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Train #101, City of San Francisco; 14 cars, 75 MPH.               Photographed: near Cheyenne, Wyo., May 30, 1939.

Amtrak's 50th and the Longevity of Passenger Trains

Yampa Valley Mail Passenger Train

The Yampa Valley, the Little Train that Couldn’t

Roundhouse. Photographed: Como, Colo., March 25, 1951.

Como Railroad Roundhouse

Checking a people mover model at the Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) Expo '73 Friday in Currigan Hall are Marty Van Doornick, 8, of 1630 Leyden St., front, and Philip Allen, 7, of 1544 Grape St. June 9, 1973. Photo by Mel Schieltz. (WH2129-2018-1309)

Denver's 1970s Flirtation with Personal Rapid Transit

View of express passenger train 18, "Portland Rose," near Henderson, Colorado.

Life on Colorado Rails: The American Passenger Car Era, 1930 to 1970

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