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["The Grand Canyon" traverses Raton Pass]

Santa Fe's "The Grand Canyon", headed by nine GM Diesel Units, 18,000 horsepower, with a consist of twenty-three cars traverses Raton Pass in Mew Mexico on September 17, 1960.

Date: September 17, 1960

Creator: Plummer, Roger S.

Item Type: Photograph

[Train at Saltillo Depot]

Coahuila and Zacatecas Railroad's Engine No. 2, a Consolidation type 2-8-0 locomotive, with its slope-back tender, stands on the turntable at Saltillo, Mexico on February 25, 1960. In the yesteryears this was a road engine used in dual service, heading a passenger train or a freight which usually consisted of ore cars.

Date: February 25, 1960

Item Type: Photograph

["Melchor Ocampo" in Fraile]

A combine second and first class coach, No. 7 named "Melchor Ocampo" is the rear-end car on the Coahuila and Zacatecas Railroad's passenger train which has made a station stop at the small town of Fraile on February 23, 1960. Along these narrow gauge rails in the early 1920s bandits frequently staged holdups of trains carrying payrolls in gold and silver to the mines at Concepcion del Oro.

Date: February 23, 1960

Item Type: Photograph

[Train at Concepcion del Oro]

Coahuila and Zacatecas Railroad's Engine No. 7 has taken a long drink an a summer afternoon at the water tank located in the yards at Concepcion del Oro, preparing to head an ore consist. This was a mining town for many years where ore trains departed on frequent schedules for the Mazapil Smelter at saltillo, Mexico.

Date: February 23, 1960

Item Type: Photograph

[Amarillo Depot]

The Santa Fe's attractive and well maintained depot at Amarillo, Texas.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

Location: 35.208518 -101.825951

["Aztec Eagle" departing from Mexico City]

"The Aztec Eagle" train No. 1 northbound, modern streamlined passenger train of the National Railways of Mexico departing from Mexico City on the 802 mile run to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico located on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas. Circa 1960.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

["California Zephyr" in California]

The superb Vista-Domed streamliner, "California Zephyr", rolls over Western Pacific rails through Feather River Canyon in California, circa 1960. Mountains and a river are in the background.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

["California Zephyr" in Colorado]

The famous "California Zephyr" roll through Colorado on Denver and Rio Grande Western Rails, circa 1960. This modern Domeliner traveled a route of 2,532 miles from Chicago to Dan Francisco. The luxury train was jointly operated by the Burlington, Rio Grande and Western Pacific Railroads.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

[Chesapeake and Ohio's "The George Washington"]

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's modern streamliner, "The George Washington" train No. 2, eastbound, leaving Huntington, West Virginia, on a winter night in January 1960.

Date: January 1960

Item Type: Photograph

[Clovis, New Mexico depot]

For many years this depot at Clovis, New Mexico was one of the busiest passenger terminals on Santa Fe rails, circa 1960. This was the junction point for passenger trains operating to and from the Texas cities of Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston; also, for the mainline trains operating via Amarillo to and from Chicago and the West Coast.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

["The Colonial" rolling from Boston to New York]

The New Haven's modern streamliner, "The Colonial" enroute between Boston and New York.

Date: 1960

Item Type: Photograph

[Commuter Train]

Commuter train on the electrified division of the New Haven Railroad between New York and New Haven, Connecticut, circa 1960.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

["The Crescent" in the Georgia mountains]

"The Crescent" on w of Southern Railway's deluxe streamliners, crosses the mountains of north Georgia. It carried private room Pullman cars between New York and New Orleans and reclining-seat coaches between Washington D.C. and Atlanta and New Orleans.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

[Engine 183 above the Toltec Gorge]

Rio Grande's engine No. 483 exits from Toltec Tunnel No. 2 on narrow gauge rails between Alamosa and Durango, Colorado. This is above Toltec Gorge with the Garfield Monument located about 100 feet west of the tunnel portal. Rocky cliffs are to the left of the track and a railing is to the right.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

[Engine 488 at Chama, New Mexico Depot]

Engine No. 488. a Mikado type 2-8-2 narrow gauge locomotive, heads Rail Fans' Special train at Chama, New Mexico Depot on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

[Grand Central Station in Chicago]

Grand Central Station, Chicago was opened on December 8, 1890. Baltimore and Ohio's passenger service into and out of this terminal was inaugurated in Dec 1, 1891. Sign on the side of the building says, " C & O, B & O Want Passengers? You bet! only $22.15 to Washington - Free movies - Try us - WA.2-2211".

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

[Interior of New York's Grand Central Station]

Photograph looking East through the concourse of a fabulous railroad terminal, Grand Central Station, New York, NY in January 1960.

Date: 1960

Item Type: Photograph

[Mighty Engine No. 1361 of the Pennsylvania Railroad]

Pennsylvania Railroad's mighty and versatile Engine No. 1361, a K4s Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, was one of the earliest built in the shops at Altoona, Pennsylvania. This locomotive was placed in service May 18, 1918 and hauled passenger trains on the main line between New York, Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh over a period of thirty-five years. It rolled up a total of 2,469,000 miles before retirement. It now reposes at the famous Horseshoe Curve as a permanent monument.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

["North Coast Limited" in Rocky Canyon]

Northern Pacific's modern Vista-Dome "North Coast Limited" in Rocky Canyon a short distance east of Bozeman, Montana, circa 1960. this was a Northern Pacific train from Seattle to St. Paul and a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train from St. Paul to Chicago.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

[Observation Car on "The Panama Central"]

Interior view of the observation car in the consist of the Illinois Central's "The Panama Limited."

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

[Old Pennsylvania Station in New York City]

Photograph of one of the world's greatest railroad terminals, the Old Pennsylvania Station on New York, NY seen here on July 1960. Although transformed above the ground-level by construction of the Madison Square Garden, which was completed in December 1969, this terminal continues to provide efficient service to commuters and passengers who use the trains.

Date: 1960

Item Type: Photograph

["The Panama Limited" at Pass Manchac]

Illinois Central's "The Panama Limited" train No. 6, northbound, at Pass Manchac north of New Orleans, enroute to Chicago. train is passing over a body of water.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

["The Panama Limited" departing Chicago]

Illinois Central's "The Panama Limited" train No. 5, southbound, an all Pullman streamliner, departing from Chicago on its 921.1 mile run to New Orleans.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

[Rail Buff's Special train]

Rail Buff's train enroute over the Denver and Rio Grande Western's narrow gauge line between Alamosa and Durango, Colorado.

Date: 1960~

Item Type: Photograph

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["The Grand Canyon" traverses Raton Pass]

[Train at Saltillo Depot]

["Melchor Ocampo" in Fraile]

[Train at Concepcion del Oro]

[Amarillo Depot]

["Aztec Eagle" departing from Mexico City]

["California Zephyr" in California]

["California Zephyr" in Colorado]

[Chesapeake and Ohio's "The George Washington"]

[Clovis, New Mexico depot]

["The Colonial" rolling from Boston to New York]

[Commuter Train]

["The Crescent" in the Georgia mountains]

[Engine 183 above the Toltec Gorge]

[Engine 488 at Chama, New Mexico Depot]

[Grand Central Station in Chicago]

[Interior of New York's Grand Central Station]

[Mighty Engine No. 1361 of the Pennsylvania Railroad]

["North Coast Limited" in Rocky Canyon]

[Observation Car on "The Panama Central"]

[Old Pennsylvania Station in New York City]

["The Panama Limited" at Pass Manchac]

["The Panama Limited" departing Chicago]

[Rail Buff's Special train]