An EMD E9 is stopped at Aurora with the westbound NP NORTH COAST LIMITED. This train always had the cleanest E units the few times that I saw it. This was my "Burlington day" during that week but ... (more)

A CB&Q E8 leads three other E units on a very long DENVER ZEPHYR inbound to Chicago.

Two Milwaukee Road FP7 units have arrived from Omaha with THE ARROW. The lead units displays the train number in the number board as was the practice with SP and UP.

Three Burlington E7 units are on the MORNING ZEPHYR for Minneapolis from a very busy Union Station. The Atlantic Coast Line E7 is backing with PRR's SOUTH WIND.

CB&Q EMD E5 units, an E7A and an E8A back into the coach yard after having arrived on train 48, BLACKHAWK, on a Saturday morning.

EMD E8 4029 heads A-A units on the inbound PANAMA LIMITED at 57th St.. This was one of only three all sleeping car trains in the country at the time, the other two being on the Pennsylvania.

An EMD E7 leads an A-B-A combination of E units on a very long GREEN DIAMOND departing for St. Louis.

The observation car Hickory Creek brings up the rear of New York Central's renowned 20th CENTURY LIMITED as it pauses in Englewood. Passengers are already being served their drinks in the lounge.

New York Central's last E8 unit is paired with another, black one on the front of the combined PACEMAKER-NEW ENGLAND STATES as it slows for Englewood station.

Two EMD E7 units pause beneath the semaphores with the GREEN BAY 400 bound for Chicago. The C&NW was known for its unique left hand running at this time.

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

GM&O E7 units 102A and 102 are backing into Union Station with train 3, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, for its 5:50 p.m. CDT departure. The Missouri Pacific sleeper was a through car to Hot Springs, AR.

An E8, E7B and FP7A are teamed up on the Rock Island / Southern Pacific GOLDEN STATE departing LaSalle St. station.

Two Burlington E8 units power the Northern Pacific's NORTH COAST LIMITED from Union Station. There is a Budd Slumbercoach several cars back. This was the summer of the Seattle World's Fair.

GP9 units 4916, 4910 and 4139 are ready to depart with the MAPLE LEAF on an overcast June morning. The train on the left is ATSF no. 16, TEXAS CHIEF, just in.