Click on the image to download a PDF of the item. Click on the short description beneath it to go to the web page describing that item. In addition to publications from rail manufacturers, a few magazine articles that more-or-less served as advertising for rail products are also included here. “The Look of Things to Come” is 20 megabytes; most other booklets are around 10 megabytes; most other items are a megabyte or less. A few items may be duplicated on the relevant railroad pages.
Reports
During the height of the Silver Age, a consulting firm named Coverdale & Colpitts wrote a series of reports about the success of the new streamlined trains. PDFs of most of these reports, which range from 15 to 30 megabytes in size, can be downloaded below.
 1938 Report |  1939 Report |  1941 Report |  1945 Report |  1950 Report |