Train 16, The Texas Chief ready to depart. A Roger Puta Photograph

When Santa Fe's F passenger units began wearing out, new steam-boiler-equipped GE U28CG's began service on the trains to Texas. Two U28CG's bring northbound Train 16, "Texas Chief," into Purcell,... (more)

Santa Fe's northbound Train 16 "Texas Chief" with a mixture of hi-level and regular cars arrives capitol Oklahoma City, Okla. on a dingy Feb. 19, 1968, behind two GE U30CGs. Only six such units w... (more)

One of Santa Fe's older F3 passenger units leads the TEXAS CHIEF into Chicago. The unit has been updated with stainless-steel grilles and new side panels but the red portion of the unit is still l... (more)