Old passenger rail cars beside a corrugated metal shed – Historic Reproduction
(Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
Few images capture their era like this historic image of Old passenger rail cars beside a corrugated metal shed. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
The framed print arrives ready to hang; the unframed option suits custom framing. It makes a striking addition to a living room, study or office, and a thoughtful gift. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
Old passenger rail cars beside a corrugated metal shed
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Rail cars sit lined up on a siding while a corrugated metal shed rises behind them, a common sight at freight and passenger yards across the country in the early to mid twentieth century. Yards like this one were busy hubs where cars were staged, serviced and switched between trains, and the plain sheet-metal sheds were built cheaply and quickly to shelter equipment and workers from the weather. Pictures of such scenes are valuable to historians because they record the working landscape of the railroad, with its utilitarian buildings and rolling stock, rather than the polished stations that often appeared in promotional material.
| Original scan | 3,000 × 2,488 px · prints to 10 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | 2587275877_12a822989a_o old train in warehouse |
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