"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.

The Santa Fe's attractive and well maintained depot at Amarillo, Texas.

The superb Vista-Domed streamliner, "California Zephyr", rolls over Western Pacific rails through Feather River Canyon in California, circa 1960. Mountains and a river are in the background.

The famous "California Zephyr" roll through Colorado on Denver and Rio Grande Western Rails, circa 1960. This modern Domeliner traveled a route of 2,532 miles from Chicago to Dan Francisco. The luxury train was jointly operated by the Burlington, Rio Grande and Western Pacific Railroads.

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.

Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's modern streamliner, "The George Washington" train No. 2, eastbound, leaving Huntington, West Virginia, on a winter night in January 1960.

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.

One of the nation's great railroad passenger terminals, the Chicago Union Station on July 13, 1969.

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.

For many years this depot at Clovis, New Mexico was one of the busiest passenger terminals on Santa Fe rails, circa 1960. This was the junction point for passenger trains operating to and from the Texas cities of Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston; also, for the mainline trains operating via Amarillo to and from Chicago and the West Coast.

The New Haven's modern streamliner, "The Colonial" enroute between Boston and New York.

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

"The Crescent" on w of Southern Railway's deluxe streamliners, crosses the mountains of north Georgia. It carried private room Pullman cars between New York and New Orleans and reclining-seat coaches between Washington D.C. and Atlanta and New Orleans.

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.

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.

Grand Central Station, Chicago was opened on December 8, 1890. Baltimore and Ohio's passenger service into and out of this terminal was inaugurated in Dec 1, 1891. Sign on the side of the building says, " C & O, B & O Want Passengers? You bet! only $22.15 to Washington - Free movies - Try us - WA.2-2211".

Photograph looking East through the concourse of a fabulous railroad terminal, Grand Central Station, New York, NY in January 1960.

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

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.

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.

Northern Pacific's modern Vista-Dome "North Coast Limited" in Rocky Canyon a short distance east of Bozeman, Montana, circa 1960. this was a Northern Pacific train from Seattle to St. Paul and a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train from St. Paul to Chicago.

Illinois Central's "The Panama Limited" train No. 6, northbound, at Pass Manchac north of New Orleans, enroute to Chicago. train is passing over a body of water.

Commuter rush hour traffic on the upper level, facing north, in Grand Central Station in New York, NY in January 1960.

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.