History Of The Atchison Topeka And Santa Fe Railway

Author : Keith L. Bryant Jr.
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496222733
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway written by Keith L. Bryant Jr. and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2020-09 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Steve Glischinski
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616731670
Total Pages : 168 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Santa Fe Railway written by Steve Glischinski and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Keith L. Bryant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780803211728
Total Pages : 398 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway written by Keith L. Bryant and published by . This book was released on 1974-01-01 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1859, 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 Railroad grew from Holliday's idea into a model of the modern, rapid, and efficient railroad. There were many growing pains. Rustlers, thieves, and desperadoes were as thick as the cattle in Kansas when the first rails were laid. When a conductor, toting a pistol, asked a grizzled prospector where he was heading, the old man replied, "Hell." "That's 65[ and get off at Dodge," the weary conductor declared. Once built with rails from Wales laid on ties of oak and walnut, the railroad survived the economic and climatic hardships of the late nineteenth century, and eventually extended from Chicago to San Francisco, with over 12,000 miles of track and substantial holdings in oil fields, timber land, uranium mines, pipe lines, and real estate.

Author : Victoria E. Dye
Publisher : University of New Mexico Press
ISBN 13 : 0826336590
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All Aboard for Santa Fe written by Victoria E. Dye and published by University of New Mexico Press. This book was released on 2016-04-25 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By the late 1800s, the major mode of transportation for travelers to the Southwest was by rail. In 1878, the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company (AT&SF) became the first railroad to enter New Mexico, and by the late 1890s it controlled more than half of the track-miles in the Territory. The company wielded tremendous power in New Mexico, and soon made tourism an important facet of its financial enterprise. All Aboard for Santa Fe focuses on the AT&SF's marketing efforts to highlight Santa Fe as an ideal tourism destination. The company marketed the healthful benefits of the area's dry desert air, a strong selling point for eastern city-dwelling tuberculosis sufferers. AT&SF also joined forces with the Fred Harvey Company, owner of numerous hotels and restaurants along the rail line, to promote Santa Fe. Together, they developed materials emphasizing Santa Fe's Indian and Hispanic cultures, promoting artists from the area's art colonies, and created the Indian Detours sightseeing tours. All Aboard for Santa Fe is a comprehensive study of AT&SF's early involvement in the establishment of western tourism and the mystique of Santa Fe.

Author : John Moody
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Railroad Builders written by John Moody and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Floyd Woodruff Mundy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway written by Floyd Woodruff Mundy and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert E. Pounds
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781933587288
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Santa Fe Depots written by Robert E. Pounds and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Marshall
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ISBN 13 : 9781258145064
Total Pages : 534 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Santa Fe written by James Marshall and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-01 with total page 534 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Clark Ezra Carr
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 114 pages
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Download or read book History of Bringing the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway to Galesburg written by Clark Ezra Carr and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James H. Ducker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Men of the Steel Rails written by James H. Ducker and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: