Trains!

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The afternoon Jacobite crosses Glenfinnan Viaduct -

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Wabash’s Blue Bird

Chicago–St. Louis Blue Bird just south of Palos Park, Ill., 1940s.

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NYC train, engine number 5396, engine type 4-6-4 Train #41, Knickerbocker. Photographed: at St. Louis, Mo., August 16, 1940.

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Brian Romeijn

abandoned orient Express wagon

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Golcar Huddersfield West Yorkshire 28th April 2017 by loose_grip_99 Via Flickr: Turning 180 degrees from the previous post and this is the view from the Britannia Road footbridge. First TransPennine Express Class 185 diesel multiple unit 185120 hurries downhill past the site of the former Golcar station - closed in 1968 - with a service to Leeds & Scarborough. The left hand Britannia Road bridge span is hidden by the trees but it originally passed over the Fast lines and an island platform was where the green strip can now be seen. Nearly all trace of the station and its 4 platforms has been removed and the Fast lines abandoned.

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Flam Railway, Norway

The Flåm Railway has been named one of the most beautiful train journeys in the world and is one of the leading tourist attractions in Norway. The train runs from the end of Aurlandsfjord, a tributary of the Sognefjord, up to the high mountains at Myrdal Station. The journey displays the very best aspects of Western Norway’s stunning scenery.

The Flåm Line (Norwegian: Flåmsbana) is a 20.2-kilometer (12.6 mi) long railway line between Myrdal and Flåm in Aurland, Norway. A branch line of the Bergen Line, it runs through the valley of Flåmsdalen and connects the mainline with Sognefjord. The line’s elevation difference is 863 meters (2,831 ft); it has ten stations, twenty tunnels and one bridge. The maximum gradient is 5.5 percent (1:18). Because of its steep gradient and picturesque nature, the Flåm Line is now almost exclusively a tourist service and has become the third-most visited tourist attraction in Norway.

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ATSF#98 is an EMD FP45 locomotive at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, California. Taken August 04, 2003 by Pretzelpaws.

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Train Departures Board | A proper vintage spinner by diamond geezer | Flickr

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KCS, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1960

Northbound Kansas City Southern Railway local passenger train no. 10 leaves Baton Rouge, Louisiana, after crossing Mississippi River in May 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-02-071-04

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SD&A train carriage 42 at Santa Fe Station, San Diego, 1935

From the Middlebrook Photographs of San Diego & Arizona Railway Locomotives

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Brochure of Trolley Cars, 1916

Pictured here are selections of locomotive cars from a 1916 Philadelphia Electric Equipment Company brochure entitled, “Cars”. This brochure was enclosed with a letter sent by the manager of the Philadelphia Electric Equipment Company to the commander of the Naval Proving Ground at Indian Head, Maryland. The commander was interested in purchasing new railway cars to relieve traffic congestion, and provide workers with easier transportation to and from the Proving Ground.

Want to learn more about our holdings? You can check out our online catalog (www.catalog.archives.gov) and make an appointment to view our holdings at the National Archives at Philadelphia by calling [phone] or emailing [email protected].

Today’s post was written by Samuel Limneos, Archives Technician at the National Archives at Philadelphia.

Letter from the Manager – Electric Equipment Company, Philadelphia to H.G. Lackey – Commander, Inspector Ordnances in Charge, Naval Proving Ground, Indian Head MD concerning purchase of medium size railway cars, with enclosed Electric Equipment Company brochures; File 2407-6, Folder 2; Central Subject Files of the Naval Powder Factory; 5th Naval District; RG 181 Records of the Naval Districts and Shore Establishments; National Archives at Philadelphia (NAID: 66540631) (HMS-ID: PH-6192).

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Scotrail class 385 . by Steven Barker Via Flickr: ScotRail class 385 EMU at the Hitachi factory in Newton Aycliffe .

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Hogwarts Express in the Scottish Highlands on a rainy but magic day this December (2017). 

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Probably my most favourite locomotive, No 34092 (City of Wells) in Lancashire, earlier this month. For more steam train pictures, follow me on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steamtrainchick/

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LN 753 on the Hummingbird East St Louis, IL 5/1/1969

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(via Bridgnorth Station in Snow | Tim Walter | Flickr)