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[Monterrey Depot]
Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Depot with horse-drawn carriages outside.
["Texas Zephyr" dining car]
Interior view of the dining car in the consist of Fort Worth and Denver (Burlington) Railway's "Texas Zephyr" which made the run between Dallas and Denver in about seventeen hours, a rail distance of 834 miles.
["The Westerner" departing from Texarkana]
Texas and Pacific's "the Westerner" train No. 7, westbound, headed by diesel locomotive No. 2003, departing from the Union Station in Texarkana, Arkansas-Texas.
["Colorado Special" rolls through the Texas panhandle]
Forth Worth and Denver Railway's "Colorado Special" train No. 1, northbound, headed by Engine No. 553, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, with a consist of eleven cars, rolls through the Texas Panhandle High Plains enroute from Dallas to Denver.
[Illinois Central Railroad’s “Panama Limited”]
Illinois Central Railroad’s “Panama Limited” Train No. 5 (SB), Pacific Type 4-6-2, No. 1158, nearing New Orleans, c. 1920. Photo courtesy of Illinois Central Railroads.
["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.
["The Alton Limited" passing Iles Tower in Springfield, Illinois]
'The Alton Limited" passing Iles Tower near Springfield, Illinois in 1939.
["The Alton Limited" in St. Louis, Missouri]
"The Alton Limited" Chicago and Alton Railroad train No. 4, northbound pulling through St. Louis, Missouri in 1946.
["The Ann Rutledge" in Springfield, Illinois]
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio's "The Ann Rutledge" train No. 19 southbound, departing from Springfield, Illinois in 1957. Notice the State Capitol building behind the train.
[Train pulling into Monterrey Station]
Monterrey's Union station in the "Glory Days of Steam" January 1920. In this era, it was one of the finest railroad passenger depots in Mexico. This station had ten stub-end tracks. There were sixteen through passenger trains daily, inbound and outbound. In addition, there were trains originating at Monterrey, such as those to Matamoros, Nuevo Laredo, Realta, Saltillo and Tampico. The track in the foreground was a portion of Monterrey's electric street railway system. The paralleling track in the background was the main line of the National Railways of Mexico coming into Monterrey from Tampico.
[Train at Avalos station in Mexico]
Coahuila and Zacatecas Railroad train No. 11, westbound, headed by a type 2-6-0 locomotive, at Avalos on January 1, 1961. This runs in a 3 foot narrow gauge railroad.
[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.
[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.
[Rush hour at Grand Central Station in New York City]
Commuter rush hour traffic on the upper level, facing north, in Grand Central Station in New York, NY in January 1960.
[Interior of New York's Grand Central Station]
Photograph looking East through the concourse of a fabulous railroad terminal, Grand Central Station, New York, NY in January 1960.
[Old Pennsylvania Station in New York City]
Photograph of one of the world's greatest railroad terminals, the Old Pennsylvania Station on New York, NY seen here on July 1960. Although transformed above the ground-level by construction of the Madison Square Garden, which was completed in December 1969, this terminal continues to provide efficient service to commuters and passengers who use the trains.
[San Antonio depot]
Missouri - Kansas - texas Railroad's beautiful Spanish Mission style depot in the "Alamo City" in May 1962. This was the San Antonio home of the KATY's famous trains, the "Texas Special", "The Bluebonnet" and "The Katy Flyer"
[Union Station in Denver]
Union Station in Denver, Colorado at 7:35 am (notice the clock) on the morning of May 31, 1968.
[Chicago Union Station]
One of the nation's great railroad passenger terminals, the Chicago Union Station on July 13, 1969.
["Panama Limited" stands at New Orleans terminal]
Illinois Central Railroad's "Panama Limited" train No. 6, northbound, stands in the New Orleans' Union Passenger Terminal awaiting the hour of departure on its overnight run to Chicago on May 25, 1969.
[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.
[Rails at Jamaica Station]
Long Island Rail Road's Jamaica Station, looking west toward New York, October 21, 1970. Passenger trains run through this station on an average of one every thirty seconds during peak periods of commuter travel. This is one of the world's busiest rail terminals. Note the outside paralleling third rail beside the respective tracks which provides electrical energy. Trains are powered from 650-volt Direct Current. Two-thirds of all passenger trains on the Long Island Rail Road operate in electrified territory.
[Union Station in Washington D.C.]
This massive structure is the Union Station in Washington D.C. on July 25, 1969. This terminal has a total of thirty tracks, of which nine are through tracks and twenty-one are stub end. A portion of the station's tracks are electrified by the overhead catenary system thereby Permitting Penn Central's GG1 Electric Locomotives heading passenger trains, the "Metroliners", and electric powered multiple unit commuter trains to serve the terminal.
[South Station in Boston]
South Station in Boston, June 1930. At this date the large train shed was being removed as part of the overall modernization of the station. Platform canopies were the replacement. This large terminal had twenty stub end tracks. In the background a steamship is moored at the wharf and in the foreground are the tracks and depot of the Boston Elevated Railway.
[Grand Central Terminal in New York City]
Photograph of Grand Central Terminal, New York, May 1943. Facing south on 42nd Street, the building sits squarely in the middle of Park Avenue and motor traffic goes around it by means of two elevated roadways running from 41st Street to 46th Street. The terminal has 123 tracks, 66 on the upper level and 57 on the lower. The upper level has 18.8 miles of track and the lower 14.9 miles making a total of 33.7 miles of railroad track in the terminal and its yard. There are 31 platform tracks on the upper level and 17 on the lower. Of these 48 platform tracks, 11 are loop tracks and 37 are stub end.
[Cincinnati Union Station]
One of the nation's greatest railroad terminals, the Cincinnati Union Station, March 1933. This terminal was designed to accommodate, daily, 17,000 people and 216 trains (108 inbound and 108 outbound). This station has eight platforms serving 16 tracks. Each platform has length of 1,600 feet. This terminal represents a total investment in excess of forty-one million dollars.
[Cleveland Union Station]
One of the most impressive railroad terminals in the United States is the Cleveland Union Station. The main entrance to the station is integral with the terminal group of buildings facing the Public Square. These buildings include the Hotel Cleveland, Medical Arts Builder's Exchange Building, Midland Bank Building, the Higbee Company's Department Store Building and the 52-story Terminal Tower.
[Burt C. Blanton and G. Robert Freeman, Jr. in Denison, Texas]
Burt C. Blanton and G. Robert Freeman, Jr. have just de-trained from a trip aboard the "Flying Scotsman" at the KATY Station in Denison, Texas on June 20, 1970.
["The Flying Scotsman" leaving Dallas]
The famed English locomotive, London and North Eastern Railway's No 4472, "The Flying Scotsman" with its nine car consist leaving Dallas early on the morning of June 20, 1970. A southbound KATY freight train waits on the siding.
["Texas Chief" arriving at the Gainesville Depot]
Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" train No. 15, southbound, arriving at the Gainesville depot at 11:50 am on February 12, 1954.
["The Cyrus K. Holliday" near Dodge City, Kansas]
The Cyrus K. Holliday, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1880, is shown under steam for a special event on the Larned Branch of the Santa Fe Railway near Dodge City, Kansas, 1958.
[Gainesville, Texas Depot]
Although many years have elapsed, the Santa Fe's Gainesville, Texas passenger station built in 1901 still retains a well preserved appearance in June of 1953. In reality, it has changed very little from those early days in 1901.
["Texas Chief" in Oklahoma]
Winding through the rugged countryside near Washita Canyon in Oklahoma, the Santa Fe's "Texas Chief" powered by four diesel units and a consist of eleven cars, rolls southward towards Fort Worth, Dallas, Houston, and Galveston, Texas, circa 1956.
["The Hustler" departing from Dallas]
Southern Pacific's " The Hustler" train No. 16, southbound, headed by Engine No. 629, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, departing from Dallas enroute to Houston.
["Texas Chief" leaving Dallas]
The Dallas section of the "Texas Chief" train No. 116, northbound, departing from Dallas on the afternoon of January 8, 1956.
["L.S. Thorne" crossing the Mississippi]
Texas and Pacific Railway's train ferry "L.S. Thorne" crossing the Mississippi River at New Orleans, circa 1938.
["Gouldsboro" ferry boat]
Texas and Pacific Railway's "Gouldsboro", a steam powered ferry boat, transports a passenger train across the Mississippi River at New Orleans, circa 1938.
["Empire Builder" at Puget Sound]
Great Northern Railway's "Empire Builder" train No. 31, westbound, traverses the route along Puget Sound, nearing Seattle, 1929.
["The Empire Builder" at St. Paul, Minnesota Depot]
Great Northern Railway's "The Empire Builder" train No. 1, westbound, headed by Engine No. 2517, a Mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, at St. Paul Union Depot, 1929. This world renowned train was operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad from Chicago to St. Paul and it was a Great Northern train from St. Paul to Portland, Seattle and Tacoma.
["The Firefly" entering Kansas City]
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad's "The Firefly" train No. 14-32, northbound, headed by a mountain type 4-8-2 locomotive, entering the Union Station in Kansas City, Missouri, circa 1925.
["Katy Flyer" near Waxahachie, Texas]
Missouri - Kansas - Texas (KATY) Railroad's "Katy Flyer" train No. 6, northbound, headed by Engine No. 383, a Pacific type 4-6-2 locomotive, on an ascending grade near Waxahachie, Texas shortly after sunrise on an October morning in 1940.
["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.
["Textile Special" brochure]
Brochure of the "Textile Special" which ran only once. It traversed a distance of about 1965 miles through the Lone Star State. As a sequence of the publicity engendered as new era of industrial development dawned in Texas.
[Train between Mexico City and Guadalajara]
National Railway's train No. 9 westbound on the day-long run from Mexico City to Guadalajara, Mexico around 1955.
[Empty Ore Car in Mexico]
Porter Locomotive No. 4, type 0-6-4T heads an empty ore train, enroute from the smelter in Chihuahua City to the mines at Santa Eulalia, Mexico on the 30-inch gauge El Potosi Industrial and Chihuahua Railroad in June 1922. On the mountain side in the background are steel towers supporting an aerial tramway, which had recently been completed for transporting ore from the mine to a reduction mill.
[Empalme engine terminal]
Photograph of several buildings and a smoke stack comprising the Southern Pacific shops and engine terminal. There are railroad tracks visible in the lower part of the image and an open, fenced field at left. Text in the lower-right portion says "R.R. shops Empalme, Mex. Foto Hopkins."
[Turntable at San Lazaro engine terminal]
Photograph of locomotive No. 67, a consolidation type 2-8-0, on the turntable in the San Lazaro engine terminal enroute from its roundhouse stall to servicing tracks. The "F.C. I." abbreviation on the tender is Ferro-carril Cuautla Y Ixtla" (Cuauta and Ixtla Railroad). In yesteryears this locomotive ran only on this 50-mile branch line. Soon it will head the National Railways of Mexico's narrow gauge passenger consist on the main line run from Mexico City via Cuauta to Puebla. This 3-foot gauge railroad system is one of the oldest in the Republic. It traverses one of the most picturesque routes in Mexico.
[Passenger train crossing the Chinipas Bridge]
Chihuahua - Pacific Railway's transcontinental passenger train crossing one of 28 major bridges on the line between Chihuahua City and San Blas in Mexico. This is the Chinipas bridge, which is the highest, located at Kilometer 748. The height is 334.7 feet and the length is 958 feet. Circa 1965.
["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.
[Santa Barbara bridge in Mexico]
Chihuahua - Pacific Railway's route across North Central Mexico from Ojinaga on the Rio Grande, opposite Presidio, Texas to Topolobampo on the Gulf of California constitutes a tortuous and fantastic stretch of rails. This photograph is a birds eye view of the famous horse shoe curve of the Santa Barbara bridge in the mountains.
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