15 March 2014

postcards, part 5

Trains + streetcars.


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"Leaving Santa Fe Bridge over Mississippi River at Fort Madison, Iowa"


"Illinois Terminal 300. One of three sets of streamlined equipment purchased new in 1949 by the Illinois Terminal Railroad. These modern, fast interurban trains were complete with dining and parlor-observation cars."


"The Busiest Corner in Beaumont, Texas"


"Fort Bragg, California. One of the nation's most scenic railroads, connecting Fort Bragg with Willits. Affectionately nicknamed "The Skunk," its conductor daily delivers milk, bread, and baggage to isolated homesteaders and camps distributed over the 40-mile long mountainous forest."



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