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Railroad Crossing ~ Barrier Arm Gate Key Chain

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Railroad Crossing ~ Barrier Arm Gate Absurd Chic Urban Trendy Slogans Funny quotes, buzz words, trendy slogans, Absurd sayings, crazy slang words, cool word play, humor, fun offensive, mildly rude, retro and vintage chic urban designs from sixties, seventies, eighties, nineties and current events.
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Train Station ~ Vintage Railroad Fine Art Round Wall Clock

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A wonderful old Fine Art lithograph image perfect for your home wall decor. This would be the perfect retro decoration in your bar, cafe, restaurant, home theater, office or den. This would also make an exceptional gift for Dad, Grandpa, or the Kids for any occasion or holiday. Lithography is a method for printing using a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface. Invented in 1796 by Bavarian author Alois Senefelder as a cheap method of publishing theatrical works, lithography can be used to print text or artwork onto paper or other suitable material. At The Vintage Vamp we obtain high quality images of vintage artwork. Then we use state of the art technology and editing to bring back to life the most compelling images from the past. Unlike a lot of reproductions sold on the Internet, ours have been refurbished to bring out the original colors and fix as many imperfections as possible. We use only PNG format and the largest PPI (pixels per inch) possible, which is the very best for printing. This assures that your image will print with the highest quality possible, no matter what size you choose. Credit: Library of Congress & Wikipedia
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Pennsylvania Railroad Keystone Black & Gold Coffee Mugs

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From www.railphotoexpress.biz – The Pennsylvania Railroad was the largest railroad by traffic and revenue in the US throughout its 20th-century existence and was at one time the largest publicly traded corporation in the world. At its peak, it controlled about 10,000 miles (16,000 km) of rail line. During its history, the PRR merged with or had an interest in at least 800 other rail lines and companies.The PRR corporation still holds the record for the longest continuous dividend history: it paid out annual dividends to shareholders for more than 100 years in a row. For many years the President of the PRR was considered more powerful than the President of the United States. The budget for the PRR was larger than that of the U.S. government and they employed approximately 250,000 workers.
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Pullman dining car on train 1894 postcards

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1000's more vintage prints available – CLICK HERE Visit our main site at http://www.jnniepce.com/ Color lithograph advertisement showing the interior of a Pullman dining-car belonging to the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton Railway, 1894, with two men seated at a table being served by an African American porter. 1894. A dining car (or diner) is used to serve meals to the passengers. Its interior is split with a portion of the interior partitioned off for a galley, which is off-limits to passengers. A narrow hallway is left between the galley and one side wall of the car for passengers to use. The remainder of the interior is laid out with tables and chairs to look like a long, narrow restaurant dining room. There is special personnel to perform waitstaff and kitchen duties. In the United States, Pullman was used to refer to railroad sleeping cars which were built and operated on most U.S. railroads by the Pullman Company (founded by George Pullman) from 1867 to December 31, 1968. It also refers to railway dining cars in Europe that were operated by the Pullman Company, or lounge cars operated by the Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits. Specifically, in Great Britain, Pullman refers to the lounge cars operated by the “British Pullman Car Company”. Additionally in some Western European countries in the 1940's and 1950's, some especially luxurious motor coaches were sometimes referred to as Auto-Pullmans. In 1963, the luxurious Mercedes-Benz 600 was introduced, also with a long wheel based version called Pullman. Later, stretched versions of regular Mercedes-Benz S-Class cars were also called Pullman. In the Greek and Italian languages, the word “pullman” is used to refer to a coach bus. In Latin America, pullman may refer to a luxury bus as well as to a railroad sleeping car. In the video game Sid Meier's Railroads!, Players can bid on the “Pullman's Palace Car” patent. This patent makes “Passengers pay an extra 25% to bask in its comfort.” George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American inventor and industrialist. He is known as the inventor of the Pullman sleeping car, and for violently suppressing striking workers in the company town he created, Pullman (which was later annexed and absorbed by Chicago, becoming a neighborhood). Description Source Wikipedia
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