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  • Who was involved in creating the railroad?
  • What were the railroad's principal routes?
  • Describe the railroad's relationships with the Indian cultures along its route
  • Describe the railroad's relationship with the Harvey House chain of restaurants/hotels
  • The song On the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, made famous by Judy Garland in the movie The Harvey Girls.
  • There are many interesting stories of railbuilding competition through the Rockies between the Santa Fe, Southern Pacific, Union Pacific Railroad and Rio Grande railroads.
  • The Santa Fe has been a leader in intermodal transportation between Southern California ports and the Midwest
  • Significant acquisitions such as the Toledo, Peoria & Western and the San Francisco & San Joaquin Valley.
  • Named passenger trains, such as the Super Chief, have become a part of American culture

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