
NYC, Fairborn, Ohio, 1956
Northbound New York Central train led by 1947 Fairbanks-Morse "Erie-built" no. 5003 leaves Fairborn, Ohio, in the summer of 1956. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-022-06

NYC, Marion, Ohio, 1955
Westbound Erie freight train charges past stopped southbound New York Central passenger train at Marion, Ohio, on September 25, 1955. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-016-08

PRR, Columbus, Ohio, 1956
Late afternoon in August 1956 at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Columbus, Ohio, engine service area with 2-10-4 steam locomotives from the Santa Fe. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-011-06

PRR, Columbus, Ohio
Pennsylvania Railroad and Santa Fe 2-10-4 steam locomotives congregating with F-unit diesels at Columbus, Ohio, in August 1956 showing the changing face of post-World War II railroading on the Pennsy. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-013-01

NYC, Springfield, Ohio, 1955
Northbound New York Central freight train passes Maitland tower at the crossing of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton in Springfield, Ohio, in October 1955. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb. © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-020-05

NYC, Dayton, Ohio, 1955
Northbound New York Central 4-6-4 Hudson steam locomotive no. 5452 departs downtown Dayton, Ohio, in December 1955. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2015, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-017-02

IC, Murphysboro, Illinois, 1959
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

IC, Murphysboro, Illinois, 1959
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

IC, Cairo, Illinois, 1959
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

IC, Champaign, Illinois, 1959
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

IC, Tolono, Illinois, 1960
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

IC, Champaign, Illinois, 1958
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

WAB, Tolono, Illinois, 1959
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

C&EI, Danville, Illinois, 1959
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

CN, Toronto, Ontario, 1958
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

DMIR, Proctor, Minnesota, 1959
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

MP, Newport, Arkansas, 1958
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

GM&O and P&E, Bloomington, Illinois, 1959
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

SAL, Raleigh, NC, 1961
Raleigh's Boylan Avenue tower is illuminated first by the curved path of Seaboard Air Line' s Florida-bound Silver Star passenger train and a few minutes later by a southbound Norfolk Southern Railway local heading to nearby Fayetteville, North Carolina, on an August night in 1961. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-068-07

SAL, Raleigh, NC, 1962
Northbound Seaboard Air Line train no. 88 passes open auto rack cars on southbound train no. 27 at Boylan tower in Raleigh, North Carolina, in November 1962. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-070-12

SAL, Richmond, VA, 1962
Seaboard Air Line's southbound Silver Star passenger train (right) passes an eastbound Chesapeake & Ohio local at Richmond, Virginia's Main Street Station in October 1962. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-075-05

SAL, Franklin, VA, 1962
On a foggy morning in February 1962, Seaboard Air Line's northbound Tidewater passenger train arrives at Franklin, Virginia, as seen from local freight train no. 85. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-081-07

ACL, Selma, NC, 1962
At Selma, North Carolina, in June 1962, a boy on a bicycle watches as a Southern Railway local freight train waits for the passage of Atlantic Coast Line train no. 376, the Everglades. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-083-04

CRR, Kingsport, TN, 1966
Framed by a rock tunnel portal, a northbound Clinchfield Railroad freight train approaches Kingsport, Tennessee, in August 1966. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-089-07

NW, Glen Lynn, VA, 1961
Three ex-Viriginan Railway electric locomotives lead an eastbound Norfolk & Western coal train over the New River at Glen Lynn, Virginia, in December 1961, just before the end of electric operations. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-091-03

AR, Aberdeen, NC, 1961
Aberdeen & Rockfish F3 diesel locomotive pulls into the railroad's shop at Aberdeen, North Carolina, after the daily run eastward in April 1961. Photograph by J. Parker Lamb, © 2016, Center for Railroad Photography and Art. Lamb-01-094-06