All aboard! Honoring 20th Century American luxury passenger trains

Sheetlet of 4 strips of 5 stamps

Issue date: 26th August 1999

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33 c  (#a, g, n, t)

Southern Pacific RR 4-8-4 steam locomotive No. 4440 with "Daylight" luxury train from Los Angeles to San Francisco, 1941

33 c  (#d, e, k, r)

Pennsylvania RR electric locomotive GG-1 No. 4935 with "Congressional" train from Washington to New York, 1937-1952

33 c  (#b, h, i, o)

New York Central RR streamlined 4-6-4 Class J3a steam locomotive with

all-first class/sleeper "20th Century Limited" express from New York to Chicago, 1938. Non-shrouded steam locomotive depicted in the background on the adjacent track

33 c  (#f, l, m, s) Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific RR 2-6-2 steam locomotive F-7 with "Hiawatha" train from Chicago to Milwaukee to the Twin Cities, 1938
33 c  (#c, j, p, q) Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe RR GM EMD diesel locomotive Model E-1 with "Super Chief" luxury train from Chicago to Los Angeles via the Raton Pass, 1937

 

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Perforation: 11

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