Santa Fe: The Railroad Gateway to the American West Volume One

Santa Fe: The Railroad Gateway to the American West Volume One
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The name “Santa Fe” began with the early history of the Southwest, grew with the flow of commerce that followed the old Santa Fe Trail, and became a popularized term by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. For the past half-century this name has been associated with a famous fleet of streamlined passenger trains, fast freight trains, and today’s piggyback and container trains.

Without the arrival of the Santa Fe Railway to the American West, the social and economic development of the region might have been retarded. The treasures of the West were opened once the railroad arrived, and people from all over the world came to populate the area. The Santa Fe Railway built West from Topeka, Kansas, and was bound for Santa Fe. It reached Santa Fe on a branch, but continued West from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the Pacific under the charger of the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad. It finally reached its Pacific terminal over the rails of the California Southern Railroad.

Santa Fe, Volume 1 by Donald Duke – here is the Santa Fe Railway — a big, generous slice of it — served up in an easy-to-read style with a matchless photographic gallery of railroading.

455 images, illustrations and color plates