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All aboard! Honoring 20th Century American luxury passenger trains

Booklet of 3 sets of 5 stamps

Issue date: 2000
#a, f, k, 

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

#b, g, l 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

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

#d, i, n      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  

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

 

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Perforation: 11
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