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Photos & Videos Photos Photo Galleries Last Runs Before Amtrak, April 30–May 1, 1971

Last Runs Before Amtrak, April 30–May 1, 1971

By | October 19, 2015

View a gallery of photos showing the final runs of passenger trains on Santa Fe; Baltimore & Ohio; Gulf, Mobile & Ohio; Penn Central; Delaware & Hudson; Missouri Pacific; and Union Pacific.

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UPCityofEverywhere
UPCityofEverywhere
Union Pacific’s “City of Everywhere”
Combined City of Los Angeles, City of San Francisco, City of Portland, and Challenger westbound at Buford, Wyo., May 1; photo by Jim Ehernberger
UPCityofEverywhere
UPCityofLA
Union Pacific’s City of Los Angeles
Eastbound at Summit, Calif., April 30; photo by R. T. Sharp
UPCityofLA
PCNewEngStates
Penn Central’s New England States remnant
Westbound at West Springfield, Mass., April 30; photo by Tom Nelligan
PCNewEngStates
PCManhattanLtd
Penn Central’s Manhattan Limited
Eastbound at Lancaster, Pa., May 1; photo by Ken Murry
PCManhattanLtd
PCFederal
Penn Central’s Federal
Westbound before departure at Boston South Station, April 30; photo by Tom Nelligan
PCFederal
PCBuffDayExp
Penn Central’s Buffalo Day Express remnant
Eastbound at Rockville, Pa., April 30; photo by Ken Murry
PCBuffDayExp
MPSunshineSpl
Missouri Pacific’s Sunshine Special remnant
Eastbound at Little Rock, Ark., April 30; photo by Clifton Hull
MPSunshineSpl
GMOMidnightSpl
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio’s Midnight Special
Westbound before departure at Chicago Union Station, April 30; photo by Harold Edmonson
GMOMidnightSpl
DHMontrealLtd
Delaware & Hudson’s Montreal Limited
Northbound at Rouses Point, N.Y., May 1; photo by Tom Nelligan
DHMontrealLtd
BOCapitolLtd
Baltimore & Ohio’s Capitol Limited
Eastbound at Harpers Ferry, W.Va., May 1; photo by John Gruber
BOCapitolLtd
ATSFSanFranChf
Santa Fe’s San Francisco Chief
Eastbound near Empire, Calif., April 30; photo by Ted Benson
ATSFSanFranChf
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