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This black and white photograph shows diesel engine #260 and "sisters" from the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company pulling a manifest train ,a fast freight train hauling perishables or livestock, through Amarillo, Texas. "Sisters" are apparently additional power units to aid the locomotive.
Creator: Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
Date: 1954
Item Number: 51764
Call Number: ATSF Series 2, #429.1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 51764
Business and Industry - Railroad - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Business and Industry - Railroad - Freight trains
Business and Industry - Railroad - Locomotives - Diesel
Collections - Photograph - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Date - 1950s - 1954
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Other States - Texas - Amarillo
Transportation - Railroads - Companies - Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transportation - Railroads - Freight trains
Transportation - Railroads - Locomotives - Diesel
Type of Material - Photographs
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