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["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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Amarillo Depot]
The Santa Fe's attractive and well maintained depot at Amarillo, Texas.
Date:
1960~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["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
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["Aztec Eagle" departing from Mexico City]
"The Aztec Eagle" train No. 1 northbound, modern streamlined passenger train of the National Railways of Mexico departing from Mexico City on the 802 mile run to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico located on the Rio Grande opposite Laredo, Texas. Circa 1960.
Date:
1960~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["California Zephyr" in California]
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.
Date:
1960~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["California Zephyr" in Colorado]
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.
Date:
1960~
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
[Chesapeake and Ohio's "The George Washington"]
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.
Date:
January 1960
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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~
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
[Chicago Union Station]
One of the nation's great railroad passenger terminals, the Chicago Union Station on July 13, 1969.
Date:
July 13, 1969
Creator:
Hanlon, Pat
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
["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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Chihuahua - Pacific Railway train on Santa Barbara Bridge]
Chihuahua - Pacific Railway's passenger train on the horse shoe curve of the Santa Barbara bridge in a region of mountain vastness in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico around 1963.
Date:
1963~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Clovis, New Mexico depot]
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.
Date:
1960~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
["The Colonial" rolling from Boston to New York]
The New Haven's modern streamliner, "The Colonial" enroute between Boston and New York.
Date:
1960
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Commuter Train]
Commuter train on the electrified division of the New Haven Railroad between New York and New Haven, Connecticut, circa 1960.
Date:
1960~
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
["The Crescent" in the Georgia mountains]
"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.
Date:
1960~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Engine 183 above the Toltec Gorge]
Rio Grande's engine No. 483 exits from Toltec Tunnel No. 2 on narrow gauge rails between Alamosa and Durango, Colorado. This is above Toltec Gorge with the Garfield Monument located about 100 feet west of the tunnel portal. Rocky cliffs are to the left of the track and a railing is to the right.
Date:
1960~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[Engine 488 at Chama, New Mexico Depot]
Engine No. 488. a Mikado type 2-8-2 narrow gauge locomotive, heads Rail Fans' Special train at Chama, New Mexico Depot on the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad.
Date:
1960~
Creator:
unknown
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[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.
System:
The Portal to Texas History