El Capitan Timetable

We’ve seen timetable cards like this for the Grand Canyon. The ones I have for that train are all from the 1960s, but this is from 1953 or before, as indicated by the “Extra Fare” notation: Santa Fe stopped charging extra fares for the train in December, 1953.

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The times in my 1953 Santa Fe timetable match those on this card. According to Streamliner Schedules, the same schedules were used when the train was first inaugurated in 1938. However, schedules were slowed during the war years. I suspect this card dates from the early 1950s.


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