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Trains at Smithsonian Station

Pack your bags and take a trip on the many rails throughout our collections. These trains hail from all over the country and across the globe, traveling over artists’ canvasses and through the mail. Learn more about trains in America on the Move at the National Museum of American History. While you are reading, enjoy Train Tracks: A Transcontinental Railroad Playlist from Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.


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Trains

Mystery Train

"The Trail Blazer, First De Luxe All-Coach Train Daily between Chicago and New York" Pennsylvania Railroad poster for 1939 World's Fair

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Manufacturer's Photograph of K4s Class Locomotive, Pennsylvania Railroad

Design for K4s Class Streamlined Locomotive, Pennsylvania Railroad

Elevation View of a Locomotive, First Prize Drawing

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Final Tissue for Creation of Illustration of Streamline K4s Locomotive, Pennsylvania Railroad

Plasticine Wind Tunnel Model for a Streamlined K4s Class Locomotive, Pennsylvania Railroad

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