American Steam Trains in the 1940's & 1950's - Documentary.
2016年9月3日 · American Steam Trains in the 1940's & 1950's - Documentary.
Union Pacific Big Boy - Wikipedia
The Union Pacific Big Boy is a type of simple articulated 4-8-8-4 steam locomotive manufactured by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) between 1941 and 1944 and operated by the …
Trains of the 1940s - Trains
Troop sleepers on Donner, New Haven steam and diesel, interurbans in color, early postwar streamliners, draftees in Penn Station, prewar City of L.A., CB&Q on the SP, and more
Streamliners: The "Silver Age" Of Rail Travel - American-Rails.com
2024年8月21日 · Streamliners were a relatively late era development. The period in which trains ruled interstate transportation, the so-called "Golden Age," occurred between the 1880's and …
Locomotives - Steamtown National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
Built for the Union Pacific Railroad as one of twenty-five 4-8-8-4 ("Big Boy") steam locomotives ordered by the UP to haul heavy freight across the Continental Divide. Big Boys are famous as …
Trains of the 1940s | 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 …
The Union Pacific Big Boy Story, 25 Massive Locomotives - Steam …
The Union Pacific Big Boy steam locomotive was introduced at a fantastic time. In 1940, America was enjoying a period of growth following the Great Depression. It had been a slow recovery …
More Trains of the 1940s
The march toward dieselization resumed with a vengeance, as more and more roads concluded that the future held no place for steam, and some dropped their fires altogether. These and …
Classic Steam of the ’20s to the ’40s – American Train Video …
Timeframe: 1920s-1940s Locations: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Kansas City, more. Length: 1 hour Sources: Frank W. Schlegel, Vince Ryan, Jack Alexander. A …
Streamliners: America's Lost Trains | American Experience | PBS
2001年2月5日 · Legendary trains of the streamliner era were taken out of service — some sold to the Mexican National Railway. In the film's moving final sequence, railway workers and …