In Photos: Vintage Photos of Glamorous Train Travel

Heartier fare used to be more common

Passengers on the Green Diamond, an Illinois Central streamline diesel train, enjoy a hot meal.

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Back in the day, if you felt like having a drink, you could visit the “tavern car”

Passengers have drinks in the Jolly Tar, one of the so-called “tavern cars” that the British Rail introduced in the 1940s.

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