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Th6 board agreed And ap- had hands-on 9perating experience: proved the expenditure., 7//*•2•:je 6 1 ·befo're•being•namedpresident. Bled- And spend he did. During 1934, ././. soe came to the presidency with a: Santa ·Fe.installed the new steam- strong backgrourid in law,-specializ-. - ejecton air-conditioning system in 66:. ' 'ing in land and railroad 16gal matters. A cars:,18 club-lounges,·:4 cafe-observa- , Perhaps because'he had n-o direct op- tions, ·14 dining'cars, 13 Pullman room : L erating experience, Bledsoe was never cars, and 17 Pullman observation cars. - 35.: reluctant to take Pri new'technology. Couiiting the 23 dining cars Santa Fe 39& I ....... ...... In hissix years leading.the Santa' Fe, previously had air-donditionedithe he demonstrated an enthusiasm 'for·' railway.was operating 89 air-condi-, '•." ·· ' -A'·' " /'CS;r · - l it,- and for the required monetary: in- ti6ned cars .by the end of'1934. This . vestment'in it. Notonly did lie direct: was the first ofaseriesof decisions •·• ., " ' ·' .· o ..:· the acquoition:of.new; advanced loco- ,that would see Santa Fe bffering. one• '" ·: .. • ..." lij)• · '.':• · : •• . ··•·,·4St ./< . r' motives (both steam and diesel); he of tlid finest and fastest long-distance :. 2, . L'O,Ni·j254*:,.,Ob,1 -:i« • • instituted neiv. high-speed; stream- -passenger-train fleets onthe continent. ·-" .· . :·Z·'·S·:.70., '33·'· ,-'' t':'-'i·-5 ......•,1 ' - :r 9,· C '.,11.'.»,:t': 1:if-5.-•; lined Bassenger'service and spent : On Mdy 29,1934, Bledsoe con- • ·, . -, · ':042 , -.'*·) '•, . •••• _ ':26: .42.·,r.K= large sums on impr6ving the physical vincedthe board to approve·the'air- : , " · ..1 '· .,·'· • •" ·- plant and modernizing the tight of. conditioning of 30.Pullman sleeping " 7 .i:. -. -'-•'-::..: ",-1.• :S:".... '-,.C. I ........... I way to accommodate it. cars; The following year Santa Fe.' .· .::...·.(042,2.·;.·'.:i':.1.-:·: -:ri......:...." -' The drastic reduction in busibiess added even more air-conditioned ·· '/-·,"·'ie.•e:F....1.....·r:.: ..7.'.;....7I• 't::....13:'....•/it,·.•..:':i.•.·.·•·1,·... activity and personal travel br6ught standard Pullman sleepers,·club-: - .'':'. '2,'A....:' 042-*•,ST·. '-.. ,042E .* .Ff.*..'.- .,·*,·'t S. ". -:t' .. '.1.. about by the Depression severely af- lounges,· and diners to its Beat. The «: :-,·" . -036•• ', ·' . '·· ·::3 •:,I....2. fected freight and passenger. service. · estimated cost ofeach cars conver- :' ·· ··· - i' '. ..'.....:; '•I.·'.-'.·i -....:.'.. ...:':.·'y · .·'.., f.. ..'): Losses were exhcerbated by, three fac- sion:.$8000. · tors: the rapid rise in private auto· '.· ': 1 ·......1i /...: ··..1 :I...i..9...1: i :t ; ..., :p ·-· • ·· : 042 ·,..&:.·3'1 .'l·042k:.042 •• . •· ''. " · -, ..:. ' ownership, 'which pumrheled intra- BOX-CAB DIESELS AND ·4394«1·)!042't '.'·ij-'•..:,M:·F .·-F state passenger patronage; the fledg- • .- HEAVYWEIGHT CARS Vp·4%0:18*·., 042'··..A.· ( I. .... .. I. A....'.;....:...,t:t''l•-'.:.9'.:. ':':. i:,i,1:':........•'.:........;., i,e, ;.•1 *M:. 3':i.;·.:· '·-1 ling air-transport industry;.and the Having introduced air conditioned "# 11.·.·",<'.1 .",'.'042i.'·.•'·,f•" t. ....':'.,-:.:'...:.'. expansion of the interstate trucking, comfort for first-class passengers be- f.• :......i:..:2:.•F.:,'' . 2••• ,•••·•.,•• '. ':..P'....'...'I.:i:.:t•f industry,.which·cut freight reveriues, yond dining cars, Bledsoe then -tutned . especially less-than-carlobd·business. to motive,powen Hewas aware of the 'A:......6..... />.:.:! 0.2.., ie." t.,0.-, ''·,042.-.':042,4,:.+,...:.'.;'.:;'4,..A 042rit,<, ... 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Etter, vice president, operations. his untried idea df a diesel-powered . 43·....(a:*,s); F:ep-'., ·· They were adare of both.the need'for mainlihe locomotive with an enclosed 5973»Zi#WiP• .•..Iirr:. 2.... advanced locomotive technologi for body, and main frame fabricated from • • . faster freight'schedules that would re- structural steel.. Dildorth was intent.·.1 39...:4 ..11'.:.:ty:-,sf.:7 6•N.TA....lI*. •7,;ii .:1'· k.''r·' ..;· P;;i·:94: ·•042..1.,L--/ . ·····4,:, .' cover lost· traffic, as well as the need' 00, creating a 3600 h.p. multiple-unit to boost passenger.patronage. .locomotife poweifd·by foui of the new •· " •:·'.:1.4.27,•U I ., .. 6 At the Santa.Fe directors:meeting • 900 h.p. Winton·201A diesel engines,. ,- ' .1 '111 of November 28, 1933, Bledsoe 9 ,/49•2:•lfr29• ·......,• ... : . 44441*FS.ts.. 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