1949 RPPC Picture Postcard - B&O Railroad Cincinnation Passenger Train - Stone Viaduct Bridge Rowlesburg WV - Photographer Kindig - Kodak Stamp Box

Vintage Original 1949 Real Picture Postcard of B&O 4-6-2 #5301 Passenger Locomotive Train Cincinnation

Photo Taken at Rowlesburg, West Virginia 7/26/1949 Above Stone Train Viaduct / Bridge

Printed on Kodak Paper by R.H. Kindig Photo

Measures Approx. 5-1/2" Wide by 3-1/2" Tall

In Good Vintage Condition With Signs Of Wear, Warping, Writing On Reverse From Previous Collector And Paper Toning Due To Age

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"The Cincinnatian is most famed for its original dedicated equipment, rebuilt in the B&O Mount Clare Shops. The design work was done by Olive Dennis, a pioneering civil engineer employed by the railroad and appointed by Daniel Willard to special position in charge of such work for passenger service. Four P-7 'president' class Pacific locomotives (5301-5304) were rebuilt and shrouded as class P-7d, with roller bearings on all axles and larger six-axle tenders. Older heavyweight passenger cars were completely stripped and rebuilt as streamliners. The livery used the blue and gray scheme designed by Otto Kuhler, which Dennis laid on the engine and tender in a pattern of horizontal stripes and angled lines. The train's stop in Lima, Ohio was at the Pennsylvania Railroad's Lima station, so passengers were able to transfer to the PRR's east-west trains there.
By fall, 1966, the train switched over to the Fort Street Union Depot for its travel to and from Detroit. In 1970 and 1971, the Cincinnatian was the only B&O train on the Cincinnati-Detroit route. The trains no longer offered checked baggage, as passengers had to carry their own luggage on and off the coaches. Service ended on April 30, 1971. When Amtrak took over service on May 1, 1971, it did not continue operating any of B&O's remaining passenger routes." -Wikipedia