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Santa Fe passenger trains 93 and 96 operated between
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. The westbound train was called the ''West Texas Express'' while its eastbound counterpart was known as the ''Eastern Express''. For much of their careers they were stand-alone trains, operating without connecting cars at either end of the run. During the early part of the 1950s they were motor-trains, the equipment being articulated motor car M-190. In 1955, Train 96 was renumbered 94 and the trains became conventional locomotive-hauled operations. Between 1955 and 1965, Trains 93-94 consisted of a baggage car, one or more lightweight
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and a Chicago-Lubbock sleeper (either a 10-3-2 or a 6-6-4 car) that interchanged with the
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at Amarillo. Trains 93-94 were discontinued on June 19, 1965.


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* Passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Night trains of the United States Named passenger trains of the United States Railway services discontinued in 1965 {{US-rail-transport-stub