Santa Fe in the Mountains: Three Passes of the West : Raton, Cajon, and Tehachapi (Golden Years of Railroading) - Softcover

Drury, George H.

 
9780890242292: Santa Fe in the Mountains: Three Passes of the West : Raton, Cajon, and Tehachapi (Golden Years of Railroading)

Synopsis

Published in America 1995. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway traverses mainly prairies and deserts for the most part, but this book describes the mountainous sections of line through the Raton, Cajon and Tehachapi passes. Set in the 1940's and 1950's 124 pages of b/w photos show steam and diesel engines working hard to lift the heavy freight trains up the grades.

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