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| | |  110s: Encyclopedia II - Super Chief - Equipment usedThe first motive power set on Super Chief-1 consisted of a pair of blunt-nosed, diesel-electric units (EMD 1800 hp B-B) designated as Nos. 1 and 1A. Santa Fe employees quickly hung the nicknames "One-Spot Twins" and "Amos & Andy" (from the popular radio show of the day) on the units, which were always paired and ran back-to-back. In a little over a year the EMD E1, a new and improved 3,600 hp (2.7 MW) streamlined diesel-electric locomotive set (one hood unit and the other a cabless booster unit) ...
See also:Super Chief, Super Chief - Equipment used, Super Chief - Timeline, Super Chief - The Hollywood mystique, Super Chief - Three for Bedroom C, Super Chief - Playback, Super Chief - Dining aboard the Super Chief, Super Chief - Menu, Super Chief - Mimbreño china Read more here: » Super Chief: Encyclopedia II - Super Chief - Equipment used |
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| | | | 110s: Encyclopedia II - Super Chief - Dining aboard the Super Chief Most railroads began offering some form of meal service on their trains as an alternate to the poor fare typically found at trackside establishments even before the completion of the First Transcontinental Railroad. By the mid-1880s, dedicated dining cars were a normal part of all long-distance train consists departing from Chicago for points westward, save for those of the Santa Fe, who relied on America's first interstate network of restaurants to feed its passengers en route. The legendary "Harvey Houses", located strategically along the ...
See also:Super Chief, Super Chief - Equipment used, Super Chief - Timeline, Super Chief - The Hollywood mystique, Super Chief - Three for Bedroom C, Super Chief - Playback, Super Chief - Dining aboard the Super Chief, Super Chief - Menu, Super Chief - Mimbreño china Read more here: » Super Chief: Encyclopedia II - Super Chief - Dining aboard the Super Chief |
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| | | | 110s: Encyclopedia II - Super Chief - The Hollywood mystique The world-famous Super Chief was an almost-instant success among travelers who appreciated its modern, air conditioned equipment, high amenity levels, and smooth ride, all of which lent the train a certain "snob appeal." The train was staffed with top-of-the-line crews who were engrained in the best traditions of the railroad, and not only drew passengers from competing railroads but from other Santa Fe trains such as the Chief as well. Patrons took pleasure in the ability to "...Travel Santa Fe — all the way" to their destinations without the n ...
See also:Super Chief, Super Chief - Equipment used, Super Chief - Timeline, Super Chief - The Hollywood mystique, Super Chief - Three for Bedroom C, Super Chief - Playback, Super Chief - Dining aboard the Super Chief, Super Chief - Menu, Super Chief - Mimbreño china Read more here: » Super Chief: Encyclopedia II - Super Chief - The Hollywood mystique |
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