The California Special at Houston, Texas, June 21, 1968.
The train will connect with the San Francisco Chief at Clovis, New Mexico.
(Photo by Joe McMillan. Fair Use, Title 17, Section 107)
TEXAN (ATSF)
The Texan was a named passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. In 1948 the Texan's endpoints included Chicago, Illinois–Los Angeles, California–Houston, Texas–Oakland, California.
The train operated in the following years: 1915–1918; 1931; and 1936–1954.
It later became part of the California Special.
In Brown County, Texas
The Texan started as a named passenger train that was Train No. 80 eastbound, which was applied to the eastbound train from Clovis to Temple, as part or the California Special. This special train started at the same time as the westbound California Special on February 7, 1915. About 1954, The Texan name was dropped in favor of the California Special. In 1936, the train left Sweetwater at 7:45 pm and arrived in Brownwood at 10:30 pm.
