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included a storage mail car, baggage-dormitory, eight 44-seat "leg-rest" coaches, two lunch counter-dining cars, a club-lounge, and a coach-observation car. Most of the coaches were built by
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ran at 80% capacity, superior to similar services. Reservations had to be made weeks in advance. In 1942 the consist expanded to 12 cars. Heavy traffic during
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forced the Santa Fe to lengthen the train's schedule by two hours in July 1942; it restored the old schedule on June 2, 1946. On September 29, 1946, the
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sleeper) to operate on the Santa Fe main line between Chicago and Los Angeles on the same fast schedule as the railroad's premier all-Pullman
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to start operating daily; the new schedules went into effect on February 29. The extra-fare charges were dropped from both
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began running every other day, departing Los Angeles and Chicago on odd-numbered days (except the 31st). Together with the
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applied to the rear roofline to create the distinctive "transition" cars and maintain a streamlined appearance on
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hour service between Chicago and California". On January 25, 1948, one of the locomotives assigned to the
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on even-numbered days, the two trains formed what the Santa Fe billed as "the first and only daily
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As on many "named" long haul trains of the era, the rear of the observation car bore a lighted
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s numbers, 17 and 18, but the Santa Fe continued to use both names. On its formation
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debuted on February 22, 1938, on a twice-weekly schedule, using two five-car sets of
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Abbey, Wallace W. (2016). "Short hop on El Capitan". In McGonigal, Robert S. (ed.).
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Solomon, Brian (2010). "The Santa Fe Route". In Cooper, Bruce Clement (ed.).
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paint scheme, pulls into Track 10 at Los Angeles' Union Passenger Terminal (
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crashed through a steel bumper post and concrete wall at Los Angeles'
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Howe, Ward Allan (December 28, 1941). "RAIL NOTES: TUBE COACH".
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Between 1946 and 1948 the Santa Fe increased the length of the
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Santa Fe...The Railroad Gateway to the American West, Volume 2
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Between 1954 and 1956 the El Capitan's consist included the "
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was one of the first Santa Fe trains to use the Budd-built "
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designation until April 29, 1973, when it dropped the
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Santa Fe Streamliners: The Chiefs and their Tribesmen
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s pool. The Santa Fe also employed its experimental
51:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 825:debuted in February 1938 with two all-lightweight 626:on January 12, 1958. The combined train used the 392:equipment with which it would become synonymous. 2683: 497:. In regular operation passengers bound for the 1918: 1653: 1508:The Classic Western American Railroad Routes 1473: 1252:"ABC's of Railroading: Terms of the trade". 959:on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 2752:Passenger rail transportation in California 2742:Passenger rail transportation in New Mexico 2697:Named passenger trains of the United States 1394: 1227: 1079: 1067: 976: 378:was the only all-coach or "chair car" (non- 1925: 1911: 1660: 1646: 1589: 1121: 855:and added new cars built during and after 2737:Passenger rail transportation in Colorado 2727:Passenger rail transportation in Missouri 2722:Passenger rail transportation in Illinois 1401:. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International. 468:; it competed for passenger traffic with 111:Learn how and when to remove this message 2747:Passenger rail transportation in Arizona 1932: 1480:Streamliners: History of a Railroad Icon 1415: 988: 516:, smashed through a concrete barrier at 503: 407: 399: 2732:Passenger rail transportation in Kansas 1505: 1450: 1381: 1266: 1115: 2684: 1564: 1547: 1384:A Quarter Century of Santa Fe Consists 1239: 1203: 1174: 1091: 2717:Railway services discontinued in 1973 1906: 1671:Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1641: 1327: 1304: 1215: 1103: 1012: 352:Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1529:Strein, Robert; et al. (2001). 1354: 1282: 1186: 1000: 49:adding citations to reliable sources 20: 2712:Railway services introduced in 1938 708:-Chair car (32 seats) #3480 / #3481 678:February 1938 597:cars. These were soon given to the 13: 2757:Former long distance Amtrak routes 1330:The Super Chief and the El Capitan 721:Chair car (52 seats) #3105 / #3106 711:Chair car (52 seats) #3103 / #3104 374:retained the name until 1973. The 156:at some point after receiving its 14: 2773: 2762:North American streamliner trains 2702:Night trains of the United States 1617: 1552:. New York: Wayner Publications. 1292:. August 21, 1939. pp. 48–55 740:Summer 1956 524:In its first year and a half the 370:. It operated from 1938 to 1971; 1719: 1416:Richmond, Al (April–June 2005). 930: 918: 902: 664:railcars until the early 2000s. 646:portion. Today the route of the 404:The train at Albuquerque in 1938 142: 133: 25: 1550:Car Names, Numbers and Consists 1548:Wayner, Robert J., ed. (1972). 1260: 1245: 1233: 1221: 1209: 1197: 1180: 1168: 1146: 1109: 1097: 36:needs additional citations for 1332:. Forest, VA: TLC Publishing. 1129:"El Capitan - September, 1938" 1085: 1073: 1061: 1057:. January 26, 1948. p. 1. 1046: 1018: 1006: 994: 982: 970: 808:Step Down Chair Car (68 seats) 781:Step Down Chair Car (68 seats) 1: 1276: 802:Hi-Level Chair Car (72 seats) 799:Hi-Level Chair Car (72 seats) 796:Hi-Level Chair Car (72 seats) 787:Hi-Level Chair Car (72 seats) 784:Hi-Level Chair Car (72 seats) 1594:. New York: Quadrant Press. 1590:Zimmermann, Karl R. (1987). 1156:. Walthers Model Railroading 667: 512:#19, assigned to that day's 457:Originally conceived as the 7: 1395:Glischinski, Steve (1997). 942: 501:would connect at Williams. 10: 2778: 1571:. Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1328:Dorin, Patrick C. (2005). 618:The Santa Fe combined the 395: 197:Southwestern United States 2644: 2617: 2503: 2439: 2253: 2186: 2179: 2052: 1957: 1948: 1874: 1842: 1728: 1717: 1678: 1382:Frailey, Fred W. 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Jones Special 925:The Big Dome car, 1954 766:Baggage (storage mail) 724:Round-end Chair car / 583:on December 14, 1953. 521: 485:left the main line at 429: 405: 2655:Atlantic City Express 2514:Atlantic City Express 2223:Pacific International 1973:City of San Francisco 1565:Wegman, Mark (2008). 1477:; Welsh, Joe (2002). 1355:Duke, Donald (1997). 1154:"Santa Fe El Capitan" 1133:Streamliner Schedules 507: 446:Pennsylvania Railroad 411: 403: 354:("Santa Fe") between 2692:Former Amtrak routes 2628:Empire State Express 2430:Twin Cities Hiawatha 2353:Lake Country Limited 2237:Spirit of California 2089:James Whitcomb Riley 2029:San Francisco Zephyr 2015:North Coast Hiawatha 1770:Grand Canyon Limited 1438:on November 10, 2014 1418:"The Other El Tovar" 1034:. 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