Retail railroading

Retail railroading

By Mitch Horner | February 4, 2026

A vintage black and white photo of a young boy standing next to a train on a passenger platform as a man unloads baggage from the train

In a scene far removed from today’s unit and intermodal trains, a small boy watches as a shipment is loaded aboard the Union Transportation Co.’s daily train at New Egypt, N.J., in September 1958. The short line used locomotives and cabin cars leased from the Pennsylvania Railroad. Aaron G. Fryer photo

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