On a hot July afternoon in 1962, Union Pacific GP9 311 has been waiting with the northbound local at Sand Creek north of Denver for the afternoon parade of inbound passenger trains. First up is train 106, the combined City of Portland-St. Louis behind a Milwaukee Road E9. At Denver, the City of St. Louis will continue its eastward journey via Kansas City as Train 10. Union Pacific has been running the combined train via Denver since 1959, a practice that will continue until 1967. Starting in the 1970s, the railroad will further consolidate its City fleet, eventually producing a grotesque combnation dubbed by railfans the City of Everywhere.
What did passenger trains look like before Amtrak in America, and Via Rail in Canada? Find out in this album with 2,700+ Historical Photos from early passenger trains of North America from the 1900's up until the early years of Government passenger trains
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The Union Pacific fielded lengthy yellow domeliners that connected the Midwest with the Pacific Coast as well as secondary services that included mixed trains that lasted until Amtrak began.
