Apache (train)

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Apache
Overview
Service type Inter-city rail
StatusDiscontinued
Locale Southern California, Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Illinois
First serviceApril 1, 1926 (1926-04-01)
Last serviceFebruary 13, 1938
Former operator(s) Southern Pacific
Rock Island
Route
Termini Los Angeles
Chicago
Technical
Track gauge 4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map
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Chicago
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Illinois
Iowa
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Davenport
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Minneapolis
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St. Paul
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Minnesota
Iowa
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Des Moines
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Iowa
Missouri
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Kansas City
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Missouri
Kansas
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Topeka
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Herington
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McPherson
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Hutchinson
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Liberal
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Kansas
Oklahoma
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Texhoma
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Oklahoma
Texas
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Dalhart
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Texas
New Mexico
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Tucumcari
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Palomas
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Montoya
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Newkirk
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Cuervo
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Los Tanos
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Santa Rosa
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Pintado
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Pastura
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Vaughn
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Duran
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Torrance
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Varney
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Corona
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Gallinas
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Tecolote
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Luna
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Ancho
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Coyote
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Carrizozo
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Oscura
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Three Rivers
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Tularosa
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Alamogordo
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Velmont
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Turquise
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Orogrande
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New Mexico
Texas
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Newman
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Planeport
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Fort Bliss
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El Paso
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Texas
New Mexico
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New Mexico
Arizona
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Douglas
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Bisbee Junction
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Fairbank
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Tucson
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Casa Grande
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Phoenix
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Yuma
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Arizona
California
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Palm Springs
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Alhambra
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Los Angeles

The Apache was a passenger train of the Southern Pacific on its route between Los Angeles and Tucumcari, New Mexico, and over the connecting Rock Island to Chicago. Service over this route had begun as the Golden State Express on February 1, 1925, until the name was changed to Apache. Trains initially carried coaches plus standard and tourist sleepers between Los Angeles and Chicago. On December 11, 1932, the Great Depression caused consolidation of the Apache with Rock Island trains 7 and 14 east of Tucumcari. The train added standard sleepers between Los Angeles and Minneapolis, Minnesota, and between Chicago and Mexico City via Phoenix, Arizona, in October, 1933. Rock Island resumed operation of the Apache as a separate train on June 1, 1935. The Minneapolis and Mexico City sleepers were eliminated from the train on November 1, 1937, and the Apache was eliminated in favor of the Golden State Limited on February 13, 1938. [1]

References

  1. Beebe, Lucius (1963). The Central Pacific and the Southern Pacific Railroads. Berkeley, California: Howell-North Books. pp. 620–621.