Paul Pardee Hastings was a prominent executive of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad.
Paul P. Hastings as a young man. Picture is from An Illustrated Biographical Directory of Officials of The Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway System, 1908
Hastings in middle age
The Paul P. Hastings tugboat in China Basin, San Francisco in 1982. At this time she was the last of the Santa Fe Railroad tugs still in service. Photo by Steve Lang.
Santa Fe Railroad tugboats
The Santa Fe Railroad tugboats were used by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway to barge rail cars across the San Francisco Bay for much of the 20th century, as there is no direct rail link to the San Francisco peninsula. In the post World War II period, a fleet of three tugs moved the barges: the Paul P. Hastings, the Edward J. Engel, and the John R. Hayden. After cross-bay float service had ended and the tugs had been sold, the Hastings sank off Point Arena, California in 1992, in water too deep to raise. The Engel sank off Alameda, California in 2007 and was raised and scrapped in the winter of 2013-14. The Hayden remains afloat and in service in Oregon.
The tugboat Paul P. Hastings in China Basin, San Francisco in 1982. At this time she was the last of the Santa Fe Railroad tugs still in service
The Edward J. Engel just after she was built in 1945 undergoing her sea trials. Note the fire monitor astern.
The John R. Hayden tugboat at the Todd shipyard in Alameda, California where she was dieselized. She was built in 1945 for the War Department as Large Tug LT-830. The tug is painted in "Warbonnet" colors which were similar to the Santa Fe diesel-electric locomotives of the time.
The Edward J. Engel tugboat with carfloat #8 in the Oakland, California estuary
