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[[Image:ATSF 64 at San Diego CA 10-26-63.jpg|thumb|350px|right|{{ATSF 64 at San Diego CA 10-26-63.jpg/credit}}<br />The ''[[San Diegan]]'', led by a pair of back-to-back ALCO PA units, reaches the end of the line at San Diego's Union Station on October 26, 1963.]]
[[Image:ATSF 64 at San Diego CA 10-26-63.jpg|thumb|400px|right|{{ATSF 64 at San Diego CA 10-26-63.jpg/credit}}<br />The ''[[San Diegan]]'', led by a pair of back-to-back ALCO PA units, reaches the end of the line at San Diego's Union Station on October 26, 1963.]]
The '''named passenger trains of the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]''' (AT&SF) included some fifty (50) regularly scheduled excursions operated by the company at various times throughout its existence. Named trains were often identified on the Santa Fe via illuminated "drumhead" signs mounted to the end of observation cars. Occasionally, "special" trains (not included in the railroad's regular revenue service lineup) were chartered to make high-profile runs over the company's trackage, usually for publicity purposes.
The '''named passenger trains of the [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway]]''' (AT&SF) included some fifty (50) regularly scheduled excursions operated by the company at various times throughout its existence. Named trains were often identified on the Santa Fe via illuminated "drumhead" signs mounted to the end of observation cars. Occasionally, "special" trains (not included in the railroad's regular revenue service lineup) were chartered to make high-profile runs over the company's trackage, usually for publicity purposes.


==Notable named passenger trains==
==Notable named passenger trains==
[[Image:ATSF 1L post rebuild in 1938.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{ATSF 1L post rebuild in 1938.jpg/credit}}<br />A post-rebuild locomotive #1L, along with cabless unit #50A and an "E"-unit booster (center) lead the ''Chicagoan'' near Red Rock, Oklahoma in 1938.]]
[[Image:ATSF Grand Canyon Limited at Joliet IL Aug 1963.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{ATSF Grand Canyon Limited at Joliet IL Aug 1963.jpg/credit}}<br />The Santa Fe's ''[[Grand Canyon Limited]]'', led by EMD F7 #39C, stops at Joliet, Illinois in August 1963.]]
[[Image:ATSF Navajo at Raton NM.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{ATSF Navajo at Raton NM.jpg/credit}}<br />Train No. 9, the ''Navajo'', leaves Raton, [[New Mexico (U.S. state)|New Mexico]] on April 9, 1939.]]
[[Image:ATSF Scout at Belen NM.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{ATSF Scout at Belen NM.jpg/credit}}<br />The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Train No. 1, the ''Scout'', heads out of Belen, [[New Mexico (U.S. state)|New Mexico]] on April 6, 1940.]]
[[Image:ATSF San Francisco Chief.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{ATSF San Francisco Chief.jpg/credit}}<br />The ''San Francisco Chief'' travels through New Mexico with an EMD F7 in the lead. This train operated between Oakland (not actually San Francisco) and Chicago from June 6, 1954 to May 1, 1971, the date [[Amtrak]] began operation.]]
[[Image:ATSF San Francisco Chief.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{ATSF San Francisco Chief.jpg/credit}}<br />The ''San Francisco Chief'' travels through New Mexico with an EMD F7 in the lead. This train operated between Oakland (not actually San Francisco) and Chicago from June 6, 1954 to May 1, 1971, the date [[Amtrak]] began operation.]]
[[Image:Super Chief Observation.jpg|thumb|300px|right|{{Super Chief Observation.jpg/credit}}<br />An observation lounge car from the ''[[Super Chief]]'', the luxurious all-Pullman sleeper train (a favorite of the Hollywood elite) which operated between Chicago and Los Angeles from 1936 to 1971.]]
[[Image:ATSF Grand Canyon Route.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{ATSF Grand Canyon Route.jpg/credit}}<br />A map depicting thhrough car lines along the "Grand Canyon Route" of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, ''circa'' 1901.]]
[[Image:ATSF Grand Canyon Route.jpg|thumb|right|300px|{{ATSF Grand Canyon Route.jpg/credit}}<br />A map depicting thhrough car lines along the "Grand Canyon Route" of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, ''circa'' 1901.]]


===''The Chief''===
===''California Limited''===
*The ''[[California Limited]]'' operated between the cities of [[Chicago, Illinois]] and [[Los Angeles, California]] from November 27, 1892 to June 15, 1954, giving it the distinction of having the longest tenure of any train making the Chicago-Los Angeles run within the Santa Fe system.
 
===''Chicagoan''===
*The ''Chicagoan'' operated between the cities of [[Chicago, Illinois]] and [[Wichita, Kansas]] (with a later extension to [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]) from April 10, 1938 to April 18, 1968.
 
===''Chief''===
*The ''[[Chief]]'' operated between the cities of [[Chicago, Illinois]] and [[Los Angeles, California]] from November 14, 1926 to  May 15, 1968.


===''El Capitan''===
===''El Capitan''===
*''[[El Capitan]]'' operated between the cities of [[Chicago, Illinois]] and [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California (U.S. state)]] from February 20, 1938 to April 30, 1971, after which time passenger service on the line was taken over by [[Amtrak]].
===''Golden Gate''===
*The ''[[Golden Gate]]'' operated between the cities of [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] and [[Los Angeles, California]] from July 1, 1938 to April 11, 1965.
===''Grand Canyon Limited''===
*The ''[[Grand Canyon Limited]]'' (the name eventually being shortened to the ''Grand Canyon'') operated between the cities of [[Chicago, Illinois]] and [[Los Angeles, California]] from June 29, 1929 to January 8, 1970.
===''Kansas Cityan''===
*The ''Kansas Cityan'' operated between the cities of [[Chicago, Illinois]] and [[Wichita, Kansas]] (with a later extension to [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma]]) from April 10, 1938 to April 18, 1968.
===''Navajo''===
*The ''Navajo'' operated between the cities of [[Chicago, Illinois]], [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], and [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco, California]] as a replacement for the railroad's ''Tourist Flyer'' from October 1, 1915 through January 14, 1940.


===''Overland Limited''===
===''Overland Limited''===
The ''[[Overland Limited]]'' operated between the cities of [[Chicago, Illinois]], and [[Los Angeles, California]] from 1901 until 1915.
*The ''[[Overland Limited]]'' operated between the cities of [[Chicago, Illinois]] and [[Los Angeles, California]] from 1901 until 1915.


===''San Diegan''===
===''San Diegan''===
The ''[[San Diegan]]'' operated between the cities of [[Los Angeles]] and [[San Diego]], [[California]] from March 27, 1938 to April 30, 1971 when passenger service on the line was taken over by [[Amtrak]].
*The ''[[San Diegan]]'' operated between the cities of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] and [[San Diego, California|San Diego]], [[California (U.S. state)]] from March 27, 1938 to April 30, 1971, after which time passenger service on the line was taken over by [[Amtrak]].


===''San Fransisco Chief''===
===''San Francisco Chief''===
*The ''San Francisco Chief'' operated between the cities of [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco, California]] and [[Chicago, Illinois]] from June 6, 1954 to April 30, 1971. It was the last new streamliner introduced by the Santa Fe, the first direct service offered between Chicago and the Bay Area, the only direct service offered between those two locations over the tracks of a single railroad, and at 2,555 miles (4,112 km) the longest single service offered by a railroad in the [[United States of America]] which did not utilize another railroad's tracks.


===Santa Fe ''de-Luxe''===
===Santa Fe ''de-Luxe''===
The ''[[Santa Fe de-Luxe|de-Luxe]] operated between the cities of [[Chicago, Illinois]], and [[Los Angeles, California]] from December 12, 1911 to May 1, 1917.
*The ''[[Santa Fe de-Luxe|de-Luxe]]'' operated between the cities of [[Chicago, Illinois]] and [[Los Angeles, California]] from December 12, 1911 to May 1, 1917.


===''The Scout''===
===''Scout''===
*The ''Scout'' operated between the cities of [[Chicago, Illinois]] to [[Los Angeles, California]] from January 16, 1916 through June 7, 1948.


===''Super Chief''===
===''Super Chief''===
*The ''[[Super Chief]]'' operated between the cities of [[Chicago, Illinois]] and [[Los Angeles, California]] from May 12, 1936 to April 30, 1971, after which time passenger service on the line was taken over by [[Amtrak]].


===''Valley Flyer''===
===''Valley Flyer''===
*The ''[[Valley Flyer]]'' operated between the cities of [[Bakersfield, California|Bakersfield]] and [[Oakland, California]] from June 11, 1939 to October 26, 1941.

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The San Diegan, led by a pair of back-to-back ALCO PA units, reaches the end of the line at San Diego's Union Station on October 26, 1963.

The named passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) included some fifty (50) regularly scheduled excursions operated by the company at various times throughout its existence. Named trains were often identified on the Santa Fe via illuminated "drumhead" signs mounted to the end of observation cars. Occasionally, "special" trains (not included in the railroad's regular revenue service lineup) were chartered to make high-profile runs over the company's trackage, usually for publicity purposes.

Notable named passenger trains

© Photo: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
A post-rebuild locomotive #1L, along with cabless unit #50A and an "E"-unit booster (center) lead the Chicagoan near Red Rock, Oklahoma in 1938.
(CC) Photo: Lawrence and David Barera
The Santa Fe's Grand Canyon Limited, led by EMD F7 #39C, stops at Joliet, Illinois in August 1963.
© Photo: Otto Perry
Train No. 9, the Navajo, leaves Raton, New Mexico on April 9, 1939.
© Photo: Otto Perry
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's Train No. 1, the Scout, heads out of Belen, New Mexico on April 6, 1940.
© Photo: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
The San Francisco Chief travels through New Mexico with an EMD F7 in the lead. This train operated between Oakland (not actually San Francisco) and Chicago from June 6, 1954 to May 1, 1971, the date Amtrak began operation.
(PD) Diagram: William Henry Jackson
A map depicting thhrough car lines along the "Grand Canyon Route" of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, circa 1901.

California Limited

Chicagoan

Chief

El Capitan

Golden Gate

Grand Canyon Limited

Kansas Cityan

Navajo

Overland Limited

San Diegan

San Francisco Chief

  • The San Francisco Chief operated between the cities of San Francisco, California and Chicago, Illinois from June 6, 1954 to April 30, 1971. It was the last new streamliner introduced by the Santa Fe, the first direct service offered between Chicago and the Bay Area, the only direct service offered between those two locations over the tracks of a single railroad, and at 2,555 miles (4,112 km) the longest single service offered by a railroad in the United States of America which did not utilize another railroad's tracks.

Santa Fe de-Luxe

Scout

Super Chief

Valley Flyer

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