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Chicago–Los Angeles Golden State at Corona, N.Mex., April 1947.

D. A. Longley collection

At dusk, one of the original United Aircraft TurboTrains running as Penn Central train 3002 between New York and Boston glides across the Mystic River swing bridge on the Connecticut coast. These pioneers of North American high speed rail were fun to ride but proved to be mechanically unreliable. July 18, 1970

St. Louis Southwestern locomotive #676, pulls Texas & New Orleans Railroad locomotive #651, into Dallas Union Station in Dallas, Texas. 1946 February 15

Amtrak #175 leads train #40 (Three Rivers) Eastbound. Cassandra, PA 2/11/2005

The Cincinnati-Washington remnant of the “National Limited” after the through cars had been switched to the C&O’s “George Washington” east of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH August 20, 1966

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14 Gorgeous Menus From the Golden Age of Dining Cars

Denver, Colorado // Jude Allen

Workmen building the ‘Big Dipper’ in Battersea Park in 1951.

This is a very well done Tissot; nice, classical style. (via)