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here's a quich history of the Santa Fe ------------------------------- <br />The Santa Fe which formed in 1860 had a modest goal-to connect the Kansas cities of Atchison and Topeka w/ Santa Fe, New Mexico. Construction began in 1868. After the above line was completed the RR built west through Colorado. As a result they were able to tap coal mines and livestock production. It was only natural the RR would target California. The Santa Fe tracks crossed the CA state line in 1883. Los Angeles was reached in 1887. By the end of the 1800's Santa Fe had reached Denver (1882) and Chicago (1888). SF also covered Kansas & Oklahoma with branch lines. Santa Fe reached it's peak in 1931 w/ 13,568 miles of mainline track. For years it was the longest RR in the U.S. Santa Fe was both a sucessful freight & passenger carrier. SF held a reputation of the finest passenger trains in America. (until 1971 when Amtrak took over salect trains) SF pioneered many freight handling methods. In 1976 it built the experimental 6-unit flatcar for carrying freight containers. This method later became the industry standard. In 1960 it was the first RR to carry automobiles on racks attached to flatcars (vs. boxcars). <br />In 1983 SF announced merger plans w/ Southern Pacific. The merge was rejected by the Interstate Commerce Commission in 1986. Between 1985&1995 SF carried more intermodal units (truck trailers and containers on special flatcars) than any other RR. <br />In 1994 there was a surprise announcment that Santa Fe would merge w/ Bulington Noethern. On Sept. 22,1995 they merged forming the largest (at that time) RR in U.S. history: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
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