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Published: 2016-04-20 03:12:40 +0000 UTC; Views: 672; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 6
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As the autumn sun slowly sets and former Norfolk and Western Railway (N&W) Baldwin 4-8-0 steam locomotive M-475 backs away toward the water tower, the first passengers begin alighting from the Strasburg Railroad's excursion train at East Strasburg Station.Related content
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Thanks! I think the time of day helped me get the right lighting for this.
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Thanks! I hope I can visit the Strasburg Railroad again this year.
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... Beautiful crafted and decorated! ... 
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Thanks! Good eye -- it was built for the Boston and Maine Railroad as a coach, acquired by the Strasburg Railroad in 1971, and rebuilt as parlor car Marian in 1988.
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.... Am I right? ... US, at that time, didn't have first class! ... But instead a 'Parlor' class! ... Or? .....
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American railroads did not usually refer to first class as such, but they did run Pullman cars and parlor cars on some trains.
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..... The new world! .... Political correctness I guess! ... Sic! .... You can have it if you pay! .... 
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Also American coaches are open inside and not divided into compartments; that being said, until the 1960s many railroads unfortunately segregated black and white people into separate coaches.
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