omaha-road-local-departing-minneapolishttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/omaha-road-local-departing-minneapolis/Omaha Road local departing Minneapolis | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20130628.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2021-01-062013-06-2843611
Bound for Ashland, Wis., on Lake Superior, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha’s local train No. 508 departs Minneapolis on August 4, 1950. Drawn by 4-6-2 No. 500, the train’s consist suggests that its mission involved considerably more express and mail than passenger traffic. The “Omaha Road” was a Chicago & North Western subsidiary. Bob Borcherding photo