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The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (reporting mark ATSF), often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the largest Class 1 railroads in the United States between 1859 and 1996. [ 1 ] The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport ; at various times, it operated an airline, the short-lived Santa Fe Skyway, and the ...
A map of the "Grand Canyon Route" of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway c. 1901 The Chief in 1929 at the Dodge City, Kansas depot ATSF President Ernest S. Marsh (right) aboard the Chief in 1966 In 1926 the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway inaugurated the all- Pullman , extra-fare Chief as a supplement to the California Limited between ...
A map depicting the "Grand Canyon Route" of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway c. 1901. Santa Fe's marketing advantage for the Super Chief lay in the geography of the route as well as its ownership. The Santa Fe began as a rail line along the old Santa Fe and Spanish Trails, from the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers (at ...
The Santa Fe began operating a Dodge City–Great Bend–Newton round trip, trains 311/312, which connected with the Chicagoan and Kansas Cityan at Newton in both directions. [24] The Chicagoan began making local stops east of Kansas City only for passengers coming from train 312.
The Santa Fe combined the Super Chief and El Capitan on January 12, 1958. The combined train used the Super Chief's numbers, 17 and 18, but the Santa Fe continued to use both names. [10] On its formation Amtrak continued the combined Super Chief/El Capitan designation until April 29, 1973, when it dropped the El Capitan portion. [11]
Algoma Central Railway (AC) Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) Atlantic Coast Line Railroad (ACL) Auto-Train Corporation (AUT) Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (BAR) Beaumont, Sour Lake and Western Railway [1] Boston and Albany Railroad (B&A) Boston and Maine Corporation (BM) Buffalo Bayou, Brazos ...
North Texas and Santa Fe Railway: ATSF: 1916 1948 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: Northeast Oklahoma Railroad: NEO SLSF: 1919 1967 St. Louis – San Francisco Railway: Oil Fields and Santa Fe Railway: ATSF: 1915 1941 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: Oil Fields Short Line Railroad: 1916 1923 N/A Oil Belt Terminal Railway: ATSF: 1914 ...
Santa Fe San Diegan at the San Diego depot (1945 postcard) In the late 1930s streamlined trains were in transition. While fixed consists such as the Union Pacific Railroad 's M-10000 were out (the last, the Illinois Central 121 , had been built in 1936), [ 4 ] railroads still ordered sets of equipment with the intention that those sets stay ...