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Though the locomotive appears to be departing at twilight

his career was far from done

the hapless

the Twentieth Century made the Chicago-to-New York run in 15 hours 40 minutes and paid passengers $1 for each hour it was late

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Sailors Bound for Manhattan subscriber-fathers-day Though the locomotive appears toIn a scene seemingly right out of "On the Town," sailors on leave head for good times in Manhattan in October 1941. After being cooped up in giant rolling tin cans for weeks, sailors were known to visit strip clubs, bars, tattoo parlors and girls, with Times Square one of their first ports of call. This photo appeared on the cover of The Times Magazine with the headline, "Men of our first line of defense" and the caption, "Shore party for Manhattan,"