Railroads

Former President Harry S. Truman and Mrs. Bess Wallace Truman in St. Louis, Missouri, boarding a train.

President Harry S. Truman (right) and Mrs. Truman (left) on the rear platform of the presidential railroad car, the "Ferdinand Magellan" on the occasion of their trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to attend the Army-Navy Football game.

View of the press car on the train, showing reporters working at typewriters. The reporters are traveling with President Harry S. Truman while he is campaigning in the 1948 Presidential campaign.

President Harry S. Truman holding a news conference aboard his campaign train, near Point of Rocks, Maryland.

President Harry S. Truman's sixteen car special train gliding out of Pittsburgh after making its first brief stop of an 18-state swing that will take him as far as Oregon. Donor: Chicago Sun-Times

A new, $119,000 railroad communications car was delivered to the White House for the use of President Harry S. Truman when traveling by rail. The rolling radio station had in it a large variety of facilities, including radio telephone, radio teletype, and facsimile, as well as the latest equipment for code transmission and reception. The machines were powered by two, 250 kilowatt diesel powered generators. The car was named the General Albert J. Myer. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

A new, $119,000 railroad communication car was delivered to the White House for use when President Harry S. Truman traveled by rail. The car was equipped with a variety of communications equipment, including radio telephone, radio teletype, and the latest code transmitters. In this car, President Truman was able to communicate instantaneously with the White House, military installations, ships at sea, or any foreign capital. The car was named the General Albert J. Myer. Major George J.

The White House received a new, $119,000 railroad communications car for the use of President Harry S. Truman when he traveled by rail. The car contained a variety of facilities, including radio telephone, radio teletype, and the latest equipment for code transmission and reception. The car was named the General Albert J. Myer, after the Army's first Chief Signal Officer. Major George J. McNally, Chief of the White House Signal Service, checks the control panel of the two 250 kilowatt diesel powered generators that supply power for the equipment. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

The power room of the Presidential communications car. Two huge diesel generators supplied power and current for the entire train while on a siding or in a station. Maintenance man S/Sgt. Richard S. Yordy of Lincoln, Nebraska checks equipment. Donor: New York Herald Tribune

President Harry S. Truman, wearing engineer's gloves, at the throttle aboard the diesel-powered train en route to Missouri with the President and Winston Churchill. After the train left Washington, President Truman went on a tour of inspection, including this visit to the engineer's spot. Donor: Houston Post