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[Chicago Union Station - South Side]

Description: 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
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Chicago Union Station]

Description: 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
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["California Zephyr" leaving Chicago]

Description: 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
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Six Tracks of the Chicago Union Station]

Description: 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
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Super Chief" in Colorado]

Description: 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
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Electro-liner in the Roosevelt Road Yard]

Description: 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
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Land O'Corn" streamliner]

Description: Illinois Central Railroad's modern streamliner, "Land O'Corn", train No. 14, eastbound, enroute from Waterloo, Iowa to Chicago.
Date: 1964~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Crescent" in the Georgia mountains]

Description: "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~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Trains leaving Grand Central Station in Chicago]

Description: For many years Grand Central Station was one of Chicago's busiest railroad terminals. beneath the great trainshed, spanning six tracks, Baltimore and Ohio's passenger trains await the hour of departure.
Date: 1960~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Grand Central Station in Chicago]

Description: 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".
Date: 1960~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["North Coast Limited" in Rocky Canyon]

Description: 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.
Date: 1960~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["California Zephyr" in California]

Description: 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~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["California Zephyr" in Colorado]

Description: 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~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["The Panama Limited" at Pass Manchac]

Description: 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.
Date: 1960~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Manitou and Pike's Peak Railway]

Description: 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
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

["Twentieth Century Limited"]

Description: New York Central's "The Twentieth Century Limited" train No.26, powered by diesel-electric locomotives, rills southward along the Hudson River enroute to New York, circa 1960.
Date: 1960~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Chesapeake and Ohio's "The George Washington"]

Description: 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
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Menu]

Description: 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
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Entrance to New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal]

Description: 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
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad

[Clovis, New Mexico depot]

Description: 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~
Partner: Museum of the American Railroad
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