Santa Fe train 23, the westbound Grand Canyon behind F7A 313, makes its entrance at Raton beneath the old U.S. 85 bridge. The summertime version of the still-popular – and relatively inexpensive -- train includes eight chair cars, two sleepers, a dorm-lounge, a diner, a dozen or so head-end cars and an RPO. As of July, 1967, service is still offered to the Grand Canyon’s south rim via Williams, Arizona, and in Barstow, the train will split into separate San Francisco and Los Angeles sections. Such was train travel before Amtrak.
