(Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Notes)
Santa
Fe
CHICAGO, KANSAS CITY,
OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
A C—Indicates
Air-Conditioned Equipment
EQUIPMENT
No. 5—Daily (The Ranger).
A
C Dormitory Parlor Lounge Car (Radio equipped)...Chicago
to Fort Worth.
Sleeping Car...A C Chicago to
Galveston—10-Section, Lounge.
A C Chicago to
Kansas City—6 Roomettes, 6-Section, 4 Double Bedrooms.
A C Chicago to
Galveston—6-Section, Drawing-room, 4 Double Bedrooms.
A C Chicago to
Wichita—8-Section, Drawing-room, 2 Compartments.
A C Fort Worth to
Galveston—10-Section, Drawing-room, 2 Compartments.
A C Brownwood to
Houston—10-Section, 2 Drawing-room (on No. 76 to Temple).
A
C Dining Car...Chicago to Fort Worth. Tray service
(sandwiches, coffee, milk, etc.) from Dining Car Chicago to Fort Worth.
A
C Chair Car...Chicago to Galveston. (Ladies' Lounge and
Men's Dressing-room.)
(Sleeping Car: A
C Houston to Oakland—10-Section, Drawing-Room, 2
Compartments.)
(Chair Car: A
C Houston to Clovis.)
No. 6—Daily (The Ranger).
A
C Dormitory Parlor Lounge Car (Radio Equipped)...Fort
Worth to Chicago.
Sleeping Car...A C Galveston to
Chicago—6-Section, Drawing-room, 4 Double Bedrooms.
A C Galveston to
Fort Worth—10-Section, Drawing-room, 2 Compartments.
A C Galveston to
Chicago—10-Section, Lounge.
A C Houston to
Brownwood—10-Section, 2 Drawing-room (on No. 75 from Temple)
A C Wichita to
Chicago—8-Section, Drawing-room, 2 Compartments.
A C Kansas City to
Chicago—14-Section.
A
C Dining Car...Fort Worth to Chicago (Fred Harvey service).
A
C Chair Car...Galveston to Chicago. (Ladies' Lounge and
Men's
Dressing-room.) Tray Service (sandwiches, coffee, milk, etc.) from
Dining Car Fort Worth to Chicago.
(Sleeping Car: A C Oakland
to Houston—10-Section, Drawing-Room, 2 Compartments.)
(Chair Car: A C
Clovis to Houston.)
(Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Notes)
Santa
Fe
EQUIPMENT—TEXAS-OKLAHOMA-KANSAS CITY-CHICAGO-COLORADO-CALIFORNIA
No. 6—Daily (The Ranger).
A
C Santa Fe Dormitory Parlor-Lounge Car (Radio)...Fort
Worth to Kansas City.
Sleeping Car...A C Galveston to
Chicago—6-Section, 1 Drawing-room, 4 Double Bedrooms.
A C Galveston to
Chicago—10-Section, Observation.
A C Galveston to
Fort Worth—10-Section, 1 Drawing-room, 2 Compartments.
A C Houston to
Brownwood—10-Section, 2 Drawing-room.
A
C Dining Car...Fort Worth to Chicago (Fred Harvey service).
A
C Chair Car...Galveston to Chicago. (Ladies' Lounge and
Men's Dressing-room.) Chair Car attendant Galveston to Chicago.
A
C Chair Car...Houston to Oakland.
N
A C Chair Car...Houston to Los Angeles. (Tray service from
Dining Car.)
No. 5—Daily (The Ranger).
A
C Santa Fe Dormitory Parlor-Lounge Car (Radio)...Chicago
to Fort Worth.
Sleeping Car...A C Chicago to
Galveston—10-Section, Observation.
A C Chicago to
Galveston—6-Section, 1 Drawing-room, 4 Double Bedrooms.
A C Fort Worth to
Galveston—10-Section, 1 Drawing-room, 2 Compartments.
A C Brownwood to
Houston—10-Section, 2 Drawing-room.
A
C Dining Car...Chicago to Fort Worth (Fred Harvey service).
A
C Chair Car...Chicago to Galveston. (Ladies' Lounge and
Men's Dressing-Room.) Chair Car attendant Chicago to Galveston.
A
C Chair Car...Oakland to Houston.
N
A C Chair Car...Los Angeles to Houston. (Tray service from
Dining Car.)
A C—Indicates Air-Conditioned Equipment.
There is in Texas lore a story, which may well be apocryphal but which has been repeated so many times that it has become legend, of a mayor and city council in the late 19th century sending an urgent telegram requesting a company of Texas Rangers to help put down an incipient riot. When a single Ranger arrived on the next train, the puzzled mayor asked, "Where are the others?" "Others? You've only got one riot, ain't you?" was the immortal response.
The Texas Rangers are the oldest law enforcement agency on the North American continent to hold general statewide jurisdiction. They were organized by Stephen F. Austin in 1823, while Texas was still a Mexican colony, and have been in continuous operation since save for the post-Civil War Reconstruction era when all of Texas was under military governance. While I don't know for certain that this Santa Fe service, which was its premium offering in the Chicago-Texas market up until the debut of the Texas Chief in 1948, was actually named after the Texas Rangers it does seem likely, as the icon of the Ranger had already entered the public consciousness in literature and radio as a symbol of the Lone Star State. ("Who was that masked man?" "Hi-yo Silver, away!)