11-06-2014, 09:13 AM
Several things -- the MR and Kalmbach books aren't the most reliable. I would take photographic evidence before I took the word of some writer. Here's another Santa Fe milepost:
Also, the Santa Fe Coast Lines (i.e., in California) did do things somewhat differently. But I've railfanned the ATSF from Chicago to California since the 1960s and have seen only the milepost style in the photo.
Also, the Santa Fe Coast Lines (i.e., in California) did do things somewhat differently. But I've railfanned the ATSF from Chicago to California since the 1960s and have seen only the milepost style in the photo.