Photos and Artwork: Colorful Passenger Trains--updated 2/27

American Freedom Train art for Pepsi Cola

Bob - Thanks for the pictures on the CNO.  I see that the paint jobs on the engines are different on the B&W versus the color shots.  The first one has the green diamond logo on the front and the last ones the more modern rail section logo.  I also see that they were running three E units each time.

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I'm guessing the engines shown on the CNO were E-7's?  I'm a little surprised that they needed three units as that is primarily a water level route following the Mississippi River.  And I read on Wikipedia that the CNO was a daylight train before Amtrak and is now an overnight.  They have had some nasty accidents on that route before and after Amtrak.  In fact it said that the first fatal Amtrak accident was on it.

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WOW !....the cultural loss we've suffered is truly staggering !

I am really enjoying this thread - great pics and commentary.

Maybe we should remember, though, that there were more mundane and serious passenger trains. Don't want to hijack this thread, but here is a youtube video that might be of interest to you guys:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07DGeLvDw8I

Wonderful collection of ephemera, Erik. Love this stuff, and have a modest collection myself. Thanks for posting.

"Wonderful collection of ephemera, Erik. Love this stuff, and have a modest collection myself. Thanks for posting."

Echo that!

Originally Posted by Erik C Lindgren:

I believe Erik posted photos of a brochure GM distributed as part of its tour of the Train of Tomorrow.  You can use this link to download a copy of the brochure in its spread-out view by using this link:

http://streamlinermemories.info/?p=946

A lot of excellent art work on this thread.

Love the artwork; THANKS to all who posted.

A couple of photos of a train in my favorite color: 

E7A's, stainless steel, red paint--beautiful!

Amazing thread one of the best I have seen in a very long time! 

Many thanks to all who have contributed thus far, really great stuff!

A few more photos and artwork for The Texas Special:

More of the Great Northern's Empire Builder:

Found some interesting images of Northern Pacific's marketing/advertising the introduction of dome cars and marketing the North Coast Limited and, some prototype photos, as well:

While its North Coast Limited was undoubtedly THE name train of Northern Pacific, its "Mainstreeter" was also a prominent name train of the railroad:

EDIT:  Problem fixed.

Actually there IS!

See that little triangle down in the lower right of every post, the triangle with the little exclamation point in it?  Hold you cursor on that for a few seconds and see what it says.