Golden State (train)
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The Golden State was a named passenger train between Chicago and Los Angeles from 1902–1968 on the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and the Southern Pacific Company and predecessors. It was n
Streamlined version of the train.
1909 postcard ad for the train.
1911 postcard. The railroad hired American illustrator Rose O'Neill to produce some of its promotional material.
Promotional ad from 1907
Super Chief
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The Super Chief was one of the named passenger trains and the flagship of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The then-modern streamliner was touted in its heyday as "The Train of the Stars" be
Golden State (train)
…Rocket, the Peoria Rocket and others. The Golden Rocket was to have two sets of equipment (one supplied by each railroad) and compete with Santa Fe's Super Chief, another train between Chicago and Los Angeles. The Rock Island ordered cars with a red and silver color scheme, lettered for the Golden Rocket. The…
The Super Chief in March 1971 at Los Angeles
The EMC Nos. 1 and 1A photographed on August 31, 1935.
Super Chief being serviced at Albuquerque, New Mexico, in March 1943. A headlight "blackout shield" was a wartime Civil Defense requirement on trains running to the Pacific Coast.
Sleeper-lounge-observation Navajo at the Colorado Railroad Museum in 2012. Note the Super Chief drumhead sign mounted on its rear.