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- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Archived:
- April 22, 2011
- Geography:
- Midwest
- Decade:
- 1980s
New Horizon Coach Cars.
The Horizon coach cars were based on a commuter car design.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- 1988
- Date Archived:
- April 22, 2011
- Decade:
- 1980s
Prototype Viewliner Sleeping car, 1988.
Color photograph taken in 1988 showing the Viewliner prototype Sleeping car No. 2300 in Washington, D.C.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Archived:
- April 22, 2011
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1980s
Prototype Viewliner Bedroom, 1980s.
Color photograph showing a Bedroom made up for the evening in one of the prototype Viewliner Sleeping cars; image probably dates to the late 1980s.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Archived:
- April 22, 2011
- Geography:
- West
- Decade:
- 1980s
Dining car crew on the Southwest Chief, 1985.
Color photo showing the dining car crew of the Southwest Chief (Chicago-Los Angeles) in 1985.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- 1980
- Date Archived:
- April 22, 2011
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
Reservation Center in Bensalem, Penn.
Mainframe computing made it possible to centralize the reservation system
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Archived:
- April 22, 2011
- Geography:
- National
- Decade:
- 1980s
Engineer on an F40, 1980s.
Black and white photograph showing an engineer on an F40 locomotive looking ahead intently. Image likely dates to the 1980s.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Archived:
- April 22, 2011
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
Self Serve Ticketing kiosk, late 1980s.
Color photograph of a passenger using the new Self ServeTicketing kiosk at New York Penn Station, c. late 1980s.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- February 25, 1988
- Date Archived:
- April 22, 2011
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
Train dispatcher using CETC, 1988.
Color photograph showing a train dispatcher at the Centralized Electrification and Traffic Control (CETC) center at Philadelphia 30th Street Station; image dates to February 1988.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- 1986
- Date Archived:
- April 22, 2011
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
Preparing train orders, 1986.
Color photograph showing Operator Jack Robertson preparing train orders; image dates to 1986.
- Type:
- Photograph
- Date Created:
- 1988
- Date Archived:
- April 22, 2011
- Geography:
- Northeast
- Decade:
- 1980s
The Restored Union Station Main Hall
Redevelopment brought bustling life to the restored Main Hall of Washington's Union Station.