Super Chief

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Super Chief was a famed luxury passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, renowned for its streamlined design and high-end service between Chicago and Los Angeles.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Super Chief canonical 10
Chief (ATSF train) 1
Super Chief/El Capitan 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf named train ⓘ
passenger train ⓘ
brandingTheme Southwestern and Native American motifs ⓘ
carBuilder Budd Company ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
culturalSignificance symbol of luxury rail travel in the United States ⓘ
distanceCategory transcontinental ⓘ
endPoint Los Angeles ⓘ
heritage predecessor of Amtrak Southwest Chief ⓘ
inauguralRunDate 1936-05-18 ⓘ
inauguralRunYear 1936 ⓘ
knownFor celebrity clientele ⓘ
high-end service ⓘ
onboard fine dining ⓘ
streamlined design ⓘ
locomotiveType EMD F-unit diesel locomotives ⓘ
linked to: EMD FT locomotive
nickname Train of the Stars ⓘ
notableEra streamliner era in the United States ⓘ
onboardService dining car ⓘ
lounge car ⓘ
observation car ⓘ
sleeping cars ⓘ
operatedAsFlagship Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway flagship train ⓘ
linked to: Southwest Chief
operator Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ⓘ
primaryRoute Chicago–Los Angeles ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
railroadDivision Santa Fe Railway ⓘ
railwayCompany Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ⓘ
rollingStockType streamlined stainless-steel cars ⓘ
routeEndpointsRegion Midwest to Pacific Coast ⓘ
routeRailroad Santa Fe main line via Arizona ⓘ
Santa Fe main line via Kansas ⓘ
Santa Fe main line via New Mexico ⓘ
serviceClass all-Pullman ⓘ
first-class ⓘ
serviceFrequency daily at peak operation ⓘ
serviceType luxury passenger service ⓘ
startPoint Chicago ⓘ
linked to: City of Chicago
steamToDieselConversion 1940s ⓘ
successorServiceName Amtrak Southwest Chief ⓘ
linked to: Southwest Chief
targetMarket Hollywood film stars ⓘ
affluent travelers ⓘ
business executives ⓘ
terminus Chicago, Illinois ⓘ
Los Angeles, California ⓘ
tractionType diesel ⓘ
originally steam ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Southwest Chief → successorTo → Super Chief ⓘ
Southwest Chief → successorTo → Super Chief/El Capitan ⓘ
linked to: Super Chief
Train of the Stars → nicknameOf → Super Chief ⓘ
Santa Fe main line via New Mexico → usedBy → Chief (ATSF train) ⓘ
linked to: Super Chief
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway → famousTrain → Super Chief ⓘ
subject linked to: AT&SF
El Capitan → competedWith → Super Chief ⓘ
El Capitan → sharedRouteWith → Super Chief ⓘ
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway → notablePassengerTrain → Super Chief ⓘ
subject linked to: Santa Fe