Nostalgia & History > Railroad Pictures 18

The following pictures are from various Google Image searches.

Picture 1 is from the website,

http://historicrailpark.com/the-southern-pacific-dining-car

The following excerpt is from the above website,

“The San Francisco Overland was a joint train operated by the Southern Pacific from San Francisco to Ogden Utah. The train was carried by the Union Pacific Railroad from Ogden to Omaha. The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad handled the final leg of service from Omaha to Chicago. By September of 1950 the timetable shows train number 27 the west bound San Francisco Overland leaving Chicago at 8:00 PM daily, and arriving in San Francisco 48 hours and 55 minutes later at 6:55 PM.”

Picture 1, [Happy Thanksgiving]

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Picture 2 is from the website,

http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/GEA/id/3019/rec/250

Picture 2, [What is the writing in addition to the word Oregon on the car in the picture?] “Call Number: MSS P-1 # 20680. Title: S. P. L. A. & S. L. R. R. [San Pedro Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad] Surveyors at Mo__na. Photographer: Anderson, George Edward, 1860-1928. Description: Five young men and a child are standing in front of a railroad car, with surveying equipment in front of them. This photograph was taken outdoors. Date: ca. 1880-1920. Physical Description: Gelatin dry plate negative; 20.32 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 in.). Dimensions: 20.32 x 25.4 cm. (8 x 10 in.). Medium: Gelatin dry plate negative.”

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I did a Google search for San Pedro Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad and got the following website.

http://digital.library.unlv.edu/objects/snv/2465

Picture 3 is from the above website,

Picture 3, “Men at Las Vegas depot in front of San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake Railroad No. 12 coach.”

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For a Zoomit enlargement of picture 3 click on http://zoom.it/Kk1#full .

Picture 4 became separated from its website.

Picture 4, “Views of Fort Madison, Iowa. J. R. Tewksbury Photographer.”

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Picture 5 is from the website,

http://littlecitiesofblackdiamonds.org/cities/carbonhill.html

Picture 5, Carbon Hill, Ohio

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For a Zoomit enlargement of picture 5 click on http://zoom.it/uM0W#full .

In an earlier posting there was a man William B. Ogden. I did a Google search to see if Odgen, Utah was named for him. I found Ogden, Utah was named for a brigade leader of the Hudson's Bay Company, Peter Skene Ogden, who had trapped in the Weber Valley a generation earlier. In the process of finding this I found the following neat picture of Ogden,Iowa.

Picture 6 is from the website,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/photolibrarian/4576998370

Picture 6, “Ogden, Iowa, M&St.l, Minneapolis & St. Louis Railroad.”

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For a Zoomit enlargement of picture 6 click on http://zoom.it/nIKZ#full .

Picture 7 is from the website,

http://littlecitiesarchive.org/2011/03/12/toledo-ohio-central-railway

Picture 7, “DO-PH-696 , Early 1900′s Corning Rail Yard.”

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For a Zoomit enlargement of picture 7 click on http://zoom.it/YaAw#full .

Picture 8 is from the website,

http://www.remarkableohio.org/HistoricalMarker.aspx?historicalMarkerId=106052

Picture 8, "Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad Station. The only remaining Columbus railroad station, The Toledo & Ohio Central (T&OC) Railroad Station was constructed in 1895 and was the departure point for William McKinley when he left for Washington D.C to be sworn in as president. Designed by noted Columbus architects Joseph Warren Yost & Frank L. Packard, the pagoda style roof and tower have become Columbus icons. By 1900, the T&OC was purchased by the rival Hocking Valley Railroad and in 1911 the tracks were elevated above Broad Street. Later the New York Central Railroad gained control and used the station until 1930 when passenger service was transferred to Union Station in Columbus. Restored after the 1913 Flood and major fires in 1910 and 1975, the station was headquarters for the Central Ohio Volunteers of American from 1930 to 2003. The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.”

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Picture 9 and 10 are from the website,

http://sunnyfortuna.com/railroad/nwppics1.htm

Picture 9, “NWP's treacherous Scotia Bluffs trestle work being cautiously negotiated by big ten-wheeler No. 182 with an excursion train on June 19, 1949. It is southbound about 25 miles south of Eureka. Timetable restricted speeds to 15 MPH for two miles here.”

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For a Zoomit enlargement of picture 9 click on http://zoom.it/ovnx#full .

Picture 10, “San Francisco & North Pacific engine 18, built by Rogers in 1889. SF&NP was a predecessor of NWP; this loco was later NWP 101. Engineer E. H. Reynolds stops his freight at Santa Rosa for a turn-of-the-century photo, ca. 1900.”

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For a Zoomit enlargement of picture 10 click on http://zoom.it/yWWv#full .

Picture 2 appears to be an Oregon Short Line survey car photo.

Bob Krieger
Cheyenne, WY

Thanks Bob3985 and atsffan for the answer to the printing on the boxcar in picture 2. Oregon Short Line.