Railroading's Last Great Era: The 1950s - American-Rails.com
2024年10月27日 · The post-World War II railroad industry, through the 1950s, was a fascinating dichotomy of initial prosperity followed by increasing struggle and frustration. The new decade dawned with great hope for not only continued strong freight tonnage but also a belief that rail travel would continue to prosper.
More Trains of the 1950s | Classic Trains Magazine
2020年10月19日 · Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers. More Trains of the 1950s features an all-new collection of articles that haven't been printed in more than 50 years, plus: Stories from iconic journalist David P. Morgan, among ...
Class 1 Railroads in the 1950s - Trains Magazine - Trains News …
2005年9月9日 · This is a list of the 127 class 1 railroads in the 1950s as defined by the I.C.C. These railroads had revenue over $1,000,000 per year, and does not include terminal railroads. Several of these are just paper railroads which are owned by another class 1 railroad.
1950s – Golden Age of TRAIN TRAVEL in the USA
2020年7月30日 · Premiere Passenger Trains during the 1950s were the finest in the world. With excellent meals, suburb Pullman service, dinner in the diner, club lounges, train secretaries, barbershops, cocktail bars, observation cars… trains like the Super Chief, 20th Century Limited, and the California Zypher were world-famous.
Classic Trains Magazine Trains of the 1950s Special Issue
2019年7月12日 · The past is back in Classic Trains, the quarterly magazine celebrating the historic "golden years" of North American railroading. In Classic Trains, you'll take a trip back and rediscover the railroads, trains, and people who worked the rails from the 1920s to the '70s.
Steam In The 50's : Madacy Entertainment - Archive.org
1998年6月1日 · Like a well-traveled hobo, this video covers fourteen different trains and their journeys across America, highlighting some of the very best rail destinations of the 50's. Included in this segment are some of the most notable crossings of railroads such as the Baltimore & Ohio, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and the Canadian National.
Super Streamliners: Dazzling passenger trains from the classic …
2021年2月16日 · Long before the advent of diesels and lightweight equipment, streamliners shaped “high-speed rail” in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. In this free, 35-page download, we revisit the classic streamliner era.
British Steam in the 1950's and 1960's: Volume 1 (1997 UK VHS)
2020年6月28日 · Out of Cameras of few keen amateur railway photographers in 1950's and 1960's o steam locomotive operation on British Railways, came some fascinating cine footage recording the end of an era. This series of videos is aimed at uncovering some of those unique movie shots taken during this period.
50 years ago in railroad history: April 1959 | Classic Trains Magazine
2009年3月31日 · Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers. Classic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s.
Railroads of the 1950s - donstrack - SmugMug
559 photos of U. S. railroads during the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s. Lifted from books authored by S. Kip Farrington.