Railroads

A crowd lines up at a railroad station in a small town in Nebraska to see President Harry S. Truman during his 10,000 mile, cross-country tour. From: Naval Photo Center, sent to the Truman Library by the National Archives. Original 4x5 negative.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaking from platform next to his train in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Roosevelt stopped while on his way to Chicago, Illinois. All people unidentified.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (third from left at podium) speaks from the back platform of his train to a crowd in Wilmington, Delaware. The President stopped while on his way to a political rally in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All others unidentified.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt (seated) on the back platform of his train while in Worcester, Massachusetts. Roosevelt was on his way to deliver the final speech of his campaign in Boston, Massachusetts. From left to right: Massachusetts Senator David I. Walsh; Admiral William D. Leahy, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Naval Forces; Boston Mayor Maurice J. Tobin, and President Roosevelt.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt waves from the platform of his train while at a campaign stop in Springfield, Massachusetts. From left to right: Roosevelt, Boston Mayor Maurice J. Tobin, and William Burke, Massachusetts State Democratic Chairman.

President Harry S. Truman receives an Indian war bonnet from the Blackfoot Indian Tribe on the rear platform of his train in Havre, Montana. They are thanking him for federal aid during Operation Snowbound last winter. Donor: Philadelphia Inquirer.

President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of his railroad car, the "Ferdinand Magellan," during his trip to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. From left to right: Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, President Truman, and General J. Lawton Collins.

President Harry S. Truman (in raincoat at bottom of steps) being greeted by unidentified Army officers upon his arrival by train at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, for an inspection of the facility. Standing behind Truman on the train is (left to right), Secretary of the Army Frank Pace, General J. Lawton Collins, and Averell Harriman. All others are unidentified.

President Harry S. Truman in front of a train at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland. Foreground, from left to right: Major General Edward E. MacMorland, Commander of Aberdeen; Major General Elbert L. Ford, Chief of Ordnance (behind MacMorland); Secretary of the Army Frank Pace; President Truman; General J. Lawton Collins, Chief of Staff. Others are unidentified.

John Steelman, center, negotiates a settlement in the Enginemen and Firemen's Railroad Strike of 1950. C.D. MacKay, Chairman of Southeastern Carrier Conference Committee and Assistant Vice President of Southern Railway System, is on the extreme left, and David B. Robertson, President of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen, is on the extreme right.