Nostalgia & History > A few "Route of the Chief" boxcars

A few "The Chief" boxcars I ran across long ago.

(1) In Houston - Nov 74

(2) Akron,Ohio - Dec 75

(3) Alvin,Tx - April 77

Gary

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Really cool. But that last photo shows the Chief boxcar with a different logo. When was that painted? Ahh, back when "the West" was a word that painted a picture.

Lee Hower - Sacramento

Thanks for posting these historic photos.
Bob

"Fastest" Streamliner West!

Famous daily streamliner West. One direction marketing.

Nice memories, Gary! I shot quite a few of those 40 ft psgr slogan boxcars. But then one day, they were all gone...

Lance/199

OliveHeights Wrote: > ... One direction marketing...

With Santa Fe HQ in Chicago there was only one direction out...

;^)



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/15/17 08:39 by santafe199.

mcfflyer Wrote:

> Really cool. But that last photo shows the Chief
> boxcar with a different logo. When was that
> painted?

According to the old Santa Fe Modelers Organization Santa Fe Railway Painting and Lettering Guide for Model Railroaders v.1 Rolling Stock, the slogan in the third photo was applied 1940-47, with a stylized system map adorning the other side of the car. The slogan in the first two photos was applied 1947-58, with "Ship and Travel Santa Fe All the Way" on the other side. That agrees with the build dates of the class Bx-48 (third photo, 1946), Bx-69 (first photo, 1955), and Bx-72 (second photo, 1957).