The Santa Fe Railway in Nebraska, 1970-1996

Warbonnets & Short Lines (Revised Edition)

ISBN: ISBN: 979-8-9884510-4-4

The famed railroad of history and song, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe, served only one location in Nebraska, the state-line town of Superior. However, the Santa Fe’s connection to Superior can undeniably be ranked high among those traffic corridors which greatly contributed to the company’s financial coffers. For more than a century, Superior had funneled grain via the Santa Fe to ports on the Gulf of Mexico. This resulted in some intensive and interesting branch line railroading. This book recounts the last quarter century of Santa Fe operations in Nebraska before it became part of today’s BNSF system.