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

By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2015

| Last updated on December 8, 2020

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.

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

Union Pacific’s City of Los Angeles
Eastbound at Summit, Calif., April 30; photo by R. T. Sharp

Penn Central’s New England States remnant
Westbound at West Springfield, Mass., April 30; photo by Tom Nelligan

Penn Central’s Manhattan Limited
Eastbound at Lancaster, Pa., May 1; photo by Ken Murry

Penn Central’s Federal
Westbound before departure at Boston South Station, April 30; photo by Tom Nelligan

Penn Central’s Buffalo Day Express remnant
Eastbound at Rockville, Pa., April 30; photo by Ken Murry

Missouri Pacific’s Sunshine Special remnant
Eastbound at Little Rock, Ark., April 30; photo by Clifton Hull

Gulf, Mobile & Ohio’s Midnight Special
Westbound before departure at Chicago Union Station, April 30; photo by Harold Edmonson

Delaware & Hudson’s Montreal Limited
Northbound at Rouses Point, N.Y., May 1; photo by Tom Nelligan

Baltimore & Ohio’s Capitol Limited
Eastbound at Harpers Ferry, W.Va., May 1; photo by John Gruber

Santa Fe’s San Francisco Chief
Eastbound near Empire, Calif., April 30; photo by Ted Benson