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The Great Overland Station

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The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
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The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
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The Great Overland Station
The Great Overland Station
Phone:
+1 785-232-5533

Hours:
SundayClosed
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am - 4pm
Wednesday10am - 4pm
Thursday10am - 4pm
Friday10am - 4pm
Saturday10am - 4pm


The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway , often referred to as the Santa Fe or AT&SF, was one of the larger railroads in the United States. Chartered in February 1859, the railroad reached the Kansas-Colorado border in 1873 and Pueblo, Colorado, in 1876. To create a demand for its services, the railroad set up real estate offices and sold farm land from the land grants that it was awarded by Congress. Despite the name, its main line never served Santa Fe, New Mexico, as the terrain was too difficult; the town ultimately was reached by a branch line from Lamy. The Santa Fe was a pioneer in intermodal freight transport, an enterprise that included a tugboat fleet and an airline . Its bus line extended passenger transportation to areas not accessible by rail, and ferryboats on the San Francisco Bay allowed travelers to complete their westward journeys to the Pacific Ocean. The AT&SF was the subject of a popular song, Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer's On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe, written for the film, The Harvey Girls . The railroad officially ceased operations on December 31, 1996, when it merged with the Burlington Northern Railroad to form the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway.
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