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Softcover, 184 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., over 190 photographs and maps, 13 tables, appendices, bibliography, and index.

This small volume is designed to be of interest to several audiences. For the Santa Fe history buff, it tells the story of an important chapter in Santa Fe history. For the Santa Fe modeler it provides information critical for those wanting to model the Santa Fe in World War II.

For the military historian it provides a case study of how one railroad contributed to the Allied victory in World War II. The story of the Santa Fe in World War II includes Santa Fe served military installations, government installations and construction projects, industries that produce material for the military, and industries that support military production.

The book then moves on to focus on the Santa Fe itself. It first examines the impact of the war on company assets such as personnel, equipment, and infrastructure explaining how the Santa Fe overcame personnel and equipment shortages and bottlenecks caused by its infrastructure. The book then moves on to Santa Fe's traffic and operations.

It examines the traffic challenges the Santa Fe overcame. It discusses the Santa Fe passenger train traffic which increased 12 fold over the prewar level and Santa Fe freight trains which quadrupled over prewar. Next it discusses the three types of military trains, the mixed troop train, passenger troop trains and hospital trains, and finally special trains are examined.

Hardcover, 756 pages, 11 x 9 in., contains 543 black and white photographs, 283 color images, and 16 maps.

This is a huge, great book. Many non-Santa Fe rail enthusiasts may want a copy of this book! The Santa Fe Railway is well remembered for its passenger trains. Indeed, articles on these trains and their operations written by many different authors with contributions by even more individuals, have appeared many times for over nearly a half century in the publications of the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society and its predecessors under the names of the High Iron, Santa Fe Modeler, The Santa Fe Route, and The Warbonnet.

Compilers Michael W. Flick, an acknowledged expert on Santa Fe passenger trains, and John R. Signor, long time editor of The Warbonnet, have brought to this compendium not only articles of their own, but have gathered together dozens published as far back as the early 1970s. Many required updating. Corrections were made as needed.

Color images were added if available, some original articles were produced when only black and white was suitable for publishing, though some of the source images had actually been in color. For some articles, additional material was added, and some original material was created to fill some gaps for specific trains and operations for which nothing had been written prior to this compendium.

While this compendium is by no means a complete, or comprehensive review of all Santa Fe passenger trains, it does place within one cover the board scope of Santa Fe passenger train articles published by the SFRH&MS and predecessors, in a convenient and accessible single volume.

Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction, pp. 5–9
• Dearborn Station, pp. 10–27
• California Limited, pp. 28–51
• Trains 3 and 4, pp. 52–71
• Santa Fe de-Luxe, pp. 72–103
• The Navajo, pp. 104–111
• The Scout, pp. 112–123
• The Fast Mail Express, pp. 124–147
• The Chief, pp. 148–176
• The Grand Canyon, pp. 177–205
• Super Chief, pp. 206–270
• El Capitan, pp. 271–292
• San Franciso Chief, pp. 293–310
• Texas Express, 311-318
• The Ranger, pp. 319–323
• Kansas Citian-Chicagoan, pp. 324–334
• Texas Chief, pp. 335–354Red Express, pp. 355–369
• Kansas City Chief, pp. 370–380
• Oil Flyer, pp. 381–390
• Streamliner to Tulsa, pp. 391–402
• A Survey of Denver Service, pp. 403–410
• California Special, pp. 411–428
• The Pecos Chief, pp. 429–434
• El Paso-Denver Service, pp. 435–437
• El Pasoan, pp. 438–442
• Grand Canyon Service, pp. 443–457
• Peavine Passenger Service, pp. 458–469
• San Bernardino Locals, pp. 470–479
• San Diegans, pp. 480–503
• Saint & Angel, pp. 504–507
• Golden Gates, pp. 508–529
• Valley Flyer, pp. 530–533
• LaGrande Station, pp. 534–550
• LAUPT, pp. 551–571
• Appendix A, pp. 572–576.

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Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society, hardcover with jacket, 11 x 8.5 x 1 in., color, B&W photographs and illustrations.

The AT&SF Railway and it predecessor companies was active in Southern California for 116 years. Much has been written about the Santa Fe in this region of mountains, dessert and sea, its vast orange groves and perpetual spring.

Under the all-encompassing title of Santa Fe's Los Angeles Division, this Volume was conceived to augment these works by tracing the long and involved operating history of the Santa Fe Railway as it first helped to create Southern California, then later adapted to cope with its explosive growth.

Accompanying the text are over 1000 photographs - 288 in color - timetables and other ephemera, and over 60 maps, many of which are rendered in the author's unique 'bird's eye view' style. With Los Angeles as a destination of significance from the beginning, author Signor has been able to draw from a wealth of historic material on the subject, preserved by the railway itself, official repositories, interested employees and other individuals which include photographs, first hand experiences of employees and the day-to-day paperwork that documented how the Santa Fe Railway operated in all its distinctive aspects in Southern California.

Contents:

• Introduction, Acknowledgements, pp. 6–10
• Beginnings 1879-1900, pp. 11–70
• Expansion 1900-1929, pp. 71–160
• Challenges of the 'Thirties and 'Forties, pp. 161–326
• Postwar Expansion, pp. 327–546
• The Modern Era, pp. 547–574
• Epilogue, Bibliography, Index, pp. 575–584. This is a very high-quality publication comparable to the Signature Press titles on Southern Pacific divisions.

Santa Fe Railway H&MS, hardcover with jacket, 406 pages, 11 x 8.5 x 1.5 in., 459 photographs (41 in color), 101 drawings, 58 maps and ephemera, Appendix (including Glossary of Santa Fe Lightweight Sleeping Car Names and Reservation Cipher Code), Bibliography.

Sleeping Cars of the Santa Fe is the final installment in the SFH&MS Passenger Car Reference Series. A comprehensive overview of Santa Fe sleeping cars from the wood car era through the heavy-weights to the end of the lightweight era.

Contents:

• Wooden Sleeping Cars, Wooden Sleepers Acquired from the Pecos Valley and Northeastern, Wooden Emigrant Sleeping Cars, Wooden All-Section Tourist Sleepers, Wooden Sleeping Car Assignments, pp. 1–59
• Heavyweight Sleeping Cars, Heavyweight Cars Purchased for Work Service Only, Heavyweight Cars purchased for Business or Special Purpose Use, Foreign-Line and Pullman-Owned Heavyweight Sleepers used on AT&SF Scheduled Trains, 1950-1959, pp. 60–181
• Lightweight Sleeping Cars, Lightweight Sleeping Cars Not Built, Lightweight Sleeping Car Assignments, Foreign Road Sleepers on the Santa Fe, Santa Fe Sleepers on Foreign Roads, pp. 182–367
• Dormitory Cars, pp. 368–382
• Appendix, Glossary of Santa Fe Lightweight Sleeping Car Names, Reservation Cipher Code, pp. 383–392
• Sleeping Car Color Gallery, pp. 393–403
• Bibliography, pp. 404–406.

SFRH&MS, spiral binding, 88 pages, 11 x 8.5 x.5 in., 152 black & white and 29 Color photographs, 24 diagrams.

An illustrated guide to the painting, lettering, and detailing of Santa Fe steam locomotives-all eras-with hints on paint mixing, and weathering tips.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 7–8
• Painting Prior to the Modern 1900 Renumbering, pp. 9–11
• Transition Painting Following the 1900 Renumbering, pp. 12–13
• Painting & Lettering 1910 through 1929, pp. 14–23
• Modern Painting & Lettering 1930-1950, pp. 24–39
• Details, Modifications & Unusual Items, pp. 40–69
• Color Gallery, pp. 70–83
• The 1950s and the end of Santa Fe steam, pp. 84–86
• Epilogue, pp. 87–88.

Santa Fe Railway H&MS, hardcover with jacket, 464 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 1.5 in., library bound, 246 black and white and 157 Color photographs, 44 maps, notes, bibliography, appendix, and index.

The Illinois Division of the Santa Fe Railway provides an informative and lively account of the story of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway in Illinois, from the charter of predecessor railroad Chicago & Plainfield in 1859 through merger with Burlington Northern in 1995.

Although the Illinois Division ultimately stretched to Kansas and Oklahoma, the geographic scope of this book is confined to the Illinois Division as it existed for over half a century: from the bumping post at Dearborn Station to Fort Madison, Iowa.

Chapters on the Pekin branch and the Toledo, Peoria & Western - which for a brief time in the U.S.S.R. became part of Santa Fe's lines in Illinois, are also included. Author James A. Brown's narrative places the Santa Fe in Illinois in its historical and geographic contexts.

For the first time the full story of the route selection and construction of the airline to Chicago is told. The shuffling of passenger consists at Dearborn, transfer and local jobs out of Corwith and Joliet, the demise of the doodlebug and other passenger service, freight train operations and the shift of the Kansas City - Chicago mainline to a high speed inter-modal corridor are all revealed in great detail.

The book also contains insiders' accounts of the transformation of Willow Springs into one of the nation's largest inter-modal facilities. Indeed, lengthy first-hand accounts of railways employees fill the book.

These stories are the fruit of interviews with 30 former Santa Fe employees - conductors, engineers, road-masters, station agents, and senior management - whom the author interviewed for this book. Stories of how those employees came to the railroad and their career progression are included in a solid oral history chapter, "Hiring Out." at the end of the book.

The interviews, plus author Brown's meticulous research, provide information on the Santa Fe that is simply unavailable elsewhere. The Illinois Division of the Santa Fe Railway is also lavishly illustrated with hundreds of photographs dating from the 1880s through the end of the 20th century.

Contents:

• Preface, Acknowledgements, Introduction, pp. 4–15
• Santa Fe Comes to Chicago: 1859-1895, pp. 16–64
• A Century of Santa Fe in Illinois: 1896-1995, pp. 65–118
• Passenger Trains Notes, pp. 119–142
• Freight Trains - By the Numbers, pp. 143–166
• Dearborn to 21st St., pp. 157–200
• Corwith and Environs, pp. 201–224
• The Industrial Corridor: McCook to Joliet, pp. 225–256
• Joliet to Milepost 51, pp. 257–276
• Small Towns on the First District, pp. 277–298
• The Streator Connection, pp. 299–326
• The Pekin District, pp. 327–346
• Chillicothe and the Edelstein Hill, pp. 347–368
• The Second District, pp. 369–392
• Fort Madison, pp. 393–410
• The Peoria District, pp. 411–416
• Hiring Out, pp. 417–445
• Notes, pp. 446–454
• List of Abbreviations, pp. 455–459
• Water, Fuel, Turntable and Wye Facilities, p. 460
• Index, pp. 461–464.

Santa Fe Railway H&MS, softcover, 160 pages, 11 x 8.5 x.5 in., 240 black & white and 10 color photographs, 9 timetable reproductions, 21 maps, 17 diagrams, Modeler's Notebook, Bibliography.

More than 25 years have passed since Jared Harper's pioneer work on Raton Pass was first published. This is a second edition of this important work, not only to bring it up to date, and to take advantage of recent trends in photo restoration and printing technology, but to expand on the original with the considerable amount of material that has come to light on the subject in the intervening years, especially on the coal mining industry that surrounded the pass from the beginning through the middle 1950s.

As the highest point on the vast Santa Fe Railway system, and possessing one of the steepest main line grades in the United States, Raton Pass attracted pioneer railroad photographers like Otto C. Perry, Richard Kindig, Jackson Thode, Les Logue, Clayton Tinkham, Joe Schick, and Preston George who documented the parade of trains over Raton Mountain in the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s.

Raton was also noted for operating many more passenger trains and streamliners than freight trains, as an easier grade, via Amarillo, Texas, and Belen, New Mexico, was used by the majority of freight trains.

Triple headers of steam engines were not uncommon. Freights usually had three or four engines on each train, a double header on the front end, and one or two pushers at the rear. Today the railroad is owned by the State of New Mexico and faces an uncertain future, but the history an operation of Santa Fe's line over Raton Mountain remains, and is indeed the stuff that legends are made of.

Contents:

• Preface to the Second Edition and Foreword, pp. 5–12
• On the Road to Santa Fe, pp. 13–30
• Steam Era Operations, pp. 31–92
• Raton Terminal, pp. 93–106
• Trinidad Terminal, pp. 107–118
• The Diesel Age, pp. 119–134
• Epilogue, pp. 135–136
• Modeler's Notebook (Structure plans and detail photographs), pp. 137–157
• List of Stations on Raton Pass from 1878 to 1996, p. 158
• Bibliography, pp. 159–160. Publisher: Santa Fe Railway H&MS

Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society, hardcover with jacket, 180 pages, 11 x 11 x .5 in., 173 B&W images.

The Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society is pleased to offer this tribute to Stan Kistler's seven decades of Santa Fe photography. It brings together in the pages of one large-format Volume a retrospective of Stan's work, all personally selected by him, and clearly illustrates why the SFRH&MS's highest honor bestowed for black and white photography, given at its annual convention, bear's Stan Kistler's name.

Large photographs-one per page-plus a few that span two pages. This book will have general appeal for it's excellent photography and reproduction.

This volume on Santa Fe's hoppers and gondolas covers everything in the Ga class that Santa Fe owned from 1960 to the BNSF merger in 1995. On the Santa Fe, that includes hoppers, covered hoppers and gondolas.

Slater's book picks up where Richard Hendrickson left off in his excellent book, Santa Fe Open-Top Cars: Flat, Gondola and Hopper Cars 1902-1959, Rolling Stock Reverence Series volume seven. Also included are two cars, one gondola, and one ore car, that were listed in the Hendrickson book but not shown, the Ga-76 class 65-foot mill gondola and the Ga-107 class Hurley ore car.

This book features 107 car classes with roster and painting and lettering guide. A must have for either the modeler or transportation historian.

Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society, 256 pages with a coil last-flat binding, standard horizontal format, 8.5 x 11.5 x 1.25 in., Color images throughout.

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This little title has quite a bit of data in it. It shows how departments in a division were organized, shows color maps of divisions over time until the final consolidation of divisions into regions. Branch lines assigned to each division are also included.

Pictures of each division office (often a depot with an upper floor) and huge grand division office buildings (high-rise) are shown.One of the most confusing aspects of Santa Fe Railway history has been what division a particular location or line belonged to at any point in time.

At various times La Junta, Colorado, belonged to the Western, Arkansas River, Colorado, Panhandle, or Kansas Division as well as the Eastern Region.This monograph tells the story of the changes in the Santa Fe's organization throughout its history.

It looks at the Santa Fe's organization by giving a snapshot of what was in existence at particular points in time and discusses the changes in between. For each snapshot there is a John Signor-drawn map in color visually showing the Santa Fe's organization at that time.Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society, 56 pages, 12 maps, 28 photographs, 4 page addendum.Features: New Softcover Robert D.

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Softcover, 208 pages, over 270 images (about 25% color) and maps, notes, bibliography, appendices, and index.

The Missouri Division of the Santa Fe Railway provides an informative and lively account of the story of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway on the Missouri Division, an entity that existed within the organizational hierarchy of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) from 1903 to 1956. Historical coverage begins with the planning and building of the line across Missouri and Iowa that occurred from 1883-1888 and extends beyond the consolidation of the North Missouri Division with the Illinois Division in 1956, to the merger of the ATSF with the Burlington Northern Railroad in 1995.Geographic coverage in this book extends from Fort Madison, Iowa, to Sheffield, Missouri, on the east side of Kansas City.

Argentine, the Santa Fe's major yard at Kansas City, and the environs of Kansas City were within the territory of the Kansas City Terminal Division. The history and operations of the Santa Fe in Kansas City were covered in a previous book in the SFRH&MS regional series, Santa Fe's Eastern Division: Where It All Began, by Robert D. Walz (2021).

This book on the Missouri Division also covers the St. Joseph District, a branch line that extended from the Santa Fe mainline at Henrietta, Missouri, northwest to St. Joseph, Missouri. Interviews of several employees from the division, plus author Brown's meticulous research, provide information on the Santa Fe that is simply unavailable elsewhere.Included in this volume is a comprehensive list of water, fuel, turntable and wye facilities, plus a roster of steam locomotives assigned to the division January 1, 1949, and their subsequent fate.

The Missouri Division of the Santa Fe Railway is also lavishly illustrated with hundreds of photographs dating from the 1880s through the end of the 20th century.

Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction, pp. 6–10
• Eastward to Chicago, 1883-1888, pp. 11–48
• The Chicago Division, 1888-1903, pp. 49–62
• The Missouri Division's First Decades, 1903-1930, pp. 63–96
• Depression
• War
• Consolidation, 1930-1956, pp. 97–136
• Part of the Illinois Division, 1956-1995, pp. 137–183
• Epilogue, pp. 183–193
• List of Abbreviations, pg. 198
• Steam Locomotives Assigned to Missouri Division on January 1, 1949 and Their Subsequent Fate, pp. 198–199
• Water
• Fuel
• Turntable and Wye Facilities, 1891-1952, pg. 200
• Bibliography Notes, pg. 201
• Bibliography, pp. 202–204
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The Santa Fe and Grain Story tells the history of the Santa Fe's role in the transportation of grains and grain products over the last century. Wheat was the most important grain to the railroad, which had extensive lines throughout the Midwest, including the major wheat- producing states of Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Eastern Kansas, Missouri and Illinois added corn-growing territory to the story, and eastern Texas featured rice. Other important grains were barley, oats and grain sorghums, all of which are discussed to some extent.

The farm economy for the entire life of the Santa Fe followed a boom-and-bust cycle. There were prosperous years when the railroad carried large amounts of grain where grain traffic was light. This made it difficult for the Santa Fe to plan for efficient use of cars and to project revenues.

The Santa Fe entered the trade by carrying grain in 25-ton capacity boxcars traveling relatively short distances. Over the next 125 years, grain cars increased in type and capacity: first to 50-ton boxcars, then to covered hopper cars (initially with 70-ton capacity), to today's cars with a capacity of over 140 tons.

As the type and capacity of cars was changing, there were also more grain cars per train traveling longer average distances so that by the end of the period, grain was moving long distances in solid unit trains.

This book is the first in a series to be produced by the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society discussing the Santa Fe's involvement with important commodities shipped on its lines.

Contents:

• Acknowledgements, Introduction, pp. 6–8
• How It All Started, pp. 9–20
• Building the Network, pp. 21–42
• Building the Infrastructure, pp. 43–108
• The Boxcar Era, pp. 109–150
• The Covered Hopper Takes Over, pp. 151–174
• Staggers and the Last Years of the Santa Fe., pp. 175–200
• Appendix, p. 201
• Bibliography, pp. 202
• About the Author, pp. 203
• ISBN: 978-1-933587-36-3

Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society, spiral bound, heavy plastic cover, 284 pages, 12 x 8.5 x 2 in.

Santa Fe Railway Passenger Car Reference Series Volume 2. This is the work of esteemed Santa Fe historian John McCall, who has an extensive history of Santa Fe titles to his credit. With 284 pages, 28 of which are in color, and comprehensive appendices, this book is a must-have.

Chapters include 19th Century wood cars that survived through 1902, first-generation wood 20th century wood cars, steel under-frame/wood body cars, all steel cars, lightweight cars, cars converted to chair car, and Hi-Level cars.

There are two color sections, one with photographs of the heavyweight cars, one with the streamlined cars.

Contents:

• Ch. 1: The Context, pp. 9–22
• Ch. 2: 19th Century Wood Coaches and Chair Cars, pp. 23–56
• Ch. 3: 1901-1907 first-generation 20th Century Cars Wood Construction, pp. 57–74
• Ch. 4: 1909-1912 Steel Under frame/Wood Body 70 ft. Coaches, Smokers and Chair Cars, pp. 75–98
• Ch. 5: 1913-1917 All Steel first-generation 70 ft. Coaches, Smokers and Chair Cars, pp. 99–118
• Ch. 6: 1924-1930 All Steel 70 ft. Cars: The Later Heavyweight Cars, pp. 119–154
• Ch. 7: Later Conversion to Chair Car from Other Car Types, pp. 155–164
• Ch. 8: Heavyweight Chair Car Color Gallery, pp. 165–180
• Ch. 9: Pre-war Lightweight Chair Cars, pp. 181–226
• Ch. 10: Post-war Lightweight Chair Cars, pp. 227–268
• Ch. 11: Hi-Level Chair Cars, pp. 269–278
• Appendices, pp. 279–284. Publisher: Santa Fe Railway H&MS

This is the first of two volumes the author has written. This book covers the history and operations of what was the classic Plains Division, with 788.1 miles of main and branch line extending from the yard at Waynoka, Oklahoma, to the east end of Clovis, New Mexico, via Amarillo, Texas. It also covers the Borger, Buffalo, Clinton, Dumas, Shattuck and Skellytown Districts. The second volume will cover the Panhandle Division.

In late 1907, Santa Fe opened the Belen Cut Off and the bulk of transcontinental freight traffic was soon routed over the new Southern Mainline. Initially grain was the primary on line source of revenue, but soon oil was discovered in Western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle and Santa Fe built branch lines to reach this new traffic. Not known for its passenger traffic, the last passenger train was discontinued on the division in 1971. On the other hand, the Plains Division saw increasing volumes of freight traffic over the years. In the late 1970s, traffic had grown to an average of 26 trains daily on the mainline. After 1985 intermodal traffic increased to the point that within a few years over 90 trains passing over the division in a 24-hour day was not uncommon.

The story of the Plains Division is told by a veteran railroader who, with camera in hand, retired with over 45 years of service on the Santa Fe.

The Santa Fe's and Rio Grande's main lines basically paralleled each other between Denver and Pueblo, the USRA forced the two to operate as a single double-track railroad. When the USRA handed the railroads back to private ownership, the ATSF and D&RGW decided to continue to operate the two lines as if they were a single double-track railroad shared with the C&S. From that time until the BNSF merger in 1995 the three involved railroads both cooperated and competed with one another.

Author Robert Walz explores the fascinating history of this cooperation among all three railroads from their beginnings in the Denver and Pueblo markets up to the BNSF merger.

The book is richly illustrated with track charts and over 250 period views (over 80 in color) including the work of Otto Petty as well as contemporary photographers.

Contents:
The Early Years to 1900, pp. 9-22;
AT&SF/C&S Contract Operations: 1900 to mid-1918; pp. 23-38;
Enter the USRA and the D&RGW: 1918 to World War II, pp. 39-94;
Diesels Supplant Steam: World War II to 1955, pp. 95-118;
Passenger Trains Decline as Freight Holds Steady: 1955-1971, pp. 119-140;
Enter Powder River Coal, pp. 141-165;
Appendix, Bibliography, pp. 166-169.

Includes maps and profiles, diagrams. Steam Era photographs are B&W and Diesel Era photographs are mostly color.

Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society, hardcover with jacket, 169 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .5 in., color, B&W photographs and illustrations.

The DVD version is the only version of this title Arizona Hobbies could obtain.This is a CD-ROM copy of the book of the same title which catalogs the known steam locomotives operated by one particular railroad business enterprise over the course of its corporate existence, commonly known as the Santa Fe Railway.

It is the first of two volumes, addressing the locomotive wheel arrangements used on the Santa Fe beginning in the 19th Century.In effect, this publication is a database - a formal collection of tables, summarizing and cross-referencing the more than three thousand steam locomotives owned and operated by the Santa Fe between 1869 and 1983.

These tabulations are the result of dozens of man-years of labor, beginning with the efforts of anonymous clerks in the offices of forgotten locomotive manufacturers and railroad corporations. Eventually Professor Sylvan R.

Wood, Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Stillwater, Oklahoma created a locomotive roster database for the Santa Fe.Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society, 590 pages on CD-ROM, 492 photographs, tables, folio drawings.

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Lee Berglund was a prolific photographer from Larned, Kansas, who documented the Santa Fe on the Great Plains encompassing Kansas, eastern Colorado - as far west as Trinidad and Denver - western Oklahoma, and northwest Texas as far south as Slaton. We see, through Lee's lens, the history of the Santa Fe's last 30 years in this territory at the heart of the Santa Fe.

During Lee's active years - 1964 to 1995 - the railroad experienced great changes. In 1964 Santa Fe's famous passenger service was in its final years, the all-purpose boxcar dominated freight trains, First-Generation diesel locomotives - although downgraded to secondary service - could still be seen and second-generation units were new and pulled the highest priority trains.

The familiar way car was in regular use. The small town depot was very much in evidence and a dense web of branch lines characterized the Santa Fe on the Great Plains. Over the next 30 years, all this would change; successive generations of motive power would invade the area, the way car would fade into history, many branch lines would be abandoned or sold to short line operators, agencies were closed as Santa Fe centralized freight offices and so went the depots.

Through Lee's lens, we see all these changes, beginning with Lee's home turf, the Great Bend District, followed by a look at Santa Fe branch line railroading, Great Plains style. And in the final four chapters we focus primarily on Santa Fe's mainlines on the Great Plains. All in all, Lee Berglund, through his photographic efforts in the Great Plains, has contributed much to the canon of the Santa Fe.

This Volume is a tribute to Lee and his work. Santa Fe Railway H&MS, softcover, 152 pages, 12 x 8.5 x .5 in., 276 Color photographs, full color map and timetable reproductions.

Santa Fe Railway H&MS, softcover, 160 pages, 11 x 8.5 x.5 in., 150 photographs, 18 in color, maps, timetable reproductions and bibliography.

Santa Fe's Colorado Division Speedway: A History of the Legendary Mainline Between Dodge City, Kansas and La Junta, Colorado. On May 17, 1937, the Santa Fe Railway inaugurated a new high-speed diesel-powered luxury train.

The Super Chief. It was scheduled to cover the 202 miles between Dodge City, Kansas, and La Junta, Colorado, at an average speed of 87.2 miles per hour. On February 20, 1938, the schedules of virtually all of the passenger trains were speeded up on this stretch of track on the northern passenger mainline, which quickly became known as the 'Speedway.' The Speedway was at various times a major part of a division and at times a division in itself.

Author Walz explores the history of how the Santa Fe built through this country, of how it served the towns and industries along its lines and how it operated the railroad from the 1870s through 1996. It includes a town-by-own description of the line with detailed information on terminals like La Junta and Dodge City.

But first and foremost, this is a study of the passenger trains especially in the period from 1938 through 1971'when Santa Fe routinely operated them over the Speedway at some of the highest sustained speeds on the system.

Twenty-five years in the making, the book is richly illustrated with period views, including the work of pioneer action photographer Otto Perry. This, then, is not only a study of the Santa Fe Railway in the high plains of western Kansas and eastern Colorado, but an economic and cultural history of the region as well.

Contents:

• The Formative Years: 1872 to 1907, pp. 5–8
• Arkansas River Division First and Second Districts: 1907-1931, pp. 9–28
• Colorado Division First District: 1931-1938, pp. 29–64
• The Speedway Comes of Age: 1938-1971, pp. 65–94
• The Final Santa Fe Years: 1971-1996, pp. 143–157
• Bibliography, pp. 158–160 Publisher: Santa Fe Railway H&MS

Softcover, 72 pages, 103 Color photographs excluding front back covers and table of contents.

This book documents the changes on the Santa Fe from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, a period of significant change on the Santa Fe as it faced competition from the interstate highway system, jet travel, and changes in transportation tastes.Santa Fe responded with intermodal service, the fastest freight train, more powerful locomotives, and new signal and telecommunications systems while maintaining its hallmark passenger service and creative marketing.

The pictures presented in this title were taken by a career railroader proud to restore The Chief name to the public eye.

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The contents page of this book is missing page numbers for some of the chapters. A corrected, but separate, title page is included which shows the page numbers.Hardcover, 132 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W photographsThere haven't been too many books published regarding the hard-working men of the railroad maintenance-of-way work and life.

This is a good title regarding the life and times from a southwest US and Santa Fe experience.Naylor, a track maintenance and construction supervisor for the Santa Fe Railway in New Mexico from 1921 to 1961, upon his death left a fascinating story of his time with the railway. He was an on-the-ground eyewitness to many of the changes on the Santa Fe, making this book a time capsule for both early railroading and life in New Mexico.

His narrative provides rare glimpses into the hard life of a railroad track gang working as well as his difficulties as a supervisor and married man with family responsibilities.Naylor is humorous, fair, helpful to others, and always candid, revealing both his greatest fears (snakes) and personal pleasures, which ranged from fishing to gardening.

Naylor's book adds descriptions of places that are now railroad ghost towns as well as the effort involved in getting to and from such locations prior to convenient, more modern transport. Forty Years on the Santa Fe Railroad will transport the reader to a refreshing different time and place. The book concludes with an afterword by Bob Walz on modeling maintenance of way operations.

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This Santa Fe Painting and Lettering Guide, vol. 10 of the Rolling Stock Reference Series, builds on the work of the late Richard Hendrickson and others as to the painting and lettering of Santa Fe Freight, passenger and maintenance of way equipment.

The original work, first published in 1990, and reprinted with additions and clarifications in 1991 and 1998, has been reorganized into a somewhat chronological format beginning in approximately 1910, and includes new information to bring it up to the date of the BNSF merger in 1996.

Softcover, 112 pages, coil bound, color photographs throughout.

Introduction, pp. 6–8,
Heavyweight Passenger Equipment 1910-1960, pp. 9–16,
Lightweight Passenger Equipment 1936-1996, pp. 17–22,
Freight Service Equipment 1910-1939, pp. 23–34,
Freight Service Equipment 1940-1947, pp. 35–44,
Freight Service Equipment 1947-1958, pp. 45–59,
Freight Service Equipment 1958-1980, pp. 60–83,
Freight Service Equipment 1980-1996, pp. 84–95,
Maintenance of Way Equipment 1910-1996, 96-101,
Tabular Data, pp. 102–111.

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Softcover, 256 pages, 256 photographs B&W and Color, included are maps, charts, tables, appendices, and a bibliography.

This is another well-researched title by Bob Walz. Just like the New Mexico Division title, this one includes tables of data such as what trains operated over periods of time, division maps over time, a schematic of Argentine Yard and others and steam locomotive assignments.

The next volume in Bob Walz's divisional history series, this volume covers the history of Santa Fe’s Eastern Division as well as the Kansas City Terminal Division and the Southern Kansas Division from 1869 to 1995.

The Eastern Division, because of its heavy traffic, attracted many well-known photographers such as Otto Perry, Preston George, Bill Gibson, Art Gibson, Ray Hilner, Wes Kranbeck, Lee Berglund, Imre Quastler, Lynn Aldrich and Lance Garrels, all of whom provided photographs for the book. 256 pages., 256 photographs, tables of data and appendices.

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Softcover, 196 pages, 240 photographs with 70 in Color, included are maps, charts, tables, appendices, and a bibliography.

This volume continues the authors histories of the divisions of the Santa Fe Railway. Since this a an historical work, most of the photographs are B&W. Only after World War II will Color photographs appear.

There is much data in this book including layout of the Albuquerque Shops, track diagrams, a synopsis of freight and passenger trains at various times, what local trains and switch engines worked and where.

Timetable reproductions also are included. The branch lines are not left out. Also structures still standing are included.

This is a very good work on this part of the Santa Fe Railway. As is usual, the territory of the New Mexico Division changed over time. This volume covers the history of the territory of the New Mexico Division from 1877 to 1995 as it was constituted in 1942.

At this time, the division had a main line with associated branches that ran from La Junta, Colorado, to El Paso, Texas. The Division was unique in that passenger traffic was five times greater than freight traffic through most of its history.

Almost all of the Santa Fe's famous passenger trains traversed the division at one time or another. Coal and copper, zinc, and iron ore constituted the bulk of online freight traffic throughout the history of the division.

The division was one of the more scenic stretches of railroad on the Santa Fe's system and attracted photographers such as Otto Perry, Richard Kindig, Preston George, Stan Kistler, Steve Patterson and Joe McMillan, all of whom provided photographs for the book.

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How I wish this detailed look at Santa Fe Railway's Live Stock service was done about other railroads which operated in Santa Fe's territory. Much research went into this book with equipment rosters, many pictures in Black and White and Color, facility locations and capacity, and modeler's notes plus more.

Included are interior photographs of a drover's car from 1931.Before The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe drove its first spike, it was understood that the shipping of live stock would be critical to its success. One of the first actions was to intercept the Chisholm Trail, 65 miles south of Abilene near Newton, Kansas where over 40,000 head were shipped in 1871.

By the end of the 1872 the majority of the rail cars owned by Santa Fe were stock cars. As the Santa Fe continued to expand west, it loaded more cattle at Great Bend and Dodge City, Kansas and Granada, Colorado. In 1884, Santa Fe shipped 800,000 head of cattle from Dodge City alone.The railroad maintained a Live Stock Department catering to cattlemen, ranchers and packers.

But live animals were troublesome to ship. Damage and Loss claims were higher than any other commodity, and government regulations were more extensive. The shipping of live stock peaked in the 1920s, but by 1930 things had begun to change. Trucks proved to be more convenient and often faster transportation for small shippers and for short distances.

In the end, Santa Fe loaded just 62 cars of stock in 1972, the last year of live stock operations. But for over a century, live stock, birds, fish, and a myriad of other animals went on Santa Fe - all the way.Painstakingly researched and liberally illustrated, this is the story of Santa Fe's live stock operations, from its history, to equipment, to infrastructure-such as stock yards and feeding stations required to maintain the business.

Along the way this volume touches on the rules and regulations governing the traffic, rodeo and circus trains, Railway Express shipping, as well as modeling this fascinating part of Santa Fe's legacy. This book combines features of both the rolling stock reference series and the commodity series.

Contents:

• A History of Live Stock and the Santa Fe, pp. 7–8
• Operations, pp. 9–14
• The Rules, pp. 15–34
• Damage Claims, pp. 35–52
• Santa Fe Stock Car Overview, pp. 53–58
• Various Classes of Santa Fe Stock Cars, pp. 59–140
• Cleaning and Bedding, pp. 141–146
• Drover Cars, pp. 147–156
• Not Just for Live Stock, pp. 157–170
• Horses
• Railway Express and Other Critters, pp. 171–190
• Company Stock Yards on the Santa Fe, pp. 191–214
• Santa Fe Breeding Stations, pp. 215–230
• Union Stock Yards, pp. 231–238
• Modeler's Notes, pp. 239–245
• Appendix, pp. 246–253
• Bibliography, pp. 254–256Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society, softcover, 256 pages, standard landscape format, 8.5 x 11 x 1 in., over 300 Black and White photographs and diagrams and over 140 Color photographs, appendix, roster, plus modelers notes.

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Santa Fe Railway Historical & MS, hardcover with jacket, 256 pages, 8.5 x 11 x 1 in., 369 photographs (26 in color), 41 diagrams, 6 maps, Notes, Bibliography and Index.

This book brings to print the late Robert Pounds' work on the Gulf Lines depots. Published in the same style as his Western Lines Depots book of 1984, it includes sections on Station Name Sources, a basic history of 'The GC,' Depot Construction and Evolution, Depot Operations and Services, and is then broken into chapters on the Main Line, covering the 1st District of the Galveston Division, 1st and 2nd Districts of the Southern Division, and 1st and 2nd Districts of the Northern Division.

The Galveston Division sections covers the Galveston Terminal, Houston, Matagorda, Garwood, Bonus, Hall and Nash Dome Districts and the Texas City Terminal Railway Co. The Southern Division section covers the Lampasas, Sweetwater, San Saba, San Angelo, Paint Rock, Sterling City, Dublin, Menard, and Waco Districts.

The Beaumont Division section covers the Somerville, Conroe, San Augustine, Longview, Port Bolivar, Silsbee, Saratoga, Grigsby, Oakdale and Ore City Districts. The Northern Division section covers the Pauls Valley, Dallas, Paris, Sherman, Honey Grove, Weatherford, Cresson, Ringling, Sulphur, Lindsay and Ada Districts.

Contents:

• Introduction, Abbreviations, Station Name Sources
• The GC, pp. 1–4
• Depot Construction and Evolution, pp. 5–12
• Depot Operations and Services, pp. 13–24
• The Main Line, pp. 25–86
• The Galveston Division, pp. 87–106
• The Southern Division, pp. 107–142
• The Beaumont Division, pp. 143–178
• The Northern Division, pp. 179–208
• Depot Color Gallery, pp. 209–220
• Depot Diagram Gallery, pp. 221–234
• Notes, Bibliography, Index, pp. 235–240. Publisher: Santa Fe Railway H&MS

Santa Fe Railway H&MS, hardcover with jacket, 344 pages, 11 x 8.5 x 1.5 in., 313 black & white and 39 color photographs, 36 maps and diagrams, richly illustrated, index.

The dream of promoter Arthur Edward Stilwell, the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway never made it to Kansas City and never made connections with the Oriental trade. Financed without the aide of Wall Street 'money trusts', the railroad was constructed in many disconnected sections in Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and the states of Sinaloa and Chihuahua in Mexico.

Attempts to link the already-built line from the Mexican seaport of Topolobampo, Sinaloa, and the rest of the system were halted by the formidable Sierra Madre and revolutionary activities in Mexico. And in the United States, progress was slow, due to lack of funds.

In fact, Stilwell lost control of the railway in 1912 and it was in the hands of receivers more than once. Were it not for the discovery of oil in west Texas in the 1920s, the KCM&O might not have survived to the Depression.

As it was, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway bought it in 1928, completed some of the lines in Texas, and waited for improving business conditions that never came. Authors Pounds and McCall cover the story of the Orient in rich detail- of the birth, growth tribulations and, finally, the denouement of Arthur Stilwell's grand idea - the Orient Railway - which for over sixty years after remained a quaint, backwater operation of the great Santa Fe Railway system.. a railroad that, as the old cowboy said, 'didn't start nowheres, didn't end up nowheres and there weren't nothing in between.'

Contents:

• Introduction, Preface, Stilwell Comes to Kansas City, pp. 5–14
• The Orient is Born, pp. 15–22
• Building the Orient, The First Ten Years, pp. 23–110
• Building the Orient, Through Revolution and Bankruptcy, pp. 111–190
• Federal Control and Texas Oil, pp. 191–236
• Kemper Finds a Buyer, pp. 237–276
• Epilogue, pp. 277–282
• A Look Back, pp. 283–284
• Station List, pp. 285–298
• Rosters, pp. 299–340
• Index, pp. 341–344.

Laminated cover, coil bound, 398 coated pages.

The 1950 System-wide Employee Time Tables for all active divisions of the Santa Fe Railway is bound together in this title. The effective date is April 2, 1950, when many divisions issued new time tables.

Divisions are listed in Grand Division order and the complete time table is presented - including blanks where blanks were found in the original. This ensures that you will see them as the appeared to the original user.The complete timetable is presented including covers, maps, special instruction and other data.

Many passenger trains and motor cars were still running and it is interesting to see their times over the districts.Features: New Softcover Santa Fe Railway Santa Fe Railway H&M Society

Santa Fe Railway H&MS, spiral bound softcover, 240 pages, B&W and Color photographs, illustrations and plans. Printed on heavy, glossy paper stock.

This 240 page book provides an in-depth look at the humble beginnings, development, and modifications to the many paint schemes worn by Santa Fe's diesel fleet, ranging from the first locomotives delivered in 1934 to the last SD75M to arrive on the property in 1995.

This book features many never-before-published images covering most types of Santa Fe motive power. Included are 274 color and 80 black and white photographs, 76 renderings, three painting timelines, and image and drawing indices.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 6–8
• Basic Black, Before the Zebra Stripes, pp. 9–11
• Solid Sill Stripes, pp. 12–21
• Tiger Stripes, p. 22
• Interim Stripes, Pre-Zebra, pp. 23–27
• Zebra Stripes, pp. 28–63
• Paint Designed for Speed, pp. 64–67
• The Unmistakable Warbonnet, pp. 68–140
• Pre-1960 Blue and Yellow Freight Schemes, pp 141-155
• 1960 Paint Redesign, Pinstripe, pp. 156–176
• Warbonnets of a Different Color, the Yellowbonnet, pp. 177–217
• Colorful Kodachromes, pp. 218–225
• Bicenntennials, pp. 226–233
• Colorful Case Studies, pp. 234–235
• Paint Timelines, pp. 236–237
• DuPont Paint Schemes, p. 238
• Image Index, p. 239
• Drawing Index, p. 240.

From 1974, this long out-of-print and widely sought book has been digitized into Adobe PDF form, with bookmarking, into CD form. The book is based on 19 passenger train consist books issued between 1946 and 1971 by the Santa Fe for the use of its officials.

It tells what cars would have made up the standard company passenger trains at any given point and date on the railroad. It shows where cars would have been dropped and where picked up along their journey.

When the book was originally published, some of the floor plans did not reproduce well. In digitizing this book an attempt has been made to make the diagrams more clear. An index of photographs and drawings has been added to this publication.

SFRH&MS (originally RPC Publications), CD-Rom.

Softcover, 48 pages, Color and B&W photographs and illustrations (about 50/50 of each).

As a railroad engineer, I'm interested on the rail I'm operating on. This is a unique, interesting book.A Short History of Rail Testing, pp. 6–19,The Beginning of Ultrasonic Rail Inspection, pp. 20–25,Late Modern Era of Santa Fe Rail Testing, 1974-1991, pp. 26–39,The End of the Program - Final Thoughts, pp.

40–41,Figures and Photos - Rail, Steel and Defects, pp. 42–45,Ultrasonics Explained, pp. 46–48.Roster of Santa Fe Detector Cars, inside back cover.

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This book continues the work of the late Robert E. Pounds and William W. Childers in documenting Santa Fe Railway depots. It contains a route-by-route and station-by station look at the depots of the Eastern Lines Grand Division of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway system.

Using a format developed by John McCall for the listing of stations and the arrangement of accompanying data, that has been used in four previous books on Santa Fe depots. The Eastern Lines of the Santa Fe covered by this book ran from Chicago on the east end to Boise City, Oklahoma on the far west.

Lines also ran from Ottawa, Kansas to Tulsa, Oklahoma, from Superior, Nebraska through Wichita to Wellington, Kansas and from Newton to Arkansas City, Kansas, and Purcell, Oklahoma. The Santa Fe had depots or towers at more than 620 stations in this territory ranging from small one-room wood frame boxes to large masonry edifices with more than 20 rooms.

Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society, hardcover, 208 pages, 568 photographs, and index.

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Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society, softcover, 192 pages with 231 photographs and Illustrations. Detailed map of the Middle Division at its peak in 1965.

This is another wonderful book about the Santa Fe Railway published by the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society. There are historical photographs in black & white, color photographs of the more recent times, extensive text, track diagrams of important yards and junctions for both the historian and model railroader.

Includes lists of passenger trains operated, passenger cars to be switched in and out, lists of freight trains operated for various eras, steam and diesel locomotive assignments, water service and dimensions and many maps.

This book tells the story of the aptly named Santa Fe's Middle Division. Because of frequent boundary changes, it is difficult to define precisely what was included in the Middle Division, so the author included all the territory covered by the Middle Division of the Santa Fe at some point in its history.

This division covered the middle part of Kansas, and, until it merged with much of the Oklahoma Division, was all in Kansas (except for a mere 1.9 miles in Nebraska). It was also the heart of America's "Wheat Belt," and the revenue from its traffic furnished much of the capital for the expansion of the Santa Fe.

In addition to freight traffic, the Middle Division saw all the main line through passenger trains, including those between the eastern end of the system and the West Coast, between the eastern end of the system and Colorado, and between the eastern end of the system and Texas.

The Middle Division also had an extensive network of branch lines. The author covers all this and more. This book continues the history of Santa Fe divisions published by the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society.

Prior to this volume there were four division histories covering: the Colorado Division, the Denver District (The Joint Line), the Los Angeles Division and the Illinois Division.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 6–8
• The Beginnings and Growth: 1870-1905, pp. 9–42
• Consolidation Through the Roaring Twenties: 1905-1930, pp. 43–86
• The Depression and WWII: 1930-1946, pp. 87–118
• Post-War to Amtrak: 1946-1971, pp. 119–154
• The Latter Day Santa Fe: 1971-1995, pp. 155–182
• Appendices, pp. 183–189
• Bibliography, pp. 190–192.