History of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway

?Keith L. Bryant Jr. is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Akron. He is the author of five books, including Culture in the American Southwest: The Earth, the Sky, the People. Fred W. Frailey was a writer for Trains magazine for four decades and is the author or coauthor of six books about railroads, including Twilight of the Great Trains. He has been a writer or editor for the Chicago Sun-Times and Kansas City Star newspapers and for U.S. News & World Report and Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazines.

List of Illustrations List of Tables Preface to the First Edition Preface to the New Edition 1. Colonel Holliday's Vision 2. Texas Cows and Colorado Mountain Passes 3. Russian Wheat Farmers and Boston Capitalists 4. Fred Harvey and His Girls 5. Headlong Expansion 6. The Captains of Industry Reorganize 7. Expansion-Conservative and Controlled 8. From Teakettles to Mallets 9. Federalization and Normalcy 10. Depression, War, and Technological Change 11. The Coming of the Diesel 12. The Chiefs and Chico 13. Decade of Uncertainty 14. The Southern Pacific Fiasco 15. Transformation 16. The Making of BNSF Railway Notes Bibliographic Essay Index

"The totality of Bryant and Frailey's work impresses upon the reader just how much solid leadership and exceptional vision are required in the creation and management of a giant undertaking like the ATSF. Cyrus Holliday would be proud of where his vision ultimately led and the important impact it has had on the development of the United States."-Mark Janzen, Nebraska History "If you want an interesting look at railroading plus the social, financial, and political times over 130 years of America, consider this well-researched and documented book."-Stan Moore, Denver Posse of Westerners "Keith L. Bryant Jr. and Fred W. Frailey's History of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway is a well-researched and thorough account of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) that is beautifully written and accessible to readers."-Benjamin J. Bax, Chronicles of Oklahoma "Readers will enjoy this comprehensive history of the Santa Fe, one covering more than 125 years. This wonderfully detailed book allows readers to gain a real feeling for this railroad and fills an enormous void in the literature of railroad company histories."-H. Roger Grant, Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Professor of History at Clemson University "This is the best-documented book-length history of the Santa Fe Railway. Keith Bryant is a longtime historian of American railroading, and his collaborator, Fred Frailey, is widely regarded as one of the foremost observers of the modern industry. The history is presented chronologically and is well organized. It is accessible for a popular audience, even as it exhibits high standards of scholarship."-Peter A. Hansen, longtime editor of Railroad History and correspondent for Trains magazine