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Photos & Videos Photo of the Day Postwar ‘El Cap’

Postwar ‘El Cap’

By Brian Schmidt | July 7, 2021

| Last updated on August 8, 2025

Passengers resting in coach seats

A Santa Fe publicity photo shows the inside the postwar El Capitan. In 1956, the all-coach train was re-equipped with innovative new “Hi-Level” double-deck cars. Santa Fe photo

Postwar ‘El Cap’

A Santa Fe publicity photo shows the inside the postwar El Capitan. In 1956, the all-coach train was re-equipped with innovative new “Hi-Level” double-deck cars. Santa Fe photo

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