Passenger Rail Service For a while, I’ve been collecting pics on rail travel during the golden era of passenger service. The first pic is a 1942 station photo – seeing the troops off. I found a series of pics taken of Pullmans. I don’t have much info, but they show the opulence at the high …
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Month:April 2021
Kevin’s Komments 04/09/2021
Electric Locomotives Our club doesn’t discuss much about electric locos – it’s not really a topic pertinent to the Cincinnati Northern. But I was looking at passenger cars and service, and caught some glimpses of the electric motive power used on some of the east coast lines… We all know of, and I think most …
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Kevin’s Komments 04/01/2021
Steam Switchers Somehow (probably because of the USRA pics of switchers), I’ve been caught up with pics of yard switchers – steam era. This is the Milwaukee Railroad yard: If you like UP steam, this is a great site: https://donstrack.smugmug.com/UtahRails/Union-Pacific/UP-Steam-Locomotives/ . I found this UP switcher along with a few others: Same website – this …
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