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La Grande Station in Los
Angeles is demolished after service as office space
since the transition to LAUPT in 1939. The Santa
Fe Skyway contract air freight service begins operation
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The original Raton pass
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1981 |
The old COW line between
Clinton and Pampa is abandoned. |
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1991 |
The old KCM&O line from
Maryneal, Texas, to Cherokee, Oklahoma, is sold to the
Texas & Oklahoma Railroad. |
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1992 |
The KCM&O line from San
Angelo, Texas, to Presidio, Texas, on the Mexican border
is sold to South Orient Railroad Company. The Fort
Worth-Menard track purchased in 1937 is dropped when it
starts using a Fort Worth-Sweetwater, Texas, line that
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| Resources: |
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| "Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad Company." Britannica
Concise Encyclopedia, 2004. |
| BNSF. "BNSF
History." BNSF Official Website, 2004. |
| Bryant, Keith L., Jr.
History of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway.
Omaha, NE: Univ. of Nebraska, 1982. |
| Glischinski, Steve.
Santa Fe Railway. Osceola, WI: Andover
Junction Publications, 1997. |
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| Note that this is
merely a compilation of material found in the above
resources and is not meant to be construed as an
original work. For the best reference on Santa Fe
history, purchase the book by Glischinski. |
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