Blanchard Co - Chicgo Union Station 1943

Chicago Union Station, 1943, Jack Delano

In March 1943, the Office of War Information gave an assignment to Jack Delano that any railfan of that time or even today would die for. The assignment was to ride Santa Fe freight trains from Chicago all the way to Los Angeles and photograph how the railroad worked.

Jack took over 1,000 pictures during that trip and these are available on the Library of Congress website. They are not copyrighted since Jack was working for the government. (copy from www.cartracks.com)

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