On a dreary day before Halloween, Amtrak's Empire Builder pulls into North La Crosse behind a trio of former Great Northern Fs, looking much like pre-Amtrak. This train would take me to Chicago for a job interview with C&NW on Halloween which would in turn lead to a twelve and a half year career with that carrier. I was the only candidate that arrived for the interview by train.
What did passenger trains look like before Amtrak in America, and Via Rail in Canada? Find out in this album with 2,700+ Historical Photos from early passenger trains of North America from the 1900's up until the early years of Government passenger trains
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just heritage schemes, not just commemorative schemes - this album is devoted to some of the world's most interesting paint schemes, past or present.
