Navajo (train)

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Navajo

Overview
Predecessor| Tourist Flyer
First service| October 1, 1915
Last service| January 14, 1940
Former operator(s)| Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Route
Termini| Chicago
San Francisco
Train number(s)| 9/10
"Drumhead" logos such as this often adorned the ends of the observation cars on the Navajo.

The Navajo was one of the named passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The all-coach train began daily service between Chicago-Los Angeles-San Francisco as Train No. 9 (eastbound) and Train No. 2 (westbound) on October 1, 1915, as a replacement for the railroad's Tourist Flyer. In 1936, the westbound train was renumbered from Train No. 2 to Train No. 10. The Navajo was discontinued on January 14, 1940.

In Summer 1926, Train No. 9 was scheduled to leave Chicago at 9:45 a.m. on day one, arriving in Los Angeles on the third day at 7:30 a.m. It ran via Topeka, St. John, and Pasadena and carried no diner west of Kansas City - making three meal stops a day.

In November 1939, Train No. 9 left Chicago at 1:35 a.m. on day one, arriving in Los Angeles on the third day at 11:40 a.m. - 60 hours using the same route except via Great Bend. (For several years earlier in the 1930s, westward Train No. 2 shifted to the “Southern” route via Amarillo and Belen, then both trains ran via Amarillo for a year or two before returning to the “Northern” route via “Raton Pass”.)

The Navajo name was also carried by a Santa Fe sleeper-lounge-observation cars built by the Budd Company in 1937 for the Super Chief.[1] The car is on display at the Colorado Railroad Museum.[1]

A map depicting the "Grand Canyon Route" of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway circa 1901, and it pre-dates the construction of the “Southern” route (via Belen and Amarillo), which started in 1908.

## See also

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* Passenger train service on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

## References

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1. ^ a b Dabler, Ed. "Interior Photos of Observation Navajo". Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2013-01-06.

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Passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Chiefs|

* Chief
* San Francisco Chief
* Super Chief
* Texas Chief

Other named trains|

* California Limited
* California Special
* Chicagoan
* El Capitan
* Golden Gate
* Grand Canyon Limited
* Hassayampa Flyer
* Kansas Cityan
* Navajo
* Overland Limited
* San Diegan
* Santa Fe de Luxe
* Scout
* Valley Flyer
* West Texas Express

One-time specials|

* Miss Nellie Bly Special
* David B. Jones Special
* Scott Special

Rolling stock|

* Big Dome
* Hi-Level
* Pleasure Dome

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