A conductor calling “All aboard” would have been completely appropriate as we took the huge step up into the Ford F-250 Super Chief concept truck, a design study created by a team headed by Ford North American Design Director Peter Horbury. Inspired by the Super Chief train first run by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in 1936, everything about Ford’s version is massive, powerful, elegant and distinctively American.

Understanding a bit more about the original Super Chief puts Ford’s star of the 2006 auto show circuit in perspective. The original locomotive’s streamlined profile was formed of steel and aluminum. The engines were so powerful that 2,200-mile trips from Chicago to Los Angeles were dispatched in fewer than 40 hours, a feat made possible by extended sections run at over 100 mph. Fitted with opulently crafted cars by The Pullman Palace Car Company, top-notch food and excellent service were hallmarks of what became known as “The Train of the Stars” thanks to the line’s popularity with the Hollywood crowd.

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