(via Third Avenue El: 1942 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

September 1942. “New York. Looking north from the Ninth Street station on the Third Avenue elevated railway as a train leaves on the local track.” Medium format negative by Marjory Collins, Office of War Information. View full size.

(via Third Avenue El: 1942 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

September 1942. “New York. Looking north from the Ninth Street station on the Third Avenue elevated railway as a train leaves on the local track.” Medium format negative by Marjory Collins, Office of War Information. View full size.

(via A Fork in the Railroad: 1943 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

March 1943. “Sumnerfield, Texas. Brakeman running back to his train on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad between Amarillo, Texas, and Clovis, New Mexico, as it is ready to start again, after having waited in a siding.” Photo by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

(via A Fork in the Railroad: 1943 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

March 1943. “Sumnerfield, Texas. Brakeman running back to his train on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad between Amarillo, Texas, and Clovis, New Mexico, as it is ready to start again, after having waited in a siding.” Photo by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

Starry, Starry Night (by paul.malon)

Starry, Starry Night (by paul.malon)

(via Waiting for the Light: 1943 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

March 1943. “Kiowa (vicinity), Kansas. Train waiting for a block signal along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.” Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.

(via Waiting for the Light: 1943 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

March 1943. “Kiowa (vicinity), Kansas. Train waiting for a block signal along the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad.” Photo by Jack Delano. View full size.

Santa Fe Number 51 (by paul.malon)

Santa Fe Number 51 (by paul.malon)

That’s some test run… (by National Library of Ireland on The Commons)

A girl surveys the wreckage and clean up operation after a train crash at Newbridge, Co. Kildare.

Date: Friday, 7 September 1962

That’s some test run… (by National Library of Ireland on The Commons)

A girl surveys the wreckage and clean up operation after a train crash at Newbridge, Co. Kildare.

Date: Friday, 7 September 1962

Holy Smoke! (by wackystuff)

Holy Smoke! (by wackystuff)

The Richest Kid In Town, 1952 (by paul.malon)
something’s going down…I don’t trust those eyes

The Richest Kid In Town, 1952 (by paul.malon)

something’s going down…I don’t trust those eyes

(via Midnight Special: 1943 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

March 1943. Argentine, Kansas. “Freight train about to leave the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad yard for the West Coast.” Medium-format nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.

(via Midnight Special: 1943 | Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

March 1943. Argentine, Kansas. “Freight train about to leave the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad yard for the West Coast.” Medium-format nitrate negative by Jack Delano for the Office of War Information. View full size.