Railroads

Snapshot of Charles Ross seated aboard the Presidential train.

Wounded men receive treatment on a train enroute to hospitals during the Korean War.

Refugees swarm aboard a locomotive at Sariwon as they attempt to flee the area during the Korean War.

Mrs. Martha Truman (second from left) arriving in Kansas City, Mo., from Washington, D.C., after visiting her son, Harry S. Truman. It was her first visit since he became president of the United States. Mrs. Truman is accompanied by her son, J. Vivian (left) and her daughter, Mary Jane (right). General Harry H. Vaughan is at the far right of the photo.

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.