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Marent Trestle
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View looking up at the Marent trestle, part of the Northern Pacific Railroad. A train carrying passenger cars passes over the 228 foot high trestle, and a house and garden are far below. Caption reads: "Marent Trestle, 228 ft. high, Northern Pacific R.R. near Missoula, Montana."
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The Kinzua Viaduct
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad Car
March 1953
A sleek, deluxe sleeping railroad passenger car made of high-strength, low-alloy steel.
Southern Pacific Depot
A crowd is gathered on railroad tracks near passenger cars outside Southern Pacific Depot, built in 1880. Published by S. Friedman.
Children and Adults Gathered near Passenger Car
1917
Group of youth gathered near a passenger car listening to a man identified as "Governor Howard." The man is most likely Edgar Howard, Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska. The train was part of the Unio...
First Steam Passenger Train
circa 1830-1839
Woodcut image of the first steam passenger train ever run in the United States. The locomotive pulls a wood car and two passenger cars.
Unidentified Train Ticket Agents
circa 1890-1899
Unidentified group of train ticket agents standing near train. Special excursion.
