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["Super Chief" in Raton Pass]

Santa Fe's "Super Chief" rolls through scenic Raton Pass on the New Mexico - Colorado border on September 7, 1959.

Date: September 7, 1959

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

["El Capitan" climbs towards Raton Pass]

Climbing towards the crest of Raton Pass, Santa Fe's "El Capitan", a high-level consist, affords passengers an opportunity to enjoy the mountain scenery of southern Colorado near the famous Wootton Ranch.

Date: 1959~

Item Type: Photograph

["The Capitol Limited"]

Baltimore and Ohio's "The Capitol Limited" train No. 6, eastbound rolls through Halithorpe, Maryland enroute to Washington D.C. circa 1959.

Date: 1959~

Item Type: Photograph

[New York Central Locomotive]

New York Central's Electric locomotive No. 341, the type used on the head-end of passenger trains, awaits its next run over the electrified main line from Croton-Hampton to Grand Central Station, circa 1959. This rail distance is 32.7 miles. The railroad is also electrified to North White Plains on the Harlem Division, a distance of 24 miles.

Date: 1959~

Item Type: Photograph

["Southern Belle"]

Kansas City Southern Railway's "Southern Belle" train No. 1, southbound, crossing Truman Road enroute from Kansas City to Shreveport, Louisiana. Kansas City in the distance.

Date: 1959~

Item Type: Photograph

[Steam locomotive in Durango, Colorado]

Photograph of the Denver and Rio Grande Western's engine No. 473, stopped at Durango, Colorado. Two men are standing in front of the train and appear to be inspecting one of the cars. Mountains are visible in the background and there is snow on the ground. This engine is a Mikado type 2-8-2 locomotive, which headed passenger trains on narrow gauge rails between Alamosa and Durango and also on the Durango-Silverton line.

Date: 1959~

Item Type: Photograph

[Santa Fe's "The Chief" diesel locomotive]

Santa Fe's "The Chief" train No. 20, eastbound, ascends the grade of Raton Pass shortly after leaving the city of Raton, New Mexico in August 1958.

Date: August 1958

Creator: ERB, dON

Item Type: Photograph

["The Phoebe Snow" at Hoboken, New Jersey]

Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's famous streamliner "The Phoebe Snow" at Hoboken, New Jersey in March of 1958.

Date: March 1958

Item Type: Photograph

[Blizzard in the Chicago Station]

One of the most unique of all railroad photographs: It is a January night in 1958 and a blizzard-snowstorm rages in the "Windy City". This scene is in the yards - the Chicago and North Western Railway's Chicago passenger station is visible in the background. Observe the gas jets which are keeping switches from being frozen.

Date: January 1958

Item Type: Photograph

["Blue Bird" near St. Louis, Missouri]

Wabash Railroad's famous streamliner "Blue Bird" train No. 24 northbound, powered by diesel locomotive No. 1002 with domes on Pullman cars and coaches. glides through beautiful Forest Park, St. Louis, enroute to Chicago.

Date: 1958~

Item Type: Photograph

["The Cyrus K. Holliday" near Dodge City, Kansas]

The Cyrus K. Holliday, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1880, is shown under steam for a special event on the Larned Branch of the Santa Fe Railway near Dodge City, Kansas, 1958.

Date: 1958

Item Type: Photograph

[Great Northern Railway's "Badger Express"]

Great Northern Railway's "Badger Express" train No.23, southbound, stops at the depot in Superior, Wisconsin enroute from Duluth to Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Date: 1958~

Item Type: Photograph

["Pere Marquette" in Michigan]

Chesapeake and Ohio's "Pere Marquette" enroute through the Michigan countryside on its run to Detroit, crossing Thornapple Bridge.

Date: 1958~

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 42.877890 -85.476487

["The Phoebe Snow" at Hoboken, New Jersey]

One of the greatest name trains of its era, the Deleware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad's Phoebe Snow, at Hoboken, New Jersey in April 1958.

Date: 1958

Item Type: Photograph

["The Sportsman" at the Detroit station]

Chesapeake and Ohio's "The Sportsman" ready to depart from the Detroit station. The city skyline is behind the train.

Date: 1958~

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 42.325727 -83.057531

[Suburban-bound trains at Chicago Station]

The Chicago and North Western Railway - spanning a period of many years - always operated the largest fleer of commuter trains into and out of the "Windy City". This scene portrays seven suburban-bound trains which have departed from the Chicago Station. The city of Chicago is in the background.

Date: 1958~

Item Type: Photograph

["The Ann Rutledge" in Springfield, Illinois]

Gulf, Mobile and Ohio's "The Ann Rutledge" train No. 19 southbound, departing from Springfield, Illinois in 1957. Notice the State Capitol building behind the train.

Date: 1957

Creator: Peters, Walt

Item Type: Photograph

Location: None

["Sam Houston Zephyr" arriving in Dallas]

Burlington's "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 4, headed by Engine No. 9950, a 2250 H.P. electro-motive diesel locomotive arriving in Dallas.

Date: January 8, 1956

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

[Steam Switcher at Dallas' Union Terminal]

Dallas Union Terminal Company's No. 7, type 0-6-0 steam switcher, adjacent to the south end of Union Terminal on January 8, 1956.

Date: January 8, 1956

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

["Texas Chief" leaving Dallas]

The Dallas section of the "Texas Chief" train No. 116, northbound, departing from Dallas on the afternoon of January 8, 1956.

Date: January 8, 1956

Item Type: Photograph

["The Pan American"]

Louisville and Nashville's "The Pan American" train No. 99, southbound, rolls through Kentucky enroute fron Cincinnati to Louisville. Spring 1956.

Date: 1956

Item Type: Photograph

[Photograph of "Sunset Limited" Crossing the Rio Grande]

Photograph of Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited" train No. 2, eastbound, with a consist of fourteen cars, crossing the Rio Grande Bridge as it nears El Paso, Texas.

Date: 1956~

Item Type: Photograph

["The Sportsman" in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia]

Chesapeake and Ohio's " The Sportsman" at the station in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.

Date: 1956~

Item Type: Photograph

["Texas Chief" in Oklahoma]

Winding through the rugged countryside near Washita Canyon in Oklahoma, the Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" powered by four diesel units and a consist of eleven cars, rolls southward towards Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, and Galveston, Texas, circa 1956.

Date: 1956

Item Type: Photograph

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["Super Chief" in Raton Pass]

["El Capitan" climbs towards Raton Pass]

["The Capitol Limited"]

[New York Central Locomotive]

["Southern Belle"]

[Steam locomotive in Durango, Colorado]

[Santa Fe's "The Chief" diesel locomotive]

["The Phoebe Snow" at Hoboken, New Jersey]

[Blizzard in the Chicago Station]

["Blue Bird" near St. Louis, Missouri]

["The Cyrus K. Holliday" near Dodge City, Kansas]

[Great Northern Railway's "Badger Express"]

["Pere Marquette" in Michigan]

["The Phoebe Snow" at Hoboken, New Jersey]

["The Sportsman" at the Detroit station]

[Suburban-bound trains at Chicago Station]

["The Ann Rutledge" in Springfield, Illinois]

["Sam Houston Zephyr" arriving in Dallas]

[Steam Switcher at Dallas' Union Terminal]

["Texas Chief" leaving Dallas]

["The Pan American"]

[Photograph of "Sunset Limited" Crossing the Rio Grande]

["The Sportsman" in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia]

["Texas Chief" in Oklahoma]