Cover of Railroad History number 196

Front cover: Fast Trains

Santa Fe No. 12, The Chicagoan,
knocked off 835 miles daily between Oklahoma City and Chicago in 15 hours and raced at 71 mph between stops at Galesburg and Chillicothe, Ill. It was photographed rolling into Lawrence, Kansas, in 1951.

Wallace W. Abbey

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