When I rode what was then Amquack's (Trak's) "Southwest Chief" with my dad from LA to Chicago on 21 day Rail Passes ,then being offered. The train was essentially the old combined Super Chief El Capitain but the cars had all be painted in phase I Stripes and a few redecorated inside.Kato's train could represent the front half of the train,Kato's Pooper Chief cars if painted Phase I with no rear lounge obs car would be the rear. About a year later Santa Fe said Amtrak was not maintaining high enough standards to use the Chief name,train then became the "Southwest Limited". Later it became the "Southwest Thief" (late running trains )Chief again. Nate Goodman (Nato).Salt Lake, Utah.
