Beth Anne Keates and Kenneth Springirth 128 pages softcover
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Heritage started in 1849
with the opening of the Aurora Branch Railroad in Illinois from Aurora
to Chicago's west side. This grew into the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy, which in a 1970 merger with several railroads became the
Burlington Northern Railroad. A 1995 merger of the Burlington Northern
Railroad with the Santa Fe Railway created the Burlington Northern-Santa
Fe Railway, the largest railroad in North America at that time. This
book carefully covers the heritage of this very successful railroad.
