Santa Fe

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Santa Fe was a major American railroad company that played a key role in the development and transportation infrastructure of the western United States.

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Santa Fe canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad company
associatedWith Fred Harvey Company
Harvey House restaurants
linked to: Harvey House hotel
beganDieselization 1930s
ceasedToExistAsIndependentCompany 1996
completedDieselization 1950s
country United States
culturalReference song "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"
dateFounded 1859
foundingLocation Kansas
gainedAccessTo Chicago
Pacific Coast
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois
knownFor Fred Harvey Company partnerships
development of the American Southwest
promotion of tourism in the Southwest
majorRoute Chicago–Los Angeles
Chicago–San Francisco Bay Area
Chicago–Texas Gulf Coast
mergedInto Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway
linked to: BNSF Railway
mergerDate 1995
mergerPartner Burlington Northern Railroad
linked to: BNSF Railway
namedAfter Atchison, Kansas
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Topeka, Kansas
notableFreightService transcontinental freight
notablePassengerTrain California Limited
Chief
El Capitan
Super Chief
operatedInRegion Midwestern United States
Southwestern United States
western United States
originalCharterName Atchison and Topeka Railroad Company
playedRoleIn development of western United States transportation infrastructure
economic development of the American Southwest
primaryGauge standard gauge
safetyRecord known for relatively high operating standards for its era
servedCity Albuquerque, New Mexico
Chicago, Illinois
linked to: Chicago

Denver, Colorado
El Paso, Texas
linked to: El Paso

Galveston, Texas
linked to: Galveston

Houston, Texas
Kansas City, Missouri
Los Angeles, California
Phoenix, Arizona
San Diego, California
San Francisco Bay Area, California
shortName Santa Fe
successor BNSF Railway
usedBranding Warbonnet locomotive paint scheme
usedMotivePower diesel locomotives
steam locomotives

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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway logoText Santa Fe
subject linked to: AT&SF