Great classic photo, Martin. You're right, train travel was more formal in 1969. I also remember wearing a suit as a kid when flying on a plane.
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This photo provides a great tool to illustrate of the main difference between Santa Fe stainless-sheathed cars built by Pullman-Standard, and those from American Car and Foundry. The ACF car on the left has taller windows, so the letter board can only accommodate four "major" and three "minor" corrugations, while the Pullman design contains five major, and four minor, corrugations. Below the windows, both cars have an identical pattern of nine major and eight minor corrugations. While both builders provided "Regal"-series 4-DBR/4-CMPT/2-DR sleepers to Santa Fe, ACF only built one of the six "Vista"-series Super Chief Sleeper-Observations, with Pullman assembling the other five.
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