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Passenger Car

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A dark green Pullman troop sleeper car numbered 7271 sits on tracks next to a yellow passenger car under overhead wires, with grass and a brick path in the foreground. A Pullman troop sleeper car, number 7271, is parked in a yard next to a light yellow passenger car, under an overhead wire system on an overcast day. c. 1940 to 1970 A yellow and green passenger train with open observation cars curves along a mountainside, carrying passengers through a dense forest of pine trees. A Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad passenger train, featuring vintage open-platform cars, winds through a forested mountain valley under an overcast sky. c. 1940 to 1960 A yellow and orange Rock Island diesel locomotive, number 676, is at a station platform pulling silver passenger cars under an arched roof with skylights. A Rock Island F7 diesel locomotive, number 676, is shown at a station platform pulling a consist of Hi-Line passenger cars under an arched roof during winter. c. 1950 to 1970 A yellow and black diesel locomotive pulls a passenger train across a street-level railroad crossing on a clear day; numerous older cars are parked beside the tracks. A Chicago and North Western E8 diesel locomotive in yellow and black livery leads a passenger train across a grade crossing on a sunny summer day, with 1950s automobiles parked nearby. c. 1955 to 1970 A green and cream streetcar on a cobbled street under trolley wires. A truck and a bus follow it, a gray diesel passenger train runs on an embankment behind parked 1950s cars, and brick warehouses stand at right. A Chicago Transit Authority PCC streetcar crosses a cobblestone intersection near Archer Avenue, Chicago, as a New York Central passenger train passes behind. October 8, 1957 · Chicago, IL A steam locomotive with the number 576 and passenger car from the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad travel along tracks beside a highway, with a mountain in the background and a Volkswagen Beetle in the foreground. A Denver & Rio Grande Western steam locomotive, number 576, pulls a passenger car along a scenic mountain route, with an orange Volkswagen Beetle parked nearby. c. 1960 to 1980 A yellow Denver & Rio Grande Western passenger car is shown from a three-quarter rear view on a railroad track, with a water tower visible behind it and a dark freight car on an adjacent track. A Denver & Rio Grande Western passenger car in yellow livery sits on a track next to a dark freight car, with a water tower and hills in the background. c. 1960 to 1980 A blue and yellow New York Central GP9 diesel locomotive, numbered 484, is pulling a stream of silver passenger cars along a track next to a station platform under a clear sky. A New York Central EMD GP9 diesel locomotive, number 484, pulls a passenger train through a station on a clear summer day. 1964 · Erie, PA A Western Pacific orange and silver diesel locomotive numbered 904-B crosses a paved road with a line of matching passenger cars behind it, under a clear blue sky. Western Pacific FP7A locomotive 904-B leads a passenger train across a paved road grade crossing in a rural setting. August 24, 1964 · Franklin, CA A Western Pacific FP7A diesel locomotive, number 804-A, in orange and gray livery, pulls a line of matching passenger cars across a paved road in a rural, dry field setting under a clear sky. A Western Pacific FP7A locomotive, number 804-A, leads a passenger train through a rural grade crossing in California. August 24, 1964 · Franklin, CA A red and silver Western Pacific diesel locomotive numbered 804-A is crossing a paved road, pulling a long line of passenger cars through a flat, rural landscape. A Western Pacific FP7A locomotive, number 804-A, leads a passenger train across a rural grade crossing under a clear sky. August 24, 1964 · Franklin, CA A blue and white diesel locomotive pulls a passenger train on multiple tracks, with a brick building and city skyline in the background. A Nickel Plate Road EMD E7 locomotive, No. 190, pulls a passenger train through a Chicago rail yard, with the Universal Loading & Distributing building in the background. 1965 · Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL Two diesel locomotives and passenger cars on multiple tracks with city buildings and overpasses in the background. A Chicago Burlington and Quincy F3 locomotive, number 243, pulls a passenger train through a rail yard in Chicago, with another CB&Q unit and freight cars nearby. 1965 · Roosevelt Road, Chicago, IL Two dark gray New York Central diesel passenger locomotives with a white side stripe, 4010 leading with its headlight on, pull a long passenger train past empty tracks under an overcast sky. New York Central diesel locomotives 4010 and 4054 head a passenger train beside a signal mast, probably in Toledo, Ohio. September 1966 · Toledo, OH A dark gray New York Central streamlined diesel and a hood-type diesel pull a long train of baggage, express and passenger cars along a grassy embankment under transmission towers on an overcast day. New York Central passenger train led by locomotive 4068 and a hood unit numbered 410, on an embankment, with the note placing it at Berea, Ohio. June 1967 · Berea, OH A dark gray New York Central streamlined diesel locomotive numbered 4031, with a white band and an oval CENTRAL herald, stands with a second unit and a train of passenger cars beside a station platform on an overcast day. New York Central 4031 heads a passenger train at a station platform, likely in Erie, Pennsylvania. November 1969 · Erie, PA A side view of a bright blue passenger train car with 'BLUEWATER' and 'BMC 5302' written on its side, parked on tracks with a maroon car behind it and people visible in the doorways. A blue 'BLUEWATER' passenger car, BMC 5302, stands on the tracks in a yard with another car behind it. c. 1970 to 1985 Side view of an Amtrak Blue Water passenger train with a gray heavyweight car numbered 325, stopped at a grade crossing with a red and white striped crossing gate. An Amtrak Blue Water passenger train with a heavyweight coach numbered 325 at a grade crossing. c. 1971 to 1982 A blue Wisconsin Calumet Railroad locomotive numbered 617 is parked in a grassy yard next to an Amtrak passenger car and a gray boxcar under an overcast sky. A Wisconsin Calumet Railroad GP9 locomotive numbered 617 sits on a track next to an Amtrak passenger car at a yard on an overcast summer day. c. 1971 to 1987 A red-nosed, silver Amtrak diesel locomotive with its headlights on pulls a short train of stainless steel passenger cars around a snow-covered curve between wooded banks. Amtrak 594 leads a passenger train through falling snow on a curving double-track line, likely at Webster Groves, Missouri. January 6, 1977 · Webster Groves, MO A black and orange diesel locomotive numbered 806 pulls two gray passenger cars on multiple tracks in a rail yard, with buildings and an elevated highway bridge in the background. A Milwaukee Road EMD F7 locomotive, number 806, pulling a consist of heavyweight passenger cars in a railroad yard. June 24, 1977 · Milw. Road Canal and Lake A yellow Union Pacific SD24 locomotive, number 409, is parked on tracks at a train station with a red brick building and a mountain in the background. A Union Pacific SD24 locomotive numbered 409 stands at a terminal with freight and passenger cars in the background. October 4, 1977 · Salt Lake City A side view of a Soo Line diesel locomotive with the number 4443, pulling a freight car and an Amtrak passenger car, parked on tracks next to a grassy roadside on an overcast day. A Soo Line SD40-2 locomotive, number 4443, stands with a mix of freight and Amtrak passenger cars on a private right-of-way on an overcast summer day. c. 1978 to 1984 A yellow and black EMD E8 diesel locomotive with the number 425 leads a train of matching yellow and gray passenger cars on a railroad track next to a building. A Chicago and North Western EMD E8 locomotive, numbered 425, pulls a consist of passenger cars through Evanston, Illinois. July 11, 1979 · Main St., Evanston, IL A side view of a North Southern train with two diesel locomotives pulling a yellow passenger car along a track through dry grass under a clear sky. A North Southern freight train with two GP9 locomotives and a heavyweight passenger car on a rural main line in summer. c. 1980 to 2000 Side view of a maroon passenger train car with the number 710 and the reporting mark FWRH, parked on tracks in a yard with several people leaning out of its end-platform windows. A maroon FWRH passenger car numbered 710, with passengers looking out from its observation platforms, photographed in a yard on an overcast day. c. 1980 to 2000 A side view of a two-car passenger train with maroon sides and a silver roof, crossing a street at a grade crossing on an overcast day. The lead car is numbered FWRR 716 and bears the name 'BUCKEYE LAKE'. A maroon and silver FWRR passenger train, led by car 716 named 'BUCKEYE LAKE', crosses a street on a cloudy day. c. 1980 to 2000 A maroon and silver passenger train with the numbers 716 and 715 crosses a street at a grade crossing while several people, including a child with a bicycle, watch from the side. A Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society passenger train, including car 715 named 'Buckeye Trail', at a grade crossing with spectators watching. c. 1980 to 2000 Side view of a long blue and yellow passenger train with 'BLUEWATER' lettering crossing a street; people stand nearby with a bicycle, and a sign reads 'RAILROAD CROSSING 2 TRACKS'. A Bluewater passenger car, number C 9466, passes a grade crossing on a cloudy day, with spectators watching. c. 1980 to 1999 A diesel locomotive with a silver body and red-and-white chevron nose, numbered 128, pulls a line of passenger cars along a gravel-ballasted track flanked by trees under an overcast sky. A Chicago, Burlington and Quincy EMD F40PH locomotive, number 128, leads a passenger train through a tree-lined right-of-way in 1981. 1981 · Rodgers Ave A blue and red Metra locomotive numbered 187 pulls a silver passenger car on multiple tracks in a railyard with an industrial building and orange construction equipment in the background. A Metra F40PH locomotive numbered 187 pulls a gallery car through a railyard on an overcast winter day. c. 1984 to 1995 An orange-nosed brown diesel locomotive stands outside a dark, weathered roundhouse with scrap piled nearby, seen across grass-grown tracks under an overcast sky. A cab-unit diesel in Illinois Central brown and orange livery stands outside a weathered roundhouse beyond several weedy yard tracks. c. 1985 to 2005 Two silver Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes lead a long passenger train on one of several tracks under a clear blue sky, with a pale moon and a pole line overhead. Amtrak 223 and a second locomotive lead a passenger train past a station platform, likely at Oceanside, California. August 25, 1985 · Oceanside, CA A blue, red and gray Regional Transportation Authority F40PH locomotive numbered 514 pulls a yellow and blue Chicago and North Western passenger car over a concrete viaduct under an overcast sky. An RTA F40PH locomotive #514 leads a train of Chicago and North Western Highliner cars across an elevated structure. September 20, 1986 A yellow and red Santa Fe Southern locomotive numbered 92 is coupled to a silver passenger car in a train yard with an overcast sky. A Santa Fe Southern SW1200 diesel locomotive, number 92, stands coupled to a stainless steel passenger car in a yard under an overcast sky. c. 1987 to 2000 Seen from above, an Amtrak train of stainless and white passenger cars on the left passes a yellow and gray Union Pacific locomotive consist on the right, with a raised steel lift bridge, signals, a brick industrial building and stored boats behind. Union Pacific B4232 leads a locomotive consist past an Amtrak train below a raised vertical-lift bridge in winter. c. 1989 to 2005 A green Metra diesel locomotive numbered 9019 moves through a snow-dusted rail yard with multiple tracks and Amtrak passenger cars in the background. Metra locomotive 9019, an EMD F40PH, pulls a passenger train through a snowy rail yard in Chicago, with Amtrak cars visible in the background. November 24, 1989 · Roosevelt Rd and Canal St., Chicago, IL An Amtrak freight train with two locomotives and several passenger cars on a snowy day in a rail yard with city buildings in the background. An Amtrak train led by locomotive 361, followed by 330, travels through a snowy rail yard near downtown Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Roosevelt Rd. and Canal St., Chicago, IL A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive with a red, white and blue stripe leads stainless steel passenger cars along double track, past a brick interlocking tower, a signal bridge and a tall brick smokestack, with dry winter grass and patches of snow in the foreground. An Amtrak passenger train, led by a diesel locomotive whose number appears to end in 7, passes an interlocking tower at what the note identifies as Mayfair Junction, Chicago, in winter. November 24, 1989 · Mayfair Jct, Chicago, IL A high-angle view of an Amtrak passenger train at a snow-dusted station, showing the rear of a silver coach with a red and blue stripe. An Amtrak Amfleet I coach, number 34073, sits at a snowy station platform, with another Amtrak car visible on an adjacent track. November 24, 1989 · Roosevelt Rd and Wells St., Chicago, IL Elevated view of two grey Amtrak diesel locomotives with red, white and blue stripes pulling express cars and passenger cars through a snowy multi-track throat, with a highway viaduct and office buildings behind. Amtrak locomotives 361 and 330 lead a train past snowy ground near Canal Street and Roosevelt Road in Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Canal and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 333, with red, white and blue stripes, leads a second locomotive, a baggage car and passenger cars along snow-dusted tracks, with an elevated roadway and large buildings behind. Amtrak 333 leads a second locomotive and a passenger train over the snowy tracks near Canal and Roosevelt in Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Canal and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL A silver Amtrak diesel locomotive with red, white and blue stripes pulls four silver passenger cars over a snowy maze of tracks and switches, with a street viaduct and tall office buildings behind. Amtrak 206 leads a short passenger train through the snowy track approach, likely near Canal and Roosevelt in Chicago. November 24, 1989 · Canal and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL A green Metra diesel locomotive numbered 9019 travels on tracks in a winter rail yard with Amtrak cars and city buildings in the background. A Metra EMD F40PH locomotive, number 9019, leads a train through a snow-dusted rail yard with Amtrak passenger cars in the background. November 24, 1989 · Canal and Roosevelt, Chicago, IL A fluted stainless steel passenger car lettered NEW HAVEN and PINE TREE STATE, seen from the rear corner, coupled to a white car with a red stripe, in front of a brick building under a cloudy sky. Stainless steel sleeping car PINE TREE STATE, lettered NEW HAVEN, coupled to a white and red passenger car on a yard track. c. 1990 to 2005 A yellow and red Santa Fe Southern diesel locomotive, number 93, is coupled to a silver stainless steel passenger car, number 1370, in a gravel railroad yard on a cloudy day. A Santa Fe Southern GP9 locomotive numbered 93 stands in a gravel yard next to a stainless steel passenger car numbered 1370 under an overcast sky. c. 1990 to 2005 Seen from above, a silver Amtrak switcher with red, white and blue stripes is coupled to three stainless steel passenger cars beside a brick shop building, a row of wheelsets and a parked blue car. An Amtrak switcher moves a string of stainless steel passenger cars through the 18th Street coach yard in Chicago. September 8, 1990 · 18th St., Chicago, IL Side view of a silver Amtrak diesel locomotive numbered 809 with red and blue stripes, coupled to a silver baggage car, standing on a yard track behind paved crossings, a switch stand and a rusty dumpster. Amtrak 809 in a passenger yard with baggage car 1267 coupled to its nose, likely in Chicago in the 1990s. c. 1993 to 2001