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Unveiled in May 1937, the "Super Chief" was Santa Fe's finest diesel-powered streamliner. Racing from Chicago to Los Angeles in just 39 hours and 45 minutes (the fastest schedule at the time), it quickly became the favorite train of the rich and powerful.
As service expanded, the train was updated several times; cars from Budd, Pullman-Standard and American Car & Foundry were in regular use by 1951. To the casual observer, the lightweight, stainless steel, fluted-side cars looked the same. But to modelers and passenger car fans, the differences are significant.
Based on the "Super Chief" of the early 1950s (when the train was at its best), Walthers authentic models feature a real metal finish to simulate stainless steel, prototypically tinted windows and factory-installed metal grab irons.
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