santa-fes-fast-mail-and-chiefhttps://www.trains.com/ctr/photos-videos/photo-of-the-day/santa-fes-fast-mail-and-chief/Santa Fe’s Fast Mail and Chief | Classic Trains MagazineClassic Trains magazine celebrates the 'golden years of railroading' including the North American railroad scene from the late 1920s to the late 1970s. Giant steam locomotives, colorful streamliners, great passenger trains, passenger terminals, timeworn railroad cabooses, recollections of railroaders and train-watchers.https://www.trains.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/20130128.jpgInStockUSD1.001.00photo-of-the-dayphotos-videosarticleCTR2021-01-062013-01-2843600
An A-B-B set of F7’s leads the Santa Fe’s Fast Mail Express toward Los Angeles at West Victorville, Calif., in 1950. The train’s 14-car consist is heavy with baggage, express, and mail storage cars, but it also includes a Railway Post Office car. A baggage-coach combine brought up the rear as a rider car for the train crew and deadheading railroaders. In the background, the eastbound Chief dashes for Chicago. Stan Kistler photo