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[Chicago Union Station - South Side]

South side of the Chicago Union Station which is used by passenger trains of the Penn Central, Burlington Northern and Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroads. The north side of this station is used by trains of the Milwaukee Road.

Date: May 16, 1969

Item Type: Photograph

[Concourse Area of Chicago Union Station]

Concourse area of the Chicago Union Station looking toward the main waiting rooms on May 16, 1969.

Date: May 16, 1969

Item Type: Photograph

[Rail lines south of Dallas' Union Station]

Main rail lines approaching the Dallas Union Station from the south.

Date: September 1968

Creator: Freeman, G. Robert

Item Type: Photograph

[Union Station in Dallas]

One of the nation's finest railroad terminals: Dallas Union Station which is served by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, known as Amtrak, and soon to be served by commuter trains, operating between Dallas - Fort Worth and other North Texas points. The station is owned by the City of Dallas and represents an investment and modernization aggregating fifteen million dollars.

Date: September 1968

Creator: Freeman, G. Robert

Item Type: Photograph

[Union Station in Denver]

Union Station in Denver, Colorado at 7:35 am (notice the clock) on the morning of May 31, 1968.

Date: May 31, 1968

Creator: Hanlon, Pat

Item Type: Photograph

["Autovias" train in Mexican mountains]

Chihuahua - Pacific Railway's "Autovias" train, consisting of fiat diesel cars coming out of one of the 73 tunnels which are located on the line between La Junta and El Fuerte, Mexico on the 281 mile portion of the route traversing the mountain region over the Continental Divide around 1968.

Date: 1968

Item Type: Photograph

[Rail Car crossing the Chinipas Bridge]

Fiat Diesel rail car crossing the Chinipas Bridge on the Chihuahua - Pacific Railway enroute through the Sierra Tarahumara (Copper Canyon) region of Mexico around 1968.

Date: 1968~

Item Type: Photograph

[Entrance to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal]

One of the finest railroad stations in the South is the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal. Automobiles are parked outside the terminal near sidewalks and landscaped areas.

Date: August 15, 1967

Creator: Hanlon, Pat

Item Type: Photograph

[Turntable at San Lazaro engine terminal]

Photograph of locomotive No. 67, a consolidation type 2-8-0, on the turntable in the San Lazaro engine terminal enroute from its roundhouse stall to servicing tracks. The "F.C. I." abbreviation on the tender is Ferro-carril Cuautla Y Ixtla" (Cuauta and Ixtla Railroad). In yesteryears this locomotive ran only on this 50-mile branch line. Soon it will head the National Railways of Mexico's narrow gauge passenger consist on the main line run from Mexico City via Cuauta to Puebla. This 3-foot ga… more

Date: June 1967

Creator: Peterson, Roland B.

Item Type: Photograph

[Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad's coach yard]

Aerial view of the Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad's fabulous 51st Street coach yard and facilities in Chicago. At this time the destruction of the nation's great network of rail passenger service was only about two years away.

Date: 1966~

Item Type: Photograph

[Chicago Union Station]

Early morning commuters from Chicago Union Station cross the Jackson Street bridge. In the background is the office portion which contains the Station's main waiting room.

Date: 1965

Item Type: Photograph

[Interior of Chicago and North Western Railway station]

A typical rush hour scene in the magnificent Chicago Station of the Chicago and North Western Railway.

Date: 1965~

Item Type: Photograph

[Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway]

Passenger train on the Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway headed by engine No. 3, a Baldwin Vauclain compound 0-4-2T steam locomotive, with coach No. 104, traverses the Cog Wheel Route in the summer of 1965.

Date: 1965

Item Type: Photograph

[Passenger train crossing the Chinipas Bridge]

Chihuahua - Pacific Railway's transcontinental passenger train crossing one of 28 major bridges on the line between Chihuahua City and San Blas in Mexico. This is the Chinipas bridge, which is the highest, located at Kilometer 748. The height is 334.7 feet and the length is 958 feet. Circa 1965.

Date: 1965~

Item Type: Photograph

[Steam engine in valley of Rio de los Animas, Colorado]

Reminiscent of those days of yesteryear Rio Grande's Silverton train No. 461 is chugging northward over narrow gauge rails through the valley of Rio de los Animas in Colorado.

Date: 1965~

Item Type: Photograph

[Menu]

Menu from the automated restaurant on wheels in the consist of the New York Central Railroad's "World Fair Special" train No. 40, eastbound, enroute from Buffalo to New York, September 1964.

Date: September 1964

Item Type: Photograph

[Esperanza Station]

Esperanza Station on the Old Mexican Railway, formerly the "Queen's Own" in August 1964. Photographed from the rear-end of passenger train No. 51, eastbound, enroute from Mexico City to Veracruz. This 269-mile line is one of the great scenic routes in the Republic of Mexico.

Date: August 1964

Creator: Monaghan, M.D.

Item Type: Photograph

[Private Rail car at Jalapa, Mexico]

Division Superintendent's private car at Jalapa, Mexico,on the National railways of Mexico's line extending from Veracruz to Mexico City. August 1964. This was formerly the Old Interoceanic Railway, a 3-foot gauge railroad, which was converted to standard gauge in 1948.

Date: August 1964

Item Type: Photograph

["The Chief" in California]

Photograph of Santa Fe's "The Chief" passing "Sullivan's Curve" in rugged Cajon Pass, California, June 1964.

Date: June 1964

Creator: Meitz, Frank

Item Type: Photograph

["Land O'Corn" streamliner]

Illinois Central Railroad's modern streamliner, "Land O'Corn", train No. 14, eastbound, enroute from Waterloo, Iowa to Chicago.

Date: 1964~

Item Type: Photograph

[Train on the Old Mexican Railway]

The daylight train No. 51, eastbound, traverses a trestle on the Old Mexican Railway, over the electrified division between Esperanza and Paso del Macho, enroute from Mexico City to Veracruz in August 1964.

Date: 1964

Item Type: Photograph

["California Zephyr" leaving Chicago]

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad's "California Zephyr", one of the nation's greatest trains, is leaving Chicago for the Pacific Coast, making a cross-over on the main line tracks south of the Chicago's Union Station in October 1963.

Date: October 1963

Item Type: Photograph

[Electro-liner in the Roosevelt Road Yard]

A famous name train which operated for many years between Chicago and Milwaukee, the North Shore Line's "Electro-liner" stands on elevated railway track in the Roosevelt Road Yard, Chicago on January 18, 1963.

Date: January 18, 1963

Item Type: Photograph

["The Abraham Lincoln" departing from Springfield, Illinois]

"The Abraham Lincoln", train No. 2, northbound, departs from Springfield, Illinois in 1963. This Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad train ran from St. Louis to Chicago.

Date: 1963

Creator: Peters, Walt

Item Type: Photograph

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[Rail Car crossing the Chinipas Bridge]

[Entrance to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal]

[Turntable at San Lazaro engine terminal]

[Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad's coach yard]

[Chicago Union Station]

[Interior of Chicago and North Western Railway station]

[Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway]

[Passenger train crossing the Chinipas Bridge]

[Steam engine in valley of Rio de los Animas, Colorado]

[Menu]

[Esperanza Station]

[Private Rail car at Jalapa, Mexico]

["The Chief" in California]

["Land O'Corn" streamliner]

[Train on the Old Mexican Railway]

["California Zephyr" leaving Chicago]

[Electro-liner in the Roosevelt Road Yard]

["The Abraham Lincoln" departing from Springfield, Illinois]