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Santa Fe Coaling Facilities: Engineering Series Vol. 1 Robert D. Walz
Paired Rail Railroad Publications 2009 0979900956 / 9780979900952 NEW CONDITION BOOK
Santa Fe Coaling Facilities Vol. 1: Engineering Series This 64 page, Black & White, soft cover book highlights the wide variety of facilities, both large and small, from the suppliers used by the Santa Fe. We have arbitrarily divided the facilities into four types: very large terminal facilities, division and crew change points, main line intermediate facilities, and branch line facilities. Unless otherwise noted, all the illustrations are from the Russell L. Crump Memorial Library. Most of the dozens of coaling towers that once stood along the Santa Fe right-of-way were demolished within a few years of the end of coal-fired steam operations in their respective areas. For one reason or another though, a scattered handful of concrete towers survived, unused and derelict, for several decades more. The chutes at Skedee, Oklahoma, and Chanute, Kansas lasted into the 1980s before being leveled, and three others at Cushing, Oklahoma, Great Bend, Kansas, and Marceline, Missouri still exist today. Contents:
Ch. 1: Very Large Terminal Facilities, pp. 6-14;
Ch. 2: Division Point Facilities, pp. 15-24;
Ch. 3: Intermediate main line Facilities, pp. 25-44;
Ch. 4: Branch Line Facilities, pp. 45-56;
List of system Santa Fe coaling facilities (updated from an article in The Santa Fe Modeler), pp. 57-62;
Epilogue, pp. 63-64. Paired Rail Railroad Publications, soft cover, 64 pages, 10.75 x 8.25 x .25 in, b&w photographs and illustrations. prrp952
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Santa Fe Division Point Yards Robert D. Walz
Paired Rail Railroad Publications 2010 0979900964 / 9780979900969 NEW CONDITION BOOK
Santa Fe Division Point Yards: Engineering Series Vol. Two This second volume in Paired Rail's engineering series looks at the yards that were located at the boundaries of operating divisions. This 80 page, b&w, soft cover book highlights Division Point Yards. This book is built around maps of Santa Fe's division point yards, and we will show each yard at a specific point in time and describe changes through photos and text. A division point yard is usually located at the boundary of two operating divisions and belongs to one of the two divisions. It can also be well within a division if located at the junction of two or more main lines. A division can also have two division point yards. This was the case on the Santa Fe in the classic period (1931) because of previous consolidations of divisions. It is usually a freight yard, but railroads with important passenger service, such as the Santa Fe until 1971, could also have a separate passenger yard. This is how the Santa Fe did it in Chicago and Los Angeles. A division point yard included the tracks (receiving, classification and departure) and facilities (car repair, engine service and yard administration). Some division point yards also included icing facilities and stock pens where livestock could be off-loaded for mandatory rest, feeding and watering. The man in charge of a yard was the yardmaster who supervised the yard foremen who controlled the yard clerks and the switch crews. The use of one or two division point yards per division served the Santa Fe well through the 1950s. After that, several factors led the Santa Fe to close some, reduce the use of others, and consolidate functions in a few large yards, notably Argentine, Clovis, Belen, and Barstow. The major factor was competition from trucks. This competition drove the gradual elimination of branch lines through the reduction, and then elimination, of less than carload (LCL) and stock traffic and virtual elimination of perishable traffic. The greater reliance on long distance inter-modal and unit trains also contributed to the downgrading and elimination of division point yards. Thus, by the time of its merger with the Burlington Northern, the Santa Fe had torn up some former division point yards, greatly reduced classification at others and eliminated switch tricks in favor of local train crews. Includes excellent b&w photographs of the yards and many overhead photographs of cars and locomotives. Paired Rail Railroad Publications, soft cover, 80 pages, 10.75 x 8.25 x .25 in., b&w photographs;
diagrams. prrp969
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Santa Fe's Colorado Division Speedway Robert D. Walz
Santa Fe Railway H&MS 2010 1933587245 / 9781933587240 NEW CONDITION BOOK
Santa Fe's Colorado Division Speedway: A History of the Legendary Mainline Between Dodge City, Kansas and La Junta, Colorado. On May 17, 1937, the Santa Fe Railway inaugurated a new high-speed diesel-powered luxury train'The Super Chief. It was scheduled to cover the 202 miles between Dodge City, Kansas, and La Junta, Colorado, at an average speed of 87.2 miles per hour. On February 20, 1938, the schedules of virtually all of the passenger trains were speeded up on this stretch of track on the northern passenger mainline, which quickly became known as the 'Speedway.' The Speedway was at various times a major part of a division and at times a division in itself. Author Walz explores the history of how the Santa Fe built through this country, of how it served the towns and industries along its lines and how it operated the railroad from the 1870s through 1996. It includes a town-by-own discription of the line with detailed information on terminals like La Junta and Dodge City. But first and foremost, this is a study of the passenger trains'especially in the period from 1938 through 1971'when Santa Fe routinely operated them over the Speedway at some of the highest sustained speeds on the system. Twenty-five years in the making, the book is richly illustrated with period views, including the work of pioneer action photographer Otto Perry. This, then, is not only a study of the Santa Fe Railway in the high plains of western Kansas and eastern Colorado, but an economic and cultural history of the region as well. Contents:
The Formative Years: 1872 to 1907, pp. 5-8;
Arkansas River Division First and Second Districts: 1907-1931, pp. 9-28;
Colorado Division First District: 1931-1938, pp. 29-64;
The Speedway Comes of Age: 1938-1971, pp. 65-94;
The Final Santa Fe Years: 1971-1996, pp. 143-157;
Bibliography, pp. 158-160 Santa Fe Railway H&MS, soft cover, 160 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .5 in., 150 photos, 18 in color, maps, timetable reproductions and bibliography. sfrh240
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