Railroads

Snapshot of train on track beside lake, probably in New Mexico. 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.

First Lady Bess Wallace Truman (center) and President Harry S. Truman (right) on the back of the campaign train in Rome, New York. The man on the left is unidentified. Sent to Margaret Truman by Mrs. William R. Johnson.

First Lady Bess W. Truman (left) and President Harry S. Truman (right) in Rome, New York, on the back of a train. Sent to Margaret Truman by Mrs. William R. Johnson.

President Harry S. Truman in Rome, New York, speaking to the crowd from the back of a train. Sent to Margaret Truman by Mrs. William R. Johnson.

President Harry S. Truman in Rome, New York, on the rear of a train. Sent to Margaret Truman by Mrs. William R. Johnson.

President Harry S. Truman in Rome, New York, on the back of a train. Sent to Margaret Truman by Mrs. William R. Johnson.

President Harry S. Truman in Rome, New York on the back of a train. Sent to Margaret Truman by Mrs. William R. Johnson.

President Harry S. Truman in Rome, New York on the back of a train. Sent to Margaret Truman by Mrs. William R. Johnson.

President Harry S. Truman in Rome, New York, on the rear of a train. Sent to Margaret Truman by Mrs. William R. Johnson

Locomotive "Pioneer". First engine to pull a train out of Chicago, October 25, 1848. The Chicago and Northwestern Railway brought this engine to the White House for President Harry S. Truman to view to celebrate the Chicago Railway Fair on April 14, 1948.