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THE CHIEF – SANTA FE promotional film on the famed train from the 1950s…

Santa Fe promotional video on the streamliner the CHIEF (not the SUPER CHIEF as stated in the youtube video).


Here’s the Chief about to depart from Pasadena, CA., in the 1960s with Pullman sleepers, chair cars, dining car, lunch-counter car and Dome Lounge.

Social and travel history: the Santa Fe Chief…

The Chief was one of the named passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Its route ran from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California. The Chief was inaugurated as an all-Pullman limited train to supplement the road’s California Limited, with a surcharge of USD $10.00 for an end-to-end trip. The heavyweight began its inaugural run from both ends of the line, simultaneously, on November 14, 1926, making the cross-country trip in the advertised 63 hours, five hours faster than the California Limited. (The same day, the Overland Limited began its extra-fare 63-hour schedule between Chicago and San Francisco.)

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Vinatage Railroad Ads from 1930s to 1950s

Pullman and Social History:

Vintage Railroad Ads – 1930s to 1950s

Pullman, the Super Chief, Southern Pacific, the Chief and the 20th Century Limited.

1930s: Go Pullman overnight for $4.75…

1950s : The Shasta Daylight on the friendly Southern Pacific…

See more of the great ads by clicking on the following link…

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