The ''Overland Limited'' was one of the
named passenger train
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s on the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
Operating as train Nos. 7 & 8 (sometimes known as the ''Overland Express'') between
Chicago, Illinois, and
Los Angeles, California, the line was inaugurated in 1901 and ran until the ''
Santa Fe Eight
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'' took over the route in 1915. First-class trains included a
diner
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, while second-class trains stopped along the way at
Fred Harvey Company
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eating houses.
See also
* ''
Overland Flyer
The ''Overland Limited'' (also known at various times as the ''Overland Flyer'', ''San Francisco Overland Limited'', ''San Francisco Overland'' and often simply as the ''Overland'') was an American named passenger train which for much of its hist ...
'', later the ''Overland Limited'', of the
Union Pacific Railroad
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Passenger train service on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
References
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External links
Centennial Of The Great Masonic Train Rideaboard the ''Overland Limited''
{{ATSF named trains
Passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Named passenger trains of the United States
Railway services introduced in 1901
Railway services discontinued in 1915