Photos and Artwork: Colorful Passenger Trains--updated 2/27

Bob, I should have given Mr. Nowak credit for the Alco NYC photo in the original post in this thread.  I've had his book, Ed Nowak's New York Central, for years.

Pingman thank you for starting this thread....and to all of you for contributing to it. I loved these trains. 

luvtrains, you're welcome.  These types of threads cause me to scan a modest number of images; I'm glad to have them on the computer.  A thread like this is an added bonus.

 

Looking forward to others posting their favorites.

Took this picture at Washington's Union Station's 100th anniversary in 2008. From left to right; PRR E8, ACL E3, PRR GG1, SR Crescent E8,  and C&O F3.

Thanks CNJ3676 (Bob) for the Blue Comet photos.

 

And, thanks to CAPPilot (Ron) for that beautiful color shot.  I'll be better versed in E units once I get Jeff Wilson's E unit book and have some time with it.

Finally found the folder with all my Union Station's 100th anniversary pictures, although because of the lighting none are very good.  They do show the colors of these great engines.

 

 

Here is a B&O GP9 that was used in commuter service.

 

 

And now for a slightly more modern engine.

 

CAPPilot, glad you found the photos; I like them a lot.

 

I like to repaint PW F units in liveries LIONEL never did; still want to do the ACL purple/silver scheme.

 

Thanks for taking the time to locate these pictures and sharing them here with us.

These are great!

 

Being from Florida I may be biased, but I love the colors of the old Seaboard Orange Blossom Special and Silver Metor locomotives.

 

Joe, those are great artwork.  Are they postcards?  Seaboard ads/marketing?

 

I was in G'ville from '65 to '69 and never saw them; were they operating then?

The postcards I found online.  From what I have gathered, the Orange Blossom stopped running in the late 50s.  The Silver Meteor kept running, but Seaboard merged with Atlantic Coast Line in the late 60s.  Perhaps they discontinued that color scheme after the merger?

Pingman and Joe,

 

By the time I moved to FL in 1953, the SAL had switched the Sea Foam (VERY light green) and Red paint scheme.  I must admit, I never saw any green on a loco, they all looked like white or cream.

 

ChipR

The Cincinnatian is most famed for its original dedicated equipment, rebuilt in the B&O Mount Clare Shops. The design work was done by Olive Dennis, a pioneering civil engineer employed by the railroad and appointed byDaniel Willard to special position in charge of such work for passenger service.^[4] Four P-7 "president" class Pacific locomotives (5301-5304) were rebuilt and shrouded as class P-7d, with roller bearings on all axles and larger six-axle tenders. Older heavyweight passenger cars were completely stripped and rebuilt asstreamliners. The livery used the blue and gray scheme designed by Otto Kuhler, which Dennis laid on the engine and tender in a pattern of horizontal stripes and angled lines From Wikipedia

Steam into History runs this train on the historic Northern Central Railway between New Freedom and Hanover Junction south of York, PA, about 6 miles west of Exit 4 on I-83. No 17 rolled out of [David] Kloke Locomotive Works, Elgin, IL, in May, 2013. The Reader Railroad in Arkansas built these wooden passenger cars that summer.

 

President Abraham Lincoln changed trains here at Hanover Junction from the main line to Sunbury to deliver his Gettysburg Address. The curve in the foreground is the remnant of the branch to Hanover and Gettysburg. No. 17 is facing New Freedom.

 

 

 

 

Agreed and thanks for sharing Joe. 

Outstanding !   What is it about a really classy passenger train?  My earliest recollection is the Pittsburgher in the mid '50s.  Cleanest Pennsy passenger train I ever saw...and I saw an awful lot !   Anyone have the Phoebe Snow, especially with NKP through sleepers??

The thread's title has been edited to include artwork which was often used by the railroads to market and advertise these colorful trains; keep 'em coming.

THANK YOU, ERIK!

       
       


Sure thing Carl

Anyone have any good pictures of the IC City of New Orleans?  Was there more than one paint scheme?  I believe the CNO was a night train out of Chicago to NO?  It must have returned to Chicago in the daytime?  My all-time favorite train song is "The City of New Orleans" by Arlo Guthrie.

 

Art

Art,

 

CNO was coach, daytime train, both directions.  in 1954: 7:50am - 12:15am southbound, 7:15am - 11:40pm northbound.

 

ChipR

Thanks CNJ 3676 for that awesome Phoebe assemblage!  When Ms. snow first appeared in the late 19th century, she was turned about with long straight black hair.

I also thank you for the Miss Phoebe tribute. 

D&RGW Alco in the lead with an EMD B unit with a two car consist:

 

 

A Central of Georgia E unit with a two car consist:

 

 

Some interiors...

 

 

C&O Tavern Lounge, circa 1940. Note the aquarium.

I will begin throwing in some of my collection of original literature.

Not sure if it means anything I must give respect to copyrights of the commercial artists and railroads the owners of the following. These may and likely contain (c) copyrights

 

American Freedom Train art for Pepsi Cola

Bob - Thanks for the pictures on the CNO.  I see that the paint jobs on the engines are different on the B&W versus the color shots.  The first one has the green diamond logo on the front and the last ones the more modern rail section logo.  I also see that they were running three E units each time.

 

Art

I'm guessing the engines shown on the CNO were E-7's?  I'm a little surprised that they needed three units as that is primarily a water level route following the Mississippi River.  And I read on Wikipedia that the CNO was a daylight train before Amtrak and is now an overnight.  They have had some nasty accidents on that route before and after Amtrak.  In fact it said that the first fatal Amtrak accident was on it.

 

Art

WOW !....the cultural loss we've suffered is truly staggering !

I am really enjoying this thread - great pics and commentary.

 

Maybe we should remember, though, that there were more mundane and serious passenger trains. Don't want to hijack this thread, but here is a youtube video that might be of interest to you guys:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07DGeLvDw8I

Wonderful collection of ephemera, Erik. Love this stuff, and have a modest collection myself. Thanks for posting.

"Wonderful collection of ephemera, Erik. Love this stuff, and have a modest collection myself. Thanks for posting."

 

Echo that!

I believe Erik posted photos of a brochure GM distributed as part of its tour of the Train of Tomorrow.  You can use this link to download a copy of the brochure in its spread-out view by using this link:

 

http://streamlinermemories.info/?p=946

 

 

 

 

A lot of excellent art work on this thread.

Love the artwork; THANKS to all who posted.

 

A couple of photos of a train in my favorite color: 

 

 

 

 

E7A's, stainless steel, red paint--beautiful!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amazing thread one of the best I have seen in a very long time! 

 

Many thanks to all who have contributed thus far, really great stuff!

A few more photos and artwork for The Texas Special:

 

 

More of the Great Northern's Empire Builder:

 

 

Found some interesting images of Northern Pacific's marketing/advertising the introduction of dome cars and marketing the North Coast Limited and, some prototype photos, as well:

 

 

 

 

While its North Coast Limited was undoubtedly THE name train of Northern Pacific, its "Mainstreeter" was also a prominent name train of the railroad:

 

 

EDIT:  Problem fixed.

Actually there IS!

 

See that little triangle down in the lower right of every post, the triangle with the little exclamation point in it?  Hold you cursor on that for a few seconds and see what it says.

As the thread's starter, I don't see the triangle in my posts on this thread.

 

EDIT:  Problem with page one has been fixed.

Nope. When I desire to emphasize a particular word, I capitalize it for emphasis, and get your attention. I tend to speak to folks face-to-face the same way. 

The Atlantic Coast Line "Champion":

 

 

The Illinois Central's "City of New Orleans" has been immortalized by the song--wonder how many listen to it and DON'T know it's about a train?  It certainly was a colorful train and well-promoted by IC:

 

 

Wonderful photos everyone.  I thoroughly enjoyed reading this entire thread.

-Greg

Thanks for the most recent photos. 

 

If you haven't visited the first page of this thread in a couple of days, I've edited the first post to name every member who supplied an image, photo or artwork, in this thread.  To each of you, THANK YOU!  (And if I have overlooked anyone, let me know.)

 

Let's keep it going; there's plenty more photos and artwork to share here.

To "keep it going," let's add to the first post's N&W Powhatan Arrow with more photos and artwork:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Carl - Thanks for the City of New Orleans pictures.  I didn't realize they had a dome on that train?  It looks like it was a first class train in it's day.  Now I have to listen to the song again while I'm in the mood.

 

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Mill City (Jon) is that the Bluebird?

It is, Carl. Identifying photo added above. Here's another...