Santa Fe Railway
Author : Steve Glischinski
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 37,94 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 9781616731670
Author : Steve Glischinski
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 37,94 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Railroads
ISBN : 9781616731670
Author : Keith L. Bryant Jr.
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 38,14 MB
Release : 2020-09
Category : History
ISBN : 1496222733
Cyrus K. Holliday envisioned a railroad that would run from Kansas to the Pacific, increasing the commerce and prosperity of the nation. With farsighted investors and shrewd management, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway grew from Holliday’s idea into a model of the modern, rapid, and efficient railroad. There were many growing pains early on, including rustlers, thieves, and desperadoes as well as the nineteenth century’s economic and climatic hardships. The railroad eventually extended from Chicago to San Francisco, with substantial holdings in oil fields, timber land, uranium mines, pipelines, and real estate. This is the first comprehensive history of the iconic Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, from its birth in 1859 to its termination in 1996. This volume discusses the construction and operation of the railway, the strategies of its leaders, the evolution of its locomotive fleet, and its famed passenger service with partner Fred Harvey. The vast changes within the nation’s railway system led to a merger with the Burlington Northern and the creation of the BNSF Railway. An iconic railroad, the Santa Fe at its peak operated thirteen thousand miles of routes and served the southwestern region of the nation with the corporate slogan “Santa Fe All the Way.” This new edition covers almost twenty-five more years of history, including the merger of the Santa Fe and Burlington Northern railroads and new material on labor, minorities, and women on the carrier along with new and updated maps and photographs.
Author : Keith L. Bryant Jr.
Publisher : Bison Books
Page : 431 pages
File Size : 26,13 MB
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1496214102
Cyrus K. Holliday envisioned a railroad that would run from Kansas to the Pacific, increasing the commerce and prosperity of the nation. With farsighted investors and shrewd management, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway grew from Holliday’s idea into a model of the modern, rapid, and efficient railroad. There were many growing pains early on, including rustlers, thieves, and desperadoes as well as the nineteenth century’s economic and climatic hardships. The railroad eventually extended from Chicago to San Francisco, with substantial holdings in oil fields, timber land, uranium mines, pipelines, and real estate. This is the first comprehensive history of the iconic Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, from its birth in 1859 to its termination in 1996. This volume discusses the construction and operation of the railway, the strategies of its leaders, the evolution of its locomotive fleet, and its famed passenger service with partner Fred Harvey. The vast changes within the nation’s railway system led to a merger with the Burlington Northern and the creation of the BNSF Railway. An iconic railroad, the Santa Fe at its peak operated thirteen thousand miles of routes and served the southwestern region of the nation with the corporate slogan “Santa Fe All the Way.” This new edition covers almost twenty-five more years of history, including the merger of the Santa Fe and Burlington Northern railroads and new material on labor, minorities, and women on the carrier along with new and updated maps and photographs.
Author : James J. Reisdorff
Publisher :
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 12,49 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Railroad accidents
ISBN : 9780942035780
"On July 13, 1951, two spans of the large Santa Fe Railway bridge at Topeka, Kansas, collapsed into the Kaw River at the height of the worst flood to devestate the state of Kansas. Also sinking into the rushing waters were three of ten old Santa Fe steam locomotives which has been placed on the bridge in an effort to stabilize it. In the years since, the story of the "lost locomotives of Topeka" have greatly intrigued railroad enthusiasts and history detectives alike. This book examines in detail the mystery and lore surrounding this dramatic incident from the Great Kansas flood of '51"--P. [4] of cover.
Author : Heard Museum
Publisher :
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 10,44 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Art
ISBN :
The papers in this volume were prepared for a February 1996 symposium held in conjunction with the exhibit "Inventing the Southwest: The Fred Harvey Company and Native American Art," organized at the Heard Museum in Phoenix, Arizona. The essays describe the Harvey/Santa Fe partnership, detailing the effects of the collaboration on tourism in the American Southwest, and showing how the lives of Native American artists and their communities were transformed by the massive scale on which the Fred Harvey Company bought, sold, and popularized American Indian art. Illustrated with small b & w historical photos.
Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 20,30 MB
Release : 2003
Category :
ISBN : 1610603613
Author : Bill Yenne
Publisher : Voyageur Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 29,93 MB
Release : 2005-11-10
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760318485
Like lightning flashing across the desert sky, the Chief streaks by, resplendent in its ""warbonnet"" livery. This splendid illustrated history of the Santa Fe Railroad's flagship passenger trains carries readers back to an era of luxury travel on America's rails - when movie stars and moguls booked their places on the Chief for the 40-hour trip from Chicago to Los Angeles - faster even than Amtrak's Southwest Chief today. The story of America's most celebrated passenger train, the nation's first diesel-poweed streamliner - from its first run in 1936 to its takeover by Amtrak in 1971 - also includes cocverage of the Santa Fe's other Chiefs, including the Texas and San Francisco.
Author : Brian Solomon
Publisher : Motorbooks International
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 30,20 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9780760310724
As a tribute to America's favorite railroad-the Santa Fe, this book discusses everything from its origins, to locomotives, freight operations, passenger operations, and more. The Santa Fe Railway's charisma and mystique has long made it one of America's compelling railways. From Chicago to LA it blends a nation's westward vision with all the best elements of railroading: colorful passenger trains, attractive stations, fascinating historical personalities, a diverse and eclectic collection of locomotives, and of course - lots of long freight trains. All of these aspects of the Santa Fe and more are featured in this compact but colorful history packed with great archival color photography.
Author : Sandra D'Emilio
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 34,59 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Architecture
ISBN :
Author : Charles Sumner Gleed
Publisher :
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 18,6 MB
Release : 1912
Category : Railroads
ISBN :