Santa Fe El Capitan Streamliner Train Postcard 1938 Diesel Locomotive Railroad

Description

View Santa Fe El Capitan Streamliner Train Postcard 1938 Diesel Locomotive Railroad with current marketplace pricing, condition, product images and item details. Depicts the Santa Fe 'El Capitan' streamliner, Chicago–Los Angeles all-chair-car service. Santa Fe herald logo printed on back; official railway advertising card. Light corner wear and edge softening; image clean and fully legible. Santa Fe El Capitan Streamliner Train Postcard 1938 Diesel Locomotive Railroad Santa Fe Railway advertising postcard picturing the 'El Capitan' — billed as the world's fastest and only all-chair-car transcontinental streamliner — with its distinctive Santa Fe diesel-electric locomotive nose at the station platform. Depicts the Santa Fe 'El Capitan' streamliner, Chicago–Los Angeles all-chair-car service Descriptive back text touts the 2227-mile run in 39¾ hours behind an 1800 H.P. diesel-electric Santa Fe herald logo printed on back; official railway advertising card Postally used, franked with 1¢ Washington stamp and a Railway Mail Service (R.M.S.) cancel, Kansas Addressed to Mrs. C. R. Schott, Burbank, California Light corner and edge wear; sepia image clean and sharp Condition Sepia-tone printed advertising postcard, postally used with pencil message and RPO cancel. Light corner wear and edge softening; image clean and fully legible. Shipping & Packaging How a card ships depends on its price, and the rate is shown on every listing before you buy. Card under $20 — $1.00 flat . Semi-rigid protective sleeve, sent tracked by eBay Standard Envelope. $20 to $100 — postage calculated at checkout for your address. Rigid stay-flat mailer, USPS Ground Advantage, tracked, with $100 of carrier insurance included. Over $100 — postage calculated at checkout . Rigid mailer, UPS Ground, insured for the full purchase price. Orders over $250 require a signature on delivery. Buying more than one? They travel together in a single well-protected package, and shipping is charged per card at the rate shown on each listing. On a larger order we will often upgrade the whole lot into one tracked stay-flat package at our own cost — you are never charged more than the rates above. About Scanthology Scanthology specializes in carefully digitized vintage paper. Every card is scanned at high resolution, stored flat, and shipped protected. Questions welcome -- Condition: Used. Category: Collectibles › Postcards & Supplies › Postcards › Topographical Postcards.

Subject

Railroad / Santa Fe El Capitan Streamliner

Type

Printed Advertising Postcard

Era

White Border (1915-1930s)