Santa Fe Engineering Series Vol. 1-Coaling Facilities

Santa Fe Engineering Series Vol. 1-Coaling Facilities is a detailed reference book documenting the coaling facilities and infrastructure used by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway during the steam locomotive era. This 64-page softcover volume features glossy pages in an 11 x 8.5-inch horizontal format and provides valuable historical information, photographs, and illustrations from the Russell L. Crump Memorial Library.

Santa Fe Engineering Series Vol. 1-Coaling Facilities examines the wide variety of coal handling structures that supported Santa Fe steam operations, including large terminal facilities, division and crew change points, mainline intermediate locations, and branch line facilities. The book explains how these facilities were organized and how they helped maintain the railroad's powerful steam locomotive fleet.

Featuring detailed black-and-white illustrations, this volume highlights the many coaling towers and related structures that once stood along the Santa Fe right of way. Many of these facilities disappeared after the end of coal-fired steam operations, but a select number survived for decades as reminders of railroad history. The book discusses surviving examples, including structures at Skedee, Oklahoma; Chanute, Kansas; Cushing, Oklahoma; Great Bend, Kansas; and Marceline, Missouri.

For railroad historians, Santa Fe enthusiasts, and model railroaders, Santa Fe Engineering Series Vol. 1-Coaling Facilities provides an excellent look at the engineering and operation of steam-era support facilities. The combination of historical research, rare illustrations, and detailed descriptions makes this book an important reference for anyone interested in Santa Fe Railway history.

Santa Fe Engineering Series Vol. 1-Coaling Facilities preserves the story of the essential structures that powered one of America's most famous railroads and offers valuable information for research, collection, and prototype modeling.