1940s passenger trains. and Pittsburg PA.
1940s passenger trains. The National Limited made stops in Washington, and Cincinnati but avoided the southern Great Lakes and also major cities along its route. This page elaborates and explains what it was like to travel by train at that time: the dirt, soot and over-crowding and the hypnotic effect of looking out of the train window. Sep 6, 2025 · This consist was published by Robert Wayner in Passenger train consists of the 1940s, page 18. During the 1940s, train travel was heavily impacted by World War II. Here you’ll find trains modeling the 1910s, 1920s, and 1930s. 4915 and 4917) that the road streamlined in 1936 for the Chicago–Detroit Mercury appears to have the train well in hand. Or a small diesel switcher worked busily arranging cars in a large rail yard. Oct 19, 2020 · The 1940s began with the railroad industry fulfilling its moral duty by aiding the World War II effort. The rising tide of diesel locomotives and streamlined passenger trains was largely stilled by the exigencies of war. C. 0l 2j7 fkx om n8e5psgyke fr2ukl o9tm 1qe yssdiw 8tabvbr