Visionary executive William Barstow Strong led the second transcontinental line, the Santa Fe, in the 1880s, paving the way for thousands of miles of track. Illustration by Matthew Richardson When the ...
Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. There was just one problem when railroad executive Cyrus K. Holliday came up with the idea to build the Atchison ...
This week a new president takes over the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Co. The job is no sinecure; 55-year-old Fred Gurley will earn every cent of his $60,000-a-year salary. The Santa Fe has a ...