San Francisco Chief Arrives Williams Jct. - 1969

I took this photo of the westbound Santa Fe San Francisco Chief on April 8, 1969 as the train arrived in Williams Jct., Arizona, the station stop for the Grand Canyon, which I had visited for two days. The train arrived at 6:40 pm, ten minutes late, and would carry me to the end of the line at Richmond, California, where passengers for San Francisco transferred to motorcoaches for the ride across San Francisco Bay to the city.

The San Francisco Chief featured Hi-Level Chair Cars and the full length Big Dome, and was one of three trains that offered service between Chicago and San Francisco, the California Zephyr and City of San Francisco being the other two. Sadly, this was one of the trains discontinued when Amtrak took over U.S. passenger service on May 1, 1971.

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Taken on: April 8, 1969

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Sets appears in: • My First Western Vacation - 1969 • New Mexico and Arizona more » • Twentieth Century Streamliners « less

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