Wikipedia... I Learned Something Today.

[Cannonball]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway

The coal tender from my old Lionel is stamped with ATSF. I have always known the SF stood for Santa Fe. I never knew the AT stood for Atchison and Topeka. I only live about 20 minutes from Atchison. Cool! (Atchison was also the birthplace of Amelia Earhart if anyone is really interested)

 

[CRed]

Yeah,I've learned alot about RR's(among other things) using Google and Wikipedia.

 

[ozzy]

i could of told ya that.....lol i had a step dad (not my step dad anymore) that worked for the santa fe RR, he worked for the Rock Island before that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atchison,_Topeka_and_Santa_Fe_Railway

The coal tender from my old Lionel is stamped with ATSF. I have always known the SF stood for Santa Fe. I never knew the AT stood for Atchison and Topeka. I only live about 20 minutes from Atchison. Cool! (Atchison was also the birthplace of Amelia Earhart if anyone is really interested)

 

[60103]

You guys should listen to Judy Garland more. Go out tonight and rent "the Harvey Girls" from the vidideodo store.

 

[Jim Krause]

60103: I was just thinking of that song while reading the posts.

 

[60103]

I was disappointed that management had so little poetry that they wanted to call the one merger Santa Fe Southern Pacific; they other way round they could have still used the song.
I'm afraid nothing will work for BNSF.

 

[railohio]

Glad to see someone took the time to research before asking a question.

 

[ozzy]

isnt that why people come to the gauge for? to reserch by asking questions............

Glad to see someone took the time to research before asking a question.

 

[Cannonball]

Glad to see someone took the time to research before asking a question.

Actually, I was looking for something else entirely and that just happened to come up.

 

[railohio]

isnt that why people come to the gauge for? to reserch by asking questions............

Yes, but a good many basic questions could be solved with a quick trip to Google, Wikipedia, or a bookshelf. Generally, you'll find the most reliable and detailed information in the printed media; the Internet tends to piggyback off what's already been published.

 

[LoudMusic]

True, but that's changing at a dramatic rate.

 

[Triplex]

I was disappointed that management had so little poetry that they wanted to call the one merger Santa Fe Southern Pacific; they other way round they could have still used the song.

The company would have been SFSP, the railroad SPSF.