Super Chief

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Super Chief was a famed luxury passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, renowned for its streamlined design and high-end service between Chicago and Los Angeles.

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Label Occurrences
Super Chief canonical 2
Super Chief/El Capitan 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf named train
passenger train
brandingTheme Southwestern and Native American motifs
carBuilder Budd Company
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalSignificance symbol of luxury rail travel in the United States
distanceCategory transcontinental
endPoint Los Angeles
heritage predecessor of Amtrak Southwest Chief
inauguralRunDate 1936-05-18
inauguralRunYear 1936
knownFor celebrity clientele
high-end service
onboard fine dining
streamlined design
locomotiveType EMD FT locomotive
surface form: EMD F-unit diesel locomotives
nickname Train of the Stars
notableEra streamliner era in the United States
onboardService dining car
lounge car
observation car
sleeping cars
operatedAsFlagship Southwest Chief
surface form: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway flagship train
operator Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
primaryRoute Chicago–Los Angeles
railGauge standard gauge
railroadDivision Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
surface form: Santa Fe Railway
railwayCompany Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
rollingStockType streamlined stainless-steel cars
routeEndpointsRegion Midwest to Pacific Coast
routeRailroad Santa Fe main line via New Mexico
surface form: Santa Fe main line via Arizona

Santa Fe main line via Kansas
Santa Fe main line via New Mexico
serviceClass all-Pullman
first-class
serviceFrequency daily at peak operation
serviceType luxury passenger service
startPoint City of Chicago
surface form: Chicago
steamToDieselConversion 1940s
successorServiceName Southwest Chief
surface form: Amtrak Southwest Chief
targetMarket Hollywood film stars
affluent travelers
business executives
terminus Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California
tractionType diesel
originally steam

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Southwest Chief successorTo Super Chief
Southwest Chief successorTo Super Chief
this entity surface form: Super Chief/El Capitan