Comfort and luxury on the rails: here's what train travel in the United States looked like in the 1950s
Categories: North America | Travel | World
By Pictolic https://pictolic.com/article/comfort-and-luxury-on-the-rails-heres-what-train-travel-in-the-united-states-looked-like-in-the-1950s.htmlOnce the United States could boast of the most developed railway transport system in the world, but after the Second World War, the Americans actually deliberately destroyed the mass transportation of people by rail.
The last breath of the Great Railway Era was the 1950s, which were the beginning of the end. At that time, the Sunset Limited was still running – the oldest named train in the United States, running since November 1894. We suggest you take a look at its cars.
These amazing photos from the digital collections of SMU libraries were taken by American photographer Robert Yarnall Ritchie and demonstrate the luxury of the Sunset Limited Southern Pacific Railway in 1950.
At the beginning of the XX century, the length of the US railways reached a fantastic 416 thousand kilometers even by modern standards. In the 1950s, the "Great Rail Pogrom" began in America, which led to the decline and degradation of almost all railway transport, and especially its passenger part.
But then the Great Rail Pogrom began, which lasted until the 1970s. Grandiose railway stations built in the rail "golden era" were ruthlessly demolished, reconstructed and simply abandoned.
Already in 1957, a sharp reduction in passenger traffic on the railways began. The development of high-speed air transport made traveling by rail for a long distance an anachronism. By 1965, only 10,000 passenger cars remained in regular operation in the United States, which was 85% less than in 1929.
Keywords: USA | North America | Train | Travel | World | Railway | Cars | 50s | 1950s
Post News ArticleRecent articles
In a world of many unusual and even strange buildings, but if you rank them, the Palace of Bubbles (Palais Bulles), created by ...
It happened in my life that snow is coming, regardless of our unwillingness to knead ice porridge on the way to work. Even the ...
Related articles
Madonna, Johnny Depp, Annie Lorak, Lady Gaga, Olga Buzova, Philip Kirkorov, Leonardo DiCaprio, what unites these stars of domestic ...
In the fall of 1972, Bill Yates traveled through the countryside in the vicinity of Tampa, Florida. At that time, he was studying ...
Nuclear suitcase President of the United States know everything. But about what it is and how it works, known only to the elite. ...
Everyone can easily imagine what a modern, smart and attractive design is. Therefore, we will not talk about it, but we will show ...