Super Chief
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The Super Chief was one of the named passenger trains and the flagship of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The then-modern streamliner was touted in its heyday as "The Train of the Stars" be
The Super Chief in March 1971 at Los Angeles
The EMC Nos. 1 and 1A photographed on August 31, 1935.
Super Chief being serviced at Albuquerque, New Mexico, in March 1943. A headlight "blackout shield" was a wartime Civil Defense requirement on trains running to the Pacific Coast.
Sleeper-lounge-observation Navajo at the Colorado Railroad Museum in 2012. Note the Super Chief drumhead sign mounted on its rear.
Southwest Chief
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The Southwest Chief is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 2,265-mile route between Chicago and Los Angeles through the Midwest and Southwest via Kansas City, Albuquerque, and Flag
Southwest Chief in February 2020
The Chief passing through Morley, Colorado in August 1967. Amtrak briefly reestablished service in the Summer 1972, supplementing it with the Super Chief/El Capitan.
Southwest Limited dome car, 1974. Photo by Charles O'Rear.