I do like the way this photographer has framed this shot. It’s a circa 1900 photo of the California Limited train during its stop at the Pasadena depot of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway en route to Chicago. He was standing in the waiting room facing north, and that building on the left was the Hotel Green. At this time, the trip from L.A. to Chicago took around 68 hours, which is a long time to be sitting around in those tight Victorian clothes, but still, I’d love to have experienced it just once.

Here’s a 1910 advertisement for the California Limited service.

And here’s an auto-colorized version of that photo which I think does a pretty good job of bringing it to life.