Chicago's passenger trains : a gallery of portraits, 1956-1981

Blurb

Black and white pictorial showing the wide range of motive power and trains that carried passengers into and away from Chicago between 1956-1981. These momentous years cover the last fifteen of private railroads and the first decade of Amtrak. Watch as the finest from EMD, Alco, Pullman and Budd emerge from the rail cathedrals with domes and diners, berths and bedrooms, coaches and parlors pulled by Es, Fs and a few PAs and then the Amtrak Superliners, Amfleet and Heritage. 136 pages.