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Former teammate and American League President Bobby Brown noted his heritage and a popular railroad influenced the baseball media to use the nickname, " But for some of you too young to remember, the Santa Fe Railroad at that time had a crack train ( call the Superchief ) that ran from California to Chicago, and it was known for its elegance, its power and its speed.
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