Railroads

A crowd of unidentified people gathers at the train depot in Columbia Falls, Montana to hear President Harry S. Truman speak during a stop on his campaign trip through the western United States. Pictured: President Truman (top right corner, underneath second from right window of train car).

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess W. Truman aboard the presidential train car.

A committee of unidentified people greet Secretary of the Interior Oscar Chapman (fifth from left) and Ann (Mrs. Oscar) Chapman (third from right) at the train station in Denver, Colorado as they arrive for "Welcome Home Oscar!" Day. All others unidentified.

From left to right: Mayor of Philadelphia Bernard Samuel; James H. Duff, Governor of Pennsylvania; President Harry S. Truman; unidentified; and Pennsylvania Senator Francis J. Myers on the platform of President Truman's train during his trip to Philadelphia for the Army-Navy football game. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess W. Truman aboard the Presidential train en route to the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. From: Oscar Chapman Scrapbook

View of train tracks and train cars situated at Wadi Halfa and headed toward Khartoum in Sudan. People can be seen in distance beside the train. Photograph taken as part of a trip author and diplomat Charles Thayer and his wife Cynthia took to Egypt and Sudan in 1961. Photos of the safari in Sudan intended for a possible magazine article. Original negatives are in the Harry S. Truman Library collection

President Harry S. Truman (left) waves from the back of a train while daughter Margaret (right) looks on during a trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to watch the Army-Navy football game.

President Harry S. Truman (left) waves beside daughter Margaret Truman (right) from the back of a train during a trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to watch the Army-Navy football game.

President Harry S. Truman (second from left) is shown with unidentified guests on the platform of his train during his trip to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to watch the Army-Navy football game. On the right is Admiral Robert Dennison.

President Harry S. Truman (left) with Mrs. India Edwards, Executive Director, Women's Division, Democratic National Committee, during a radio interview. The President gave the interview as he traveled by train during his 1948 whistlestop Campaign.