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Date: 05/05/25 08:16
The Santa Fe lives ! - sort of
Author: gcm

5/4/25
The paint has held up well for ex-Santa Fe GP60 191.
Along with ex-Great Northern-ATSF GP39-3 2544, they are in a yard along the old Santa Fe in Sealy,Tx.
These engines have been in town for a while now working local businesses in the area.

Gary


 



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Date: 05/05/25 09:26
Re: The Santa Fe lives ! - sort of
Author: Typhoon

It is amazing to me that we are coming up on 30 years since the merger, and some of these engines still have not been painted.

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Date: 05/05/25 11:44
Re: The Santa Fe lives ! - sort of
Author: Roadmaster

I am guessing the "ex-GN" part of 2544's history refers to its time in storage on BNSF (as GN 2572) before rebuilding in Albia - perhaps to clear the BNSF number 2572 for GP39-3 2572, which is former Santa Fe GP38u 2340, originally GP38 3540.  BNSF 2544 was originally a Santa Fe locomotive, built as 1372, renumbered 3372, and renumbered to 2872 after being upgraded to a GP35u.  BNSF's 1st number for this locomotive was 2572.

Matthew

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Date: 05/05/25 13:17
Re: The Santa Fe lives ! - sort of
Author: gcm

Thanks for the detailed info on that unit.
Wow - sometimes the history of some of these engines is complicated.
Gary

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Date: 05/05/25 21:30
Re: The Santa Fe lives ! - sort of
Author: wpdude

So... Temple sends the worst of the worst to Somerville, who then cull out the 2 worst of those units, and send them to the 191 local in Sealy. We had a few "rats", and sometimes those were actually the coolest units. First question- does it run? If yes, does the AC work? If yes, does it have fuel? If yes...WINNER!

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