Chief and Super Chief at Albuquerque

Chief and Super Chief at Albuquerque

By Angela Cotey | March 18, 2024

| Last updated on August 7, 2025


At Albuquerque, N.Mex., Santa Fe No. 17, the Super Chief (at left behind E units) has caught up to a late-running train 19, the Chief, at 4:20 p.m. on a spring day in 1946. The Super left Chicago 7 hours after No. 19 and was scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles 1 hour 15 minutes earlier. Fred N. Houser photo
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