Retired Illinois Central Railroad 4-8-2 steam locomotives frame their successor, an EMD GP-series diesel, at Centralia, Illinois, in 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-027-08
Summer shower overtakes an Illinois Central Railroad 2-8-2 steam locomotive and caboose in 1958 as they head south from Cairo, Illinois, into the Kentucky coal fields for a mine pickup. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-027-04
Icicles hang from Illinois Central Railroad 2-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1563 on a winter night in 1957 at Champaign, Illinois. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-027-03
Illinois Central Railroad 2-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1635 leading the Marion Turn local freight train east of Carbondale, Illinois, on January 27, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-027-10
Illinois Central Railroad 4-8-2 steam locomotive no. 2613 leading the southbound Cairo Turn local freight train out of Carbondale, Illinois, on December 28, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-029-12
Illinois Central Railroad 4-8-2 steam locomotive no. 2613 at Carbondale, Illinois, on the night of December 27, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-029-09
Illinois Central Railroad 4-8-2 steam locomotive no. 2527 at Centralia, Illinois, on December 26, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-029-08
Illinois Central Railroad 4-8-2 steam locomotive no. 2527 approaching the turnout to the Orient coal mine at Du Bois, Illinois, on January 26, 1959. © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art, Lamb-01-028-12
Illinois Central Railroad 2-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1537 leading the northbound Thebes Turn local freight train at a water stop south of Murphysboro, Illinois, on January 29, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-028-06
Illinois Central Railroad 2-8-2 no. 1537 leading the northbound Thebes Turn local freight train near Murphysboro, Illinois, on January 29, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-028-05
Illinois Central Railroad 2-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1537 leading the southbound Thebes Turn local freight train out of Murphysboro, Illinois, on January 27, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-028-01
Illinois Central Railroad 4-8-2 no. 2613 leading the southbound Cairo Turn local freight train through fields south of Carbondale, Illinois, on December 28, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-030-02
Illinois Central Railroad southbound freight train passing northbound coal train in Champaign, Illinois, in the summer of 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-031-10
Illinois Central Railroad southbound freight train passing the tower at Tuscola, Illinois, on May 23, 1958. The IC crosses the Baltimore & Ohio and the Chicago & Eastern Illinois here. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-031-08
Illinois Central Railroad northbound freight train pulling into the yard at Champaign, Illinois, on a summer evening in 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-031-06
Illinois Central Railroad 4-8-2 steam locomotive no. 2613 leading the northbound Cairo Turn local freight train under the coaling tower at Carbondale, Illinois, on December 28, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-031-04
Illinois Central Railroad 4-8-2 steam locomotive no. 2613 leading the northbound Cairo Turn local freight train south of Carbondale, Illinois, on the afternoon of December 28, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-031-03
Illinois Central Railroad 4-8-2 steam locomotive no. 2613 leading the northbound Cairo Turn local freight train through Cobden, Illinois, on December 28, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-031-01
Illinois Central Railroad 4-8-2 steam locomotive no. 2613 leading the southbound Cairo Turn local freight train south of Carbondale, Illinois, on the morning of December 28, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-030-03
Illinois Central Railroad southbound City of New Orleans passenger train at Champaign, Illinois, in July 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-033-09
Illinois Central Railroad northbound Seminole passenger train at the station in Champaign, Illinois, in 1959. Leading the train is Central of Georgia diesel locomotive no. 811, painted in Illinois Central colors. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-033-06
Illinois Central Railroad northbound Creole passenger train crossing the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad southern Illinois mainline at the TY Tower at Tuscola, Illinois, in December 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-033-04
Illinois Central Railroad northbound Seminole passenger train leaving Champaign, Illinois, in 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-033-02
Illinois Central Railroad fireman on freight train grasping paper roll of train orders from operator at an unknown station in central Illinois in 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-033-01
Illinois Central Railroad northbound work train carrying welded rail approaching the tower at Champaign, Illinois, on January 23, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-032-10
Illinois Central Railroad northbound freight train led by General Electric demonstrator locomotives nos. 751 and 752 (model XB 24-1), arriving in Champaign, Illinois, on July 25, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-032-05
Illinois Central Railroad northbound freight train NC-6 approaching Champaign, Illinois, behind General Electric demonstrator locomotives nos. 751 and 752 on July 25, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-032-04
Illinois Central Railroad northbound City of Miami passenger train preparing to depart Champaign, Illinois, in August 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-034-01
Wabash Railroad westbound Cannonball passenger train easing to a station stop at Tolono, Illinois, on February 26, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-035-12
Wabash Railroad eastbound Cannonball passenger train slowing for a station stop at Tolono, Illinois, in February 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-035-11
Illinois Central Railroad steam locomotive and diesel-powered southbound City of New Orleans passenger train at Centralia, Illinois, on August 9, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-035-06
Illinois Central Railroad diesel locomotive no. 4001, one of the road's earliest passenger units, racing northward with the Creole passenger train near Tolono, Illinois, on April 2, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-035-04
Illinois Central Railroad E8A diesel locomotive no. 4027 on the northbound City of Miami passenger train getting its windows washed at Champaign, Illinois, due to bugs on a summer night in June 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-034-02
Wabash Railroad eastbound freight train crossing the frozen landscape near Sidney, Illinois, in March 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-036-01
Wabash Railroad eastbound Cannonball passenger train led by PA diesel locomotive no. 1020A crossing the Illinois Central main line before halting at Tolono, Illinois, on March 29, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-036-11
"Not much tonnage but quite picturesque." Wabash Railroad local freight train, bound for Danville, passing Sidney, Illinois, with one freight car on April 7, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-036-08
Second section of Wabash Railroad westbound freight train no. 89 behind FA diesel locomotive no. 1203A rumbling through the snow-covered village of Tolono, Illinois, on March 11, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-036-05
Wabash Railroad eastbound freight train led by locomotives from three different builders passing the village of Sidney, Illinois, en route to Danville on March 11, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-036-04
Caboose of an eastbound Wabash Railroad freight train traversing the ice-covered landscape near Sidney, Illinois, in February 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-036-03
Wabash Railroad westbound freight train hustling through the frozen landscape near Tolono, Illinois, in February 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-036-02
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad northbound local freight train, led by a leased Wabash locomotive, crossing Frisco tracks at Vinita, Oklahoma, in the summer of 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-037-12
Wabash Railroad turntable at Bluffs, Illinois, framing leased Pennsylvania Railroad General Electric 44-ton locomotive on August 3, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-037-11
Wabash Railroad westbound freight train led by FA diesel locomotive no. 1202 near Philo, Illinois, on a summer afternoon in 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-037-09
Wabash Railroad E8A diesel locomotive no. 1007 speeding eastward with the Cannonball passenger train near Sidney, Illinois, in the summer of 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-037-07
Wabash Railroad westbound freight train (right) at Tolono, Illinois, passing a special passenger train from St. Louis carrying fans for a University of Illinois football game on October 3, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-037-04
Wabash Railroad freight train carrying auto parts from Detroit passing a newly tilled farm near Sidney, Illinois, in May 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-037-03
Wabash Railroad eastbound Cannonball at left pulling away from the station at Tolono, Illinois, as a westbound freight train arrives on March 29, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-037-02
Wabash Railroad northbound local freight train led by Fairbanks-Morse diesel locomotive no. 550 pulling into the station at Forrest, Illinois, in November 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-040-07
Wabash Railroad southbound Banner Blue passenger train gets a wave from the operator at Gibson City, Illinois, on May 24, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-040-05
Wabash Railroad Chicago-bound freight train no. 84 curving northward at Bement, Illinois, as seen from the Illinois Terminal bridge on April 11, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-040-04
Wabash Railroad northbound freight train crossing the Peoria & Eastern main line in Mansfield, Illinois, in March 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-040-01
Wabash Railroad northbound Blue Bird passenger train rounding a curve south of Mansfield, Illinois, in 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-039-10
Wabash Railroad northbound Banner Blue passenger train rounding a curve north of Bement, Illinois, in 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-039-08
Wabash Railroad southbound Blue Bird passenger train rolling into Decatur, Illinois, at dusk on a summer day in 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-039-06
Wabash Railroad diesel locomotives during a lull at Decatur, Illinois, standing ready for their next run on August 23, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-039-04
Wabash Railroad Alco and EMD diesel locomotives face off during the night at Decatur, Illinois, on August 23, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-039-01
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad diesel locomotives resting beneath a coaling tower, now an obsolete symbol of the steam era, at Danville, Illinois, in November 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-041-01
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad local freight train for Villa Grove leaving Danville, Illinois, in December 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-043-11
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad northbound Meadowlark passenger train leaving Danville, Illinois, as two track workers examine their speeder in March 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-043-08
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad northbound Meadowlark passenger train approaching Danville, Illinois, on a cold March morning in 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-043-07
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad northbound freight train behind three models of EMD diesel locomotives leaving Danville, Illinois, in December 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-043-04
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad northbound freight train behind three models of EMD diesel locomotives near Danville, Illinois, in December 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-043-03
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad northbound Meadowlark passenger train approaching Danville, Illinois, in December 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-043-04
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad operator handing up orders to the conductor of a southbound freight train at Glover tower, east of Urbana, Illinois, in December 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-042-01
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad extra freight train from St. Louis to Chicago approaching the tower at Glover, Illinois (east of Urbana), in December 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-041-07
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad freight train leaving Danville, Illinois, bound for Evansville, on a December afternoon in 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-041-06
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad southbound weed sprayer train approaching Glover tower near Urbana, Illinois, in August 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-044-03
Monon Railroad northbound freight train no. 72 (left) passing a local train at Linden, Indiana, on May 31, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-045-12
Monon Railroad southbound Tippecanoe passenger train rumbling across its namesake at Monticello, Indiana, on April 4, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-045-07
Monon Railroad southbound Thoroughbred passenger train accelerating away from the station at Monon, Indiana, on April 4, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-045-04
Monon Railroad southbound Thoroughbred passenger train pulling away from the station at Monon, Indiana, on April 4, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-045-03
Monon Railroad southbound Thoroughbred passenger train stopping at the station at Monon, Indiana, on April 4, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-045-02
Monon Railroad northbound Thoroughbred passenger train passing the railroad's shops as it departs Lafayette, Indiana, on May 31, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-044-09
Monon Railroad shop workers replacing a Fairbanks-Morse engine with an EMD model at the railroad's Lafayette, Indiana, shops on May 31, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-044-08
Monon Railroad working putting the final touches on a repair of one of the railroad's F3 diesel locomotives at Lafayette, Indiana, on May 31, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-044-07
Monon Railroad northbound local freight train at Crawfordsville, Indiana, on June 9, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-046-05
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad diesel locomotives in the yard at Ottumwa, Iowa, on April 12, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-047-11
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad switcher at Council Bluffs, Iowa, assembling cars for an overnight Chicago "sprint" train on April 13, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-047-08
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad westbound freight train no. 61 meeting the eastbound California Zephyr passenger train on the double track west of Creston, Iowa. With a closure rate between trains of more than 110 mph, the photographer had only a few seconds to aim the camera and fire the shutter. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-047-07
Fireman's view of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad eastbound freight train led by F3 diesel locomotives at milepost 370.9 (west of Oseolo, Iowa), on April 13, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-047-05
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad engineer of freight train no. 61 on April 13, 1960, was a veteran of the steam age, revealed by his cap and overalls. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-046-11
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad westbound freight train no. 61, led by classic FT diesel locomotives, pulls into Ottumwa, Iowa, for a crew change on April 13, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-046-10
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad steam locomotives resting in an open field near the yard at Beardstown, Illinois, on April 14, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-046-09
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad retired steam locomotive no. 4970 contrasts starkly with sparkling new F3 diesel locomotives at Beardstown, Illinois, on December 1, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-046-08
Monon Railroad northbound local freight train switching at Crawfordsville, Indiana, on June 9, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-046-06
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad conductor climbing aboard his mixed train at Bushnell, Illinois, for the run to Galesburg on April 14, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-048-01
Bevier & Southern Railroad 2-8-2 steam locomotive bringing loaded coal cars onto the interchange track at Missouri, Illinois, on January 29, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-049-12
Bevier & Southern Railroad steam locomotive no. 109 passing a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy freight train at Bevier, Missouri, on March 6, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-049-10
Bevier & Southern Railroad 2-6-0 steam locomotive no. 109 pulling a loaded coal train toward Bevier, Missouri, as vestiges of winter recede on March 6, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-049-06
Bevier & Southern Railroad 2-6-0 steam locomotive no. 109 and train approaching Bevier, Missouri, on December 1, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-049-05
Bevier & Southern Railroad 2-6-0 steam locomotive no. 109 pulling a loaded coal train toward Bevier, Missouri, on December 1, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-049-04
Bevier & Southern Railroad loaded coal train leaving a mine near Binkley, Missouri, behind former Illinois Central 2-6-0 steam locomotive no. 109 on December 1, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-049-01
Bevier & Southern Railroad 2-6-0 steam locomotives nos. 109 and 110 at the railroad's shop in Bevier, Missouri, in December 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-048-09
Bevier & Southern Railroad 2-6-0 steam locomotive no. 109 outside the railroad's shop in Bevier, Missouri, in March 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-048-07
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad southbound mixed train between Adair and Table Grove, Illinois, on April 14, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-048-04
Bevier & Southern Railroad 2-8-2 steam locomotive no. 4955 at the water tank in Bevier, Missouri, on January 29, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-050-01
Engine mechanic lubricates journal on Norfolk and Southern Railway Pacific trailing truck in Norton, Virginia, on May 10, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-050-12
Norfolk and Western Railway Class J steam locomotive no. 606 and westbound Cavalier at Bluefield station, West Virginia, in May 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-050-06
Bevier & Southern Railroad Mogul no. 112 passes tank as crew heads for shop at Bevier, Missiouri, in January 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-050-05
Northbound Bevier & Southern Railroad steam locomotive no. 112 passes icy lake en route to interchange at Bevier, Missouri, in January 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-050-04
Eastbound Norfolk and Western Railway Y-6B steam locomotive no. 2183 arrives in Bluefield, West Virginia, with a coal train in May 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-051-01
Eastbound Virginian Railway empty hoppers, behind electric class EL-2B locomotive no. 128, pass loads waiting to leave Princeton, West Virginia, on June 13, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-051-11
Eastbound Virginian Railway front crosses Kanahwa River at Deepwater Bridge, West Virginia, on June 12, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-051-10
A southbound Virginian Railway front, led by FM diesel locomotive units, meets New York Central Railroad mine run at Alloy, West Virginia, on June 12, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-051-09
Norfolk and Western Railway Pacific steam locomotive no. 578, rests in lubritorium at Bluefield, West Virginia, after a round trip on the Clinch Valley local on May 10, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-051-07
Norfolk and Western Railway Bluefield train enters Tazewell, Virginia, on May 10, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-051-05
Norfolk and Western Railway Bluefield train crosses trestle at St. Paul, Virginia, on June 14, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-051-03
A pair of Virginian Railway rectifier electrics approach Princeton, West Virginia, with an eastbound coal train on June 13, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-052-02
Westbound Canadian National Railway train awaits clearance to St. Clair Tunnel at Canadian National yard in Sarnia, Ontario, on July 6, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-053-12
Westbound Canadian National Railway 4-8-4 steam locomotive no. 6181 passes station at London, Ontario, as Mike switches on July 6, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-053-08
Northbound Canadian National Railway train from Hamilton passes Bayview Junction en route to Toronto, Ontario, on July 5, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-053-03
Westbound Canadian National Railway passenger train run, led by Bullet Nosed Betty 4-8-2 steam locomotive, ready to depart station at Toronto, Ontario, on July 4, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-053-02
Canadian National Railway 4-8-4 steam locomotive no. 6228 and 4-8-2 steam locomotive no. 6069 inside Spadina roundhouse in Toronto, Ontario, on July 4, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-052-09
Summer shower bathes Canadian National Railway steam and diesel locomotives at Spadina roundhouse in Toronto, Ontario, on July 4, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-052-06
Despite rainy weather, valve gear on Canadian National Railway Mike steam locomotive gets steam bath at Spadina shop in Toronto, Ontario, on July 4, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-052-05
Westbound Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad crew on train no. 91 gets orders at Delphos, Ohio, on June 2, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-054-01
Taylor-Springfield Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway coal train in November 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-055-09
Newly delivered RS1325 at shops in Springfield, Illinois, in October 1960, (Note: Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway owned only two built). Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-055-07
Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway Peoria-bound train, with coal cut for Havana climbs grade at Petersburg, Illinois, in June 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-055-02
Two Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway diesel locomotive SD9's lead Havana-bound coal train upgrade at Petersburg, Illinois, in June 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-054-11
Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway shop at Springfield, Illinois, at night in August 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-054-08
Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway Peoria train awaits clearance to depart Springfield, Illinois, in August 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-054-06
Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway Peoria-bound train is readied for departure at Springfield, Illinois, in August 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-054-05
Alton and Southern Railway transfer cut in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, on March 7, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-054-04
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway steam locomotive 2-10-2 no. 504 switching ore jennies in yard at Proctor, Minnesota, in November 1959. Photograph J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-056-01
Westbound Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway steam locomotive no. 229 rounds curve west of Munger, Minnesota, on April 24, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-056-11
Duluth, Massabe and Iron Range Railway steam locomotive no. 229 eases empties out of yard at Proctor, Minnesota, on April 24, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-056-05
Eastbound Nickel Plate Road passes semaphores at State Line Tower in Hammond, Indiana, on May 29, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-058-10
Eastbound Nickel Plate Road double-header passes State Line Tower at Hammond, Indiana, on May 29, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-058-09
Northbound Chicago and North Western train from St. Louis grinds up Radnor Hill, Illinois, (near Peoria) on October 3, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-058-05
Outbound Chicago and North Western passenger train of bi-levels passes train of older passenger cars near station in Chicago, Illinois, on March 9, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-058-04
Tower view of departing Chicago and North Western passenger train in Chicago, Illinois, on March 9, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-058-03
Signal bridge frames inbound Chicago and North Western passenger train of new cars in Chicago, Illinois, on March 9, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-058-01
Old and new equipment north of station in Chicago, Illinois, on March 9, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-057-11
Chicago and North Western commuter train departing station in Chicago, Illinois, on March 9, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-057-10
Outbound Chicago and North Western passenger trains in Chicago, Illinois, on March 8, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-057-08
Westbound Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway train heads north toward Hibbing, Minnesota, after passing Coleraine Junction, Minnesota, on April 24, 1960 (This was our final look at steam locomotive no. 229, who had put on a magnificent show for three guys from Illinois). Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-057-05
On a winter morning in 1959, an eastbound Nickel Plate Road freight train leaves Charleston, Illinois. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-059-01
Westbound Canadian Pacific Railway local freight train approaches interlocker at Bayview Junction, Ontario, with Canadian National Railway line in background on July 5, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-060-08
Canadian Pacific Railway light Pacific steam locomotive at the John Street roundhouse at Toronto, Ontario, on July 4, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-060-07
Although ready for duty, two aging Canadian Pacific Railway steamers rest inside the Lambton roundhouse at Toronto, Ontario, while GP9 no. 8693 waits in rain for its next assignment on July 4, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-060-03
Rain blankets Canadian Pacific Railway Pacific steam locomotive no. 2235 as it is rotated at the Lambton roundhouse in Toronto, Ontario, on July 4, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-060-02
Shadows are long as Gibson City, Illinois, operator watches for defects on eastbound Nickel Plate Road freight train on December 22, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-059-09
Peoria-bound Nickel Plate Road freight train pulls past unmanned station at Ellsworth, Illinois, on August 9, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-059-07
Gale, Illinois, operated hands up box as a rider prepares to board Missouri Pacific Railroad on August 9, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-061-12
Missouri Pacific Railroad Alco FA diesel locomotive no. 311 departs Gale, Illinois, on southward run as St. Louis-bound train waits on August 9, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-061-10
Missouri Pacific Railroad Memphis train no. 220 leaves Little Rock, Arkansas, on June 15, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-061-08
Ten minutes after no. 8's departure, Missouri Pacific Railroad train no. 220 leaves for Memphis, Tennessee on June 15, 1960 (Note: see Lamb-01-061-08). Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-061-07
Missouri Pacific Railroad St. Louis passenger train no. 8 departs Little Rock, Arkansas, on overnight run on June 15, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-061-06
Eastbound Missouri Pacific Railroad Colorado Eagle passenger train approaches Kirkwood, Missouri, on March 7, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-061-05
Missouri Pacific Railroad passenger train at Kirkwood, Missouri, on June 15, 1959 (Note: same as Lamb-01-061-02 with horizontal format). Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-061-03
Illinois Terminal Railroad's shop area at Springfield, Illinois, in 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-062-03
After dropping inbound cut, Peabody Short Line crew crosses TRRA en route to its yard at Illinois in June 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-063-08
Peabody Short Line Alcos lug mine cut to East St. Louis interchange in June 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-063-06
Alcos lead Peabody Short Line empties from East St. Louis to River King mine at Illinois in June 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-063-01
Driver dodges Illinois Terminal Railroad Decatur-bound local in Monticello, Illinois, on August 11, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-062-10
Eastbound Illinois Terminal Railroad local for Decatur, Illinois turns corner in Monticello, Illinois, on August 11, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-062-09
Eastbound Illinois Terminal Railroad local for Decatur, Illinois at Glover siding in early AM on August, 11, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-062-08
Westward view of Illinois Terminal Railroad rescue west of Champaign, Illinois, on December 6, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-062-07
Eastbound Baltimore & Ohio Railroad local passes Tuscola, Illinois, tower in late afternoon on a summer day in 1959 (Illinois Central Railroad line is in foreground while Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad slices between the other two). Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-064-02
Eastbound Pennsy reefer train (from Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway) crosses Tippecanoe River at Monticello, Indiana, on April 4, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-065-07
Eastbound Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway local passes wye at El Paso, Illinois, (Illinois Central Railroad connection) in October, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-065-06
Westbound Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway manifest no. 21 meets local no. 24 at Forrest, Illinois, in February 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-065-04
Eastbound Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway local no. 24 crosses frozen creek near Fairbury, Illinois, in February 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-065-03
Eastbound Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway train passes work train at Washington, Illinois, in May 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-065-02
Eastbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad crosses Mississippi River near Louisiana, Missouri, in June 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-064-12
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad's daily run from Bloomington, Illinois, to Kansas City pauses at Louisiana, Missouri, on June 10, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-064-10
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad local from Bloomington, Illinois, to Kansas City, Missouri, departs Petersburg, Illinois, in June 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-064-08
Southbound Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad Alton Limited passenger train pulls into Springfield, Illinois, on August 30, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-064-06
Eastbound Baltimore & Ohio Railroad freight train crosses into Indiana at State Line Tower in Hammond, Indiana, in May 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-064-04
Westbound Baltimore & Ohio Railroad local extra near Odin, Illinois, on a run to East St. Louis, Missouri, in May 1957 (This was B&O's most western main line). Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-064-03
Southbound Detroit, Toledo and Ironton, Ohio, passes Paris station in October 1955 (Note: view from Pennsylvania Railroad bridge). Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-067-08
Southbound Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad train near Quincy, Ohio, in November 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-067-07
Eastbound Atchinson, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Super Chief-El Capitan passenger train glides downhill near Edelstein, Illinois, on October 30, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-067-06
Southbound Milwaukee Road freight train no. 82 eases downgrade into Ottumwa, Iowa, in November 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-067-02
Westbound New York Central Railroad Southwestern Limited passenger train speeds across Embarras River near Charleston, Illinois, in June 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-066-07
Westbound Peoria and Eastern Railway freight train traverses landscape left by ice-storm near Champaign, Illinois, in January 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-066-03
Southbound Milwaukee Road front no. 82 rumbles across Vermillion River south of Danville, Illinois, on April 12, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-066-09
Southbound Illinois Central Railroad empties pass the station at Du Bois, Illinois, en route to Orient mine loadout, station does not use official town name, on January 26, 1959 (Note: enlarged loco image). Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-029-01
Southbound Illinois Central Railroad Cairo Turn twists through S-curve at Cobden, Illinois, on December 28, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-030-08
Leased Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Mike steam locomotive no. 4955 leaves coal loader with train for Bevier, Missouri, on January 29, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-049-11
Norfolk and Western Railway Norton train (Clinch Valley local) swings around curved bridge near Witten Mill, Virginia, on June 13, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-050-07
Norfolk and Western Railway Light Pacific leads Norton train through hilly terrain near Pounding Mill, Virginia, on May 10, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-050-08
Caboose of westbound Virginian Railway enters yard at Princeton, West Virginia, on June 13, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-051-12
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway Yellowstone steam locomotive no. 235 at yard coaling dock in Proctor, Minnesota, on April 23, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-056-04
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway steam locomotive no. 229 and freight train leaves yard at Proctor, Minnesota, on April 24, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. 1960-04-24
Westbound Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway steam locomotive no. 229 at Munger, Minnesota, on April 24, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-056-09
Northbound Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway steam locomotive no. 229 passes Munger, Minnesota, on April 24, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-056-10
Westbound Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway steam locomotive no. 339 at speed near Culver, Minnesota, at April 24, 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-057-03
Observation car Evangeline Park on westbound Canadian Pacific Railway Dominion passenger train at station in Toronto, Ontario, on July 4, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-060-01
Missouri Pacific Railroad Texas-bound passenger-mail train leaves St. Louis Union Station in Missouri on March 7, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-061-01
Illinois Terminal Railroad Decatur-bound local crosses Chicago-line of Wabash at Bement, Illinois, on August 11, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-062-12
Peabody Short Line Alcos shove empties toward River King mine load out, before departing with loads for East St. Louis, Missouri, in June 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-063-03
Loaded Peabody Short Line freight train leaves River King mine for East St. Louis, Missouri, in June 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-063-04
Eastbound New York Central Railroad Southwestern Limited passenger train no. 11 crosses frozen Embarras River near Charleston, Illinois, in January 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-066-06
Illinois Central Railroad 2-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1537 leads the Thebes Turn local freight train through snow-covered fields en route to Murphysboro, Illinois, on January 27, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-028-03
Illinois Central Railroad's northbound Thebes Turn local freight train rumbles over a tresle south of Murphysboro, Illinois, behind 2-8-2 steam locomotive no. 1537 on January 29, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-028-07
Illinois Central's northbound Cairo Turn local freight train waits in Cairo, Illinois, for the northbound Creole passenger train to depart, as ice from previous night clings to the water tower on December 28, 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-030-12
The tower at Champaign, Illinois, is framed by the headlights from a southbound Illinois Central train leaving the yard on December 20, 1959. Peoria & Eastern trackage is in the foreground. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-031-11
A farm lad studies carefully the Illinois Central tower operator's activities at Tolono, Illinois, in December 1960. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-032-01
Inbound Illinois Central freight train slides around the Creole and City of Miami passenger trains at Champaign, Illinois, in August 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-033-12
The operator at Tolono, Illinois, gives the "hotbox" signal to the conductor of an eastbound Wabash freight train on a July night in 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-038-01
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad's Chicago-bound Georgian-Humming Bird passenger train leaves Danville, Illinois, on a frigid December morning in 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-041-04
Streamlined Canadian National 4-8-4 steam locomotive no. 6404 at Toronto's Spadina roundhouse on the night of July 4, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-052-12
Duluth, Missabe, and Iron Range steam locomotives lined up at the yard in Proctor, Minnesota, in November 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-056-03
The setting sun illuminates Missouri Pacific's St. Louis-bound train no. 8 as it races past Newport, Arkansas, on August 8, 1958. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-061-09
Gulf Mobile & Ohio's northbound Abraham Lincoln passenger train pauses in Bloomington, Illinois, as an eastbound Peoria & Eastern train departs in August 1959. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-066-01
