Women at St. Louis Depot, 1928

Seems to be a group traveling together, probably for a club or conference meeting, on the B & O's National Limited. You can see some man looking out at them from inside the club car. In 1928, you got your group together and took the train.

This was offered for sale a little while ago by eBay seller tomrk5. Click to see a bigger version.

Railtown Steam

Hardly ever just post about somebody else's post or article. But this one is full o' great stuff, and here's a spot image:

How about that, eh?

Online Resource for Burlington Photos

Daily Life Along the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad (Newberry Library) features hundreds of photos taken in the late 1940's for the publicity project that eventually became the book Granger Country.

 Here's one of the photos:

Lionel 1926

A back-cover ad from the December, 1926 issue of SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN. Click to make it bigger. Wouldn't that make a great poster?

Scenic Railway, Rio de Janiero, 1911

The cover illustration from the April, 1911 issue of POPULAR ELECTRICITY, which I just accidentally stumbled on while searching for something else on eBay. The seller is rhealee8, if you want to see more. I reshaped the photo to make it more, like, rectangular, as it had originally been. Click makes big.

The Last Steam Locomotive Through Greensboro

Photo taken in Greensboro, NC, probably in 1958, by Irvin R. "Buck" Squires, and used by permission of the Squires family.

Thanks to John Squires for forwarding this to us. Click for larger size.

The Bowery, NYC, Elevated Railroad, 1897

I collected this image of a stereoview in 2002, but didn't keep a trail as to its source. It can stand on its own. Click = bigger.