Rescuing Texas History, 2007 - 13 Matching Results
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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.
- [Chicago Union Station]
- One of the nation's great railroad passenger terminals, the Chicago Union Station on July 13, 1969.
- [Trains leaving Grand Central Station in Chicago]
- 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.
- [Grand Central Station in Chicago]
- 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".
- ["The Panama Limited" departing Chicago]
- Illinois Central's "The Panama Limited" train No. 5, southbound, an all Pullman streamliner, departing from Chicago on its 921.1 mile run to New Orleans.
- [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.
- [Concourse Area of Chicago Union Station]
- Concourse area of the Chicago Union Station looking toward the main waiting rooms on May 16, 1969.
- ["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.
- [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.
- [Six Tracks of the Chicago Union Station]
- 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.
- [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.
- [Interior of Chicago and North Western Railway station]
- A typical rush hour scene in the magnificent Chicago Station of the Chicago and North Western Railway.
- [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.