Railroads

Mrs. Martha Truman, mother of President Harry S. Truman, debarking from the train. No one else is identified.

Former President Harry S. Truman (middle of photo) at a railroad station departing for a European trip. Mike Westwood stands with his back turned toward the camera (left).

President Harry S. Truman (center) with unidentified men at railroad station in Independence, Missouri.

President Harry S. Truman (right) is greet by his brother J. Vivian (left) at train.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from the rear platform of a train at a whistlestop in San Marcos, Texas, during the 1948 presidential campaign. Left to right are: Ed Geisen, a local politician; Lyndon B. Johnson (partially obscured); President Harry S. Truman; Ed Cape, a banker; Laura Ramsay; and Judge Max Smith, a local County Judge. From: Charles Blankenship.

Artillery transport train - somewhere in France, after World War One. From: Truman house, album of 35th Division clippings and snapshots.

President Truman holding a copy of the Wall Street Journal on the rear platform of a train in Grand Forks, North Dakota, during the 1952 Presidential campaign.

Snapshot of the Missouri-Pacific Lines train President Harry S. Truman took from Little Rock, Arkansas, to Bull Shoals Dam on July 2, 1952, for the dedication ceremony. The soldier in front of the train is unidentified. The picture was taken by W. E. Conley, who worked for the Arkansas State Police (brother-in-law of Jesse L. Foster). From: Jesse L. Foster.

President Harry S. Truman is greeted by an unidentified woman as he stands on the platform of a train making a brief stop at the Great Northern Depot in Belton, Montana, during a campaign trip for the Democratic ticket of Stevenson and Sparkman. From: Wallace Floren.

President Harry S. Truman speaks from the platform of a train as it makes a brief stop at the Great Northern Depot in Belton, Montana, during a campaign trip for the Democratic ticket of Stevenson and Sparkman. From: Wallace Floren.