Union Pacific water tower, Rossville, Kansas
Date: Between 1920 and 1930
Pictured left to right are Elmer Olson and F.E. Zickefoose. Mr. Zickefoose was the water tower pumper. This photograph is provided through a pilot project to host unique cultural heritage materials from local libraries on Kansas Memory and was accomplished by mutual agreement between the Northeast Kansas Library System, the Rossville Community Library, and the Kansas Historical Society.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Harvey House staff, Wellington, Kansas
Date: 1937
This black and white photograph shows a group of employees from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Harvey House at Wellington, Kansas.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's CTC board, San Bernardino, CA
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1945 and 1949
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) board and operator at San Bernardino, California. Centralized Traffic Control is a system of control whereby the railroads employ a dispatcher at a central point, and the dispatcher remotely controls the signals and the routing of trains, and the engineer of a train must obey the signals. CTC bypassed the need for local operators and eliminated written (train) orders.

President Harry S. Truman's radio address to the nation on the railroad strike
Creator: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1946
A copy of President Truman's May 24, 1946 radio address on the current railroad strike. Truman states that "The railroads must resume operation. In view of the extraordinary emergency which exists, as President of the United States I call upon the men who are now out on strike to return to their jobs and to operate our railroads." Accompanying the speech is a letter from F.G. Gurley, President of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. Gurley's letter addresses the need for negotiations but also reminds employees that strikes damage the nations needs and jeopardize the public welfare.

Switchmen's Union of North America
Creator: Switchmen's Union of North America
Date: Between 1908 and 1909
A booklet advertising the Switchmen's Union of North America, Topeka Lodge No. 12, in Topeka, Kansas. The booklet also contains a brief history of the lodge and a number of advertisements from Topeka businesses.

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company employees in Barstow, California
Creator: Curto, Jerry
Date: January 1971
This colored slide shows a group of employees from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company shops in Barstow, California, gathered on a diesel locomotive holding a sign that reads " Number One Santa Fe for Safety".

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company employees in Barstow, California
Creator: Curto, Jerry
Date: January 1971
This colored slide shows a group of employees from the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company shops in Barstow, California, gathered around a sign that reads "Santa Fe -- Number One for Safety".

Delma Frasser, Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe, courier nurse
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
This black and white photograph shows Chief Santa Fe Courier Nurse Delma Fraser. The Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company assigned registered nurses, known as couriers, to their passenger trains during the 1930s and 1960s to attend to the medical needs of their passengers. During their cross country travels, the nurses also assisted with certain administrative duties or errands that required attention.

People boarding the El Capitan passenger train
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1955 and 1959
A photograph showing people boarding Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's El Capitan passenger train with assistance from a porter.

Lawrence Locke Rosenthal, Topeka, Kansas
Date: August 1962
Photo of Lawrence Locke Rosenthal taken at the time of his promotion from Assistant Auditor to Auditor for the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, Topeka. Rosenthal was born September 15, 1900 in Farmington, New Mexico. He graduated from Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California. In 1917, he started his work with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in Ash Fork, Arizona as a clerk in the agent's office. In 1918 he transferred to the auditor's office in Los Angeles as clerk. Over the years he rose through the ranks and in 1954 transferred to Topeka as Assistant Auditor of Freight Accounts. When he retired in 1969 he was the head of the Freight Accounts department.

Lawrence Locke Rosenthal, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: H. C. "Shorty" Wilson
Date: September 1954
Photo of Lawrence Locke Rosenthal taken the first day of his arrival in Topeka as Assistant Auditor of Accounts for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. He was born September 15, 1900 in Farmington, New Mexico. He graduated from Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California. In 1917 he started his work with ATSF at Ash Fork, Arizona as a clerk in the agent's office. In 1918 he transferred to the auditor's office in Los Angeles, California as a clerk. Over the years he rose through the ranks and in 1954 transferred to Topeka as Assistant Auditor of Freight Accounts. When he retired in 1969 he was the head of the Freight Accounts department.

Lawrence Locke Rosenthal, Topeka, Kansas
Creator: H. C. "Shorty" Wilson
Date: August 1962
Photo of Lawrence Locke Rosenthal taken at the time of his promotion to Auditor for Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, Topeka Railroad. Rosenthal was born September 15, 1900 in Farmington, New Mexico. He graduated from Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California. In 1917 he started his work with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad in Ash Fork, Arizona as a clerk in the agent's office. In 1918, he transferred to the auditor's office in Los Angeles as clerk. Over the years he rose through the ranks and in 1954 transferred to Topeka as Assistant Auditor of Freight Accounts and when he retired in 1969 he was the head of the Freight Accounts department.

Lawrence Locke Rosenthal, Topeka, Kansas
Date: March 29, 1967
Photo of Lawrence Locke Rosenthal, Topeka, sitting at his desk at the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of his years of service with the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad. Rosenthal was born September 15, 1900 in Farmington, New Mexico. He graduated from Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California. In 1917, he started his work with ATSF in Ash Fork, Arizona as a clerk in the agent's office. In 1918 he transferred to the auditor's office in Los Angeles as a clerk. Over the years he rose through the ranks and in 1954 transferred to Topeka as Assistant Auditor of Freight Accounts and when he retired in 1969 he was head of the Freight Accounts department.

Lawrence Locke Rosenthal and wife, Topeka, Kansas
Date: August 1966
Photo of Lawrence Locke Rosenthal and wife at their wedding reception held at his office as Auditor of the Freight Accounts department for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Topeka. Rosenthal was born September 15, 1900 in Farmington, New Mexico. He graduated from Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California. In 1917 he started his work with ATSF in Ash Fork, Arizona as a clerk in the agent's office. In 1918 he transferred to the auditor's office in Los Angeles as clerk. Over the years he rose through the ranks and in 1954 transferred to Topeka as assistant auditor of Freight Accounts and when he retired in 1969 he was head of the Freight Accounts department.

Lawrence Locke Rosenthal and wife, Topeka, Kansas
Date: August 1966
A photo of Lawrence Locke Rosenthal at he and his wife's wedding reception in his office as Auditor of the Freight Accounts department for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Topeka. Rosenthal was born September 15, 1900 in Farmington New Mexico. He graduated from Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles, California. In 1917 he started his work with ATSF in Ash Fork, Arizona as a clerk in the agent's office. In 1918 he transferred to the auditor's office in Los Angeles as clerk. Over the years he rose through the ranks and in 1954 transferred to Topeka as Assistant Auditor of Freight Accounts and in 1969 retired as head of the Freight Accounts department.

Lawrence Locke Rosenthal and wife, Topeka, Kansas
Date: August 1966
Photo of Lawrence Locke Rosenthal and his wife at their wedding reception in his office as Auditor of the Freight Accounts department for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, Topeka. Rosenthal was born September 15, 1900 in Farmington, New Mexico. He graduated from Polytechnic High School in Los Angeles. In 1917 he started his work with the ATSF in Ash Fork Arizona as a clerk. Then in 1918 he transferred to the auditor's office in Los Angeles as clerk. Over the years he rose through the ranks and in 1954 transferred to Topeka as Assistant Auditor of Freight Accounts. When he retired in 1969 he was the head of the Freight Accounts department.

Indian Attack near Russell, Kansas
Creator: Gogolin, Jakob
Date: 1931
Adolph Roenigk, of Lincoln, Kansas, commissioned Jakob Gogolin to complete this painting in 1930. Roenigk wanted to reproduce the image for a book he was writing entitled, "Pioneer History of Kansas." This painting, along with two others documents a Cheyenne Indian attack experienced by Roenigk while he was working for the Union Pacific Railroad near Russell, Kansas. Gogolin was German-born artist living in Denver, Colorado. The set is believed to have originally consisted of six paintings.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe employees
Date: October 9, 1935
A photo of a group of Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company shop employees, Topeka, Kansas.

Rock Island Railroad crew members in Selden, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1915
This photograph shows Rock Island section crew workers in Selden, Kansas. Also visible is a storage shed and a wheeled pump cart used for traveling down the rails.

Interior view of Barstow, California, diesel shop
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: June 7 1948
This black and white photograph shows the interior of the diesel repair shop in Barstow, California. AT&SF locomotives 303 and 261 are identified with other early diesels including an unidentified PA model.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight office, San Francisco, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1940s and 1950s
An interior view of the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight office in San Francisco, California.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe tying in the new westbound Summit Line, Summit, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: September 1972
A 1972 photograph showing the AT&SF crew working on tying in a new westbound main track on the Summit Line, Summit, California.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe diesel powered pile driver
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: November 07, 1956
A 1956 photograph of an AT&SF diesel powered pile driver working on a bidge near Alva, Oklahoma.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe courier nurse
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: October 1969
A 1969 photograph of a Santa Fe courier nurse. These registered nurses were hired to aid passengers. This photo was taken just before the syle of uniforms was changed.

Santa Fe Arkansas River Division, La Junta, Colorado
Date: December 1914
A sepia colored image of the Santa Fe Superintendent and Crew from the Arkansas River Division, La Junta, Colorado. FRONT ROW: E. E. Foreman, Claim Adjuster; F.S. Row, Acting Chief Dispatcher; J Froese, General Foreman, B&B & WS: D.W. Orr, Superintendent; F.J. Mackie, Trainmaster; J.L. Thorpe, Chief Clerk to Superintendent, M.T. Uncapher, Operator; H.S. Scott Dispatcher. SECOND ROW: R.W. Emerson, J.J. Worman, A.L. Burbank, H.G. Totten, W.H. McKirahan, R.C. Harling, A.D. Tillman, F.W. Nelson, W.L. Fertig, THIRD ROW: J.E. Stafford, S.C. Taylor, M.H. Crowley, Cecil Denton, J.W. Robbins, W.H. Snoddy, A.T. David