Category Archives: Santa Fe

Travel the Santa Fe Way

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Gary Garth McCann

This black-and-white brochure issued during the ‘sixties includes a few photos I haven’t seen elsewhere, including the one above of the lounge car on El Capitan.  (Today these cars are Pacific Parlor Cars–diner-lounges, really–on Amtrak’s Coast Starlight, an interesting transition … Continue reading →

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Santa Fe Grand Canyon set-out sleeper

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Gary Garth McCann

  Meet me at Chicago Dearborn Station, June 1949. It’s late morning, and we’re waiting to board our sleeper for the Grand Canyon, carried on Santa Fe’s #23 The Grand Canyon to Williams, Arizona, leaving Chicago at 12:01 PM and … Continue reading →

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Santa Fe “Travel the Chief Way” brochure, 1960

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Gary Garth McCann

Santa Fe didn’t produce lavish brochures for each of its streamliners, as Union Pacific did. Instead, Santa Fe published one color brochure for its Hi Level El Capitan and the brochure, shown below, which covers all of its trains. The … Continue reading →

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Chicago to LA streamliners in 1949: Super Chief, Chief, El Capitan, City of LA, Golden State

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

Train service changed continually, so we can talk only about a moment in time. Travel back with me to June 1949. There were far less people in the world than there are today, and less had money to travel, and, … Continue reading →

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Santa Fe: Along the Route

Posted on September 22, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

I have multiple copies of Santa Fe’s booklet, “Along the Way.” The most recent, published in 1960, managed to look older because only the first few pages were updated. Above are the front and back covers. Only small black-and-white photos appear … Continue reading →

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Los Angeles Union Station ticket sales wing

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann

Today this wing of the station is reserved for special events, including, I believe, filming for movies and commercials. When I was a kid, each of the three railroads’ names appeared in sedate chrome or gold-colored metal lettering behind their … Continue reading →

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Santa Fe ticket envelope and folder

Posted on April 5, 2014 by Gary Garth McCann
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