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High Speed Rail from the Past: Streamliners and early bullet trains!
Photo Album By: Mitch Goldman
 
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Photo ID: 554113

An observant couple, wearing the bell-bottom style pants of the day, is waiting on the next southbound train as a northbound Metroliner kicks up a dust storm. Car 887 was built by Budd with GE eq... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Metroliner
Location: Aberdeen, Maryland, USA
Locomotive #: PC 887
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 13, 1976


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By: Bob Kise

Added: Nov 11, 2015

Views: 4,074
Comments: 0

Favorited: 12
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Photo ID: 552467

The German ICE Train is visiting the USA, passing the classic old PRR position-light and dwarf signals at CP ROY.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: ICE Train
Location: Middletown, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 1993


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By: Bob Kise

Added: Oct 31, 2015

Views: 4,317
Comments: 1

Favorited: 16
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Photo ID: 552315

A northbound (railroad westbound) Rohr Turboliner approaching the Crugers Station. Date is approximate.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Rohr Turboliner
Location: Crugers, New York, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK155
Train ID:
Photo Date: November 24, 1984


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By: Paul F. De Luca

Added: Oct 30, 2015

Views: 4,040
Comments: 2

Favorited: 18
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Photo ID: 550972

A northbound Metroliner rips by the junction with the Delmarva Secondary. Lead car no. 885 was eventually rebuilt into coach no. 44556.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Metroliner
Location: Newark, Delaware, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 885
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: July 03, 1977


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By: Bob Kise

Added: Oct 20, 2015

Views: 4,229
Comments: 0

Favorited: 17
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Photo ID: 550083

Amtrak's X2000 heads north towards New York, rolling past the Sunoco refinery at Marcus Hook, Pa. Next stop is Philadelphia.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: X2000
Location: Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK X2000
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: April 30, 1993


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By: Steve Barry / www.railroadphotographer.com

Added: Oct 13, 2015

Views: 4,695
Comments: 1

Favorited: 18


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Photo ID: 549626

The classiest profile in railroading in late 1965 was still Santa Fe’s four Warbonnet-wearing E6As. Built by EMC in the early years of World War II, by the mid-1960s they were assigned to servic... (more)

Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)
Locomotive: EMC E6A
Location: Kansas City, Kansas, USA
Locomotive #: 15
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 16, 1965


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By: Bill Marvel

Added: Oct 09, 2015

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Views: 19,210
Comments: 4

Favorited: 84
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Photo ID: 537333

VIA 6921 & company. VIA 6921 and two CN passenger cars bask in the sun at Exporail.

Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: BBD LRC-3
Location: St-Constant, Quebec, Canada
Locomotive #: VIA 6921
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 24, 2015


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By: Michael Berry

Added: Jul 05, 2015

Views: 3,064
Comments: 0

Favorited: 6
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Photo ID: 512750

The third diesel powered streamliner in North America was built jointly by the Budd Company and Electro-Motive Corporation for the Maine Central and Boston and Maine Railroads. Pictured here on a ... (more)

Railroad: Boston & Maine
Locomotive: Budd Flying Yankee
Location: Glen, New Hampshire, USA
Locomotive #: BM-MEC 6000
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August, 1996


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By: Jeff Colburn

Added: Jan 02, 2015

Views: 10,105
Comments: 8

Favorited: 40
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Photo ID: 507390

The Red Arrow "Liberty Liner" sits outside the car barn at the Rockhill Trolley Museum.

Railroad: Red Arrow Lines
Locomotive: Electroliner
Location: Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: RAL 803-804
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 11, 2014


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By: Mitch Goldman

Added: Nov 20, 2014

Views: 4,964
Comments: 2

Favorited: 19
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Photo ID: 493795

Amtrak #658 enroute to New York's Pennsylvania Station whips by the Strasburg RR interchange at Paradise, PA. Young train buffs look on as the friendly Amtrak Engineer gave a friendly wave and a c... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: ASEA AEM-7
Location: Paradise, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 941
Train ID: 658
Photo Date: August 13, 2014


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By: LawnGuylander

Added: Aug 15, 2014

Views: 3,761
Comments: 1

Favorited: 15


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Photo ID: 490049

January, 21, 1963 I will remember forever. I was at home in Rye, New York and I read in the New York Times that it was the last day of operation of the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad.... (more)

Railroad: Chicago North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad
Locomotive: St Louis Car MU
Location: Highwood, Illinois, USA
Locomotive #: CNSM 804-803
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: August 06, 1963


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By: Dennis A. Livesey

Added: Jul 17, 2014

Views: 9,383
Comments: 3

Favorited: 35
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Photo ID: 489066

This is the first prototype of experimental Bertin Aérotrain (Skytrain). This air levitation train circulating on a monorail on December 29, 1965. This day, the prototype reaches 90 km / h on a 1... (more)

Railroad: Untitled
Locomotive: Aerotrain 01
Location: Longueville (77), France
Locomotive #: Unknown
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 18, 2011


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By: Daniel Minaca

Added: Jul 11, 2014

Views: 8,663
Comments: 2

Favorited: 19
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Photo ID: 489032

The future of railroading -- three decades ago. A United Aircraft turbo train speeds westward from Montreal. Alas, turbo power never caught on in North America.

Railroad: VIA Rail
Locomotive: UA Turbo
Location: Lachine, Quebec, Canada
Locomotive #: VIA 150
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October, 1982


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By: Steve Barry / www.railroadphotographer.com

Added: Jul 11, 2014

Views: 8,812
Comments: 3

Favorited: 38
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Photo ID: 460703

An Amtrak Metroliner speeds through Elizabeth while an eastbound NJDOT local is stopped on the other outside track.

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Metroliner
Location: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Locomotive #: Amtrak 829
Train ID: Amtrak 117
Photo Date: June 28, 1976


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By: Bob Krone

Added: Dec 01, 2013

Views: 4,300
Comments: 1

Favorited: 18
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Photo ID: 459532

For the 150th anniversary of Belgian railways in 1985 this streamlined Atlantic, No 12 004 was specially put back into working order to haul some special trains. Here it is seen leaving a tunnel n... (more)

Railroad: SNCB/NMBS
Locomotive: steam 4-4-2
Location: Dinant, Belgium
Locomotive #: 12.004
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: September 22, 1985


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By: Brian Stephenson

Added: Nov 22, 2013

Views: 11,743
Comments: 2

Favorited: 33
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