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The ''California Limited'' was one of the named passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It carried train Nos. 3 & 4 and ran between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. The line was conceived by company president Allen Manvel as a means to "signify completion of the basic Santa Fe system." Manvel felt he could attract business and enhance the prestige of the railroad with daily first-class service from Chicago to the West Coast. The ''California Limited'', billed as the "Finest Train West of Chicago," made its first run on November 27, 1892. The ''California Limited'' was the first Santa Fe train with Fred Harvey Company meal service. The later trains also offered air conditioning, a barber, beautician, steam-operated clothing press, even a shower-bath. The ''Limited'' was the first Santa Fe train with illuminated drumhead on its observation cars, with the train's name over the company logo. The ''California Limited'' was withdrawn on June 15, 1954, giving it the longest tenure of any train on the Chicago-Los Angeles run of the Santa Fe. ==History== The Santa Fe introduced the ''California Limited'' on November 27, 1892. The journey took 83 hours and 50 minutes and required fifteen locomotive changes. During the summer multiple sections were necessary to accommodate demand; reportedly 23 sections once operated from Chicago on one day. The train carried just Pullman sleeping cars (no coaches) until 1938. The Santa Fe re-equipped the ''California Limited'' in 1910 with a club-lounge, a twin-unit dining car, and new 7-2 (7 compartments, 2 drawing rooms) sleeping cars from Pullman.〔 The weekly extra-fare ''Santa Fe de Luxe'' in 1911 overshadowed the ''California Limited'', but it remained a popular train. The introduction of the ''Chief'' in 1926 eclipsed the ''California Limited'', although the train ran for another three decades.〔 In October 1953 it was scheduled to leave Los Angeles at 1815 with coaches and sleepers-- no diner and no lounge. Breakfast stop at Seligman, lunch stop at Winslow, dinner stop at Albuquerque; next morning at La Junta it would add a diner for the rest of the run to Chicago (scheduled arrival 0830). It ran via Pasadena, Great Bend and Topeka. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「California Limited」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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