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Vinatage Railroad Ads from 1930s to 1950s

Pullman and Social History:

Vintage Railroad Ads – 1930s to 1950s

Pullman, the Super Chief, Southern Pacific, the Chief and the 20th Century Limited.

1930s: Go Pullman overnight for $4.75…

1950s : The Shasta Daylight on the friendly Southern Pacific…

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PASADENA SANTA FE STATION – GATEWAY TO HOLLYWOOD

The Santa Fe Station in Pasadena is now La Grande Orange Café.  This was the depot’s main waiting room.

Click here to visit the La Grande Orange Café website.

The depot’s waiting room just after it closed as the Santa Fe/Amtrak Station.

The orignal Santa Fe Station in Pasadena.

The Santa Fe Station in Pasadena was home to the Super Chief, the Chief, El Capitan and other major streamliners.

The Super Chief leaving Pasadena in the early 1940s.

The Metro Gold Line Del Mar Station was originally the Santa Fe Depot of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway.

(Left) The original Pasadena Santa Fe Depot. (Right) The La Grande Orange Cafe.

Santa Fe Chief passes Los Angeles streetcar just south of the Pasadena Station.

The Santa Fe Railway’s Mission Revival-style passenger station on Raymond Ave. in Pasadena, CA, opened in 1935.

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