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Railroads & Locomotives Fallen Flags Remembering Santa Fe passenger trains

Remembering Santa Fe passenger trains

By Angela Cotey | May 8, 2020

| Last updated on December 7, 2020

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The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway is Classic Trains' Railroad of the Month for May 2020

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A closeup shot of a passenger train sitting on the tracks
Super Chief
Observation car of 1937 streamlined Super Chief, Chicago–Los Angeles.
Santa Fe
A closeup shot of a passenger train sitting on the tracks
A train traveling over a bridge
Chief
4-8-4 3782 with Los Angeles–Chicago Chief crossing Arroyo Seco near Pasadena, Calif., 1946.
Wendell H. Kinney
A train traveling over a bridge
People walking by parked passenger trains
Chicago coach yard
Streamlined and heavyweight cars at 21st Street coach yard, Chicago, 1950s.
Blaw-Knox Co. 
People walking by parked passenger trains
An illustration of the inside of a double decker passenger car
Hi-Level dining car
Rendering of Hi-Level dining car for El Capitan and San Francisco Chief, 1956.
Santa Fe
An illustration of the inside of a double decker passenger car
A distant, overhead shot, of a train passing through a rural area
Tulsan
4-6-2 3448 with Tulsa (Okla.)–Kansas City Tulsan near Collinsville, Okla., 1949.
Royce Craig
A distant, overhead shot, of a train passing through a rural area
Two ladies smiling through the window of a passenger train
Super Chief
Bar-lounge-dormitory car Acoma, from 1937 Super Chief.
Santa Fe
Two ladies smiling through the window of a passenger train
Two men working outside of a passenger train at a train station
Local train 46
Motor car M.186 on San Angelo (Texas)–Kiowa (Kans.) local train 46 at Rule, Texas, Aug. 24, 1957.
Joe R. Thompson
Two men working outside of a passenger train at a train station
A train turning a corner with big white smoke coming out of its chimney
Chief
Ex-N&W 2-8-8-2 1793 helping 4-8-4 3782 on Chicago–L.A. Chief climbing Raton Pass, April 9, 1944.
Preston George
A train turning a corner with big white smoke coming out of its chimney
Workers walking around two passenger trains
San Diegan
E1 diesel No. 3 on a San Diegan next to a coach on a standard train at San Diego, early 1940s.
Kent W. Cochrane
Workers walking around two passenger trains
A distant shot of a train passing by
Scout
4-8-4 2925 with Chicago–L.A. Scout at Belen, N.Mex., Jan. 12. 1947.
Otto C. Perry
A distant shot of a train passing by
A train coming down the tracks
California Limited
4-6-0 No. 54 with Chicago–L.A. California Limited, 1890s.
Santa Fe
A train coming down the tracks
An orange and yellow train sitting on the tracks
Grand Canyon
Alco PA-PB-PA set with Chicago–L.A. Grand Canyon, Chillicothe, Ill., 1959.
D. G. Hoffman
An orange and yellow train sitting on the tracks
A train turning a corner
California Limited
Alco PA-PB-PA set with Chicago–L.A. California Limited, east of Ribera, N.Mex., October 1947.
Preston George
A train turning a corner
Passengers standing around a passenger train
Super Chief
EMC box-cab diesels with the heavyweight Chicago–L.A. Super Chief at Pasadena, Calif., near the end of its first run, May 14, 1936.
Santa Fe
Passengers standing around a passenger train
A train passing by as it turns a corner
Grand Canyon Limited
L.A.–Chicago Grand Canyon Limited climbing Cajon Pass, Calif., 1940s.
Herb Sullivan
A train passing by as it turns a corner
A passenger train waiting for passengers at the station
Ranger
Alco PA 71 and a PB with the Galveston–Chicago Ranger at Wichita, Kans., March 1948.
Ross Grenard
A passenger train waiting for passengers at the station
Two trains traveling side by side
Chief
Chicago–L.A. Chief (left) meets the L.A.–Chicago Chief east of Las Vegas, N.Mex., in the early 1940s.
Santa Fe
Two trains traveling side by side
A close up shot of the side of a passenger train as it sits at the station
Super Chief/El Capitan
Mail pouch caught on fly by the RPO car of the combined L.A.–Chicago El Capitan (Hi-Level cars, front half of train) and Super Chief (rear half) at Los Cerrillos, N.Mex., in January 1962.
Clinton W. Morgan
A close up shot of the side of a passenger train as it sits at the station
A passenger train sitting at the station waiting for passengers
Super Chief
FTs with Chicago–L.A. Super Chief at Pasadena, mid-1940s.
Santa Fe
A passenger train sitting at the station waiting for passengers
Passengers being served food inside a passenger train
Super Chief
Turquoise Room semi-private dining area in dome car of Super Chief, 1950s.
Santa Fe
Passengers being served food inside a passenger train

In May 2020, Classic Trains is celebrating the history, heritage, and splendor of the Santa Fe Railway. Enjoy this photo gallery, originally published online in April 2015, as the perfect salute to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe.

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See what we did last week for the Santa Fe!

One thought on “Remembering Santa Fe passenger trains”

  1. William Hoerger says:
    May 20, 2020 at 12:38 pm

    Image 4 is completely mis-labeled. The picture is of the El Capitan high-level lounge car – NOT the dining car. Moreover, neither the high-level lounge nor the high-level dining car served on the San Francisco Chief. The latter train in that era had a standard single–level dining car, and the lounge car for that train was a Big Dome.

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