Santa Fe Passenger Train Compendium

Hardcover, 756 pages, 11 x 9 in., contains 543 black and white photographs, 283 color images, and 16 maps.This is a huge, great book. Many non-Santa Fe rail enthusiasts may want a copy of this book! The Santa Fe Railway is well remembered for its passenger trains. Indeed, articles on these trains and their operations written by many different authors with contributions by even more individuals, have appeared many times for over nearly a half century in the publications of the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society and its predecessors under the names of the High Iron, Santa Fe Modeler, The Santa Fe Route, and The Warbonnet. Compilers Michael W. Flick, an acknowledged expert on Santa Fe passenger trains, and John R. Signor, long time editor of The Warbonnet, have brought to this compendium not only articles of their own, but have gathered together dozens published as far back as the early 1970s. Many required updating. Corrections were made as needed. Color images were added if available, some original articles were produced when only black and white was suitable for publishing, though some of the source images had actually been in color. For some articles, additional material was added, and some original material was created to fill some gaps for specific trains and operations for which nothing had been written prior to this compendium. While this compendium is by no means a complete, or comprehensive review of all Santa Fe passenger trains, it does place within one cover the board scope of Santa Fe passenger train articles published by the SFRH&MS and predecessors, in a convenient and accessible single volume. Contents: Preface Introduction, pp. 5—9 Dearborn Station, pp. 10—27 California Limited, pp. 28—51 Trains 3 and 4, pp. 52—71 Santa Fe de-Luxe, pp. 72—103 The Navajo, pp. 104—111 The Scout, pp. 112—123 The Fast Mail Express, pp. 124—147 The Chief, pp. 148—176 The Grand Canyon, pp. 177—205 Super Chief, pp. 206—270 El Capitan, pp. 271—292 San Franciso Chief, pp. 293—310 Texas Express, 311-318 The Ranger, pp. 319—323 Kansas Citian-Chicagoan, pp. 324—334 Texas Chief, pp. 335—354Red Express, pp. 355—369 Kansas City Chief, pp. 370—380 Oil Flyer, pp. 381—390 Streamliner to Tulsa, pp. 391—402 A Survey of Denver Service, pp. 403—410 California Special, pp. 411—428 The Pecos Chief, pp. 429—434 El Paso-Denver Service, pp. 435—437 El Pasoan, pp. 438—442 Grand Canyon Service, pp. 443—457 Peavine Passenger Service, pp. 458—469 San Bernardino Locals, pp. 470—479 San Diegans, pp. 480—503 Saint & Angel, pp. 504—507 Golden Gates, pp. 508—529 Valley Flyer, pp. 530—533 LaGrande Station, pp. 534—550 LAUPT, pp. 551—571 Appendix A, pp. 572—576.Features:NewHardcoverMichael W. Flick and John R. SignorSanta Fe Railway H&M Society 2023.…