Los Angeles Union Station
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Los Angeles Union Station is the main railroad station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest passenger rail terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union
The main building with tracks in the background, 2008
Pre-unification passenger railway stations of Los Angeles, c. 1920 (clockwise from top left): Pacific Electric Building (Pacific Electric), Central Station (Southern Pacific), Salt Lake Station, (Union Pacific), La Grande Station (Santa Fe)
Future site of Union Station, Los Angeles, 1935
Union Station sign.
Southwest Chief
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The Southwest Chief is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 2,265-mile route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flag
Los Angeles Union Station
…Coast Starlight, to Seattle (daily, service began 1971) Southwest Chief, to Chicago (daily, service began 1939 as Super Chief, renamed Southwest Limited in 1974 and Southwest Chief in 1984) Sunset Limited, to New Orleans…
Southwest Chief in February 2020
Super Chief arriving in Los Angeles on the last day Santa Fe operated passenger services, April 30, 1971.
The Chief passing through Morley, Colorado in August 1967. Amtrak briefly reestablished service in the Summer 1972, supplementing it with the Super Chief/El Capitan.
Southwest Limited dome car, 1974. Photo by Charles O'Rear.