Reply to "The Forgotten Santa Fe Color Scheme?"

John23OGR Forum Member

Originally Posted by Popi:

I like the Texas Chief that ran between Houston and Chicago for 2-3 years only,

1971-1973 or so. I like the Yellow Bonnet. Amtrak bought out Santa Fe and ran that route with the Yellow Bonnet until 1973 when Santa Fe made them get rid of the Yellow Bonnet scheme.

(side bar) bought a MTH texas chief and on the box they tell of the history of the "super chief that ran between Chicago and California. The Texas chief never went to California and the super chief was the red bonnet. I sent off an email to MTH to tell their history department to get their story straight. never got a response.

http://www.atsfrr.com/resources/BackRalph/Yellow.pdf

here's the article about the Texas Chief Yellow War Bonnet.

Nice article with some good photos. One picture showed a Santa Fe baggage car in a Bicenntenial paint scheme - in 1972! Didn't know about that one.

9/26/141:24 PM

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