This El Capitan ad is using a reprint of an early black and white postcard image. Note the front end of the Electromotive E1A locomotive is different than the later F7 units modeled by Lionel for the 6-30001 El Capitan set.
Early El Capitan postcard with the same Electromotive E1A locomotive pictured as above.
EL CAPITAN — This Santa Fe day-saving, dollar-saving transcontinental streamlined train is dedicated entirely to the service of chair-car passengers. It makes the 2227-mile journey between Chicago and Los Angeles twice-weekly as swiftly as the fastest luxury streamliners—in just 39 3/4 hours. El Capitan, behind a 3600 H.P. Deisel-electric locomotive, capable of 120 miles an hour, carries 6 or more ultra-modern air-conditioned lightweight streamlined stainless steel cars—including beautifully appointed 52-seat chair cars with spacious dressing rooms; a modern club-chair car; and a unique Fred Harvey lunch counter-dining car.
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