Trains at the Museum

New York Central Diesel Locomotive Facing "Sam Hill" Steam Locomotive in Greenfield Village, May 1953

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Two railroad locomotives, representing a century of technological development, pose together at Smiths Creek Depot in Greenfield Village in 1953. Two women near the 1858 Sam Hill steam locomotive wear fashions of the Civil War era. Three women near a New York Central diesel-electric locomotive wear contemporary clothing provided by Detroit's J.L. Hudson department store.

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