Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

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The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway was a major American railroad that became one of the largest and most influential rail systems in the United States, central to the development of the Southwest.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Class I railroad
railway company
abbreviation AT&SF
Santa Fe
competedWith Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
corporateForm publicly traded company
country United States of America
surface form: United States
culturalReference Hollywood films featuring the Super Chief
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
surface form: song "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe"
dateOfFirstRailOperations 1860s
dissolved 1996
famousPassengerTrain California Limited
Chief
El Capitan
San Diego
surface form: San Diegan

Super Chief
Texas Chief
formerHeadquartersLocation Atchison, Kansas, United States
surface form: Atchison, Kansas

Topeka, Kansas
hadMotivePowerType diesel-electric locomotives
steam locomotives
headquartersLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
inception 1859
industry rail transport
knownFor aggressive freight competition
development of the American Southwest
distinctive red and silver Warbonnet locomotive livery
high-quality passenger service
logoFeature cross and circle "Santa Fe" emblem
mainRegionServed southwestern United States
surface form: American Southwest

Midwestern United States
surface form: Midwest United States

West Coast of the United States
mergedWith BNSF Railway
surface form: Burlington Northern Railroad
mergerDate 1995
namedAfter Atchison, Kansas, United States
surface form: Atchison, Kansas

Santa Fe, New Mexico
Topeka, Kansas
notableRoute Chicago–Los Angeles
Chicago–San Diego
Chicago–San Francisco (via connections)
operatedService freight rail transport
passenger rail transport
operatedTo Arizona
California, United States
surface form: California

Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago, Illinois

Colorado
Illinois
Iowa
Kansas
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
surface form: Kansas City, Missouri

Los Angeles, California, United States of America
surface form: Los Angeles, California

Missouri
Nebraska
New Mexico
Oklahoma
San Diego, California, United States
surface form: San Diego, California

San Francisco Bay Area
Texas
parentCompanyAfter1980s Santa Fe Industries
Santa Fe Pacific Corporation
safetyRecord reputation for relatively high safety standards for a large U.S. railroad
successor BNSF Railway
BNSF Railway
surface form: Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
trackGauge standard gauge
wasEarlyAdopterOf dieselization of freight operations
dieselization of mainline passenger trains

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Atchison, Kansas, United States servedByRailroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Las Vegas New Mexico servedByRailway Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
subject surface form: Las Vegas, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (historically)
Transcontinental Air Transport railPartner Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
this entity surface form: Santa Fe Railway
Railway Exchange Building namedAfter Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Deming, New Mexico, United States servedBy Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
subject surface form: Deming, New Mexico
this entity surface form: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (historical)
BNSF Southern Transcon predecessorOwner Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Barstow Amtrak station formerRailwayCompany Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Harvey House hotel developedAlong Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
North First Avenue associatedWith Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe Depot (San Diego) originallyOwnedBy Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway