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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe <strong>Railway</strong> - <strong>Wikipedia</strong>, <strong>the</strong> <strong>free</strong> <strong>encyclopedia</strong><br />
Gross operating revenue $182,580 $528,080,530<br />
Total track length 62 miles (100 km) 13,115 miles (21,107 km)<br />
Freight carried 98,920 tons 59,565,100 tons<br />
Passengers carried 33,630 11,264,000<br />
Locomotives owned 6 1,759<br />
Unpowered rolling stock owned 141<br />
81,974 freight cars<br />
1,436 passenger cars<br />
Source: Santa Fe Railroad (1945), Along Your Way, Rand McNally, Chicago, Illinois.<br />
Predecessors, subsidiary railroads, and leased lines<br />
Santa Fe No. 2A, an EMD E1 is shown pulling<br />
<strong>the</strong> Super Chief on <strong>the</strong> cover of <strong>the</strong> railroad's<br />
1945 promotional publication "Along Your<br />
Way."<br />
● California, Arizona and Santa Fe <strong>Railway</strong> (1911-1963) — a non-operating subsidiary of <strong>the</strong> ATSF<br />
❍ Santa Fe, Prescott and Phoenix <strong>Railway</strong> (1892-1911)<br />
■ Arizona and California <strong>Railway</strong> (1903-1905)<br />
■ Bradshaw Mountain Railroad (1902-1912) — a non-operating subsidiary<br />
■ Prescott and Eastern Railroad (1897-1911)<br />
■ Phoenix and Eastern Railroad (1895-1908)<br />
● California Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Railroad (1880-1906) — a subsidiary railroad chartered to build a rail connection between what has become <strong>the</strong><br />
city of Barstow and San Diego, California<br />
● Grand Canyon <strong>Railway</strong> (1901-1942) — became an operating subsidiary of <strong>the</strong> ATSF in 1902 and a non-operating subsidiary in<br />
1924<br />
❍ Santa Fe and Grand Canyon Railroad (1897-1901)<br />
● Minkler Sou<strong>the</strong>rn <strong>Railway</strong> Company (1913-1992?) — a subsidiary created to build <strong>the</strong> Porterville-Orosi District (Minkler to Ducor,<br />
California)<br />
● New Mexico and Arizona Railroad (1882-1897) — ATSF subsidiary; (1897-1934) non-operating SP subsidiary<br />
● New Mexico and Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Pacific Railroad Company (1878-?) — a subsidiary created to lay track across <strong>the</strong> Raton Pass into New<br />
Mexico<br />
● Santa Fe Pacific Railroad (1897-1902)<br />
❍ Atlantic and Pacific Railroad (1880-1897)<br />
● Sonora <strong>Railway</strong> — became an operating subsidiary of <strong>the</strong> ATSF in 1879<br />
● Verde Valley <strong>Railway</strong> (1913-1942) — an ATSF "paper railroad" at Clarkdale, Arizona<br />
● Western Arizona <strong>Railway</strong> (1906-1931) — an ATSF subsidiary (Kingman – Chloride)<br />
❍ Arizona and Utah <strong>Railway</strong> (1899-1933) [2]<br />
The failed SPSF merger<br />
The Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Pacific Santa Fe Railroad (SPSF) was a proposed merger between<br />
<strong>the</strong> parent companies of <strong>the</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Pacific and Santa Fe railroads announced on<br />
December 23, 1983. As a part of <strong>the</strong> joining of <strong>the</strong> two firms, all of <strong>the</strong> rail and nonrail<br />
assets owned by Santa Fe Industries and <strong>the</strong> Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Pacific Transportation<br />
Company was placed under <strong>the</strong> control of a holding company, <strong>the</strong> Santa Fe–<br />
Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Pacific Corporation. The merger was subsequently denied by <strong>the</strong><br />
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