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Image:Fa 472 enginethruwall970.jpg|{{Fa 472 enginethruwall970.jpg/credit}}<br />Santa Fe #19L, leading the combined ''[[Super Chief]] / El Capitan'', comes to rest after smashing through a concrete barrier at Los Angeles Union Station in January, 1948.
Image:OP-2149.jpg|{{OP-2149.jpg/credit}}<br />Train #21, ''El Capitan'', rolls down the Raton Pass near Lynn, New Mexico. Four EMD F3 units, led by engine #20, power the 11-car consist. The debut of the line's signature "Big Dome" and "Hi-Level" passenger cars is still four years off.
Image:OP-2149.jpg|{{OP-2149.jpg/credit}}<br />Train #21, ''El Capitan'', rolls down the Raton Pass near Lynn, New Mexico. Four EMD F3 units, led by engine #20, power the 11-car consist. The debut of the line's signature "Big Dome" and "Hi-Level" passenger cars is still four years off.
Image:Santa Fe big dome car 1954.jpg|{{Santa Fe big dome car 1954.jpg/credit}}<br />An interior photo of one of the "Big Dome" cars which the Santa Fe introduced on its ''El Capitan'' and ''[[San Francisco Chief]]'' trains in 1954. The dome extended over the roof of the entire car, as opposed to standard domed cars whose domes occupied only a portion of the car's roof.
Image:Santa Fe big dome car 1954.jpg|{{Santa Fe big dome car 1954.jpg/credit}}<br />An interior photo of one of the "Big Dome" cars which the Santa Fe introduced on its ''El Capitan'' and ''[[San Francisco Chief]]'' trains in 1954. The dome extended over the roof of the entire car, as opposed to standard domed cars whose domes occupied only a portion of the car's roof.
Image:ATSF506-60.jpg|{{ATSF506-60.jpg/credit}}<br />One of Santa Fe's "Big Dome"-Lounge cars originally built by the Budd Company for ''El Capitan''; eventually, these cars would find their way into consists on nearly every main line. Unit #506 (shown above) was the only unit retained by the Santa Fe after 1971 (its designation changed to #60); all the rest had been sold to [[Auto-Train]].  The car "lives" today as a member of the [[BNSF Railway]] roster as BNSF31, the [http://rr-fallenflags.org/bnsf/bnsf-co31aks.jpg ''Bay View''].
Image:ATSF506-60.jpg|{{ATSF506-60.jpg/credit}}<br />One of Santa Fe's "Big Dome"-Lounge cars originally built by the Budd Company for ''El Capitan''; eventually, these cars would find their way into consists on nearly every main line. Unit #506 (shown above) was the only unit retained by the Santa Fe after 1971 (its designation changed to #60); all the rest had been sold to [[Auto-Train]].  The car "lives" today as a member of the [[BNSF Railway]] roster as BNSF31, the [http://rr-fallenflags.org/bnsf/bnsf-co31aks.jpg ''Bay View''].
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