I.C .TRAIN INTERIOR
FROM: JOHN CHUCKMAN
INTERIOR OF IC TRAIN WITH WICKER SEATS.
WHAT RIDERS SAW DAY BY DAY IN THE 1950s AND 1960s. CONDUCTORS IN TRADITIONAL DARK BLUE RAILROAD UNIFORMS MOVED THROUGH TRAINS PUNCHING TICKETS.
EVENINGS FROM DOWNTOWN WERE GENERALLY STANDING-ROOM ONLY, THE AISLES FILLED WITH RIDERS HOLDING ON TO SEAT HANDLES, TRYING TO KEEP THEIR BALANCE WITH STOPS.
FOUND ON SITE FOR ILLINOIS RAILWAY MUSEUM, REDUCED AND SLIGHTLY ADJUSTED FOR COLOR. AND A "SMOKING PERMITTED" SIGN AT THAT!
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