Descriptive Summary
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
Company
Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad Company Records,
1910-1986 and undated
Records pertaining to
the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, which was established in 1859 by
Cyrus K and became one of the major railroads in the Southwest.
S 46.1
Southwest Collection/Special Collections
Library, Texas Tech University
1 box and 4 books (2.0
linear feet)
English.
Biographical Sketch
One of the major railroads in the Southwest, the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railroad was established in 1859 by Cyrus K. Holliday. The rail lines
extended to Los Angeles, California, by 1887 and broke ground in Texas in 1881.
The Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway was added in 1886 to obtain a
connection to the Gulf of Mexico. By 1888 the Texas Panhandle was included in
the railroad's service lines. The name was changed in 1893 from the Atchison,
Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad to the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway
Company
Scope and Contents
The collection includes a scrapbook, printed materials, time tables,
station layouts, train order slips, annual reports and photographs.
Index Terms
The subject headings used by the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library are derived from the Library of Congress and/or locally
developed.
Subjects (Organizations)
Atchison, Topeka, and
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Atchison, Topeka, and
Santa Fe Railway Company--History
Subjects
Locomotives--History
Railroads--Texas,
West
Railroads--Southwest,
New
Railroad travel--Southwest,
New
Acquisition
Gifts, 1958-1971 and undated
Access Restrictions
Open for research
Processed by
Abel Ramirez, August 2000
Preferred Citation
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company Records, 1910-1986
and undated, Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech
University, Lubbock, Texas
Additional Sources
The Handbook of Texas has published a more in-depth online
biography of Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company at
http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/search.html
Carr, Clark Ezra.
History of Bringing the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe Railway to Galesburg. Galesburg, Ill.: Wagoner, 1913.
Wood, Sylvan Rupert.
The Locomotives of the Atchison, Topeka and
Santa Fe System. Boston: Railway and Locomotive Historical Society,
Baker Library, Harvard Business School, 1948.
For related materials located in the Southwest Collection/Special
Collections Library, see the following collections:
- Thelma Wilson Porter Papers, 1918-1969
- Philip Nickel oral history interview [sound recording], 1969
- Roland I. Cross oral history interview [sound recording], 1968
- George A. Baker Papers, 1892-1981
- San Saba County (Tex.) photograph collection, 1874-1968
- Roberts County (Tex.) photograph collection, 1880-1966
- San Angelo (Tex.) photograph collection, 1875-1969
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Records, 1914-1979 and undated
- Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Records, 1905-1973 and undated
Collection Inventory
General Files
1
1
Correspondence: General,
1967-1968 and undated
1
2
Financial Materials: Annual Reports,
1936-1968
1
3
General Files: Systems Plans,
1910-1965 and undated
1
4
Miscellaneous Materials: Train Order Slips,
1978 and undated
Printed Materials
1
5
Modern Railroads-Magazine,
1965
1
6
Newspaper Clippings,
1965 and undated
1
7
Photographs,
undated
1
8
Railway System History,
1912 and undated
1
9
Santa Fe Railways-Informational Publications,
1961-1968 and undated
1
10
Time Tables,
1981-1986
Oversized Items
1
1
Scrapbook,
1910-1965 and undated
1
2
Maps: Station Layouts,
undated
1
Maps: Graphic Index to Valuation Districts of Western
Lines,
1949
2
Charts: Train Register-San Angelo, Texas,
1942
3
Charts: Train Register-San Angelo, Texas,
1944
4
Charts: Train Register-San Angelo, Texas,
1949