Here's a Central Railroad of New Jersey camelback loco with a passenger train blowing through Plainfield, NJ. This card is postmarked 1914. I did some research and can't find any documentation on the CNJ handling a train named 'Chicago Limited', especially since the CNJ never serviced Chicago. The Pennsylvania Railroad, however, did and this train may have been picked up at the CNJ terminus in Scranton, PA to be taken into the CNJ terminal in Jersey City, NJ.
This circa 1920 postcard is part of a small series that gives us an insight into the Michigan Central's Detroit River railroad tunnel connecting Canada and the US. Unlike the St. Clair tunnel box cab motors that used overhead catenary, this tunnel operated steeple cab electric motors using a 3rd rail power supply. This can be seen just off to the outside of each track in this card below.
For more information on the Detroit River Tunnel, click here:
Trackside can also be streetside, too. Coffeyville, Kansas was a traction hub in 1908 as can be seen in this card. Note the good looking building with awnings in the back, and the stone block street.
This great linen card is a perfect example of a railroad-issued advertising postcard.
For more information on The Crusader, click here:
http://members.tripod.com/njrails/20th_Century/Reading/Crusader/Crusader.htm
This is very likely the Boston & Maine's bridge over the Connecticut River.
This is very likely the Boston & Maine's bridge over the Connecticut River.
This card is of the NYNH&H East Side Railroad Tunnel in Providence, RI. Originally constructed to serve Bristol RI and Fall River MA with electric passenger equipment, it opened in 1908 and this card was published a few years later. The tunnel is over 5000 feet long, saw active service until 1981, and was sealed off in 1993.
