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Scout
Ad in Life Magazine , April 1940
Service type
Inter-city rail Status Discontinued Locale
Western United States First service January 16, 1916 (1916-01-16 ) Last service June 1954 (1954-06 ) [
dubious –
discuss ] Former operator(s)
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Termini
Chicago, Illinois
Los Angeles, California and
Oakland, California Service frequency Daily Train number(s) 1 (westbound) 2 (eastbound) Seating arrangements Chair Cars (1946) Sleeping arrangements
Sections ,
Double Bedrooms , Compartments, Drawing room Tourist sleeper (1946) Catering facilities
Dining car Observation facilities
Dormitory Lounge Car
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+ 1 ⁄2 in )
The Scout was one of the
named
passenger trains of the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway . It started as train Nos. 1 (westbound) & 10 (eastbound) between
Chicago, Illinois and
Los Angeles, California . Inaugurated on January 16, 1916, this "budget"
heavyweight train had tourist
sleeping cars with upper and lower berths, "chair" cars (
coaches ) and an open-end
observation car .
The train was assigned Nos. 1 & 2 in 1920 and reverted to Nos. 1 & 10 a year later. In summer 1926 it left Chicago at 1115 and arrived Los Angeles at 0900 three days later, running via Ottawa Jct, Amarillo and Fullerton. In November 1939 it left at 2045 and arrived 0700, sixty hours on the same route except via Pasadena.
The Scout made its last run in
c. June 1954 .
[1] [
dubious –
discuss ]
History
A sleeping car in day mode, 1937.
Timeline
January 19, 1916: The Scout commences operation.
1920: The eastbound Scout is assigned No. 2, but becomes No. 10 the following year.
January 4, 1931: The Scout is discontinued during the
Great Depression . Thereafter, economy service was provided by the
Hopi , the
Missionary , and the
Navajo .
May 10, 1936: The "new" (renovated) Scout resumes. The westbound trip was completed in 60 hours, 15 minutes, while the eastbound schedule was reduced to 58 hours, 35 minutes.
June 1954: The Scout is withdrawn as passengers prefer to use Santa Fe's
streamlined trains.
[1] [
dubious –
discuss ]
Major stations
Major stations on the main itinerary to
Los Angeles Union Station :
[2]
Chicago, Illinois
Kansas City, Missouri
Wichita, Kansas
Amarillo, Texas
Clovis, New Mexico, point from which sections diverted to Carlsbad Caverns
[3]
Belen, New Mexico, a short distance south of Albuquerque
Williams, Arizona, transfer point for bus connection to Grand Canyon
[4]
San Bernardino, California
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Oakland section major stations
West of Barstow, in eastern California, a second section departed northwest to the California Central Valley and Oakland:
[5]
Bakersfield
Fresno
Merced
Stockton
Richmond
Berkeley
Oakland
See also
References
^
a
b Frailey, Fred (June 20, 2012).
"The Santa Fe's Transcon in 1953" .
Trains . Retrieved 22 April 2021 . [
unreliable source? ]
^ "Santa Fe Railway, Tables 1, 4". Official Guide of the Railways . 78 (12). National Railway Publication Company. May 1946.
^ "Santa Fe Railway, Tables P, 75". Official Guide of the Railways . 78 (12). National Railway Publication Company. May 1946.
^ "Santa Fe Railway, Table 18". Official Guide of the Railways . 78 (12). National Railway Publication Company. May 1946.
^ "Santa Fe Railway, Table 14". Official Guide of the Railways . 78 (12). National Railway Publication Company. May 1946.
Duke, Donald (1997). Santa Fe: The Railroad Gateway to the American West, Volume Two .
San Marino, CA :
Golden West Books .
ISBN
0-87095-110-6 .
Frailey, Fred W. (1974). A Quarter Century of Santa Fe Consists . RPC Publications, Godfrey, IL.
Pelouze, Richard W. (1997). Trademarks of the Santa Fe Railway . The Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society, Inc., Highlands Ranch, CO.
Strein, Robert; et al. (2001). Santa Fe: The Chief Way . New Mexico Magazine.
ISBN
0-937206-71-7 .
Wayner, Robert J., ed. (1972). Car Names, Numbers and Consists . New York: Wayner Publications.
OCLC
8848690 .
Zimmermann, Karl R. (1987). Santa Fe Streamliners: The Chiefs and their Tribesmen . New York: Quadrant Press.
ISBN
0915276410 .
OCLC
19005401 .
External links
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