Afternoon Hiawatha was photographed in this scene leaving Chicago Union Station in June 1968.
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Grand Central Terminal train gate display, 1928. The text reads, "An innovation in train indicators, as now used in Grand Central Terminal. The name and hour of departure of the train, and the car numbers, are visible from a greater distance than with the old style boards."
Photo: Canadian Southern Railway
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Today's Gender: Pennsylvania GG1
Submitted by @thekalpar
Thank you, fellow train fiend!
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The Galloping Goose. Vintage snapshot photo of a Rio Grande Southern Railroad car for the U.S. Mail Express.
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O. Winston Link writes a note while sitting in the passenger station in Roanoke, Virginia. On display above him are models of a modern Class J passenger locomotive and an 1890 Class J locomotive - both steam locomotives. Plaque with award certificates on wall underneath.
From O. Winston Link Museum Archives Collection
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An unknown photographer took this slide of Milwaukee train 5, the Morning Hiawatha leaving Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin station in September 1967.
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Charlie Chaplin arriving at Grand Central Terminal, January 14, 1927. He came to New York to assemble forces to meet the attack of his wife, who was suing for divorce and a share of his $16 million fortune (today worth about $274 million).
Photo: Bettmann Archives/Getty Images/Fine Art America
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The Texas Special leaves Austin, 1948. What a great-looking locomotive!
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Journeys and mysterious bright lights
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Q: Where is this train going? A: To an atomic development laboratory.
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