When Train Travel was Chic: A Visit to Barstow’s Harvey House

By David and Kay Scott, CNHI News Service, The Effingham Daily News; December 20, 2017

During an early December journey through southern California, we overnighted in Barstow in order to spend most of a morning exploring the town’s splendid railway station.

The building that currently serves as a stop for Amtrak’s Southwest Chief once offered food and lodging for passengers on Santa Fe’s famed El Capitan and Super Chief trains that transported movie stars, business executives, and families between Chicago and Los Angeles. The station that served these passengers has been lovingly renovated. What a beautiful building it is!

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