The 50s

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Rail

1954. Two car train just in from Champlain

Springfield, Illinois is August, 1954. Two car train just in from Champlain. Fun riding these trains on uneven IT trackage with creaking wooden cars. Photo by Airman Robert Wanner

Chicago Theatre winter of 1950

Chicago Theatre winter of 1950

Norfolk & Western’s “Powhatan Arrow,” 1955

Norfolk & Western’s “Powhatan Arrow,” led by 4-8-4 #604 (J), heads westbound just west of Cooper Tunnel (West Virginia) during July of 1955. The train is on Bridge 854 spanning the Bluestone River.