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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
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[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
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Menu from the "Electro-Liner"]

Menu from the Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway's "Electro-Liner" train No. 805, northbound enroute to Milwaukee.
Date: April 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Electro-Liner" between Milwaukee and Chicago]

The Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railway's "Electro-Liner" enroute between Chicago and Milwaukee on a winter day in February 1941.
Date: February 1941
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Phoebe Snow" at Hoboken, New Jersey]

One of the greatest name trains of its era, the Deleware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad's Phoebe Snow, at Hoboken, New Jersey in April 1958.
Date: 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Blue Bird" near St. Louis, Missouri]

Wabash Railroad's famous streamliner "Blue Bird" train No. 24 northbound, powered by diesel locomotive No. 1002 with domes on Pullman cars and coaches. glides through beautiful Forest Park, St. Louis, enroute to Chicago.
Date: 1958~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["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
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Six Tracks of the Chicago Union Station]

Six tracks south of the Chicago Union Station were busy on this autumn day in 1963. Burlington commuter train (center) backs into the station. The Morning Zephyr is pulled by a switcher on its way to be washed, turned and cleaned for its return run to the Twin Cities as the Afternoon Zephyr. Pennsylvania's The General is departing for New York and the Broadway Limited, which has just arrived from the East, is backing into the terminal.
Date: 1963
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Steam locomotive in Durango, Colorado]

Photograph of the Denver and Rio Grande Western's engine No. 473, stopped at Durango, Colorado. Two men are standing in front of the train and appear to be inspecting one of the cars. Mountains are visible in the background and there is snow on the ground. This engine is a Mikado type 2-8-2 locomotive, which headed passenger trains on narrow gauge rails between Alamosa and Durango and also on the Durango-Silverton line.
Date: 1959~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Two trains in Alamosa, Colorado]

A contrast in Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad's steam and motive power --- "the San Juan" train No. 215 headed by engine No. 472, a Mikado type 2-8-2 awaits departure signal for its scheduled run over narrow gauge rails to Durango, Colorado. Next to it is passenger train Mo. 15, headed by engine No. 1703, a Mountain type 4-8-2, arriving in Alamose from Denver.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Grand Canyon" rolls through Cajon Pass]

Photograph of Santa Fe's "The Grand Canyon" train No. 24, eastbound, headed by Engine No. 3775, a Northern type 4-8-4 locomotive, rolls through Cajon Pass, California, as a freight train waits on the siding.
Date: 1951
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Flying Crow" rolling through Eastwood Hills, Missouri]

Kansas City Southern Railway's " The Flying Crow" train No. 15, southbound, rolls through Eastwood Hills, Missouri enroute from Kansas City to Shreveport, Louisiana, circa 1925. The train is headed by a beautiful Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive with a Vanderbilt oil tender.
Date: 1929~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Sam Houston Zephyr" arriving in Fort Worth]

Fort Worth and Denver Railway's "Sam Houston Zephyr" train No. 4, northbound, arriving in the Texas and Pacific's depot in Fort Worth on the afternoon of January 30, 1955.
Date: January 30, 1955
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Twin Star Rocket" departing from Dallas]

Rock Island's " Twin Star Rocket" train No. 17, southbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 677, enroute from Minneapolis, Minnesota to Houston, leaves Dallas on the last portion of its run in 1951. This was one of the finest streamliners operating in the nation. Its route from the Twin Cities of the north to the Texas' metropolis adjacent to the Gulf covered a rail distance of 1,363 miles.
Date: 1951
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Super Chief" in Colorado]

Santa Fe's "Super Chief" daily all-Pullman streamliner operating between Chicago and Los Angeles, ascends the steep grades near the old Dick Wootton Ranch at Wootton, Colorado.
Date: 1960
Creator: Meitz, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Sunbeam" under a Texas sky]

Under a beautiful Texas sky, Southern Pacific's modern diesel powered streamliner "Sunbeam" train No. 14, southbound, rolls on a mile-a-minute schedule enroute from Dallas to Houston.
Date: 1952
Creator: Curry, J. F.
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Black Gold" arriving in Dallas]

Frisco's "The Black Gold Champion" train No. 517, southbound, headed by Diesel locomotive No. 2022, arriving at Dallas Junction, which is the wye near Irving, Texas, on June 18, 1953.
Date: June 18, 1953
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Sunset Limited" departing from Houston's Grand Central Station]

Southern Pacific's "Sunset Limited" train No. 2, eastbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 206, departing from Grand Central Station in Houston enroute to New Orleans on July 13, 1953.
Date: July 13, 1953
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Bluebonnet" departing from Austin]

Katy's "The Bluebonnet" train no. 7, southbound, powered by Diesel Units, has departed from Texas' capital city, Austin, and approaches the bridge spanning the Colorado River on November 11, 1954.
Date: September 11, 1954
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Super Chief" in Raton Pass]

Santa Fe's "Super Chief" rolls through scenic Raton Pass on the New Mexico - Colorado border on September 7, 1959.
Date: September 7, 1959
Creator: Plummer, Roger S.
System: The Portal to Texas History

["Hiawatha" Luxury Train]

Among the greatest luxury passenger trains operated in this nation were the Milwaukee Road's "Morning" and "Afternoon" Hiawathas, providing convenient and fast service between Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis. In this scene, a Hiawatha speeds over the route.
Date: 1958
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Interior of Pennsylvania Station in New York]

Photograph of Pennsylvania Railroad's great passenger terminal, Pennsylvania Station in New York in 1945.
Date: 1945
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

["The Texas Eagle" southbound from St. Louis]

Photograph of Missouri Pacific's "Texas Eagle" train No. 1, southbound, passing through Carondelet Park in the suburbs of St. Louis enroute to Texas on a late summer afternoon in 1948.
Date: 1948
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History