Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States.
To create a demand for its services, the railroad set up real estate offices and sold farmland from the land grants that it was awarded by Congress. Despite the name, its main line never served Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the terrain was too difficult; the town ultimately was reached by a branch line from Lamy.
The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport, an enterprise that (at one time or another) included a tugboat fleet and an airline (the short-lived Santa Fe Skyway). 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 railroad officially ceased operations on December 31, 1996, when it merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway.
==Trivia==
*Chartered in February 1859, the railroad reached the Kansas-Colorado border in 1873 and Pueblo, Colorado, in 1876.
*It set up real estate offices in the area and promoted settlement across Kansas on the land that was granted to it by Congress in 1863. 
*There are all types of engines that still exist from this Railroad like: Steam Engines, and Diesel Engines.
*The Mojave Mainline was seen in Pentrex's Santa Fe's Mojave Mainline - The Needles Subdivision.
*AT&SF was widely known for its passenger train service in the first half of the 20th century. 
*An engine on the Disneyland Railroad shares its name with one of the former chairmen, Fred Gurley. 
==Gallery==
312512 10150542504534782 1748579627 n.jpg|A promotional photograph of engines taken by the ATSF.
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Santa fe diesel.jpg|Four former ATSF GP60M in "Warbonnet" is hauling a freight train in the 1990's.
Steamtrain10.jpg|ATSF steam locomotive #4001 is going for a spin on a turntable.
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Vlcsnap-2019-04-12-10h14m38s046.png|link=The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Train 338 arrives at the Eastern end of Barstow Yard.
Vlcsnap-2019-04-12-09h48m05s685.png|link=The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Higher? You bet!
Vlcsnap-2019-04-12-09h45m48s945.png|link=The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|This warbonnet gets beautifully filmed, on a grade.
Vlcsnap-2019-04-12-09h43m15s557.png|link=The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Plentiful map usage and some elevations, as well. On-screen graphics, coupled with train identification.
Vlcsnap-2019-04-12-09h37m30s297.png|link=The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Arizona and California Railroad interchange. MRL unit is field testing.
Vlcsnap-2019-04-12-09h33m29s836.png|link=The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|The Santa Fe Caboose
Vlcsnap-2019-04-12-09h29m56s022.png|link=The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Train 885 at Danby. Passes by Miner shacks from the 1880s.
Vlcsnap-2019-04-12-09h27m28s372.png|link=The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Ghost towns do exist in the Mohave.
Vlcsnap-2019-04-12-09h21m54s654.png|link=The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|7449 and a crew change point. Train 189. This move gets chased. TOFC.
Vlcsnap-2019-04-12-09h15m22s544.png|link=The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|Jumps out to Needles. Working the way back. Seligman sub crosses the Colorado River to Needles.
Https---wjhudson.files.wordpress.com-2019-04-mojave-dvd.jpg|link=The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway|The DVD Movie Cover of Santa Fe's Mojave Mainline - The Needles Subdivision
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768357F6-16FB-4693-BAEE-20A66E9853A9.jpeg|Engine #3733 is being lifted by a crane to be carried to another part of the Santa Fe shop for wheeling in 1943.
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