 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 20, 1948, specially cleaned and inspected Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 835 eases President Harry S.…
Read moreAt 8:30 a.m. on Sept. 20, 1948, specially cleaned and inspected Union Pacific 4-8-4 No. 835 eases President Harry S.…
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A Southern Railway 4-8-2 leads a troop train near Craggy, N.C., in August 1944. The train is en route from…
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Southern Pacific narrow-gauge 4-6-0 No. 22 nears Keeler, Calif., with a freight in May 1940. The Ten-Wheeler was originally Florence…
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Four SD24s traverse one of the many fills on the Santa Fe’s new alignment between Williams and Crookton, Ariz., in…
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New Haven 376, one of 10 EP-5 electrics nicknamed “Jets” for their howling blower motors, cruises down the road’s four-track…
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Louisville & Nashville class M-1 No. 1954, one of 42 “Big Emma” 2-8-4s built by Baldwin and Lima during 1942-49,…
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On May 28, 1964, at Alexandria Junction, Md., Pennsylvania Railroad GG1 electric 4906 brings up the rear of Washington–New York…
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The conductor of Union Transportation Co.’s daily train raises his hand in warning to an approaching motorist as 0-6-0 5244,…
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On Canadian National subsidiary Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific, CN 4-6-2 5127 brings the overnight train from Fort Frances, Ont., into…
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In May 1950, a lone 2-8-0 runs west across the Lackawanna Railroad’s bridge across the Delaware River, one of many…
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A map and profile compares Canadian Pacific’s original line up the west slope of British Columbia’s Kicking Horse Pass with…
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Canadian National 4-6-4T No. 46 couples to a string of commuter coaches at Dorval, Que., in September 1955. The tank…
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