Super Chief

Named passenger train of the Santa Fe Railway Super ChiefThe Super Chief in March 1971 at Los AngelesOverviewService typeInter-city railStatusDiscontinuedLocaleMidwestern and Southwestern United StatesFirst serviceMay 18, 1937Last serviceMay 19, 1974SuccessorSouthwest ChiefFormer operatorsSanta FeAmtrak (1971–1974)RouteTerminiChicagoLos AngelesAverage journey time39 hrs 30 minService frequencyDaily (after 1948)Train numbers17 and 18Line usedSouthern TransconTechnicalTrack gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gaugeRoute map vteLegend 1937–1971 Chicago Joliet Streator Chillicothe Galesburg IllinoisIowa Fort Madison Shopton IowaMissouri Kansas City MissouriKansas Newton Hutchinson Dodge City Garden City KansasColorado Lamar La Junta Trinidad ColoradoNew Mexico Raton Las Vegas Lamy Albuquerque Gallup New MexicoArizona Winslow Flagstaff Williams Junction afterc. 1960 Seligman Kingman ArizonaCalifornia Needles Barstow San Bernardino Pomona Pasadena Los Angeles The Super Chief was one of the named passenger trains and the flagship of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The then-modern streamliner was touted in its heyday as "The Train of the Stars" because it often carried