CardCow Vintage Postcards

The City Of Prineville Railway

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
The City Of Prineville Railway
Oregon (OR), Chrome unused

Description:
The only city-owned and operated railroad in the U.S. This railway has been an important factor in maintaining a stable economy in Crook County

The Great Dome Empire Builder

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
The Great Dome Empire Builder
Montana (MT), Chrome unused

Description:
The Great Dome Empire Builder ? pride of the great Northern Fleet-crosses Two Medicine Bridge east of Glacier National Park in the Montana Rockies, on its 2,208-mile run between Seattle-Portland and Chicago. Empire Builder and companion Western Star serve Glacier Park during the summer travel season.

Along The White Pass

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Along The White Pass
Chrome PM 1978 Sep-01

Description:
The stamped to the Klondike Gold Fields began in 1897. Construction of the white pass narrow gauge railway was started in April. 1898 and completed from Skagway through to Whitehorse in July, 1900. Average grade from Skagway to the sumnir of White Pass is 2.6 per cent; maximum 3.9 percent. Today the White Pass serves the Yukon year round with passenger and freight service.

Union Pacific 4012

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Union Pacific 4012
Chrome unused

Description:
The ?Big Boy?, one of the largest steam locomotives every built, on display at Steamtown U. S. A., Bellows Falls, Vt. A group of 25 of these 4-8-8-4 articulated locomotives was built in schenectady, N. Y. by the American Locomotive Co. to haul freight at speeds up to 80 miles per hour.

Daylight Locomotive 4449

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Daylight Locomotive 4449
Chrome unused

Description:
?Daylight? locomotive 4449 is seen heading north on the southern Pacific ?Shasta Route.? The train has crested the railroad's highest point on the line, the 5,063 foot summit at Grass Lake, California. Here at Bray it is descending from the shoulders of Mt. Shasta to Butte Valley, and then on the Klamath Falls, Oregon. Photograph by noted S. P. historian Robert J. Church D. D.S. Courtesy of Central Valley Railroad Publications.

The Great Dome Empire Builder

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
The Great Dome Empire Builder
Chrome unused

Description:
The Great Dome Empire Builder ? pride of the Great Northern Fleet ? crosses Two Medicine Bridge east of glacier National Park in the Montana Rockies, on its 2,208 mile run between Seattle-Portland and Chicago. Empire Builder and companion Western Star serve Glacier park during the summer Travel season.

Meseck Lines

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Meseck Lines
New York (NY), Linen PM 1953 Aug-08

Description:
Meseck Lines ? Jersey City & New York to Rye Beach, N. Y. Steamer ?John a. Meseck?

Boston 8576

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Boston 8576
Massachusetts (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
The second day of a new decade and the camera captures two PCC cars headed by No. 3166 and trolley coach No. 8576 at Lechmere Square, Cambridge, January 2, 1960.

Boston 3136

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Boston 3136
Massachusetts (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
PCC cars 3136 and 3131 of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority are bound for Watertown Square on Tremont Street in Newton, Mass.

MBTA Snow Plow In Action

Mon, 7 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
MBTA Snow Plow In Action
Massachusetts (MA), Chrome unused

Description:
Blizzard of 1978. On February 6th, 1978 the metropolitan Boston area was hit with a blizzard that dumped over 2? feet of snow and virtually brought everything that moved to a halt. One of the first lines to get moving was the MBTA's Riverside line. Pictured here is plow 5123, a product of 1907, bucking drifts and level snow over 30 inches deep. It has taken almost 6 hours to come from Kenmore Station out to Newton Highlands. February 9, 1978.

Compliments Of Amtrak's First Class Service

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Compliments Of Amtrak's First Class Service
4x6 Continental Chrome unused

Description:
Travel in comfort to more than 475 destinations across the country. And enjoy an eye-level view of America's beauty. Only on Amtrak!

The Amtrak Collection

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
The Amtrak Collection
4x6 Continental Chrome unused

All Aboard Amtrak

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
All Aboard Amtrak
4x6 Continental Chrome unused

Description:
The Amtrak Collection Series I #12 of 12

Amtrak

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Amtrak
4x6 Continental Chrome unused

Description:
The Amtrak Collection Series I #11 of 12

Amtrak

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Amtrak
4x6 Continental Chrome unused

Description:
The Amtrak Collection Series I, #10 of 12

Amtrak

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Amtrak
4x6 Continental Chrome unused

Description:
The Amtrak Collection Series I, #9 of 12

Amtrak

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Amtrak
4x6 Continental Chrome unused

Description:
The Amtrak Collection Series I, #6 of 12

Amtrak

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Amtrak
4x6 Continental Chrome unused

Description:
The Amtrak Collection Series I #3 of 12

Amtrak

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Amtrak
4x6 Continental Chrome unused

Description:
The Amtrak Collection Series I #2 of 12

Walter Dean Dome Lounge

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Walter Dean Dome Lounge
4x6 Continental Chrome unused

Description:
Union Pacific dome lounge car ?Walter Dean? at Oregon's Multnomah Falls near Portland, Or. A popular tourist attraction since the 1880's, there are actually two falls with a total drop of 620 feet. Union Pacific maintains a fleet of over forty heritage passenger cars. Union Pacific Museum Collection.

Steam Locomotive #844

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Steam Locomotive #844
4x6 Continental Chrome unused

Description:
No. 844 was the last new steam locomotive delivered to the Union Pacific in 1944. As the steam era ended, this high speed passenger engine with 80 inch drive wheels was saved and assigned to the Heritage Program. Near Cheyenne, WY, March, 1954.

Steam Locomotive 3985

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Steam Locomotive 3985
4x6 Continental Chrome unused

Description:
Challenger No. 3985, built in 1943 and the largest operating steam locomotive in the world, is assigned to Union Pacific's Heritage Program. August 1, 1990, on it's first outing as an oil burner, 3985 pulls a double stack train east of Cheyenne, Wy.

E-9 Streamliner Locomotives

Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
E-9 Streamliner Locomotives
4x6 Continental Chrome unused

Description:
E-9 diesel locomotives pulled Union Pacific passenger trains during the Streamliner and Domeliner era. Built in 1955, Nos. 951, 949 and 963B are now assigned to the Heritage Program excursion and special train service. Near Caliente, NV May 1994.

Amtrak America's First Nationwide Rail Passenger System

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Amtrak America's First Nationwide Rail Passenger System
Chrome

Description:
Operating 1584 trains weekly over 22,000 miles of track, Amtrak serves 440 cities.

Amtrak Seattle to Los Angeles

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Amtrak Seattle to Los Angeles
Chrome unused

Description:
Amtrak's modern train, the Coast Starlight, operates between Seattle and Los Angeles, giving passengers a close-up view of some of the West Coast's most beautiful scenery.

Along The Burlington's Mississippi River Scenic Line

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
Along The Burlington's Mississippi River Scenic Line
Minnesota (MN), White Border unused

Description:
Along the Burlington's Mississippi River Scenic Line. Between Chicago and St. Paul - Minneapolis "Where Nature smiles three Hundred miles".

B. & A. R. R. Series State Line Tunnel

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
B. & A. R. R. Series State Line Tunnel
Divided Back unused

The Berkshire Hills

Sun, 15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100

Title:
The Berkshire Hills
Massachusetts (MA), Divided Back PM 1913 Mar-08

Description:
The Berkshire Hills, between Chester and Huntington. Mass.

The Denver Zephyrs