This site is detailed information about operation of passenger trains. The passenger gourmet is ushered to a fine setting of snowy linens, gleaming, gleaming silver and superb cuisine aboard the dining car in the consist of the santa fes super chief. Well, actually it does because some of the cars they have made, apparently for the california zephyr are pretty close to super chief cars. G scale detailed santa fe super chief fleet consist. George drurys book santa fe in the mountains has a photo of a pa on the chief. See inside the luxury consist, and glimpse the rest of the santa fes streamlined fleet in action, including the san francisco chief, the texas. Following the very successful release of the california zephyr in n scale, comes the super chief. The 1951 super chief had a basic consist, but some substitutions and addition of extra sleepers for summer and holiday periods did occur. Santa fe super chief 1950s railroad promotional film. In the september 27, 2014, post, i gave the consist of the inaugural run of santa fes super chief which occurred on may 12, 1936. The super chief remained the santa fes flagship operation until the launch of amtrak in 1971. In the case of the san francisco chief, passenger cars can be gathered from kato, centralia car shops, and look models to form one of santa fes unique trains. Besides the ubiquitous santa fe f units, alco pas and emd fp45f45 lash. Pullman sleepers bedrooms passenger trains of the santa.
But does that help us model the santa fe super chief. The santa fe took serious pride in its flagship service. What resulted was a passenger train unrivaled in style, design, and luxury. The chief was one of the named passenger trains of the atchison, topeka and santa fe railway. Correct ordersequence of santa fe super chief consist. The following have been provided by numerous individuals through the internet and other sources.
Knowing it needed something better the santa fe with the help of the budd company, introduced the all new streamlined super chief in may of 1937. Despite the super chiefs heavyweight status its speed kept the train regularly sold out. Santa fe reluctantly joined amtrak in 1971, and its hilevels continued on the super chiefel capitan through 1974, when the train was renamed the southwest limited. Kens e6 led santa fe super chief pulls its consist over the spillway on the creascent lines. This g scale super chief is manufactured by usa trains but numerous details have been added to the train to enhance its appearance. It took the santa fe railway, direct competitor to the union pacific on the chicagolos angeles route, to present the real future of streamliners.
Super chief consists classic trains magazine railroad. All cars were santa fe owned even the through cars as the santa fe did not operate off line cars in the super chief. More videos are available on the erics trains youtube channel and at enjoy. First released in 2005, the kato super chief is back in n scale for 2019. The super chiefel capitan june, 1967 streamliner schedules. Santa fe transfers transcontinental sleeping car service to the super chief. The santa fe began as a rail line along the old santa fe and spanish trails, from the confluence of the missouri and kansas rivers at atchison and topeka, kansas to the pecos river and rio grande in new mexico. Super chief pullman drawing room by day and by night. Katos super chief is a super n scale passenger train.
Posted on may 10, 2016 watch clips of the santa fes legendary chicagolos angeles streamliner from sunday river productions program the super chief the whole story. The next logical step, of course, was to upgrade the consist to full streamlined status, a process santa fe purposefully did not. Santa fe super chief model railroader magazine model. In may, 1937 the muchimproved super chief2 traversed the 2,227. The train maintained its legendary high level of service until the end of. The train maintained its legendary high level of service until the end of santa fe passenger operations on april 30, 1971.
Very rare was a super chief consist more than fifteen cars in length. Below is a list of all classes of lightweight santa fe sleeper cars in case anyone is interested with number of cars, class, build date, builder, description. Like the santa fe had done before it, amtrak combined the exsuper chief and exel capitan hilevel cars in its southwest limited service, the singlelevel cars being. Detailed pictures of each car can be found on the links below. History of a railroad icon, the train covered a route. According to mike schafer and joe welshs book, streamliners. The nearly 40 foot long super chief is led by four f3s in abba consist with 12 cars in tow. The train maintained its high level of service until the end of santa fe passenger operations on may 1, 1971. Youll be mesmerized by this regions beauty and allure. In general, santa fe bought more sleepers from pullmanstandard than budd, but more of its nonsleeping cars used on the super chief from budd. It will be available in individual f7a and f7b locomotive units and three different 4car passenger car sets, so that you can enjoy operating this wellknown santa fe train while incrementally adding locomotives and cars to eventually build your train into the complete 1953 weekend super chief. Either the heavyweight willow range, a pullman 7 compartment sleeping car, or the new pullman.
Nearly all of the cars regularly used on the super chief had unpainted corrugated stainlesssteel sides, but the budd cars generally also had corrugated roofs while the non. Pullman sleepers passenger trains of the santa fe route. The tradition of food and service as provided by fred harvey beginning in the early days of this railroad remains constant. Can anyone kindly point me to a website where i can find the typical ordersequence of cars within the santa fe super chief passenger consist during its heyday. Santa fes marketing advantage for the super chief lay in the geography of the route as well as its ownership. Correct ordersequence of santa fe super chief consist o. The train maintained its legendary high level of service until the end of santa fe passenger operations on may 1, 1971. Apr 04, 2019 the super chief remained the santa fes flagship operation until the launch of amtrak in 1971. Like the super chief, the southwest limited was made up of a mixture of acf, pullman and buddbuilt stainless steel cars, the same basic consist as the original santa fe train. Winding through the rugged countryside near washita canyon in oklahoma, the santa fes texas chief powered by four diesel units and a consist of eleven cars, rolls southward towards fort worth, dallas, houston, and galveston, texas, circa 1956. Texas chief in oklahoma the portal to texas history. The trans con sleepers have now been transferred to the super chief. Jul 17, 2010 knowing it needed something better the santa fe with the help of the budd company, introduced the all new streamlined super chief in may of 1937.
The dinnebito 14 section cars, cascade and valley series cars, and the indian 24 duplex roomette cars were not assigned to the super chief at any time. All of these cars are g scale usa trains extruded aluminum passenger cars. If the summer consists expanded beyond thirteen cars something that happened quite often in those time then the santa fe added a fifth f7 unit to the train. The super chief the whole story dvd by sunday river. However, budd started delivering these cars in october 1953 and santa fe was not going to let them sit around for the start up of those trains.
Santa fe train layout santa fe super chief consist with. Jul 16, 2005 all cars were santa fe owned even the through cars as the santa fe did not operate off line cars in the super chief. Despite the super chief s heavyweight status its speed kept the train regularly sold out. In may, 1937 the muchimproved super chief 2 traversed the 2,227. An abbba set of santa fe f7s have what appears to be the super chief on cajon pass circa 1967. Walthersproto brings you all the models you need to build an authentic consist, from 37class f7s to the signature big dome lounge. As of 2011, several hilevel coaches are privately owned and five of the lounges serve as pacific parlour cars on amtraks coast starlight. A santa fe fireman from the waiting eastward fast mail express throws a switch in front of the speeding chief near springer, new mexico, causing it to enter the siding occupied by the fast mail express and collide headon. The super chief was streamlined in 1937, but it always ran with the santa fes best equipment so its consist often changed as newer cars went into service.
Super chief dining car the portal to texas history. Proportionate extra fares will apply between points at which the super chief stops to receive or discharge passengers. Well take you across the mighty mississippi through eight states past wheat fields and ranches, missions and. Part of the trains phenomenal success was its appeal and character. Acf 106 sleeper palm stream 1066003 santa fe super chief. The santa fe super chief was the last passenger train in the united states to carry an allpullman consist. Kato usa has put together a small video presentation featuring this combined consist, as accurately reproduced using cars from both of the classic name train series sets and their supporting addon packs of cars. By 1967 some padding and a number of new stops had been added to the schedule, but otherwise the super chief was holding up remarkably well. Santa fe train layout santa fe super chief consist with al. The super chief was an allroom, first class, extrafare train that ran on the fastest 39. This train, however, is not the carrier of trancontinental sleepers as in the past. From then until the advent of the new lightweight super chief on april 17, 1937, the santa fe operated the onceperweek in each direction heavyweight super chief. These kato models represent the super chief as it appeared during the height of its popularity in 1951 through 1953. Although the stars and first class service are now long gone, the route can still be experienced aboard amtraks southwest chief.
Most likely with these expanded consists the trains. This 1954 version of the santa fe chief consists of both chair cars and sleepers. See also the excellent website by loren joplin primary. A howard fogg painting depicts the super chief with pas, but i have no idea if that ever happened.
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