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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 ...
Much of the line south to Bakersfield was constructed in the 1890s as part of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railroad. Passenger service between Richmond and Oakland began in June 1904. [3] Passenger service on that segment ended in the 1950s. [4] The Valley Division and Los Angeles Division were merged into the "California Division ...
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 ...
The Texas Chief was a passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway between Chicago, Illinois and Galveston, Texas. It was the first Santa Fe "Chief" outside the Chicago–Los Angeles routes. The Santa Fe conveyed the Texas Chief to Amtrak in 1971, which renamed it the Lone Star in 1974. The train was discontinued in 1979.
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway: Butte County Railroad: SP: 1903 1915 N/A Leased the Chico and Northern Railroad: Butte and Plumas Railway: WP: 1902 1905 Western Pacific Railway: California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway: ATSF: 1911 1963 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: California Central Railroad: 1912 1930 N/A California Central ...
Rio Grande, El Paso and Santa Fe Railroad: Rio Grande, El Paso and Santa Fe Railroad: ATSF: 1914 1994 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway: Rio Grande, Micolithic and Northern Railway: 1926 1929 N/A Rio Grande Northern Railroad: 1893 1897 N/A Rio Grande and Pecos Railway: 1882 1884 Rio Grande and Eagle Pass Railway: Rio Valley Railroad: RVRR 1993
The Southern Transcon is a main line of the BNSF Railway comprising 11 subdivisions between Southern California and Chicago, Illinois.Completed in its current alignment in 1908 by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, when it opened the Belen Cutoff in New Mexico (going through eastern New Mexico, northwestern Texas, briefly part of western Oklahoma and to Kansas) and bypassed the steep ...