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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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Postcard of a Pacific-Type Passenger Steam Locomotive

Moving the John Bull

Postcard of the Original John Bull Engine

"John Bull" Locomotive Engine

John Bull on Its Anniversary Run, 1981

Jupiter Steam Locomotive Train Engine

Installation of Steam Locomotive in NMHT

Jupiter Locomotive, A&I Building

Locomotive "Pioneer," Railroad Hall, NMHT

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