Social History – Virginia Leith (starred in 20th Century Fox’s KISS BEFORE DYING) appears in a 1950′s publicity film from the Santa Fe RailRoad about “the Super Chief” passenger train which ran between Chicago and California.
Cruising The Past welcomes you aboard the legendary Santa Fe Super Chief – the train of the stars. Extra Fare – All Pullman Streamliner.
The Santa Fe Station in Pasadena is now La Grande Orange Café. This was the depot’s main waiting room.
Click here to visit the La Grande Orange Café website.
The depot’s waiting room just after it closed as the Santa Fe/Amtrak Station.
The orignal Santa Fe Station in Pasadena.
The Santa Fe Station in Pasadena was home to the Super Chief, the Chief, El Capitan and other major streamliners.
The Super Chief leaving Pasadena in the early 1940s.
The Metro Gold Line Del Mar Station was originally the Santa Fe Depot of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway.
(Left) The original Pasadena Santa Fe Depot. (Right) The La Grande Orange Cafe.
Santa Fe Chief passes Los Angeles streetcar just south of the Pasadena Station.
The Santa Fe Railway’s Mission Revival-style passenger station on Raymond Ave. in Pasadena, CA, opened in 1935.
