Scout (train)

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Scout
Ad in Life Magazine, April 1940
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Discontinued
Locale	Western United States
First service	January 16, 1916 (1916-01-16)
Last service	1948 (1948)
Successor	El Capitan, San Francisco Chief Unnamed local services
Former operator(s)	Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway
Route
Termini	Chicago, Illinois Los Angeles, California and Oakland, California
Service frequency	Daily
Train number(s)	1: westbound 2: eastbound (1920–1921) 10: eastbound (1916–1920, 1921–1948)
On-board services
Seating arrangements	Chair Cars (1946)
Sleeping arrangements	Sections, Double Bedrooms, Compartments, Drawing room Tourist sleeper (1946)
Catering facilities	Dining car
Observation facilities	Dormitory Lounge Car
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Route map v t e Legend 1937 Chicago Illinois   Iowa   Missouri Kansas City Missouri Kansas Ottawa Junction Emporia Newton Wichita Wellington Kansas Oklahoma Waynoka Oklahoma Texas Canadian Amarillo Texas New Mexico Clovis Vaughn Belen New Mexico Arizona Williams Ash Fork Arizona California Kingman Needles Barstow San Bernardino Pasadena Los Angeles Bakersfield Fresno Merced Stockton Richmond Berkeley Oakland

The Scout was one of the named passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It started as train Nos. 1 (westbound) & 10 (eastbound) between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California. Inaugurated on January 16, 1916, this "budget" heavyweight train had tourist sleeping cars with upper and lower berths, "chair" cars (coaches) and an open-end observation car.

The train was assigned Nos. 1 & 2 in 1920 and reverted to Nos. 1 & 10 a year later. In summer 1926 it left Chicago at 1115 and arrived Los Angeles at 0900 three days later, running via Ottawa Jct, Amarillo and Fullerton. In November 1939 it left at 2045 and arrived 0700, sixty hours on the same route except via Pasadena.

The Scout made its last run in 1948.^[1]