Santa Fe. The Railroad Gateway to the American West. Volume One: Chicago - Los Angeles - San Diego

Book Description

San Marino: Golden West Books, 1995 First edition. Quarto. 288pp. Profusely illustrated from photographs (some in color), facsimiles, time tables, etc. Appendix, bibliography, name index and location index. Black cloth, gilt. A very fine copy with pictorial dust jacket. The name, "Santa Fe" became a popularized term by the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. This work represents the first volume of three, in a series featuring a pictorial history of the Railway. It features the organization of the railroad back in 1866, follows its construction from Topeka to California, from Topeka to Chicago, and operation of the trains. It covers the road's venture into Mexico, development of local lines within California, tells about electrification possibilities, the Santa Fe bus system, Santa Fe's ventures in air-rail transportation with participation in Trans-continental Air Transport, Santa Fe Skyways, mergers, and up to the present pending merger with Burlington Northern (1995). .

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