Railroads

President Harry S. Truman smiles from the rear platform of a train at a stop in Oroville, California, during a 1952 campaign trip for the Democratic ticket. The other man is unidentified. (Original negative included.) From: Albert Camargo.

Former President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of a train making a stop in Buffalo, New York. The date and event are unknown. From: Fred Eckhart.

Former President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of a train making a stop in Buffalo, New York. The date and event are unknown. From: Fred Eckhart.

Former President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of a train making a stop in Buffalo, New York. The date and event are unknown. From: Fred Eckhart

Former President Harry S. Truman (left), standing on the rear platform of a train, shakes hands with an unseen admirer in Buffalo, New York. Standing next to him is Major General Harry H. Vaughan. The event is unknown. From: Fred Eckhart.

Newly elected President Harry S. Truman (second from the left) shakes hands with Roscoe L. McCrary (second from the right) of the Chicago Defender, St. Louis Bureau, on the back platform of the train taking Mr. Truman back to Washington, D.C. after the 1948 election. The other two men are unidentified. From: Roscoe L. McCrary

Former President Harry S. Truman and Bess Truman posing in the aisle of a train for David Jay McClendon, who was returning on the same train from Jefferson City to Kansas City, Missouri, with the 7th grade class of D.M. Pinkerton school. From: David J. McClendon.

President Harry S. Truman delivers a speech on the rear platform of a train. The man at left is unidentified. This is possibly a campaign speech. From: Museum Collection #93.12 (items found inside locked credenza in Harry S. Truman's working office at Truman Library).

From left to right, President of Venezuela Romulo Gallegos, First Lady Bess Truman, unidentified woman, and President Harry S. Truman, wave from the back of the Presidential Train. They are in Bolivar, Missouri, for the dedication of the statue of Simon Bolivar.

President Harry S. Truman (far left) rings a miniature train bell next to Secretary of the Treasury John Snyder (on the right side of the bell). Other people in this picture are unidentified.