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    The Southwest Chief (formerly the Southwest Limited and Super Chief) is a long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak on a 2,265-mile (3,645 km)...
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  • Chiefs, a fictional ice hockey team in Slap Shot Chief (train), a named passenger train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Southwest Chief Amtrak's...
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    allowed Amtrak to rename its train to the Southwest Chief. Santa Fe's marketing advantage for the Super Chief lay in the geography of the route as well...
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  • Southwest Airlines Co. is a major airline in the United States that operates on a low-cost carrier model. It is headquartered in Love Field, Dallas, in...
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    Passenger Rail. In spring 2017, Colorado enacted legislation creating the Southwest Chief & Front Range Passenger Rail Commission, effective July 1 of that year...
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    the expanding highway system. For passenger service, currently the Southwest Chief Amtrak route runs through the state on its route from Chicago, Illinois...
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  • National Chief may refer to: National Chief, a proposed Amtrak service involving the through-running of the Southwest Chief and Capitol Limited (Amtrak...
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    originate and terminate here: the Coast Starlight to Seattle, the Southwest Chief and Texas Eagle to Chicago, and the Sunset Limited to New Orleans....
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    2021. Luczak, Marybeth (July 1, 2022). "NTSB Investigation of Amtrak Southwest Chief Derailment Under Way, BNSF Track Opens, Lawsuits Filed". Railway Age...
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    On June 27, 2022, the Southwest Chief, a passenger train operated by Amtrak, derailed near the small town of Mendon, Missouri. The derailment was caused...
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    Illinois, the trains share their route with the California Zephyr and Southwest Chief; the remainder of the route (Galesburg–Quincy) is served exclusively...
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    operating the Auto Train in 1983. In 1984 Amtrak renamed the Southwest Limited to the Southwest Chief alongside the deployment of Superliner equipment, and also...
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    permitted Amtrak to restore the name Chief to the train, and Amtrak renamed it the Southwest Chief on October 28, 1984. The Chief was the first train to receive...
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    Madison is the Mississippi river crossing and station stop for Amtrak's Southwest Chief. Fort Madison has one of two remaining double swing-span bridges on...
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    "Proposed Southwest Chief stop in Pueblo could mean $1.4 million in tickets, Amtrak says" https://www.denverpost.com/2016/07/07/amtrak-pueblo-stop-southwest-chief-train/...
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    running over the same route. Today, the Southwest Chief remains the only train serving the former route of the Chief. In 1926 the Atchison, Topeka and Santa...
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    shut down. Amtrak currently operates two routes via Kansas City, the Southwest Chief to Chicago or Los Angeles, and the Missouri River Runner to St. Louis...
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    the construction of the Cameron Connector southwest of town enabled Amtrak to reroute the Southwest Chief via the Mendota Subdivision and join the California...
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    and intermediate points. A successor to the Super Chief and El Capitan,: 115  the Southwest Chief is permitted a maximum speed of 90 mph (140 km/h) in...
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    Using the BNSF trackage, Amtrak provides passenger rail service on its Southwest Chief line between Chicago and Los Angeles. Amtrak's Dodge City station is...
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    International Airport to Flagstaff for connection with the Los Angeles-Chicago Southwest Chief. Phoenix is also served by Greyhound bus service, which stops at 24th...
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    regular passenger trains outside of the Chicago Subdivision. Amtrak's Southwest Chief runs once daily in each direction on the Transcon, but via the Glorieta...
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    Service (Chicago – St. Louis) Pere Marquette (Chicago – Grand Rapids) Southwest Chief (Chicago – Los Angeles) Texas Eagle (Chicago – San Antonio/Los Angeles)...
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  • Look up southwest or southwestern in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Southwest is a compass point. Southwest, south-west, south west, southwestern or...
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    the famed El Capitan and Super Chief. Now part of the BNSF system, this remains the route of Amtrak's Southwest Chief, with one passenger train each direction...
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    Darling is tied directly to the railroad that crosses through it. The Southwest Chief has been a regular visitor and for many years it was served by the...
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    The Southwestern United States, also known as the American Southwest or simply the Southwest, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States...
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    downtown, the Kingman station has daily services on Amtrak's Amtrak Southwest Chief between Los Angeles and Chicago. The historically significant station...
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    City and the Southwest Chief in Newton, Kansas, with one stop in Wichita. The schedule runs mostly overnight because the Southwest Chief running both...
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    sole remaining major train crossing Raton Pass today is the daily Southwest Chief, in both directions, between Los Angeles and Chicago. U.S. Highway...
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