ЖД подборка меленьких фотографий.

Train boiler explosion... Boilers are very dangerous if not monitored closely.

Lehigh Valley K5B Pacific

Atomic Locomotive, 1960

An aging Beauty stops to visit. Southern Pacific's 45-year-old Engine 4449 gathers steam early Sunday morning at San Luis Obispo's train depot.

Long before there were bullet trains and high-speed light rail systems, people experimented with creating super-streamlined trains that could whisk people across the country in Googie splendor. In some alternate universe, these streamlined trains of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s are still in service.
The Union Pacific M-10000, the first American streamlined express passenger train with internal combustion engine, designed by Martin P. Blomberg and A. H. Fetters, 1934.

V&T Survivor: McKeen Motor Car #22. In an effort to cut costs and reduce the need for steam-powered passenger trains, the Virginia & Truckee purchased a 70 foot long McKeen Motor Car in 1910. Looking more like an antique boat than a railcar, and powered by a 200 hp gasoline-burning engine, this machine could carry 54 passengers as well as some baggage. Although it was originally envisioned for use on the Virginia City line, one trip up the hill proved that she was unsuitable for the tight...

Illinois Railway Museum, the Nebraska Zephyr

Early engine, Hercules (?) (locomotive, train), Rau Studios

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Steam Engine .@Jorge Cavalcante (JORGENCA)

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Локомотив "Фолкстон" новейшей модели.

Первые образцы локомобилей и сельскохозяйственнные машины.

спасибо