I’ve posted a few images of luggage stickers that I’ve found on the web, but this sticker is from my actual collection. Such stickers have been reproduced as tin signs, on t-shirts and hats, and in other ways. However, I … Continue reading
Someone worked hard to compile this list of more than 150 named Santa Fe passenger trains, the numbers they used, the years they operated, and their terminal cities. The brief intro says it is based on timetables from 1876, 1886 … Continue reading
For a mere $200 (nearly $1,400 in today’s money), a Chicago traveler could take a trip on the El Capitan and spend four days, three nights, in the Los Angeles area, including visits to Hollywood, Universal Studios, Busch Gardens, Knott’s … Continue reading
On December 9, 1939, Santa Fe inaugurated the streamlined Tulsan between Tulsa and Kansas City, where it met the Chicagoan/Kansas Cityan. The all-coach day train made the 256-mile trip in five hours for an average speed of 51 mph. Click … Continue reading
Wikipedia says the demonym for Kansas City is Kansas Citian, but Santa Fe named its Chicago-to-Dallas via Kansas City streamlined train the Kansas Cityan. When the train went in the reverse direction, it was called the Chicagoan. Originally, the trains … Continue reading
This card presents the 1966 timetable for the Grand Canyon, with westbound on the front and eastbound on the back. The card is in the same format as the timetables in the timetables of principal trains, though with differences in … Continue reading
This menu was printed for dinner on June 7, 1953, on a special train moving potatoes from California to the East. Apparently, Santa Fe attached passenger cars to the end of the train to give farmers a chance to see … Continue reading
The train schedules in this full timetable are pretty similar to those in yesterday’s timetable of principal trains. The extra space in this version is used for an index of stations, schedules of connecting trains on other railroads, and a … Continue reading
This is Santa Fe’s version of what other railroads called a “condensed” timetable, with schedules of major trains, equipment, a small map, and a brief list of fares. The “principal train” include the Super Chief, Chief, El Capitan, San Francisco … Continue reading
In 1953, the Santa Fe still ran numerous heavyweight trains. The Super Chief and El Capitan operated daily, and the all-Pullman Chief had been completely streamlined and took about six hours longer to go from Chicago to L.A. than the … Continue reading
