To order images and/or obtain permission to use them commercially, please contact the KSHS Reference Desk at KSHS.reference@ks.gov or 785-272-8681, ext. 117.
For more information see the Copyright and Permission FAQ.
This photograph shows the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company's signal repair shop in Topeka, Kansas. The facility repaired code relays that were used in a coded track circuit control system which transmitted three separate codes for the three color signal indicators.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: Between 1950 and 1959
Item Number: 220868
Call Number: ATSF Series 1, #6.134-0972
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220868
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Facilities - Shops
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1950s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Facilities - Shops
Type of Material - Photographs
http://www.kansasmemory.org/item/220868