The Santa Fe was very image conscious, so its passenger locomotive pilots and trucks were sprayed with silver paint during layovers. Time didn't allow for masking, so some overspray was common on the red nose just above the anticlimbe...
The Santa Fe saved a number of steam locomotives, including the 5000, and on April 17, 1957, the railroad placed it on display at the Amarillo passenger station. Railroad and local officials likely made a big deal of it at the time, given the city’s historic attachment to the railroad....
www.trainweb.com/3751/ - ATSF Santa Fe 3751 Steam Locomotive Many photos, video clips, and reports of the Santa Fe 3751 Steam Locomotive including 8 days of riding round-trip behind the engine from Los Angeles to Railfair'99 in Sacramento... Read More>> ★★★ Bob's RR Pix www.tr...
Two locomotives are required to haul the “Chief” through country of this nature, where the altitude is 2,500 ft above sea level. This striking picture was taken in the Cajon Pass district, near San Bernardino, California. You can read more on “The American Comet”, “The Atchison ...
The combined 4 engines have not been tested together yet but should be a nice consist to pull a heavy 12 car passenger train up grade with a stop at a station on the way. Or a very long freight consist of lighter cars. I don't have the GGD El Capitans, but those Red/SS Silver ...
Our visit to neighboring Cajon Pass also brings lots of Santa Fe vintage freight action -- including a number of Passenger-Mail trains behind beautiful Warbonnet F7 and PA power. Many diesels were tested by the SP over the years to work on the demanding Tehachapi line in both "point", ...
concluding his journalistic work as editor of the Denver Daily Tribune. He acquired an extended and diversified experience in the passenger department of the Kansas Pacific, Union Pacific and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe roads, and in the law department of the last named company. He has also le...
Santa Fe Classic Pack 01 brings to life the memorable AT&SF of the 1960s and 1950s with a rich selection of six notable and authentic diesel locomotive types, the Santa Fe’s unique and magnificent El Capitan Hi-Level passenger train, a dozen types of freight equipment including ...
It was also the Super Chief that inspired Santa Fe’s classic “Warbonnet” livery that is arguably the most beautiful paint scheme ever to be applied to a passenger train. Today, the Super Chief carriers on under the Amtrak banner although its one-of-a-kind paint scheme and interior desig...
An American legend with perhaps the most famous face in railroading history, reminisce in the stainless-steel days and take on the challenge of mastering steep grades aboard the Train Sim World®: Santa Fe F7! Built between 1949 and 1953, the F7 locomotive was introduced as the latest ...