Railroads

President Harry S. Truman (seated in car, left) sits in a car at a train station. The car is surrounded by newsmen as he makes a whistlestop at an unidentified city in Iowa. All others are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

One of the firemen sits in the cab of Santa Fe No. 26, the train that carried President Harry S. Truman to and from California on his trip to the West Coast. He is unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Three members of the train crew of Santa Fe No. 26 stand in front of the engine at a rail yard in Los Angeles, California. This is the train that carried President Harry S. Truman to and from the west coast on his trip. They are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

Margaret Truman is surrounded by reporters as she holds a press conference on the train returning President Harry S. Truman and family to Kansas City after a presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 96-129) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman embraces an unidentified woman on the rear platform of his train at an unknown location during his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. General Harry Vaughan is on the right; the other man is unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

A crowd is gathered in front of the rear platform of a train at an unidentified location to hear President Harry S. Truman speak during his trip to the West Coast. All are unidentified. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Truman, Bess Truman, and Margaret Truman stand on the rear platform of a train making a whistlestop at an unidentified city in Idaho during his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (Same as 66-670). From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (not clearly visible) speaks to a crowd from the rear platform of a train in Sun Valley, Idaho, a stop on his presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman and daughter Margaret Truman on the rear platform of a train in an unknown location in Idaho, a stop on the President's presidential campaign trip to the West Coast. (See also 66-670.) From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Harry S. Truman (near center, back to camera) talks with local politicians from the back of a train during a presidential campaign stop near Butte, Montana. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.