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516: 1732: 931: 915: 943: 420: 412: 146: 38: 155: 848:. The baggage-dormitory-coach had a small baggage area forward, followed by bunks for the train's crew and 32 coach seats. Both coaches seated 52 and featured men's and women's restrooms at opposite ends. In the observation car the restrooms were located forward, followed by 50 coach seats. During periods of high demand additional cars were added from the 897:. The real transition cars were the 68-seat step down chair cars, which had a regular-height diaphragm at one end and a high-level at the other. The dining cars rode on six-wheel trucks due to their massive weight (all other cars rode on four-wheel trucks). The "Big Domes" were transferred to the 2717: 874:
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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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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s pool. The Santa Fe also employed its experimental
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In regular operation passengers bound for the 1929: 1664: 8: 1519:The Classic Western American Railroad Routes 1263:"ABC's of Railroading: Terms of the trade". 970:on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 683: 2763:Passenger rail transportation in California 2753:Passenger rail transportation in New Mexico 2708:Named passenger trains of the United States 1238: 1090: 1078: 987: 389:was the only all-coach or "chair car" (non- 2511: 2194: 1965: 1936: 1922: 1914: 1671: 1657: 1649: 866:and added new cars built during and after 2748:Passenger rail transportation in Colorado 2738:Passenger rail transportation in Missouri 2733:Passenger rail transportation in Illinois 1412:. Osceola, WI: Motorbooks International. 479:; it competed for passenger traffic with 122:Learn how and when to remove this message 2758:Passenger rail transportation in Arizona 1491:Streamliners: History of a Railroad Icon 999: 527:, smashed through a concrete barrier at 2743:Passenger rail transportation in Kansas 1277: 1126: 980: 910: 1395:A Quarter Century of Santa Fe Consists 1250: 1214: 1185: 1102: 682: 133: 2728:Railway services discontinued in 1973 1682:Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 1226: 1114: 1023: 363:Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 7: 1540:Strein, Robert; et al. (2001). 1011: 60:adding citations to reliable sources 2723:Railway services introduced in 1938 719:-Chair car (32 seats) #3480 / #3481 689:February 1938 608:cars. These were soon given to the 2768:Former long distance Amtrak routes 1341:The Super Chief and the El Capitan 732:Chair car (52 seats) #3105 / #3106 722:Chair car (52 seats) #3103 / #3104 385:retained the name until 1973. The 167:at some point after receiving its 25: 2773:North American streamliner trains 2713:Night trains of the United States 1563:. New York: Wayner Publications. 1303:. August 21, 1939. pp. 48–55 751:Summer 1956 535:In its first year and a half the 381:. It operated from 1938 to 1971; 1730: 1427:Richmond, Al (April–June 2005). 941: 929: 913: 675:railcars until the early 2000s. 657:portion. Today the route of the 415:The train at Albuquerque in 1938 153: 144: 36: 1561:Car Names, Numbers and Consists 1559:Wayner, Robert J., ed. (1972). 47:needs additional citations for 1343:. Forest, VA: TLC Publishing. 1140:"El Capitan - September, 1938" 1068:. January 26, 1948. p. 1. 819:Step Down Chair Car (68 seats) 792:Step Down Chair Car (68 seats) 1: 813:Hi-Level Chair Car (72 seats) 810:Hi-Level Chair Car (72 seats) 807:Hi-Level Chair Car (72 seats) 798:Hi-Level Chair Car (72 seats) 795:Hi-Level Chair Car (72 seats) 1605:. New York: Quadrant Press. 1601:Zimmermann, Karl R. (1987). 1167:. Walthers Model Railroading 523:#19, assigned to that day's 468:Originally conceived as the 18:El Capitan (passenger train) 1406:Glischinski, Steve (1997). 512:would connect at Williams. 2789: 1582:. Minneapolis, Minnesota: 1339:Dorin, Patrick C. (2005). 629:The Santa Fe combined the 208:Southwestern United States 1728: 1393:Frailey, Fred W. (1974). 826: 763: 746: 701: 529:Los Angeles Union Station 492:On its inaugural run the 152: 143: 1679:Passenger trains of the 1468:Indiana University Press 1466:. Bloomington, Indiana: 739:(50 seats) #3198 / #3199 576:Union Passenger Terminal 439:) on September 24, 1966. 425:Super Chief / El Capitan 1862:Miss Nellie Bly Special 1544:. New Mexico Magazine. 1542:Santa Fe: The Chief Way 1494:. Saint Paul, MN: MBI. 1464:Amtrak in the Heartland 1462:Sanders, Craig (2006). 968:Passenger train service 645:continued the combined 451:equipment built by the 71:"El Capitan" train 2227:Orange County Commuter 1869:David B. Jones Special 936:The Big Dome car, 1954 777:Baggage (storage mail) 735:Round-end Chair car / 594:on December 14, 1953. 532: 496:left the main line at 440: 416: 2666:Atlantic City Express 2525:Atlantic City Express 2234:Pacific International 1984:City of San Francisco 1576:Wegman, Mark (2008). 1488:; Welsh, Joe (2002). 1366:Duke, Donald (1997). 1165:"Santa Fe El Capitan" 1144:Streamliner Schedules 518: 457:Pennsylvania Railroad 422: 414: 365:("Santa Fe") between 2703:Former Amtrak routes 2639:Empire State Express 2441:Twin Cities Hiawatha 2364:Lake Country Limited 2248:Spirit of California 2100:James Whitcomb Riley 2040:San Francisco Zephyr 2026:North Coast Hiawatha 1781:Grand Canyon Limited 1449:on November 10, 2014 1429:"The Other El Tovar" 1045:. 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