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Typical Super Chief consist from 1951 to 1956:
 

  • EMD F7A Locomotive #38L

  • EMD F7B Locomotive #38A

  • EMD F7B Locomotive #38B

  • EMD F7A Locomotive #38C

  • Baggage #3415

  • Railway Post Office #83

  • Baggage-Buffet-Lounge (also included a barber shop) #1385 San Pascal

  • Sleeper Palm Top (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)

  • Sleeper Pine Arroyo (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)

  • Sleeper Regal Corps (4 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, 4 double bedrooms)

  • "Turquoise Room"-"Pleasure Dome"-Lounge #502 Fred Harvey Diner (48 seats) #605

  • Dormitory-Club-Lounge Car #1343

  • Sleeper Regal Hunt (4 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, 4 double bedrooms)

  • Sleeper Regal Manor (4 compartments, 2 drawing rooms, 4 double bedrooms)

  •  Sleeper Palm Lore (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)

  • Sleeper-Lounge-Observation Vista Club (4 drawing rooms, 1 double bedroom)

 

Super Chief Consist for Summer 1953:

 

Storage

Mail
 

RPO

Pine/Palm
Sleeper
10-6

Pine/Palm
Sleeper
10-6

Regal
Sleeper
4-4-2

Dome bar

lounge
500-505

Diner
36-seat
600-605

 

Lounge-

dormitory
1339-1344

 

  

Regal
Sleeper
4-4-2

 

  

Regal
Sleeper
4-4-2

 

  

Pine/Palm
Sleeper
10-6

 

  

Sleeper-lounge-

observation

4-1

Vista Round end

 

  
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Super Chief Consist for Winter 1953-1954:

 

Storage

Mail
 

RPO

Pine/Palm
Sleeper
10-6

Pine/Palm
Sleeper
10-6

Regal
Sleeper
4-4-2

Regal
Sleeper
4-4-2

Dome bar

lounge
500-505

 

Diner
36-seat
600-605

 

  

Lounge-

dormitory
1340-1344

 

  

Pine/Palm
Sleeper
10-6

 

  

Pine/Palm
Sleeper
10-6

 

  

Regal
Sleeper
4-4-2

 

  

Regal
Sleeper
4-4-2

 

  

Sleeper-lounge-

observation

4-1

Vista Round end

 

 
N.B.   In the 1940s and into the 50s, the Super Chief occasionally interchanged sleepers with other railroads in order to provide "coast-to-coast" sleeping car service. In those instances, sleepers from eastern connections would take the place of Regal– or Pine–series cars:
  • (Pine Leaf, Gem, Creek, Pass, Ring, Beach) — Baltimore and Ohio Railroad "10-6" from Washington, D.C. off the Capital Limited via Chicago to San Diego (the longest Pullman run in the United States).
  • (Pine Arroyo, Brook, Dale, Island, Cove, Fern) — New York Central "10-6" from New York off the 20th Century Limited via Chicago to L.A.
  • (Regal Gate, Gulf, Arms, Creek, Town, Court) — New York Central "4-4-2" from New York off the 20th Century Limited via Chicago to L.A.
  • (Regal Ruby, River, Spa, City, Inn, Ring) — Pennsylvania Railroad "4-4-2" from New York off the Broadway Limited via Chicago to L.A.