Excursion Boat at Clinton, Iowa

Clinton, Iowa is on the western shore of the Mississippi River and is the easternmost city in Iowa.

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Union Bus Depot, Marshalltown, Iowa

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Transportation Center of Cheyenne, Wyoming

THE 16TH STREET AND CAPITOL AVENUE INTERSECTION

IS TRULY THE CROSSROADS OF THE NATION

Here U. S. 30 and U. S. 85 intersect also both the Transcontinental East and West and North and South Bus Lines connect, and the U. P. and C. S. Railroads connect with Transcontinental East and West and North and South Lines. About this district are many of the hotels and restaurants of the city to make this a transportation maelstrom.

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Cut-away View of Chicago Subway

CUT-AWAY VIEW OF CHICAGO'S SUBWAY IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT

Shown are the main tubes: the downtown center platform, which is 3500 feet long; the two-way escalators to the mezzanines with store connections; and the State St. surface level. Features of the subway are ventilation, illumination, escalators, safety, comfort.

Handwritten 1943 date on back

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Snow Banks on Continental Divide

Altitude 11,600 Feet
Denver & Salt Lake Railroad, Colorado

SNOW CUTS

This wonderful scene is a remarkable photograph taken June 15th on the Moffat Road above the line of perpetual snow. The road is built over the crest of the Great Divide, just west of Denver, and tourists go eagerly to the top of the range to see the wonderful climatic paradise of snow in the summer.

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Soo Line Excursion Train

Soo Line Excursion Train at Ridgeland, Wisconsin August 12th, 1956. Tour sponsored by Minnesota Rail Fans Association on Minneapolis, Minn., to Ridgeland, Wis., and return, using a H Type Pacific 4-6-2, Locomotive No. 2718.

Photo by Bob Fremming

Loading Iron Ore Into Freighters on Lake Superior

Lake Superior Harbors have the largest iron ore docks in the world, and the annual ore shipments from these docks run as high as 60 million tons.

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Smoky Mountain Trailways Bus

America's most popular park can be crossed by through bus service running between Knoxville, Tenn. and Asheville, N. C. In buying a NORTH-SOUTH or EAST-WEST ticket ask your agent to route your trip through the heart of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park on comfortable Trailways buses.

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Diesel Locomotive Pulling a Santa Fe Freight Train

The Santa Fe System embraces more than 13,100 miles of track, stretching from the Great Lakes, west to the Pacific Coast, and south to the Gulf of Mexico and the Mexsican border. It is the only railroad under one management between Chicago and California, and operates the only double track line between Chicago and Los Angeles.

Presented by the 

SANTA FE RAILWAY

to Service Personnel

sent by Pvt Ernest Graves

ASN 38072464

Ft. Sam Houston Tex.

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Yellowstone Park Bus

Old Faithful Geyser at Upper Geyser Basin erupts about every 66½ minutes. The jets of water are thrown to an average height of 180 feet.

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TWA Martin Skyliner

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Santa Fe Station, San Diego, California

The Santa Fe Station is conveniently located within a few blocks of San Diego's business center.

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The Erie Limited Near Port Jervis, N. Y.

One charming vista after another greets the eye of the traveler on the Erie between New York and Chicago over the scenic route of the East.

This postcard was used for Season's Greetings and has a 1943 Christmas seal on the back.

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Dining Car on the Pere Marquettes Streamliner

The PERE MARQUETTES, operating between Detroit, Lansing and Grand Rapids, are the first postwar streamliners to present novel dining cars with tables set diagonally into alcoves along the wall. Waitresses and elimination of tipping are among other distinctive Pere Marquette dining features.

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Union Bus Depot & Warren Cafe -- Manhattan, Kansas

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Completion of First Trans-continental Railroad

MURAL PAINTING IN UNION STATION

This is one of the epoch making scenes in the history of this Nation, the binding together of the West with the East by the driving of the last spike of the first trans-continental railroad, the Union Pacific. The figures are all life size and as far as possible, historically correct. The momentous event occurred on May 10, 1869.

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Passenger Steamer -- Duluth-Superior Harbor

The Port of Duluth — most westerly point on Lake superior — each summer is journey's end for thousands of vacationists seeking holiday enjoyment. Large passenger ships, such as the S. S. "Noronic" seen, as she leaves the Duluth Harbor through the entrance canal, spanned by the unique Aerial Lift bridge, bring hundreds of tourists to the Head-of the Lakes on every visit to this port. A cool, invigorating climate, rare scenic beauties and unrivaled recreational facilities make Duluth and northeastern Minnesota one of  America's most popular summer playgrounds.

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Mormon Meteor Speed Records

Mormon Meteor: David Abbott (Ab) Jenkins, Owner-Driver and founder of the Salt Flats as a race course. Utah born and reared 1883. Religion, (Mormon). Holder of more world's unlimited records than any man in history of sports. The only man who has ever driven an automobile continuously without relief for 24 hours, under supervision of contest board. Awarded champion of champions plaque and cup for the world's safest driver. In 1950 at age 67, he made his fastest lap of 13 miles @ 199.19 M. P. H. Raced his last time in July, 1951. Now retired. He attributes his stamina to the fact, he never in his life, tasted liquor or tobacco. 

These records and many others were established on the Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah under A. A. A. supervision

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Grand Canyon Rim Drive

Mohave Point is about four miles from El Tovar. Just opposite Mohave Point the Granite Gorge is deepest. From Mohave to the west, you can see across the river the Tower of Set, Horus Temple, Isis Temple, Cheops Pyramid, Buddha Temple, and on this side Powell Abyss with Copo and Dana Buttes.

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Union Pacific Streamliner "City of Los Angeles" Crossing the Desert

The Union Pacific "City of Los Angeles" is the longest streamline train in the world. It is seventeen cars in length, including three power cars equipped with gigantic Diesel engines that develop 5400 horsepower. The train is strikingly beautiful . . . distinctive in design . . . and incorporates many novel features. It is famous for its "Little Nugget" Club Lounge Car, a reproduction of the old time elegance of the Gay 90's. Chicago to Los Angeles 39-3/4 hours.

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