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Photos & Videos Photos Photo Galleries Last Runs Before Amtrak, April 30–May 1, 1971

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

By Angela Cotey | October 19, 2015

| Last updated on December 8, 2020

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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.

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