Chicago's Dearborn Street Station was the oldest of six large downtown passenger depots. Opened on May 8, 1885, it was closed by Amtrak on May 2, 1971. On the eve of Amtrak's startup, Santa Fe 3... (more)

The eastbound GRAND CANYON rolls into Joliet behind an A-B-B-B-A set of F units. Lead unit F7 306L is a dual-service F7 that was delivered in 1952.

ATSF A-B-B-A F3 units are pulling the SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF away from Joliet.

I wrote this caption, "This lash up is a ABBBB set of F7s shown at the Grand Canyon Station with the seasonal train called the Grand Canyon in July 1962. This train made a nocturnal round trip (... (more)

The GRAND CANYON arrives at Dearborn Station behind F3 A-B-B-B units late in the afternoon.

Santa Fe 315, with a yellow variation of the famous "Warbonnet" paint scheme, leads three more F7 B units on Amtrak's Texas Chief. Union Station would close and the remaining Amtrak traffic would... (more)

Ex-ATSF F7A #308 leads a six-unit power lashup on the point of Amtrak's Super Chief chasing the setting sun through the ghost remains of Waldo. Amtrak is young, and it's early striping can be seen... (more)

Santa Fe's combined El Capitan/Super Chief rolls out of Lamy behind FP45u's #103 and #102, looking like someone was in a hurry to get this train out of Los Angeles - note the silver paint overspra... (more)

Amtrak #3, The Super Chief, descends La Bajada Hill, westbound for Albuquerque. Amtrak is just over 1 year old and is still using old ATSF Warbonnet power, and the train is still a combination of ... (more)

The westbound Amtrak Super Chief is passing by Terminal Tower and is about to enter the platforms at LAUPT

Time was running out for the last Santa Fe passenger train operating in Northern California as ATSF #301 leads the San Francisco Chief on the last leg of its journey thru Hercules and on to Richmo... (more)

The Amtrak "Super Chief" is seen westbound in the early morning sunlight at east summit switch. Soon to be renamed the "Southwest Limited", it is still using the Santa Fe equipment that was the "S... (more)

early Amtrak