Equipment Used
The initial equipment roster (two separate "pocket streamliner" consists) was as follows:
- EMC E1A Locomotives #5 – #6
- Baggage-Dormitory-Chair car (32 seats) #3480 – #3481
- Chair car (52 seats) #3103 – #3104
- Lunch Counter-Diner #3105 – #3106
- Chair car (52 seats for women and children) #3105 – #3106
- Round-end Chair car / Observation (50 seats) #3198 – #3199
A typical El Capitan consist in the late 1940s:
- EMD F3A Locomotive #23L
- EMD F3B Locomotive #23A
- EMD F3B Locomotive #23B
- EMD F3A Locomotive #23C
- Baggage-Mail #3405
- Chair car (44 seats) #2891
- Chair car (44 seats) #2864
- Lunch Counter-Diner #1599
- Chair car (44 seats) #2911
- Chair car (44 seats) #2888
- Club-Lounge #1347
- Chair car (44 seats) #2865
- Chair car (44 seats) #2905
- Lunch Counter-Diner #1553
- Chair car (44 seats) #2876
- Round-end Chair car / Observation (38 seats) #3197
Between 1954 and 1956, El Cap ran with virtually the same consist as is shown immediately above, save for the "Big Dome"-Lounge that replaced the mid-train club-lounge car.
On July 15, 1956 a new, "Hi-Level" streamliner consist debuted:
- EMD F7A Locomotive #327L
- EMD F7B Locomotive #327A
- EMD F7B Locomotive #327B
- EMD F7B Locomotive #44A
- EMD F7A Locomotive #44L
- Baggage #3521
- Baggage-Dormitory "Transition Car" 3480
- Hi-Level Step-down Chair car (68 seats) #536
- Hi-Level Chair car (72 seats) #714
- Hi-Level Chair car (72 seats) #722
- Hi-Level Diner (80 seats) #653
- Hi-Level "Top Of The Cap" Lounge (88 seats) #577
- Hi-Level Chair car (72 seats) #700
- Hi-Level Chair car (72 seats) #709
- Hi-Level Chair car (72 seats) #717
- Hi-Level Step-down Chair car (68 seats) #529
Santa Fe purchased enough "Hi-Level" equipment to create six complete, nine-car consists. Additionally, six of the railroad's older baggage-dormitory cars had a cosmetic fairing applied to the rear roofline in order to create the distinctive "transition" cars and maintain a streamlined appearance on El Capitan. The real transition cars were the 68-seat step down chair cars, which had a regular-height diaphragm at one end, and a high-level at the other. The dining cars rode on special six-wheel trucks due to their massive weight (all other cars rode on conventional four-wheel trucks). The "Big Domes" were transferred to the Chief pool.
A typical El Capitan consist from the late 1960s (combined with the Super Chief):
- EMD FP45 Locomotive #104
- EMD FP45 Locomotive #101
- Baggage #3671
- Baggage #3553
- Baggage-Dormitory "Transition Car" #3478
- Hi-Level Step-down Chair car (68 seats) #549
- Hi-Level Chair car (72 seats) #731
- Hi-Level Diner (80 seats) #654
- Hi-Level Lounge (88 seats) #575
- Hi-Level Chair car (72 seats) #725
- Hi-Level Step-down Chair car (68 seats) #542
- Sleeper Pine Cove (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)
- Sleeper Indian Mesa (11 double bedrooms)
- "Turquoise Room"-"Pleasure Dome"-Lounge #504
- Fred Harvey Company Diner #600 (48 seats)
- Sleeper Indian Flute (11 double bedrooms)
- Sleeper Palm Leaf (10 roomettes, 6 double bedrooms)
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