As with WWII trains (see below), I really appreciate personal stories and recollections of travel in those days to help add context to the … Classic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. HISTORIC PASSENGER TRAIN ROUTES DEARBORN STATION Main intercity passenger routes out of Chicago. Classic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train … Jacksonville Terminal was a monument to Florida's status as the southern vacation destination of choice for the eastern half of the U.S. Few travelers got off here; instead, the city was the funnel for trains arriving over the Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, and Southern Railway on their way farther south to the state's east and west coasts. Fred Klein, 2016 . Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train …
With more than 30 train routes throughout the United States, and some in Canada, Amtrak travels to over 500 destinations in 46 states, giving you the best views North America has to offer. Fred Klein, 2013. Coaches at the time were known as carriages. It is usually difficult to accurately model a passenger train with off-the-shelf cars or components without some re-decaling custom modeling. Links to "railfan timetable" information for present railroads, whether successor Amtrak service or freight only, along with information on abandoned routes. The Baltimore and Ohio railroad operated its premier passenger trains between the eastern cities of Jersey City or Baltimore, and Chicago or St Louis in the Midwest. Baltimore & Ohio’s Ambassador, late 1940s – late 1950s.

N scale train models with (near) prototypical cars and consists.
This would have been at one of the London terminuses. Second and third class When I was a growing up in 1940s and 1950s England, I do just remember seeing trains with coaches marked with First, Second and third class on their sides. Whether you want to visit big cities, small towns or places you can only see by rail, Amtrak can take you there. My long-term goal is to document all of the intercity passenger trains operating in the United States in April 1971, on the eve of Amtrak.