Texas Chief

Texas Chief
The Dallas section of the Texas Chief in 1964
Overview
Service typeInter-city rail
First serviceApril 3, 1948
Last serviceMay 19, 1974
SuccessorLone Star
Former operator(s)
Route
TerminiChicago, Illinois
Galveston, Texas
Distance travelled1,410 miles (2,270 km)
Service frequencyDaily
Train number(s)15 (west), 16 (east)
On-board services
Seating arrangementsChair cars (also: ladies lounge and men's dressing room) (1950)
Sleeping arrangementsSections, roomettes, double bedroom, drawing rooms, compartment
Catering facilitiesDining car
Observation facilitiesLounge car
Route map
Chicago
Joliet
Streator
Chillicothe
Galesburg
Fort Madison
Fort Madison
closed
1968
Shopton
La Plata
Marceline
Kansas City
Emporia
Newton
Wichita
Winfield
Arkansas City
Ponca City
Perry
Guthrie
Oklahoma City
Norman
Purcell
Pauls Valley
Ardmore
Marietta
Gainesville
Fort Worth
Cleburne
McGregor
Temple
Bellville Yard
Houston
Galveston

The Texas Chief was a passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway between Chicago, Illinois and Galveston, Texas. It was the first Santa Fe "Chief" outside the Chicago–Los Angeles routes. The Santa Fe conveyed the Texas Chief to Amtrak in 1971, which renamed it the Lone Star in 1974. The train was discontinued in 1979.