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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Predecessors of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, Predecessors of the Burlington Northern Railroad, Great Northern Railway, Northern Pacific Railway, California Southern Railroad, Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, Grand Canyon Railway, Atlantic and Pacific Railroad, St. Louis – San Francisco Railway, Oklahoma Central Railroad, Denver, Enid and Gulf Railroad, Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway, Chicago and St. Louis Railway, Chicago and Southern Railroad, Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix Railway, Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway, California and Nevada Railroad, Barnwell and Searchlight Railway, Bradshaw Mountain Railroad, Prescott and Eastern Railroad, Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway, Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railroad, South Dakota Central Railway, Montana Western Railway, Bevier and Southern Railroad, Oklahoma City – Ada – Atoka Railway, Randsburg Railway, Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway, California, Arizona and Santa Fe Railway, Nebraska, Topeka, Iola and Memphis Railroad, Crawford County Railroad. Excerpt: The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. The company was first chartered in February 1859. Although the railway was named in part for the capital of New Mexico, its main line never reached there as the terrain made it too difficult to lay the necessary tracks (Santa Fe was ultimately served by a branch line from Lamy, New Mexico). The Santa Fe’s first tracks reached the Kansas/Colorado state line in 1873, and connected to Pueblo, Colorado in 1876. In order to help fuel the railroad’s profitability, the Santa Fe set up real estate offices and sold farm land from the land grants that the railroad was awarded by Congress; these new farms would cr…
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