Pacific Railway Museum in the middle of nowhere

Something about the stark contrast of the above struck me

I pretty much just saved you 15 dollars. Unless you want to visit the middle of nowhere and see these trains in person. They're cool, but... 15 dollars, and gas to find this place 15 miles off the freeway

the San Diego and Arizona Railway

posters of the golden era of the Southern Pacific

You know you're among train lovers when you see a bench like this

trains and things that look like trains, from Fifities50s.blogspot.com

above the 1959 Gatlinburg Tennessee tourist conveyor

Looks a lot like a train engine, but I can see bus dualie tires in the back, and people on the top

The Detroit Zoo train

the Virginian

The GM Aerotrain, more photos in this gallery: http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2010/12/gm-aerotrain.html

an 1850 boiler explosion left very little of the engine

above, the Mark Twain

Above, the El Capitan

All from various posts on http://fifties50s.blogspot.com