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Winston Conway Link. Ogle Winston Link[1] (December 16, 1914 – January 30, 2001), known commonly as O. Winston Link, was an American photographer, best known for his black-and-white photography and sound recordings of the last days of steam locomotive railroading on the Norfolk and Western in the United States in the late 1950s.
First transcontinental railroad. America's first transcontinental railroad (known originally as the " Pacific Railroad " and later as the "Overland Route") was a 1,911-mile (3,075 km) continuous railroad line built between 1863 and 1869 that connected the existing eastern U.S. rail network at Council Bluffs, Iowa, with the Pacific coast at the ...
Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad. The Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad (CA&E), known colloquially as the "Roarin' Elgin" or the "Great Third Rail", was an interurban railroad that operated passenger and freight service on its line between Chicago and Aurora, Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles, and Elgin, Illinois. The railroad also operated a small ...
Railroad Photography: The Museum's photo collection is extensive, covering hundreds of different railroads across the West. These railroads include but are not limited to the Southern Pacific Railroad, Western Pacific Railroad, Denver and Rio Grande Western, and Santa Fe Railroad.
Richard Virgil Dean Steinheimer (August 23, 1929 – May 4, 2011) [ 1] was an American railroad photographer, often called the " Ansel Adams of railroad photography." His work has been published in Trains Magazine, Railfan, Locomotive and Railway Preservation and Vintage Rail, and more than seventy books. He lived in Sacramento, California.
Technical. Track gauge. 4 ft 8 + 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge. Length. 13,115 miles (21,107 km) The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (reporting mark ATSF), often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the largest Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996. [1] The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal ...
The Wabash's City of St. Louis streamliner in the 1950s. The Wabash Railroad (reporting mark WAB) was a Class I railroad that operated in the mid-central United States. It served a large area, including track in the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, and Missouri and the province of Ontario.
The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the " Pennsy ", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At its peak in 1882, the Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest railroad (by traffic and revenue), the largest ...
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