Railroad employee magazines such as this one aren’t usually passenger memorabilia, but this particular issue contains a seven-page article on Southern Pacific’s San Francisco Bay ferries. The article includes nearly two dozen photos, at least one of which dates back … Continue reading
There is an intriguing pattern in the seven trains introduced in 1956. Four were outright failures, being pulled from service after less than two years and, at best, run as lowly commuter trains. One, the Santa Fe hi-level, was a … Continue reading
Patrick McGinnis’ second new train for the New Haven was built by Pullman in an obvious imitation of the 1949 ACF Talgo train. Pullman called its design “Train X” and like the 1949 train had just one axle, or two … Continue reading
In February, 1956, just a month after the Aerotrain made its first revenue run, the Rock Island Railroad placed the redundantly named Jet Rocket in service between Chicago and Peoria. The train consisted of cars built by ACF combined with … Continue reading
The year 1956 was the most momentous in the history of passenger trains since the original Zephyr and M-10000 were introduced in 1934. Not two, not three, but a total of five new kinds of trains were introduced to the … Continue reading
