Monthly Archives: December 2014

New York Central Christmas ad, Milwuakee Road snowbound, and the California Zephyr on a New Year’s Day

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

Wishing each of you happy holidays and safe travels. The ad above appeared in a National Geographic magazine. The Milwaukee Journal photo below was taken during the blizzard of January 29, 1947. The photo is reproduced here from the book … Continue reading →

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Pennsylvania Broadway Limited, 1948

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

As a kid, I wrote to railroads and asked for pictures of their trains. A stamp on the back of this photo says: “Kaufman and Fabry Co., Commercial Photographers, Tel. HArr 7-3135, 425 So. Wab. Ave., Chicago.” Penciled in on … Continue reading →

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The Wabash Midnight and its St.Louis-Chicago competitors, the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Midnight Special and the Illinois Central Night Diamond

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

You’re a Washington University student heading from St. Louis home to Chicago for Thanksgiving 1951. Wabash doesn’t have a day train after the noon Banner Blue, but you could catch the GM&O Ann Rutledge at 4:30 or the IC Daylight … Continue reading →

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Amtrak Thanksgiving 2014 timetable, front and back covers

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

I depart from “streamliner memories” because I thought those of you not on the corridor might not see this holiday timetable with its pleasing photographs.

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