| CAR NAME |
Shadowlined |
Two Tone Gray |
| Antelope Valley |
10 18 48 |
03 03 50 |
| Blue Valley |
- |
01 11 50 |
| Chama Valley |
11 16 48 |
05 14 51 |
| Cimarron Valley |
04 22 49 |
09 26 52 |
| Cottonwood
Valley |
09 21 48 |
04 02 51 |
| Eagle Nest
Valley |
08 12 48 |
10 31 50 |
| Hidden Valley |
12 15 49 |
12 15 50
(Calumet) |
| Kaw Valley |
10 11 48 |
02 16 51 |
| Mescalero Valley |
01 04 49 |
07 16 51 |
| Monument Valley |
08 26 48 |
12 28 50 |
| Paradise Valley |
01 25 49 |
04 09 51 |
| Pecos Valley |
06 08 49 |
06 24 52 |
| Pleasant Valley |
03 09 49
08 12 49 |
05 10 51 |
| Red River Valley |
03 22 49 |
10 26 51 |
| Red Rock Valley |
- |
02 16 50 |
| Redondo Valley |
12 30 49 |
12 30 50
(Calumet) |
| Rio Grande
Valley |
10 21 49 |
04 06 53
(Calumet) |
| Salt River
Valley |
02 12 49 |
02 13 52 |
| San Miguel
Valley |
12 04 48 |
03 22 52 |
| Sunshine Valley |
- |
01 20 50 |
| Surprise Valley |
02 11 48
(St.
Louis)
07 15 49 |
03 10 53
(Calumet) |
| Sweetwater
Valley |
12 04
47
(Calumet)
04 27
49 |
12 27 51 |
| Taos Valley |
12 15 47
(Calumet) |
02 13 50
(Calumet) |
| Tesuque Valley |
05 03 49 |
01 23 53
(Calumet) |
| Verde Valley |
01 02
48
(Calumet)
06 14
49 |
04 09 53 |
| Whitewater
Valley |
11 28
47
(Calumet)
04 01
49 |
05 28 52 |
|
After the war the decision was made to make the Super Chief a
daily train and to introduce a new streamline Chicago- Texas train, the Texas
Chief. Cars builders needed to retool after their efforts in war production and
had a huge backlog of orders to fill.
Heavyweight diners and
lounge cars along with the pre-war 6-6-4 Valley series cars were refurbished
and used to fill the gap until orders arrived. The coach green and two-tone
gray cars were repainted aluminum color and "shadow-lined", a paint method used
to simulate fluting on non-fluted cars. This was accomplished by masking lines
along the car and using a spray gun to feather the gray underneath the tape.
When the tape was removed a sharp edge was left over the feathering. The cars
looked good and passed the 50-50 rule (50 feet or 50 m.p.h.).
Between 8/48 and 12/49 22 of the 26 Valley series were brought
to the Richmond shops to be painted under Pullman Special Order 1030:
Shadowline Paint Exterior CED3572D.
By late 1949 Santa Fe had
received large numbers of the post-war cars to replace the shadow-lined cars in
the name trains and on December 8 the head of the Santa Fe mechanical
department J.P. Morris issued instructions for shadow-lined cars to be returned
to the shop for repainting in the Santa Fe post war version of two-tone gray.
The first car through the Richmond shops was Blue Valley on January 11, 1950.
Verde Valley arrived in Richmond and was the last car repainted into the
two-tone gray April 9, 1053.
(Note: Redondo Valley arrived in
Richmond November 29, 1949. It went into the shops on December 9 and was
released in shadowline paint 12/30 after the order had been issued by Santa
Fe.) |
