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Photos & Videos Photo of the Day The North Coast Limited arrives in Chicago

The North Coast Limited arrives in Chicago

By Angela Cotey | February 15, 2025

| Last updated on October 7, 2025

Northern Pacific’s North Coast Limited clatters over the slip switches outside Chicago Union Station at the end of its 2,319-mile run from Seattle in May 1958. The Pennsylvania’s coach yard in the background hosts a variety of stored cars. R. P. Olmsted photo

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