Santa Fe Railway Passenger Car Reference Series -- Volume Four
Business & Special Purpose Cars
based on the original work by Frank M. Ellington & Joseph W. Shine

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For over a century Santa Fe Railway's management and executives had at their disposal a fleet of railroad cars designed for business. Completely self-contained, a Business car served as a mobile office and allowed an official to visit his territory first hand, and stop and talk with employees on the way. Often these cars were also used for entertaining VIP's.

The first cars built expressly for this purpose were delivered in 1893. While designed with a certain amount of comfort in mind, they were not opulent or extravagant. (There were exceptions, such as Car 17 built for Santa Fe President E. P. Ripley in 1907).

Santa Fe was unique in also having a fleet of "junior edition" Business cars for the more prosaic service of a Division Superintendent, a tradition that was carried into the heavyweight era. Reflecting the move to ightweight, streamlined equipment for revenue service, Santa Fe began purchasing similar equipment for its business fleet in 1949.

Rostered along side the Business car fleet was a wide variety of interesting special purpose cars. For a railway system as large and as old as the Santa Fe, it found itself in need of educating and training its employees as technology advanced. More over, it needed ways to monitor motive power, track infrastructure and other systems in order to make sound business decisions. This training and analysis needed to be mobile in order to bring it to the far reaches of the system. This volume covers in detail these cars, from wooden "Official" cars of the 1890s through the sophisticated stainless steel cars of the 1950s and more recent Director's cars, to such esoteric equipment as Dynamometer cars, Locomotive Simulators and "theater" cars. Its all here, including the memories of those who served aboard them, illustrated with rosters, diagrams and hundreds of photos.

248 pages, 11x8 coil bound, 347 black & white and 120 color photos, 78 diagrams. $52.00 members, $65 non-members.

ISBN 1-933587-11-3

Santa Fe Railway Passenger Car Reference Series -- Volume Three
Dining and Beverage Service Cars of the Santa Fe - Featuring Service by Fred Harvey
by John B. McCall

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For over 90 years thenames of the Santa Fe Railway and Fred Harvey were synonymous with passenger trains and hospitality of the finest quality. Noted Santa Fe authority John B. McCall not only details the dining and beverage service cars once owned by Santa Fe, but also explores that unique partnership. Richly illustrated with hundreds of photos and period menus and ephemera, many in color.

336 pages (116 color), 659 black and white and 242 color images. Horizontal 8-1/2" x 11" hard bound.

Santa Fe Railway Passenger Car Reference Series -- volume Two
Coach, Smoker & Chair Car Genealogy
by John B. McCall

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This is the work of esteemed Santa Fe historian John McCall, who has an extensive history of Santa Fe titles to his credit. With 284 pages, 28 of which are full color, and comprehensive appendices, this book is a must-have.

Chapters include 19th Century wood cars that survived through 1902, first generation wood 20th century wood cars, steel underframe/wood body cars, all steel cars, lightweight cars, cars converted to chair car, and Hi-Level cars.

A Quarter Century of Santa Fe Consists - on CD
by Fred W. Frailey

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From 1974, this long out of print and widely sought book has been digitized into Adobe PDF form, with bookmarking, into CD form.

The book is based on 19 passenger train consist books issued between 1946 and 1971 by the Santa Fe for the use of its officials. It tells what cars would have made up the standard company passenger trains at any given point and date on the railroad. It shows where cars would have been dropped and where picked up along their journey.