Railroads

South view taken from the Central Avenue bridge showing high water in the freight yards, Central Industrial District, Kansas City, Kansas. From: Folder entitled Missouri-Kansas Flood, 1951.

Le Chemin de Fer - Funiculaire du Pic du Jer. Mountain railroad at Lourdes in southwestern France. From an album of Lorain H. Cunningham, who served in the 129th Field Artillery during World War I and was a friend of Harry S. Truman.

Children in front of a train in Mukden, Manchuria. Photo taken during the U.S. Reparations tour. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Diner car on the train in North Korea during the U.S. Reparations Tour. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Edwin Pauley (second from left) confers on a train during the U.S. Reparations tour. Military officer is in the group. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

General George F. Schulgen relaxes on a train during the U.S. Reparations tour in North Korea. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Edwin Pauley's train used during the U.S. Reparations tour in North Korea. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Edwin Pauley's train car on the U.S. Reparations tour in North Korea. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Earl L. Shaner in Anshan, Manchuria, during the U.S. Reparations tour, on a train. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).

Norman M. Taylor, a member of the U.S. Reparations tour in Manchuria, hangs out of a train engine car. Edwin Pauley was the U.S. Ambassador on the Allied Reparations Committee from 1945-47 (the committee that assessed the reparations the Axis powers could afford to pay the victors).