The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger
railroad
Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a pre ...
s in the United States.
The railroad was chartered in February 1859 to serve the cities of
Atchison Atchison may refer to:
Places
In the United States:
*Atchison, California, a former settlement
*Atchison, Kansas, a city
*Atchison County, Kansas
*Atchison County, Missouri
People with the surname
* Bob Atchison (born 1941), Canadian drag race ...
and
Topeka, Kansas
Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central U ...
, and
Santa Fe, New Mexico. The railroad reached the
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...
–
Colorado
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border in 1873 and
Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo () is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pueblo County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 111,876 at the 2020 United States Census, making Pueblo the ninth most populo ...
, in 1876. To create a demand for its services, the railroad set up
real estate
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offices and sold farmland from the land grants that it was awarded by
Congress
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.
Despite being chartered to serve the city, the railroad chose to bypass Santa Fe, due to the engineering challenges of the mountainous terrain. Eventually
a branch line from
Lamy, New Mexico
Lamy is a census-designated place (CDP) in Santa Fe County, New Mexico, United States, south of the city of Santa Fe. The community was named for Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy, and lies within the ''Bishop John Lamy Spanish Land Grant'', which ...
, brought the Santa Fe railroad to its namesake city.
The Santa Fe was a pioneer in
intermodal freight transport
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; at various times, it operated an airline, the short-lived Santa Fe Skyway, and the fleet of
Santa Fe Railroad Tugboats
The Santa Fe Railroad tugboats were used by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to barge rail cars across the San Francisco Bay for much of the 20th century, as there is no direct rail link to the San Francisco peninsula. In the post World Wa ...
. Its bus line extended passenger transportation to areas not accessible by rail, and ferryboats on the San Francisco Bay allowed travelers to complete their westward journeys to the Pacific Ocean. The AT&SF was the subject of a popular song,
Harry Warren and
Johnny Mercer's "
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" is a popular song written by Harry Warren with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was published in 1944, spanned the hit chart in mid-1945, and won the 1946 Academy Award for Best Original Song, the first ...
", written for the film ''
The Harvey Girls
''The Harvey Girls'' is a 1946 Technicolor American musical film produced by Arthur Freed for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by Samuel Hopkins Adams, about Fred Harvey's Harvey House waitresses. Directed ...
'' (1946).
The railroad officially ceased operations on December 31, 1996, when it merged with the
Burlington Northern Railroad to form the
Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that ...
.
History
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Expansion
![Santa Fe Trail and Railroad map, 1922](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Santa_Fe_Trail_and_Railroad_map%2C_1922.jpg)
On , the railway was one of many companies that sponsored attractions in
Disneyland
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with its five-year sponsorship of all
Disneyland trains and stations until 1974.
In 1960, AT&SF bought the
Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad (TP&W); then sold a half-interest to the
Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR). The TP&W cut straight east across
Illinois
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from near
Fort Madison, Iowa
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(Lomax, IL), to a connection with the PRR at
Effner, Indiana
Effner is an unincorporated community on the border of the U.S. states of Illinois and Indiana. It lies principally in Iroquois County, Illinois and partially in Newton County, Indiana.
History
Effner was founded ca. 1860 and originally known as ...
(Illinois–Indiana border), forming a bypass around Chicago for traffic moving between the two lines. The TP&W route did not mesh with the traffic patterns
Conrail developed after 1976, so AT&SF bought back the other half, merged the TP&W in 1983, then sold it back into independence in 1989.
Attempted Southern Pacific merger
![Under a container car, Walong, California](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Under_a_container_car%2C_Walong%2C_California.jpg)
AT&SF began to talk mergers in the 1980s. The Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad (SPSF) was a proposed merger between the parent companies of the
Southern Pacific
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...
and AT&SF announced on December 23, 1983. As part of the joining of the two firms, all rail and non-rail assets owned by
Santa Fe Industries
Santa Fe Industries was the diversified parent company, headquartered in Chicago, of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Formed in 1968, its non-railroad operations included construction, real estate, and energy units. In the early 1980 ...
and the Southern Pacific Transportation Company were placed under the control of a holding company, the
Santa Fe–Southern Pacific Corporation. The merger was subsequently denied by the
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) on the basis that it would create too many duplicate routes.
The companies were so confident the merger would be approved that they began repainting locomotives and non-revenue rolling stock in a new unified paint scheme. While Southern Pacific (railroad) was sold off to
Rio Grande Industries
Rio Grande Industries (RGI or Rio Grande Industries, Inc.) was a name of two holding companies that were involved in the railroading industry. The original and second company took part in the operations of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Ra ...
, all of the SP's real estate holdings were consolidated into a new company,
Catellus Development Corporation
Catellus Development Corporation is an Oakland, California based real estate developer founded in 1984 to be the real estate division of Santa Fe Pacific Corporation, as part of the Santa Fe–Southern Pacific merger. It was spun off into its own ...
, making it California's largest private landowner, of which Santa Fe remained the owner. In the early 1980s, gold was discovered on several properties west of Battle Mountain, Nevada along I-80, on ground owned by the Santa Fe Railroad (formerly SP). The
Santa Fe Pacific Corporation
The Santa Fe Pacific Corporation was formed as the Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corporation on by the merger of Santa Fe Industries, which owned the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, with the Southern Pacific Company, which owned the Souther ...
(a name correlation of Santa Fe and Southern Pacific) was to develop the properties. They were sold to
Newmont
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during 1997 in preparation for the merger with
Burlington Northern
The Burlington Northern Railroad was a United States-based railroad company formed from a merger of four major U.S. railroads. Burlington Northern operated between 1970 and 1996.
Its historical lineage begins in the earliest days of railroadin ...
). Sometime later, Catellus would purchase the
Union Pacific Railroad
The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...
's interest in the
Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal
Los Angeles Union Station is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, replacing La Grande St ...
(LAUPT).
[
]
Burlington Northern merger
On September 22, 1995, AT&SF merged with Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway
BNSF Railway is one of the largest freight railroads in North America. One of seven North American Class I railroads, BNSF has 35,000 employees, of track in 28 states, and nearly 8,000 locomotives. It has three transcontinental routes that ...
(BNSF). Some of the challenges resulting from the joining of the two companies included the establishment of a common dispatching system, the unionization of AT&SF's non-union dispatchers, and incorporating AT&SF's train identification codes throughout. The two lines maintained separate operations until December 31, 1996, when it officially became BNSF.
:Source: Santa Fe Railroad (1945), ''Along Your Way'', Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.
Company officers
Passenger service
AT&SF was widely known for its passenger train service in the first half of the 20th century. AT&SF introduced many innovations in passenger rail travel, among these the " Pleasure Domes" of the ''Super Chief
The ''Super Chief'' was one of the named passenger trains and the flagship of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The streamliner claimed to be "The Train of the Stars" because of the various celebrities it carried between Chicago, Ill ...
'' (billed as the "''...only dome car between Chicago and Los Angeles''" when they were introduced in 1951) and the "Big Dome
The Big Domes were a fleet of streamlined dome cars built by the Budd Company for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ("Santa Fe") in 1954. Budd built a total of 14 cars in two batches. The Santa Fe operated all 14 on various streamlined t ...
" Lounge cars and double-decker Hi-Level
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cars of the ''El Capitan
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'', which entered revenue service in 1954. The railroad was among the first to add dining cars to its passenger trains, a move which began in 1891, following the examples of the Northern Pacific Northern Pacific may refer to:
* Northern Pacific Airways, an upcoming airline
* Northern Pacific Field Hockey Conference, an NCAA Division I conference
* Northern Pacific Hockey League, an American Tier III junior ice hockey league
* Northern Pac ...
and Union Pacific railroads. The AT&SF offered food on board in a dining car or at one of the many Harvey House
The Fred Harvey Company was the owner of the Harvey House chain of restaurants, hotels and other hospitality industry businesses alongside railroads in the Western United States. It was founded in 1876 by Fred Harvey to cater to the growing n ...
restaurants that were strategically located throughout the system.
In general, the same train name was used for both directions of a particular train. The exceptions to this rule included the ''Chicagoan'' and ''Kansas Cityan'' trains (both names referred to the same service, but the ''Chicagoan'' was the eastbound version, while the ''Kansas Cityan'' was the westbound version), and the ''Eastern Express'' and ''West Texas Express''. All AT&SF trains that terminated in Chicago did so at Dearborn Station
Dearborn Station (also referred to as Polk Street Depot) was, beginning in the late 1800s, one of six intercity train stations serving downtown Chicago, Illinois. It remained in operation until May 1, 1971. Built in 1883, it is located at ...
. Trains terminating in Los Angeles arrived at AT&SF's La Grande Station
La Grande Station was the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway's (Santa Fe) main passenger terminal in Los Angeles, California from 1893 until the opening of Union Station in 1939. The station was located at 2nd Street and Santa Fe Avenue on th ...
until May 1939, when Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal
Los Angeles Union Station is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, replacing La Grande St ...
was opened.
The Santa Fe was the only railroad to run trains from Chicago to California on its own tracks. The railway's extensive network was also home to a number of regional services. These generally couldn't boast of the size or panache of the transcontinental trains, but built up enviable reputations of their own nonetheless. Of these, the Chicago-Texas trains were the most famous and impressive. The '' San Diegans,'' which ran from Los Angeles to San Diego, were the most popular and durable, becoming to the Santa Fe what New York City
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-Philadelphia
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trains were to the Pennsylvania Railroad. But Santa Fe flyers also served Tulsa, Oklahoma
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, El Paso, Texas
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, Phoenix, Arizona
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(the ''Hassayampa Flyer
The Hassayampa Flyer, also known as the Hassayampa Chief, was a passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway between Ash Fork (later Williams Junction) and Phoenix in Arizona, United States.
History
In 1955, the Santa F ...
''), and Denver, Colorado
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, among other cities not on their main line.
To reach smaller communities, the railroad operated mixed (passenger and freight) trains or gas-electric doodlebug rail cars. The latter were later converted to diesel power, and one pair of Budd Rail Diesel Cars was eventually added. After World War II, Santa Fe Trailways buses replaced most of these lesser trains. These smaller trains generally were not named; only the train numbers were used to differentiate services.
The ubiquitous passenger service inspired the title of the 1946 Academy-Award
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-winning Harry Warren tune "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" is a popular song written by Harry Warren with lyrics by Johnny Mercer. The song was published in 1944, spanned the hit chart in mid-1945, and won the 1946 Academy Award for Best Original Song, the first ...
." The song was written in 1945 for the film ''The Harvey Girls
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'', a story about the waitresses of the Fred Harvey Company
The Fred Harvey Company was the owner of the Harvey House chain of restaurants, hotels and other hospitality industry businesses alongside railroads in the Western United States. It was founded in 1876 by Fred Harvey to cater to the growing ...
's restaurants. It was sung in the film by Judy Garland
Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922June 22, 1969) was an American actress and singer. While critically acclaimed for many different roles throughout her career, she is widely known for playing the part of Dorothy Gale in '' The ...
and recorded by many other singers, including Bing Crosby. In the 1970s, the railroad used Crosby's version in a commercial.
AT&SF ceased operating passenger trains on May 1, 1971, when it conveyed its remaining trains to Amtrak
The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak () , is the national passenger railroad company of the United States. It operates inter-city rail service in 46 of the 48 contiguous U.S. States and nine cities in Canada ...
. These included the ''Super Chief'' / ''El Capitan'', the ''Texas Chief
The ''Texas Chief'' was a passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka and 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 ...
'' and the ''San Diegan'' (though Amtrak reduced the ''San Diegan'' from three round trips to two). Discontinued were the ''San Francisco Chief
The ''San Francisco Chief'' was a streamlined passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway ("Santa Fe") between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area. It ran from 1954 until 1971. The ''San Francisco Chief'' was the last new st ...
'', the ex-'' Grand Canyon'', the '' Tulsan'', and a Denver–La Junta local. ATSF had been more than willing to retain the ''San Diegan'' and its famed ''Chiefs.'' However, any railroad that opted out of Amtrak would have been required to operate ''all'' of its passenger routes until at least 1976. The prospect of having to keep operating its less-successful routes, especially the money-bleeding 23/24 (the former ''Grand Canyon'') led ATSF to get out of passenger service altogether.
Amtrak still runs the ''Super Chief'' and ''San Diegan'' today as the ''Southwest Chief
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'' and ''Pacific Surfliner
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The service carried 2,924,117 passengers during fiscal year 2016, a 3.4% increase from F ...
,'' respectively, although the original routes and equipment have been modified by Amtrak.
Named trains
AT&SF operated the following named trains on regular schedules:
* '' The Angel'': San Francisco, California – Los Angeles, California – San Diego, California (this was the southbound version of the ''Saint'')
* '' The Angelo'': San Angelo, Texas
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– Fort Worth, Texas
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(on the GC&SF)
* ''The Antelope'': Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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– Kansas City, Missouri
* '' Atlantic Express'': Los Angeles, California
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– Kansas City, Missouri (this was the eastbound version of the ''Los Angeles Express'').
* ''California Express
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'': Chicago, Illinois
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– Kansas City, Missouri – Los Angeles, California
* ''California Fast Mail
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'': Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California – San Francisco, California
* ''California Limited
The ''California Limited'' was one of the named passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It carried train Nos. 3 & 4 and ran between Chicago, Illinois and Los Angeles, California.
The line was conceived by company preside ...
'': Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California
* '' California Special'': Clovis, New Mexico – Houston, Texas (with through connections to California via the San Francisco Chief at Clovis)
* ''Cavern
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'': Clovis, New Mexico – Carlsbad, New Mexico
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(connected with the ''Scout'').
* ''Centennial State
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'': Denver, Colorado
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– Chicago, Illinois
* ''Central Texas Express
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'': Sweetwater, Texas – Lubbock, Texas
* ''Chicagoan
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'': Kansas City, Missouri – Chicago, Illinois (this was the eastbound version of the ''Kansas Cityan'' passenger train).
* ''Chicago Express
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'': Newton, Kansas – Chicago, Illinois
* ''Chicago Fast Mail
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'': San Francisco, California – Los Angeles, California – Chicago, Illinois
* '' Chicago-Kansas City Flyer'': Chicago, Illinois – Kansas City, Missouri
* '' The Chief'': Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California
* ''Eastern Express
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'': Lubbock, Texas – Amarillo, Texas
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(this was the eastbound version of the ''West Texas Express'').
* ''El Capitan
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'': Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California
* ''El Pasoan
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* El (deity), a Semitic word for "God"
People
* EL (rapper) (born 1983), stage name of Elorm Adablah, a Ghanaian rapper and sound engineer
* El DeBarge, music artist
* El Franco Lee (1949–2016), American p ...
'': El Paso, Texas
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– Albuquerque, New Mexico
* '' El Tovar'': Los Angeles, California – Chicago, Illinois (via Belen)
* '' Fargo Fast Mail/Express'': Belen, New Mexico – Amarillo, Texas
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– Kansas City, Missouri – Chicago, Illinois
* '' Fast Fifteen'': Newton, Kansas – Galveston, Texas
* '' Fast Mail Express'': San Francisco, California
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(via Los Angeles) – Chicago, Illinois
* ''Golden Gate
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'': Oakland, California
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– Bakersfield, California, with coordinated connecting bus
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service to Los Angeles and San Francisco
* ''Grand Canyon Limited
The ''Grand Canyon Limited'' was one of the named passenger trains of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. It was train Nos. 23 & 24 between Chicago, Illinois, and Los Angeles, California.
History
In 1901 the Santa Fe Railroad complete ...
'': Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California
* ''Hassayampa Flyer
The Hassayampa Flyer, also known as the Hassayampa Chief, was a passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway between Ash Fork (later Williams Junction) and Phoenix in Arizona, United States.
History
In 1955, the Santa F ...
'': Phoenix, Arizona – Ash Fork, Arizona (later Williams Junction, Arizona)
* '' The Hopi'': Los Angeles, California – Chicago, Illinois
* ''Kansas Cityan
The ''Chicagoan'' and ''Kansas Cityan'' were a pair of American named passenger trains operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. They ran from Chicago, Illinois to Wichita, Kansas, with a later extension to Oklahoma City.
History
...
'': Chicago, Illinois – Kansas City, Missouri (this was the westbound version of the ''Chicagoan'' passenger train).
* '' Kansas City Chief'': Kansas City, Missouri – Chicago, Illinois
* '' Los Angeles Express'': Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California (this was the westbound version of the ''Atlantic Express'').
* ''The Missionary
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'': San Francisco, California – Belen, New Mexico – Amarillo, Texas – Kansas City, Missouri – Chicago, Illinois
* '' Navajo'': Chicago, Illinois – San Francisco, California (via Los Angeles)
* ''Oil Flyer
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'': Kansas City, Missouri – Tulsa, Oklahoma, with through sleepers to Chicago via other trains
* '' Overland Limited'': Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California
* ''Phoenix Express
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* Phoenix (mythology), a legendary bird from ancient Greek folklore
* Phoenix, Arizona, a city in the United States
Phoenix may also refer to:
Mythology
Greek mythological figures
* Phoenix (son of Amyntor), a ...
'': Los Angeles, California – Phoenix, Arizona
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* '' The Ranger'': Kansas City, Missouri – Chicago, Illinois
* ''The Saint
The Saint may refer to:
Fiction
* Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", the protagonist of a book series by Leslie Charteris and subsequent adaptations:
** ''The Saint'' (film series) (1938–43), starring Louis Hayward, George Sanders an ...
'': San Diego, California – Los Angeles, California – San Francisco, California (this was the northbound version of the "Angel")
* '' San Diegan'': Los Angeles, California – San Diego, California
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* ''San Francisco Chief
The ''San Francisco Chief'' was a streamlined passenger train on the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway ("Santa Fe") between Chicago and the San Francisco Bay Area. It ran from 1954 until 1971. The ''San Francisco Chief'' was the last new st ...
'': San Francisco, California – Chicago, Illinois
* '' San Francisco Express'': Chicago, Illinois – San Francisco, California (via Los Angeles)
* '' Santa Fe de Luxe'': Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California – San Francisco, California
* ''Santa Fe Eight
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'': Belen, New Mexico – Amarillo, Texas – Kansas City, Missouri – Chicago, Illinois
* '' The Scout'': Chicago, Illinois – San Francisco, California (via Los Angeles)
* '' South Plains Express'': Sweetwater, Texas – Lubbock, Texas
* ''Super Chief
The ''Super Chief'' was one of the named passenger trains and the flagship of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. The streamliner claimed to be "The Train of the Stars" because of the various celebrities it carried between Chicago, Ill ...
'': Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California
* '' The Texan'': Houston, Texas – (on the GC&SF between Galveston
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and Houston, then via the Missouri Pacific Railroad
The Missouri Pacific Railroad , commonly abbreviated as MoPac, was one of the first railroads in the United States west of the Mississippi River. MoPac was a Class I railroad growing from dozens of predecessors and mergers. In 1967, the railroad ...
between Houston and New Orleans).
* ''Texas Chief
The ''Texas Chief'' was a passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka and 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 ...
'': Galveston, Texas (on the GC&SF) – Chicago, Illinois
* '' Tourist Flyer'': Chicago, Illinois – San Francisco, California (via Los Angeles)
* '' The Tulsan'': Tulsa, Oklahoma
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– Kansas City, Mo. with through coaches to Chicago, Illinois, via other trains (initially the Chicagoan/Kansas Cityan)
* '' Valley Flyer'': Oakland, California
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– Bakersfield, California
* ''West Texas Express
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'': Amarillo, Texas – Lubbock, Texas (this was the westbound version of the ''Eastern Express'').
Special trains
Occasionally, a special train was chartered to make a high-profile run over the Santa Fe's track. These specials were not included in the railroad's regular revenue service lineup, but were intended as one-time (and usually one-way) traversals of the railroad. Some of the more notable specials include:
* ''Cheney Special Cheney often refers to:
* Cheney (surname), people with the name
** C. R. Cheney (1906-1987), English historian
** Dick Cheney (born 1941), 46th vice president of the United States
** Liz Cheney (born 1966), American attorney and Wyoming conserva ...
'': Colton, California – Chicago, Illinois (a one-time train that ran in 1895 on behalf of B.P. Cheney, a director of the Santa Fe).
* '' Clarke Special'': Winslow, Arizona
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– Chicago, Illinois (a one-time train that ran in 1904 on behalf of Charles W. Clarke, the son of then-Arizona senator William Andrew Clarke).
* ''David B. Jones Special
The ''David B. Jones Special'' was a one-time, passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway from Los Angeles, California, to Chicago, Illinois, at the request of David Benton Jones. David B. Jones was suddenly taken ill w ...
'': Los Angeles, California – Chicago, Illinois, and on to Lake Forest, Illinois (a one-time, record-breaking train that ran between May 5 to 8, 1923, on behalf of the president of the Mineral Point Zinc Company
David B. Jones (1848 – August 23, 1923) was president and chairman of the board of directors of the Mineral Point Zinc Company and considered a founder of the Zinc industry in America. When ill, he chartered a special train whose speed rivale ...
).
* '' Huntington Special'': Argentine, Kansas
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– Chicago, Illinois (a one-time train that ran in 1899 on behalf of Collis P. Huntington).
* ''H.P. Lowe Special
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'': Chicago, Illinois – Los Angeles, California (a one-time, record-breaking train that ran in 1903 on behalf of the president of the Engineering Company of America).
* '' Miss Nellie Bly Special'': San Francisco, California – Chicago, Illinois (a one-time, record-breaking train that ran in 1890 on behalf of Nellie Bly
Elizabeth Cochran Seaman (born Elizabeth Jane Cochran; May 5, 1864 – January 27, 1922), better known by her pen name Nellie Bly, was an American journalist, industrialist, inventor, and charity worker who was widely known for her record-breaki ...
, a reporter for the ''New York World
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'' newspaper).
* '' Peacock Special'': Los Angeles, California – Chicago, Illinois (a one-time train that ran in 1900 on behalf of A.R. Peacock, vice-president of the Carnegie Steel and Iron Company).
* ''Scott Special
The ''Scott Special'', also known as the ''Coyote Special'', the ''Death Valley Coyote'' or the ''Death Valley Scotty Special'', was a one-time, record-breaking passenger train operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (Santa Fe) fr ...
'': Los Angeles, California – Chicago, Illinois (the most well-known of Santa Fe's "specials," also known as the ''Coyote Special'', the ''Death Valley Coyote'', and the ''Death Valley Scotty Special'': a one-time, record-breaking train that ran in 1905, essentially as a publicity stunt).
* '' Wakarusa Creek Picnic Special'': Topeka, Kansas
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– Pauline, Kansas (a one-time train that took picnickers on a 30-minute trip, at a speed of , to celebrate the official opening of the line on April 26, 1869).
Signals
The Santa Fe employed several distinctive wayside and crossing signal styles. In an effort to reduce grade crossing accidents, the Santa Fe was an early user of wigwag signals from the Magnetic Signal Company, beginning in the 1920s. They had several distinct styles that were not commonly seen elsewhere. Model 10's, which had the wigwag motor and banner coming from halfway up the mast with the crossbucks on top, were almost unique to the Santa Fe–the Southern Pacific had a few as well. Upper quadrant Magnetic Flagmen were used extensively on the Santa Fe as well–virtually every small town main street and a number of city streets had their crossings protected by these unique wigwags. Virtually all the wigwags were replaced with modern signals by the turn of the 21st century.
The railroad was also known for its tall "T-2 style" upper quadrant semaphores which provided traffic control on its lines. Again, the vast majority of these had been replaced by the beginning of the 21st century, with fewer than 50 still remaining in use in New Mexico as of 2015.
Paint schemes
Steam locomotives
The Santa Fe operated a large and varied fleet of steam locomotives. In 1899, the company owned 1036 locomotives. Among them was the 2-10-2
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"Santa Fe", originally built for the railroad by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1903.[.] The railroad would ultimately end up with the largest fleet of them, at over 300. Aside from the 2-10-2, Santa Fe rostered virtually every type of steam locomotive imaginable, including 4-4-2 Atlantics, 2-6-0
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of two leading wheels on one axle, usually in a leading truck, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and no trailing wheels. ...
Moguls, 2-8-0 Consolidations, 2-8-2 Mikados, 2-10-0 Decapods, 2-6-2 Prairies, 4-8-4 Northerns, 4-6-4 Hudsons, 4-6-2 Pacifics, 4-8-2 Mountains, 2-8-4 Berkshires, and 2-10-4 Texas. The railroad also operated a fleet of heavy articulated steam locomotives, including 1158 class 2-6-6-2
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s, 2-8-8-0s, 2-10-10-2s, 2-8-8-2
A 2-8-8-2, in the Whyte notation for describing steam locomotive wheel arrangements, is an articulated locomotive with a two-wheel leading truck, two sets of eight driving wheels, and a two-wheel trailing truck. The equivalent UIC classification ...
s, and the rare 4-4-6-2 ''Mallet'' type. The Railroad retired its last steam locomotive in 1959.
During the twentieth century, all but one of these was painted black, with white unit numbers on the sand domes and three sides of the tender. Cab sides were lettered "AT&SF", also in white. The subsidiary Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe often painted all or part of the smokebox (between the boiler and the headlight) white or silver. In 1940, the circle and cross emblem was applied to the tenders of a few passenger locomotives, but these were all later painted over. After World War II, "Santa Fe" appeared on tender sides of mainline road locomotives in white, above the unit number. Locomotives were delivered from Baldwin with white paint on the wheel rims, but the road did not repaint these "whitewalls" after shopping the locomotives. After World War II, side rods and valve gear were painted chrome yellow. For a short time, Pacific types 1369 and 1376 were semi-streamlined for " Valley Flyer" service, with a unique paint scheme in colors similar to those used on the new passenger diesels. More unique was the two-tone light blue over royal blue scheme of streamlined Hudson type 3460.
Preserved locomotives
While most of the Santa Fe's steam locomotives were retired and sold for scrap, over fifty were saved and donated to various parks and museums, a handful of which have either been restored to operating condition or are pending future restoration.
Some of the more notable locomotives include:
* 5 ( 0-4-0), located at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento
)
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, California
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.
* 132 ( 2-8-0), Built by Baldwin in 1880 and located at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka. Named for Cyrus K. Holliday. Was used often by the Santa Fe for promotions and special events until it was donated to the Kansas State Historical Society in 1977. It is the second oldest locomotive from the Santa Fe that is preserved close to its original appearance.
* 643 ( 2-8-0), Originally built by Hinkley Locomotive Works in 1879 as #73 with a 4-4-0 arrangement. The oldest preserved locomotive of the Santa Fe, although not as originally configured. It was converted by the railroad to a 2-8-0 configuration following an accident in 1897. It had several upgrades over the years while working on the Gulf Division. It was formerly located at the then-new Oklahoma State Fair
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grounds, following its donation from the Santa Fe to the people of Oklahoma in 1953. The locomotive was relocated again in 2015 to the Oklahoma Railway Museum
The Oklahoma Railway Museum is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit organization in Oklahoma City. It is self-funded through memberships, train fares, special events, donations, and grants for restoration projects. The growing membership, of approxim ...
in Oklahoma City
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, where it received a badly needed cleaning and thorough cosmetic restoration, and is currently on display.
* 769 ( 2-8-0), located at the Old Coal Mine Museum in Madrid
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, New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
. It is waiting to be moved to the Santa Fe Southern Railway
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in Santa Fe for future restoration to operating condition.
* 870 ( 2-8-0), located at Heritage Park in Santa Fe Springs
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, California
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.
* 940
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Events
By place
Europe
* The tribe of the Polans begins the construction of the following fortified settlements (Gi ...
(2-10-2
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), located at the Union depot in Bartlesville
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, Oklahoma. It is the only surviving steam locomotive from the Santa Fe with a 2-10-2 wheel arrangement.
* 1010
Year 1010 ( MX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Africa
* The Nile river in Egypt freezes over.
Asia
* The Lý dynasty is established in Vietnam (or 1 ...
( 2-6-2), located at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento
)
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, California
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.
* 1129 ( 2-6-2), located at Las Vegas
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, New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
.
* 1316
Year 1316 ( MCCCXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
January–December
* January 28–March 18 – Llywelyn Bren revolts against English rule in Wal ...
(4-6-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and two trailing wheels on one axle. The locomo ...
), formerly located at Fort Concho, Texas
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: the sole survivor of the 1309 class was restored to operating condition by the Texas State Railroad
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in the early 1980s as its No. 500. It is currently displayed at Palestine for another restoration for future excursion service.
* 2913 (4-8-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and four trailing wheels on two axles. The type wa ...
), located in Riverview Park at Fort Madison
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, Iowa
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.
* 2926 (4-8-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and four trailing wheels on two axles. The type wa ...
), formerly located in Coronado Park in Albuquerque
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, New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
. This locomotive has been undergoing restoration for operational purposes by the New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Rail Historical Society, which has expended 114,000 man-hours and $1,700,000 in donated funds on her restoration since 2002. It has been operational since July 2021.
* 3415 (4-6-2
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, six powered and coupled driving wheels on three axles and two trailing wheels on one axle. The locomo ...
), formerly located at Eisenhower Park in Abilene, Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to th ...
, until it was acquired by the Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad
The Abilene and Smoky Valley Railroad is a heritage railway located in Abilene, Kansas, United States.
It is a non-profit organization that offers public excursion train rides May through October. The depot is located in the Historic 1887 Rock ...
and has been restored for excursion service since 2009.
* 3416 (4-6-2), currently preserved at Great Bend, Kansas.
* 3417 (4-6-2), formerly preserved at Hulen Park, in Cleburne, Texas.
* 3423 (4-6-2), located at the Railroad & Heritage Museum in Temple Texas, it is currently preserved.
* 3424 (4-6-2), Preserved in Kinsley, Kansas.
* 3450 ( 4-6-4), the sole survivor of the 3450 class, this locomotive is the gateway of the RailGiants Train Museum in Pomona, California
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.
* 3463 ( 4-6-4), the sole survivor of the 3460 class, this locomotive is located at the Kansas Expocentre in Topeka
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, Kansas
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, waiting for future restoration.
* 3751
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 3751 is a class 3751 4-8-4 steam locomotive built in 1927 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone (Philadelphia), Pennsylvania for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF). 3751 was the first 4-8-4 steam loc ...
(4-8-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and four trailing wheels on two axles. The type wa ...
), the Santa Fe's and Baldwin's very first 4-8-4, was once on display at Viaduct Park near the AT&SF depot in San Bernardino
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, California
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. The locomotive was moved out of the park in 1986 to be restored and, after almost 5 years later, No. 3751 made its first run on a 4-day trip from Los Angeles
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to Bakersfield and return in December 1991. This trip marked the beginning of No. 3751's career in excursion service. Currently undergoing a federally required 15-year overhaul.
* 3759 (4-8-4
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles and four trailing wheels on two axles. The type wa ...
): This locomotive is known for pulling the ''"Farewell to Steam Excursion"'' for the Santa Fe in 1955 before it was donated to the City of Kingman, Arizona
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, where it is currently on static display. It was almost acquired by the Grand Canyon Railway
The Grand Canyon Railway is a heritage railroad which carries passengers between Williams, Arizona, and the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park.
The railroad, built by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, was completed on September 1 ...
in the early 1990s.
* 3768 (4-8-4), after retiring in 1958, it was donated to the city of Wichita, Kansas, where it is currently preserved at the Great Plains Museum of Transportation.
* 5000 5000 or ''variation'', may refer to:
In general
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* 5000 BCE, a year in the 5th millennium BC
* 5000s AD, a decade, century, millennium in the 6th ...
''Madame Queen'' ( 2-10-4), the second-oldest preserved steam locomotive with a 2-10-4 wheel arrangement, ''Madame Queen'' is located in Amarillo
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, Texas
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, awaiting possible relocation elsewhere.
* 5011 ( 2-10-4), the first of the 5011 class, is on static display at the National Museum of Transportation
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in St. Louis
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, Missouri
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.
* 5017 ( 2-10-4), located at the National Railroad Museum
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Founded in 1956 by community volunteers, the National Railroad Museum is one of the oldest and largest U.S. institutions dedicated to preserving and i ...
in Green Bay, Wisconsin
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.
* 9005 ( 0-6-0), located in the historic train depot in Clovis, New Mexico
)
, population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano)
, seat = Santa Fe
, LargestCity = Albuquerque
, LargestMetro = Tiguex
, OfficialLang = None
, Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ke ...
.
Diesel locomotives
Passenger
Santa Fe's first set of diesel-electric passenger locomotives was placed in service on the ''Super Chief'' in 1936, and consisted of a pair of blunt-nosed units (EMC 1800 hp B-B
Electro-Motive Corporation (later Electro-Motive Division, General Motors) produced five 1800 hp B-B experimental passenger train-hauling diesel locomotives in 1935; two company-owned demonstrators, #511 and #512, the Baltimore and Ohio Rai ...
) designated as Nos. 1 and 1A. The upper portion of the sides and ends of the units were painted gold, while the lower section was a dark olive green color; an olive stripe also ran along the sides and widened as it crossed the front of the locomotive.
Riveted to the sides of the units were metal plaques bearing a large "Indian Head" logo
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, which owed its origin to the 1926 '' Chief'' "drumhead
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Additionally outside of percu ...
" logo. "''Super Chief''" was emblazoned on a plaque located on the front. The rooftop was light slate gray, rimmed by a red pinstripe. This unique combination of colors was called the ''Golden Olive'' paint scheme. Before entering service, Sterling McDonald's General Motors Styling Department augmented the look with the addition of red and blue striping along both the sides and ends of the units in order to enhance their appearance.
In a little over a year, the EMC E1 (a new and improved streamlined locomotive) would be pulling the ''Super Chief'' and other passenger consists, resplendent in the now-famous ''Warbonnet'' paint scheme devised by Leland Knickerbocker of the GM Art and Color Section. Its design was protected under a U.S. design patent
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, granted on November 9, 1937. It is reminiscent of a Native American ceremonial head-dress
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. The scheme consisted of a red "bonnet" that wrapped around the front of the unit and was bordered by a yellow stripe and black pinstripe. The extent of the bonnet varied according to the locomotive model and was largely determined by the shape and length of the car body. The remainder of the unit was either painted silver or was composed of stainless-steel panels.
All units wore a nose emblem consisting of an elongated yellow "Circle and Cross" emblem with integral "tabs" on the nose and the sides, outlined and accented with black pinstripes, with variances according to the locomotive model. "SANTA FE" was displayed on the horizontal limb of the cross in black, Art Deco
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-style lettering. This emblem has come to be known as the " cigar band" due to its uncanny resemblance to the same. On all but the "Erie-built" units (which were essentially run as a demonstrator set), GE U28CG
The GE U28CG was a dual-service diesel-electric locomotive produced in 1966 by GE Transportation Systems and derived from their freight-hauling U28C design. The sole customer was the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, which ordered ten ea ...
, GE U30CG
The GE U30CG was a passenger-hauling diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Transportation Systems. It was a passenger variant of GE's U30C design purchased by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. ATSF had purchased ten U28CG locomotive ...
, and FP45 units, a three-part yellow and black stripe ran up the nose behind the band.
A "Circle and Cross" motif (consisting of a yellow field, with red quadrants, outlined in black) was painted around the side windows on "as-delivered" E1 units. Similar designs were added to E3s, E6s, the DL109/110 locomotive set, and ATSF 1A after it was rebuilt and repainted. The sides of the units typically bore the words "SANTA FE" in black, 5"– or 9"–high extra extended Railroad Roman letters, as well as the "Indian Head" logo, with a few notable exceptions.
Railway identity on diesel locomotives in passenger service:
Source: Pelouze, Richard W. (1997). ''Trademarks of the Santa Fe Railway.'' The Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society, Inc., Highlands Ranch, Colorado, pp. 47–50.
In later years, Santa Fe adapted the scheme to its gas-electric " doodlebug" units. The standard for all of Santa Fe's passenger locomotives, the ''Warbonnet'' is considered by many to be the most-recognized corporate logo in the railroad industry. Early after Amtrak's inception in 1971, Santa Fe embarked on a program to repaint the red bonnet on its F units that were still engaged in hauling passenger consists with yellow (also called ''Yellowbonnets'') or dark blue (nicknamed ''Bluebonnets''), as it no longer wanted to project the image of a passenger carrier.
Freight
Diesels used as switchers between 1935 and 1960 were painted black, with just a thin white or silver horizontal accent stripe (the sills were painted similarly). The letters "A.T.& S.F." were applied in a small font centered on the sides of the unit, as was the standard blue and white "Santa Fe" box logo. After World War II
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, diagonal white or silver stripes were added to the ends and cab sides to increase the visibility at grade crossings (typically referred to as the ''Zebra Stripe'' scheme). "A.T.& S.F." was now placed along the sides of the unit just above the accent stripe, with the blue and white "Santa Fe" box logo below.
Due to the lack of abundant water sources in the American desert, the Santa Fe Railway was among the first railroads to receive large numbers of streamlined diesel locomotives for use in freight service, in the form of the EMD FT
The EMD FT is a diesel-electric locomotive that was produced between March 1939 and November 1945, by General Motors' Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC), later known as GM Electro-Motive Division (EMD). The "F" stood for Fourteen Hundred (1400) ...
. For the first group of FTs, delivered between December 1940 and March 1943 (#100–#119), the railroad selected a color scheme consisting of dark blue accented by a pale yellow stripe up the nose, and pale yellow highlights around the cab and along the mesh and framing of openings in the sides of the engine compartment; a thin red stripe separated the blue areas from the yellow.
The words SANTA FE were applied in yellow in a 5"–high extended font, and centered on the nose was the "Santa Fe" box logo (initially consisting of a blue cross, circle, and square painted on a solid bronze sheet, but subsequently changed to baked steel sheets painted bronze with the blue identifying elements applied on top). Three thin, pale yellow stripes (known as ''Cat Whiskers'') extended from the nose logo around the cab sides. In January, 1951, Santa Fe revised the scheme to consist of three yellow stripes running up the nose, with the addition of a blue and yellow ''Cigar Band'' (similar in size and shape to that applied to passenger units); the blue background and elongated yellow "SANTA FE" lettering were retained.
The years 1960 to 1972 saw non-streamlined freight locomotives sporting the "Billboard" color scheme (sometimes referred to as the "Bookends" or "Pinstripe" scheme), where the units were predominantly dark blue with yellow ends and trim, with a single yellow accent pinstripe. The words "Santa Fe" were applied in yellow in large bold serif letters (logotype) to the sides of the locomotive below the accent stripe (save for yard
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switchers which displayed the "SANTA FE" in small yellow letters above the accent stripe, somewhat akin to the ''Zebra Stripe'' arrangement).
From 1972 to 1996, and even on into the BNSF era, the company adopted a new paint scheme often known among railfans as the "Freightbonnet", which placed more yellow on the locomotives (reminiscent of the company's retired ''Warbonnet'' scheme); the goal again was to ensure higher visibility at grade crossings. The truck assemblies, previously colored black, now received silver paint.
In 1965, the road took delivery of ten GE U28CG
The GE U28CG was a dual-service diesel-electric locomotive produced in 1966 by GE Transportation Systems and derived from their freight-hauling U28C design. The sole customer was the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway, which ordered ten ea ...
dual-service roadswitcher locomotives equally suited to passenger or fast freight service. These wore a variation of the "Warbonnet" scheme in which the black and yellow separating stripes disappeared. The "Santa Fe" name was emblazoned on the sides in large black letters, using the same stencils used on freight engines; these were soon repainted in red. In 1989, Santa Fe resurrected this version of the "Warbonnet" scheme and applied it to two SDFP45 units, #5992 and #5998. The units were re-designated as #101 and #102 and reentered service on July 4, 1989, as part of the new "Super Fleet" campaign (the first Santa Fe units to be so decorated for freight service). The six remaining FP45 units were thereafter similarly repainted and renumbered. From that point forward, most new locomotives wore red and silver, and many retained this scheme after the Burlington Northern Santa Fe
Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC is the parent company of the BNSF Railway (formerly the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway). The company is an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of
Berkshire Hathaway, which is controlled by investor Warre ...
merger, some with "BNSF" displayed across their sides.
For the initial deliveries of factory-new "Super Fleet" equipment, Santa Fe took delivery of the EMD GP60M and General Electric B40-8W which made the Santa Fe the only US Class I railroad
In the United States
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to operate new 4-axle (B-B) freight locomotives equipped with the North American Safety Cab intended for high-speed intermodal service.
Several experimental and commemorative paint schemes emerged during the Santa Fe's diesel era. One combination was developed and partially implemented in anticipation of a merger between the parent companies of the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...
(SP) railroads in 1984. The red, yellow, and black paint scheme with large yellow block letters on the sides and ends of the units of the proposed Southern Pacific Santa Fe Railroad
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(SPSF) has come to be somewhat derisively known among railfan
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Rai ...
s as the ''Kodachrome'' livery, due to the similarity in colors to the boxes containing slide film sold by the Eastman Kodak Company
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under the same name. Santa Fe units repainted in this scheme were labeled "SF", Southern Pacific units "SP", and some (presumably new) units wore the letters "SPSF". After the ICC's denial of the merger, railfans joked that SPSF really stood for "Shouldn't Paint So Fast."
File:42Richmond yd - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg, ''Warbonnet'' roof details
File:43C at San Diego 04 06 68 sm - Flickr - drewj1946.jpg, ATSF ''San Diegan'' EMD F7
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Although originally promoted by EMD as a freight-h ...
(1968), displaying the "SANTA FE" in black Railroad Roman letters along each side
File:Santa Fe 98.jpg, Santa Fe #98, an EMD FP45
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decked out in ''Warbonnet'' colors, including the traditional "cigar band" nose emblem
File:ATSF 681.jpg, Santa Fe #681 in Sealy Texas, June 2001
File:Santa Fe Super Chief.jpg, The L.A.-bound ''Super Chief'' gets its 5-minute pit-stop service in Albuquerque, 1943
File:ATSF Downhhill Caliente Aug 90xRP (7701632638).jpg, ATSF 9542 in ''Kodachrome'' leads other locomotives in ''Freightbonnet (1990)
Ferry service
Santa Fe maintained and operated a fleet of three passenger ferry boats (the ''San Pablo'', the ''San Pedro'', and the ''Ocean Wave'') that connected Richmond, California, with San Francisco by water. The ships traveled the eight miles between the San Francisco Ferry Terminal and the railroad's Point Richmond terminal across San Francisco Bay. The service was originally established as a continuation of the company's named passenger train runs such as the ''Angel'' and the ''Saint''. The larger two ships (the ''San Pablo'' and the ''San Pedro'') carried Fred Harvey Company
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dining facilities.
Rival SP owned the world's largest ferry fleet (which was subsidized by other railroad activities), at its peak carrying 40 million passengers and 60 million vehicles annually aboard 43 vessels. Santa Fe discontinued ferry service in 1933 due to the effects of the Great Depression and routed their trains to Southern Pacific's ferry terminal in Oakland. The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge
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opened in 1936, initiating a slow decline in demand for SP's ferry service, which was eventually discontinued circa 1958; starting in 1938, SF-bound passengers could board buses across the bridge at the Santa Fe Oakland depot (located in Emeryville Emeryville may refer to:
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).
See also
* ATSF 3460 class
* Beep (locomotive)
* CF7
* Corwith Yard, Corwith Yards, Chicago
* EMD F45
* EMD SDF40-2
* Christine Gonzalez
* David L. Gunn
* History of rail transportation in California
* List of defunct railroads of North America
* Santa Fe 3415 – a restored 4-6-2, Pacific type steam locomotive
* Santa Fe 5000
* Santa Fe Refrigerator Despatch
* Santa Fe–Southern Pacific merger
* SD26
* Super C (freight train), Super C
* ''Real Wheels, There Goes a Train''
References
Further reading
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* The Cosmopolitan (February 1893),
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe
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* Duke, Donald. ''Fred Harvey, civilizer of the American Southwest'' (Pregel Press, 1995); The passenger trains stopped for meals at Fred Harvey restaurants.
* Dye, Victoria E. ''All Aboard for Santa Fe: Railway Promotion of the Southwest, 1890s to 1930s'' (University of New Mexico Press, 2007).
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* Frailey, Fred W. (1998). ''Twilight of the Great Trains'', p. 108. Waukesha, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. .
* Richard H. Frost, ''The Railroad and the Pueblo Indians: The Impact of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa fe on the Pueblos of the Rio Grande, 1880–1930.'' 2016, Salt Lake City: University of Utah Press.
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* Goen, Steve Allen (2000). ''Santa Fe in the Lone Star State''
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* Marshall, James Leslie. ''Santa Fe: the railroad that built an empire'' (1945).
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* Pratt School of Engineering, Duke University (2004),
Alumni Profiles: W. John Swartz
'. Retrieved May 11, 2005.
* Santa Fe Railroad (1945), ''Along Your Way'', Rand McNally, Chicago.
* Santa Fe Railroad (November 29, 1942), ''Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System Time Tables'', Rand McNally and Company, Chicago.
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* Solomon, Brian. ''Santa Fe Railway'' (Voyageur Press, 2003).
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* Snell, Joseph W. and Don W. Wilson, "The Birth of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad," (Part One) ''Kansas Historical Quarterly'' (1968) 34#2 pp 113–142
** Snell, Joseph W. and Don W. Wilson, "The Birth of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad," (Part Two) ''Kansas Historical Quarterly'' (1968) 34#3 pp 325–35
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External links
"Along Your Way", 1946 edition
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe
photos and other documents on Kansas Memory, the digital portal of the Kansas Historical Society (over 2800 AT&SF items)
Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Company Records
at the Kansas Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas
Russell Crump's Santa Fe Archives
– a very extensive set of resources for Santa Fe history.
Santa Fe Preserved Locomotives
Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society
official website
article from the May 18, 1947, issue of ''Life Magazine'' featuring the Santa Fe fleet.
* James William Steele
''Rand, McNally & Co.'s new overland guide to the Pacific Coast''
Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1888. Illustrated guide to the Santa Fe trip circa 1888.
* [http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HBS.Baker.EAD:bak00020 Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Records] at Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School
Oklahoma Digital Maps: Digital Collections of Oklahoma and Indian Territory
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) All-Time Diesel Roster
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