A Meet on the Santa Fe

In March of 1943 Jack Delano hitched a ride on a west-bound freight of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe on its journey to Kansas City, Kansas. The train met an east-bound train while along it’s route between Fort Madison, Iowa and Marceline, Missouri. The crew gives the photographer a friendly wave as their train passes by.

This line apparently still sees heavy traffic, as a search on Google Maps shows the line between Fort Madison and Kansas City is still double tracked.

AT&SF Crew and Caboose

One thought on “A Meet on the Santa Fe

  1. Do enjoy riding caboose fun raiser up in Enid, O.K.
    They have around 6 or more on the trips.
    Speed only around 10 mph, but still cool!
    Hey, folks up here think O.U. is going to beat LSU,,,, 4 OU players not going to the Bowl this year.
    Local sports imply LSU by 2 T.D.’s

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