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	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (AAR reporting mark ATSF), often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States.
		To combat this problem, the Santa Fe set up real estate offices in the area and vigorously promoted settlement across Kansas on the land that was granted to the railroad by Congress in 1863.
		Santa Fe #5703, one of three EMD model SD45s specially decorated in red, white, and blue to commemorate America's Bicentennial and the 1976 Presidential Election.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Santa_Fe_Railroad (1431 words)

	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Template:Infobox SG rail The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Template:Reporting mark, often abbreviated as Santa Fe, was one of the largest railroads in the United States.
		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).
		Dining along the Santa Fe was often a memorable experience, whether it be on-board in a dining car, or at one of the many Harvey House restaurants that were strategically located throughout the system.
	www.grohol.com /psypsych/Santa_Fe_Railroad (4650 words)

	Myers v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. (1990) 224 CA3d 752
		Santa Fe introduced prior statements by Myers admitting the second trip was recreational, that she did not believe they were going to any particular place, and that she could not recall driving Zaharoff's motorcycle.
		Subsequently, the jury returned a special verdict unanimously finding Myers was on Santa Fe's property for a recreational purpose, Santa Fe did not wilfully or maliciously fail to guard her or warn of a dangerous condition, and Zaharoff did not negligently operate the motorcycle.
		Santa Clara Valley Water Dist., supra, 95 Cal.App.3d 1022 held the term "hiking" appearing in section 846 could not be construed to include "mere 'walking' or traveling on foot apart from any recreational context." (Id. at p.
	online.ceb.com /calcases/CA3/224CA3d752.htm (2923 words)

	Trains (Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, more commonly known as the Santa Fe Railway, was one of the largest in the United States.
		It was chartered in Kansas as the Atchison and Topeka Railroad Company in 1859, and later helped in the settlement of the southwestern United States.
		In 1968 the company became a subsidiary the holding company of Santa Fe Industries Inc. The days of its famed passenger trains such as the "Super Chief" were largely over by 1970, and it sold its passenger service to Amtrak in 1971.
	home.ptd.net /~laamb/trains/attopsfe.htm (241 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY SYSTEM
		By 1887 the Santa Fe, as it is popularly called, extended to Los Angeles from Kansas City; it completed a line from Kansas City to Chicago the next year.
		In 1886 the Santa Fe arranged to acquire the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway to obtain a connection to the Gulf of Mexico.
		The Santa Fe incorporated another subsidiary, the Panhandle and Santa Fe Railway, headquartered in Amarillo, to consolidate its trackage in West Texas and to build new branches to Lamesa, San Angelo, and Stratford.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/AA/eqa10.html (959 words)

	Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
		The first name of the company was the Atchison and Topeka Railroad company, but the vast nature of the enterprise was indicated by the authority secured to build toward the city of Santa Fe and the Gulf of Mexico.
		Kansas is the legal home of the Santa Fe, and the headquarters building of the company stands within a stone's throw of the capitol building of the state.
		Finally the main body of the Santa Fe forces was surrounded in the round house at Pueblo and made to surrender.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/statsf.Html (5637 words)

	97-3273 -- Poindexter v. Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. -- 02/24/1999
		After denying Santa Fe's motion for judgment as a matter of law, or, in the alternative, a new trial, the trial court entered a final judgment in accordance with the jury verdict.
		This is in direct conflict with the employer's, Santa Fe Railway, concession that the employee's anxiety attacks constitute a mental impairment within the meaning of the ADA.
		In denying the employer's motion for judgment as a matter of law, the trial court stated: "Santa Fe next argues that, as a matter of law, commuting to work is not a major life activity.
	www.kscourts.org /ca10/cases/1999/02/97-3273.htm (3106 words)

	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		It was renamed the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in 1863 and acquired its modern name in 1895.
		Topeka lies on the Kansas River in the east-central part of the state.
		Situated at the foot of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Santa Fe is one of the oldest cities in all of North America.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9010043 (900 words)

	History of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company (ATandSF) was first chartered by the State of Kansas as the Atchison and Topeka Railroad Company in 1859.
		By 1868, Holliday had the financial backing to start construction, and in the spring of 1871 the original 75 miles of railway was extended to Newton, Kansas and on south to Wichita, thus ensuring that the railroad would benefit from ranchers needing to get their cattle to market.
		The railroad continued to operate into the 1980s, when in 1983 the Santa Fe holding company attempted a merger with Southern Pacific which was tied up in the courts until 1987, when the ICC rejected the merger.
	edwin.theeds.net /Trains/ATSF (443 words)

	The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the Development of the Taos and Santa Fe Art Colonies; essay by Keith L. ...
		The initiation of the famous Santa Fe Railway calendar in 1907 required some of the purchases, and the painting selected for the calendar would soon be found on the walls of 300,000 homes, schools, and offices.
		By 1920, the colonies at Taos and Santa Fe could claim to be the most vigorous art centers in the West and were equalled by only two or three other locales in the nation.
		Couse's relationship with the railway provided some substance to the charge made by several of the artists that the ATSF fostered commercialism; but, the railway's purchases sustained many of the artists and enabled them to travel to Santa Fe, Taos, and the Grand Canyon.
	www.tfaoi.com /aa/4aa/4aa58.htm (6092 words)

	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
		By the end of the year, the upstart company had changed its name to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and was attempting to raise money--to meet a condition of the grant that the line be completed to the Colorado border by December 31, 1872.
		Santa Fe shed less profitable businesses and sold off rail routes, reducing the system's size from around 11,000 miles of rail in 1980 to 8,000 miles in 1992.
		The new company's logo looks a lot more like Santa Fe's logo than the BN logo, confirming the observation that Santa Fe with its renowned management team would be the dominant partner in the new organization.
	www.doney.net /aroundaz/route66/santafe.htm (2012 words)

	SANTA FE SCENE - notes on the connection between the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and the rise of the Santa Fe ...
		Nestled in the heart of Santa Fe is the old Santa Fe Depot, once the end of the line for artists coming from the East to capture the pristine beauty and unspoiled feeling of northern New Mexico.
		These artists, brought here by the Santa Fe Railway and inspired by their love of the Southwest, painted the land and the people with brilliant colors and romantic realism.
		Santa Fe Southern is an additional attraction, along with the art and cultural heritage of the area, still providing visitors with a piece of history and vistas of scenic beauty.
	www.santafescene.com /sfs/railnotes.htm (1040 words)

	ATSF #21335
		Beginning in mid-1947 Santa Fe used four slogans on the left sides of reefers and boxcars: "Grand Canyon Line", "El Capitan", "Super Chief", and "Chief", with "Texas Chief" replacing "Grand Canyon Line" in 1948.
		They were renumbered SFRD #21000-21392, and painted Reefer orange (yellow-orange), with fl roofs, ends, and underframes, and the Santa Fe cross-in-circle-in-square emblem above their numbers.
		ATSF #205073-MW was donated to the PSRMA on September 27, 1983 and brought to San Diego by Santa Fe.
	www.sdrm.org /roster/freight/ref21335/index.html (616 words)

	The Santa Fe Came to Galesburg (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Considering the stated purpose of building the Santa Fe from Kansas City to Chicago, it was not the primary intent of the railroad to obtain new passenger and freight business in the regions crossed by the new rails.
		The Santa Fe was always trying to distinguish itself from other railroads; the Fred Harvey restaurants were an example of this with idealistic strict standards of character and conduct for the employees referred to as Harvey Girls, attempting to revive or preserve an idyllic past.
		Clearly the Santa Fe had a marketing plan in place and they were not leaving people's impression of the railroad up to chance.
	www.thezephyr.com /archives/santafe.htm (3862 words)

	Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society :: Home
		In Topeka one windy day in October 1868, an optimistic entrepreneur named Cyrus K. Holliday turned a shovel of Kansas loam and started what someday would be the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
		In mid-1994, what by then was the Santa Fe Modelers Organization joined with the Santa Fe Railway Historical Society, a smaller group with a specific interest in the history of the railroad.
		They hear experts in Santa Fe history and modeling conduct a contest to determine who can build the best models of Santa Fe equipment and structures, tour places of Santa Fe interest, and see to the business of the Society.
	www.atsfrr.com /society/about.htm (533 words)

	Amtrak Southwest Chief Route Guide
		By the time it was officially called the Santa Fe Trail, caravans of pack mules and wagon teams, prairie schooners and stagecoaches were lumbering over it daily, carting people and goods between the Missouri River and the Rockies.
		Today, Santa Fe is known as a cultural haven, home of the Santa Fe Opera and the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and as a residence of prominent artists.
		Santa Fe National Forest On your left, this immense forest is known for its trout fishing, hunting, and prehistoric Indian ruins.
	www.trainweb.com /routes/route_03/rg_3old.htm (6276 words)

	The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway System Baldwin Locomotive Works
		The history of the motive power of the Santa Fe System is of peculiar interest because, since the advent of the very heavy locomotive, this road has played a leading part in its development.
		From this time on the weight and power of all classes of locomotives built for the Santa Fe rapidly increased, and the advantages of using compound locomotives were clearly recognized.
		In the locomotives for the Santa Fe System, not only are the like parts of each class accurately interchangeable, but the various classes show a marked similarity in design and many parts are interchangeable throughout several classes.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/blatsf.Html (3792 words)

	RR History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The quickly growing Santa Fe Railroad took control of the stock in November of 1880, but ran it under the name of the Kansas City, Lawrence and Southern Railroad Company.
		From the first of May in 1882, until the mid 1970's, the line ran under the name of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Comany.
		The first Rail Trail in Kansas was a half-mile of track, of this line, in the south part of Lawrence that the Santa Fe abandoned in 1988.
	www.prairiespirittrail.org /rrhistory.htm (369 words)

	Gulf Coast Railroad Museum
		In 1948, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ordered new lounge, dining and sleeping cars for their premier all-Pullman Chicago to Los Angeles train, the Super Chief.
		In January 1958, with traffic levels declining, Santa Fe began running the off-peak season Super Chief and its extra-fare all-coach counterpart, El Capitan, on a combined schedule, but with separate diners and lounges for coach and Pullman passengers.
		Due to its family fare structure, the Santa Fe saw and increase in passenger demand in the summers of 1963 and 1964.
	www.kingswayrc.com /gcst/roster/1344.html (698 words)

	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. v. Brown & Bryant Inc. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. v.
		The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company and Southern Pacific Transportation Company (the "Railroads") are responsible parties under CERCLA [1] for soil contamination on property they leased to Brown & Bryant ("B&B"), an agricultural chemical company.
		The Railroads brought this action against PureGro, a B&B competitor that purchased many of B&B's assets, alleging that PureGro is the successorin-interest to B&B and thus liable for contribution to the Railroads under CERCLA.
	lw.bna.com /lw/19980120/9615529.htm (3479 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY
		The Texas and Pacific Railway Company was the only railroad in Texas, and one of the few in the United States, to operate under a federal charter.
		Construction of the various lines was commenced by the California and Texas Railway Construction Company in October 1872, and the 125 miles between Longview and Dallas was placed in service on July 1, 1873.
		The Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka was resold to the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, and the Midland Valley was merged on April 1, 1967, and the Kansas, Oklahoma and Gulf on April 1, 1970.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/TT/eqt8.html (1800 words)

	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company - Convertible Gold Bond - Kansas 1928
		In order to meet the terms of Texas law that required all Texas railroads to be headquartered in the state, the GC&SF was operated as a subsidiary from its offices in Galveston.
		In the 1930s the railway purchased the Kirby Lumber Company, a major timber operator in East Texas founded by John Henry Kirby.qv The railway owned truck lines in the state as well as extensive holdings in oil and natural gas.
		Worley, Iron Horses of the Santa Fe Trail (Dallas: Southwest Railroad Historical Society, 1965).
	www.bbod.com /attoandsafer8.html (1266 words)

	Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Records
		Construction on the railroad began in 1869 and the line from Topeka to the Colorado state line was opened December 23, 1873.
		The New Mexico Division was opened to Santa Fe on February 16, 1880.
		When the Atchison & Topeka Railroad incorporated in 1859, corporate offices and the majority of the original investors-including the first president, Henry Strong-- resided in Boston, Massachusetts.
	www.library.hbs.edu /hc/sfa/atchison,_topeka.htm (591 words)

	Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company Gold Bond - Kansas 1895 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		This historic document was printed by the American Banknote Company and has an ornate border around it with a vignette of workers moving supplies off of a train, next to a train traveling across a bridge.
		Chartered in 1859 as the Atchison and Topeka Railroad Company, it was renamed the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad Company in 1863.
		The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe became part of the Santa Fe Railroad systems, a part of the Santa Fe Industries.
	www.bbod.com /attoandsafer.html (355 words)

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