Waiting for the Texas Chief

A crowd waits on the platform in Joliet, Illinois, as Amtrak’s Texas Chief arrives at its first stop en route to Houston after leaving Chicago Union Station on Aug. 17, 1973.

The SDP40F locomotives pulling the train have been in service for just about two months.

The train is on the tracks of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe and is about to cross the tracks of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific.

Next spring the Santa Fe’s dissatisfaction with the quality of Amtrak service will result in the Texas Chief being renamed the Lone Star.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

Tags: Amtrak, Amtrak in Joliet, Amtrak photographs, Amtrak photography, Amtrak Photos, Amtrak SDP40F locomotives, Amtrak SDP40F No. 502, Amtrak's Texas Chief, Joliet Illinois, Robert Farkas photography

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