Catching and FP45 leading a train was an event that would make a trip down to see the Santa Fe a huge success. ATSF 97 now resides in Texas at the Museum of the American Railroad. Here is ATSF sti... (more)
A derailment has been pushed aside to allow track reconstruction and the passage of Train 17, Super Chief / El Capitan led by two FP45’s at Ribera, N.M. Jan. 16, 1969.
Just a few days before being interchanged to the UP for a trip across the state to Silvis for rebuilding, the 92 is posed for images. The plan for the 92 is for it to return to IRM as a running l... (more)
Charging west of La Junta, Colo. at Benton behind two new FP-45’s is Santa Fe’s Train 17 combined El Capitan / Super Chief hell bent for Raton Pass and then on to California, Sept. 10, 1968.
The Illinois Railway Museum sent their former Santa Fe FP45 92 to NRE to be rebuilt to operating condition while other cosmetic restoration will be completed at the museum at a later date. The Io... (more)