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(PD) Drawing: Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
A map of "The Santa Fé Route" and subsidiary lines (including the "Surf Line" route traveled by the San Diegan) as published in an 1891 issue of the Grain Dealers and Shippers Gazetteer.
© Image: Los Angeles Times
An F4D Skyray fighter jet overshot the runway at the Marine Corps Air Station in El Toro, California on November 19, 1958 and was struck by southbound train No. 74. No fatalities and only a few injuries resulted from the colision.
(CC) Photo: Drew Jacksich
AT&SF #43C and the San Diegan head south to San Diego on April 6, 1968.
(CC) Photo: Drew Jacksich
Santa Fe #340, leading the San Diegan, and Southern Pacific #6451, heading up The Sunset, both lay over at the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal in March, 1971.
(CC) Photo: Drew Jacksich
The Union Pacific's City of Los Angeles and the ATSF's San Diegan at Union Station in Los Angeles in March, 1971.
(CC) Photo: Drew Jacksich
The San Diegan in Los Angeles; the City Hall building can be seen in the background.
(PD) Photo: Jim Munding
The southbound San Diegan passes through San Clemente, California in April, 1973. The cars and motive power still bear Santa Fe markings and livery. The nine-car consist includes five "High-Level" coaches.
(CC) Photo: Drew Jacksich
Amtrak EMD F40PH #229 with a section of the San Diegan at Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal in November, 1978.
(CC) Photo: Robert A. Estremo
The former combination depot of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in Orange, California. The Mediterranean Revival Style structure was dedicated on May 1, 1938 and was closed with the discontinuation of passenger service in 1971. The building was granted historic landmark status by the City on November 15, 1990. As of 2011 the facilty has served as home to a Ruby's Diner.
(CC) Photo: Robert A. Estremo
The former passenger depot of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway in San Juan Capistrano, California (one of the earliest examples of Mission Revival Style architecture in railway stations) as it appeared in 2005. The plaster finish has been removed (exposing the brickwork beneath) at all but the dome of the original structure.