Railroads

President Harry S. Truman (center) meets with Chicago Mayor Martin Kennelly (right) and another man on the rear platform of the presidential train when it was in Chicago, Illinois.

President Harry S. Truman (right) makes an appearance on the rear platform of a train during a stop in Sedalia, Missouri. He is traveling back to Washington, D. C. after the successful conclusion of the 1948 presidential campaign. Also visible on the back of the train is First Lady Bess W. Truman (left).

From left to right, Bernard Dickmann, President Harry S. Truman, Robert Hannegan, and an unidentified woman stand on the rear platform of a train in St. Louis, Missouri. Truman is returning to Washington, D. C. after the successful conclusion to the 1948 presidential campaign.

President Harry S. Truman (at the podium) speaks from the back of the campaign train with during a stop in Newton County, Missouri. With him is Congressman Clarence Cannon (left). The others are unidentified.

Congressman Clarence Cannon (standing at the podium) speaks from the back of a campaign train, as President Harry S. Truman holds a large basket. They are on the back of a train in Newton County, Missouri. The other men in the photo are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman holds up the Chicago Tribune newspaper with the headline "Dewey Defeats Truman" at the train station in St. Louis, Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman (right) makes an appearance on the rear platform of a train during a stop in Sedalia, Missouri. He is traveling back to Washington, D. C. after the successful conclusion of the 1948 presidential campaign. Also visible on the back of the train is Margaret Truman (second from right). Others are unidentified.

The Truman family makes an appearance on the rear platform of a train during a stop in Sedalia, Missouri. He is traveling back to Washington, D. C. after the successful conclusion of the 1948 presidential campaign. From left to right: Margaret Truman, First Lady Bess W. Truman, and President Harry S. Truman.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from the rear of a train during a campaign stop in Tolono, Illinois.

President Harry S. Truman (second from right) and First Lady Bess Truman (right) aboard the campaign train with the Newton County Democrats. Others are unidentified.