Tag Archives: Dearborn Station

Southern Pacific-Rock Island Golden State

Posted on October 14, 2015 by Gary Garth McCann

The Chicago-LA  streamliner Golden State wasn’t orange and white, as this artist’s rendering looks, but red and silver, and was that for only the first couple of years of its life as a streamliner, from 1948 until soon after 1950, … Continue reading →

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Super Chief, Dearborn Station, Chicago

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

By the years (1960s) that I saw the train coming through Pomona, California, the observation was gone, although the lighted drumhead remained on the rear. In summer and during the Christmas season, the train regularly carried 8 sleepers, the pleasure dome lounge, and … Continue reading →

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