Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (reporting mark ATSF) is one of the most famous train carriers from the United States. It is also known under the name Santa Fe.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == In 1859, Cyrus Kurtz Holliday the Atchison and Topeka Railroad Company with the goal to build a railway line from Topeka (Kansas) to Santa Fe (New Mexico) and then to the Gulf of Mexico. In 1863 the name was changed to Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad because this name better reflect the purpose of the society. One began In 1868 with the construction of the railway line from Topeka, in 1872, it was all up to the border between Kansas and Colorado advanced. They were going towards Pueblo (CO) and in 1879 they reached the city, this was at the time of the Leadville Silver Rush. In 1880 reached the AT & SF Albuquerque (New Mexico) eventually. The main line of the AT & SF Santa Fe runs not by but by Lamy, a town located south of the town of Santa Fe: it was easier to build than the line by Lamy surrounded by hills via the Santa Fe. Later a railway line is built from Lamy to Santa Fe.
 * Growth through acquisitions 2
 * 3 Overview of the growth of the AT & SF between 1870 and 1945
 * 4 the Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad (SPSF)
 * 5 BNSF
 * 6 Trivia
 * 7 ferries
 * 8 external links
 * 9 Sources

In 1895 the name changed in Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. ==Growth through acquisitions[ Edit] == The ATSF always wanted a private line, which would run from California to Chicago, Illinois. To achieve this we knew through the acquisition of several railway companies. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway 2-10-4 steam locomotive # 5000 "Madame Queen" waiting on a side track for the crossing of a railway to the East. Ricardo, New Mexico, March 1943*Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway (1887-1965) ==Overview of the growth of the AT & SF between 1870 and 1945[ Edit] ==
 * California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway (1911-1963)
 * Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway (1892-1911)
 * Arizona and California Railway (1903-1905)
 * Bradshaw Mountain Railroad (1902-1912
 * Prescott and Eastern Railroad (1897-1911)
 * Phoenix and Eastern Railroad (1895-1908)
 * California Southern Railroad (1880-1906)
 * Grand Canyon Railway (1901-1942)
 * Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railroad (1897-1901)
 * Minkler Southern Railway Company (1913-1992?)
 * New Mexico and Arizona Railroad (1882-1897
 * New Mexico and Southern Pacific Railroad Company (1878-?)
 * Santa Fe Pacific Railroad (1897-1902)
 * Atlantic and Pacific Railroad (1880-1897)
 * Sonora Railway
 * Verde Valley Railway (1913-1942)
 * Western Arizona Railway (1906-1931)
 * Arizona and Utah Railway (1899-1933)
 * Source: Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.

The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's combined Super Chief/El Capitan Track 10 rides in on Los Angeles ' Union Passenger Terminal (LAUPT) on september 24, 1966==The Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad (SPSF)<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the 1980s, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (SF) and Southern Pacific Transportation Company (SP) tried to merge. The Interstate Commerce Commission rejected the cooperation in 1987 because this merger would create too much of a monopoly in the area where the SPSF would operate. ==BNSF<span class="mw-editsection" len="350" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">On 21 september 1995 AT & SF merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway, now simply BNSF Railway. The BNSF is a so-called Class I railroad, just like the CSX Transportation, Kansas City Southern, Norfolk Southern Railway, Union Pacific Railroad and belongs to one of the biggest cargo carriers by rail in North America. ==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="352" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="610" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The song inspired by the railway On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe by Johnny Mercer stood from 28th July to 8 september 1945 number 1 on the Billboard Best Sellers Chart Map showing the ferry routes in the San Francisco Bay by the Santa Fe==Ferries<span class="mw-editsection" len="355" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Santa Fe had outside their train service also three ferries in service, the San Pablo, the San Pedro, and the Ocean Wave. They were used between San Francisco Ferry Terminal and Santa Fe Terminal in Oakland, a piece of 8 mile. The ferry was in use until 1933.