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Union Pacific depot and tracks, Rossville, Kansas

Union Pacific depot and tracks, Rossville, Kansas
Date: 1957
A photograph of the Union Pacific depot and railroad tracks in Rossville, Kansas.


Winfield junction, Winfield, Kansas

Winfield junction, Winfield, Kansas
Date: Between 1930 and 1939
This black and white postcard shows the Winfield Junction, located in Winfield, Kansas. This railroad line was originally build by the Florence, El Dorado, & Walnut Valley Railroad Company. The railway originated in Florence, Kansas and extended to Arkansas City, Kansas. The line was leased and operated by the Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway Company.


Flooding, Clyde, Kansas

Flooding, Clyde, Kansas
Date: July 08, 1902-July 12, 1902
This composite photograph shows flooding along the railroad tracks near Clyde, Kansas.


Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Texas Chief, Chicago, Illinois

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's Texas Chief, Chicago, Illinois
Date: Between 1940s and 1950s
This hand colored photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's passenger train the " Texas Chief" departing from Dearborn Station in Chicago, Illinois.


Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company tracks, Chicago, Illinois

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company tracks, Chicago, Illinois
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1950s and 1960s
This black and white photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company's mainline outside of Chicago, Illinois.


Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe welder and helper

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe welder and helper
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: October 1974
This colored slide show an ATSF welder and helper welding on the track near Corwith, Illinois.


Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Workers, Arkalon, Kansas

Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Workers, Arkalon, Kansas
Date: 1897
This black and white photograph shows workers from the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad repairing tracks near Arkalon, Kansas.


Sugar beet factory, Garden City, Kansas

Sugar beet factory, Garden City, Kansas
Date: 1910
The photograph shows a sugar beet plant in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, in about 1910. In front of the building there are people, horses, buggies, and wagons. The photograph also shows a train and railroad tracks in front of the sugar beet plant.


Sugar Company plant in Garden City, Kansas

Sugar Company plant in Garden City, Kansas
Date: 1910
The photographs show views of the sugar beet factory in Garden City, Finney County, Kansas, about 1910. The photographs also show people, wagons, buggies, horses, and a railroad track in front of the sugar beet factory.


Indian Attack near Russell, Kansas

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.


Imes railroad sign in Franklin County, Kansas

Imes railroad sign in Franklin County, Kansas
Date: 1955
The photograph shows the sign for Imes in Franklin County and the tracks on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, Central Kansas Division, Osawatomie Subdivision.


Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad sign for Homewood in Franklin County

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad sign for Homewood in Franklin County
Date: Between 1870 and 1900
Railway sign for Homewood on the original Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe line. This photograph was taken in 1959. The railroad is now the Eastern Lines, Eastern Division of the Burlington District.


Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and Missouri Pacific Railroad intersection in Franklin County

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad and Missouri Pacific Railroad intersection in Franklin County
Date: 1957
This photograph shows the intersection of two railroad tracks with an HU tower along side. The two companies are reported to be the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Eastern Lines, Eastern Division, Second District and the Missouri Pacific, Central Kansas Division, Osawatomie Subdivision.


View of Winchester, Kansas

View of Winchester, Kansas
Date: Between 1900 and 1910
A photograph of Winchester, Kansas, looking east from the Union Pacific Railroad water tower.


Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe hi-rail car

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe hi-rail car
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: June 1971
This 1971 photograph is of the hi-rail car ued by the roadmaster to inspect the track and roadbed.


Street scene, Peabody, Kansas

Street scene, Peabody, Kansas
Creator: Riddle, J. R.
Date: 1879
A stereo-graph view of a business street in Peabody, Kansas. Visible are people standing on the balcony of the Commercial House, and the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad tracks.


Track elevaton, Chicago, Illinois

Track elevaton, Chicago, Illinois
Creator: Mchristie, W.M.
Date: July 10, 1901
Photograph looking east from Main Street during the construction of the Eighteenth Street track elevation project in Chicago, Illinois.


Glacier National Park, Montana

Glacier National Park, Montana
Creator: Hileman, T.J.
Date: Between 1900s and 1930s
A view of an Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe rail line near Thompson, at Glacier National Park in Montana.


Topeka flood of 1951

Topeka flood of 1951
Date: 1951
View of building washed off foundation and lying on top of railroad tracks during the 1951 flood that devastated many areas of Topeka.


Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe track that has been blue flagged

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe track that has been blue flagged
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: February 1985
A slide of an ATSF track that has been blue flagged as out of service. This flag can only be removed by the employee who placed it there.


Aerial views of Topeka and Shawnee County, Kansas

Aerial views of Topeka and Shawnee County, Kansas
Creator: Kansas Department of Transporation
Date: November 30, 1956
A series of aerial photographs showing construction of I-70 Interstate west of Gage Boulevard. Also, the areas east of Gage Boulevard to MacVicar Avenue, where I-70 was eventually built. Recognizable sites include: West Hills residential area; Kansas River; Topeka Water Department treatment plant; sand and concrete company; and Union Pacific Railroad tracks.


Aerial views of Topeka and Shawnee County, Kansas

Aerial views of Topeka and Shawnee County, Kansas
Creator: Kansas Department of Transporation
Date: February 27, 1957
A series of aerial photographs showing areas adjacent to the Kansas River, prior to the construction of I-70 Interstate, and east of downtown Topeka. Recognizable sites include: the Kansas River; Topeka Water Department treatment plant; Union Pacific Railroad tracks and bridge; Topeka State Hospital grounds; Ward-Mead home; Topeka Avenue bridge; Kansas Avenue bridge; business buildings north of Fourth Street; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway shops, tracks and bridge; and Auburndale, Potwin, East Topeka and Oakland residential areas.


Repairing flood damage on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's line between San Diego and Los Angeles, California

Repairing flood damage on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's line between San Diego and Los Angeles, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1938
A photograph showing workmen repairing Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway tracks after a flood at mile post 206 on the San Diego and Los Angeles, California line.


Flood damage to Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's line between Barstow and Needles, California

Flood damage to Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's line between Barstow and Needles, California
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1938
A photograph showing an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway tank car and tracks damaged by flood waters. This damage occurred at mile post 601 on the line between Barstow and Needles, California.


Flood in Junction City, Kansas

Flood in Junction City, Kansas
Date: May 29, 1903
A photograph showing a Missouri, Kansas & Texas railroad car damaged when the Smoky Hill River flooded, Junction City, Kansas.


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