Nostalgia & History > Warbonnet Wednesday: Super night at Newton

TO member “texchief1” asked earlier about shot of westbound Santa Fe FP45s at night in Newton, Kansas. I found this image my friend, the late Tony Fey had edited for another purpose (maybe for Evan??). I have had Tony’s slide collection in my possession since his passing. But I quite simply have not found a way to set aside the massive block of time (2-3 weeks, minimum) I would need to get it completely organized and scanning started. I’m pretty sure the original slide for this image is in with the collection, but haven’t seen it in a preliminary ‘quick peek’. One of these days…

1. From left to right: AT&SF 5932 on 1st train #17, the “El Capitan” all hi-level chair car section(?) and AT&SF 5947 on 2nd train #17, the “Super Chief” all Pullman sleeper section(?) are in the full-service station stop at Newton, KS on December 19, 1970. They are holding to the long standing practice of westbound trains stopping with their noses nearly on Main Street.
Image by Tony Fey, enhanced & resized from 900 to 1000

Thanks for looking back!
Lance Garrels (santafe199)
Tony Fey (the late “mopacrr”)



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 05/20/20 13:22 by santafe199.

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A real beauty!!!!

Thank You Lance,

I was on-board #17 of the 22nd December, A roomette, Pine Grove...  No Second Section...

That sure is a classic scene from a memorable era.

Greg Stadter
Phoenix, AZ

Wow, really neat to see an F45 and FP45 side-by-side in the 2 different schemes.  

Rich

The 12/'69 OG is the closest I have to that date.  #15 is due in at 0430, and 17 at 0500.
There is another train visible in the image, presumably an eastbound....18 is due out at 0240.
I guess these are the three train shown.

AA

Stanford White
Carmel Valley, CA

Fantastic

Posted from Android

Wonderful!

Randy Lundgren

agentatascadero Wrote: > ...  I guess these are the three train shown ...

WRONG. try reading the caption

santafe199 Wrote:
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> agentatascadero Wrote: > ...  I guess these are
> the three train shown ...
>
> WRONG. try reading the caption

Well, bright eyes, thanks for the catch of my wording error.  My post listed the possible trains to match your posting....in the spirit of FYI.  What caught my eye was the other train, which received NO mention.  So, I conulted ther closest OG, listed the POSSIBLE  trains....and made a wording error.
I don't suppose you have  photos of the rest of the presumed eastbound train, do you?

AA

Stanford White
Carmel Valley, CA

agentatascadero Wrote: > ... my wording error ...
More like another never-ending correction of the OP.

> ... the other train, which received NO mention ...
Who said it was a train

> ... I don't suppose you have photos of the rest of the presumed eastbound train ...
As usual with you, not happy with just looking at a neat photo. Gimme more more more!

Newton, Kansas  18Dec70
ATSF #1-17 Super Chief
5932-5928
139
3548
1341
Pine Range
Repal Spa
Pine Grove
Indian Falls
503
606
Indian Squaw
Regal Gate
Regal Creek
Palm Summit

This photo makes my subscription to train order worth it just viewing that one photo!  I was in Newton many nights getting on and off the Texas Chief and Lone Star.

Thank Lance!

Newton, Kansas 18Dec70
El Capitan #2-17
5947-5944
3514
3482
2893
2920
549
705
655
579
716
724
723
540

Thanks for the consists, Art! And I guess I did have the 2 trains reversed. But... ya can't fault me for trying to put actual Red & Silver on the Super... ;^)

Lance

PS: As I was typing out this reply Art called me on the telly. He was with Tony more than one night back in that December '70 time frame. And his notes also showed U30CG leading the Super Chief on another occasion. That started a very loud bell clanging in my memory banks. So I took a peek at my "LFG Threads Posted" file. Right off the bat I found this:

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?11,3154332,3154332#msg-3154332

Even if you're NOT a Santa Fe fan you'll find this link very interesting!

:^)

These are just set out car.  Most EB did not end up right at Main St.

Randy Lundgren

agentatascadero Wrote:
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> santafe199 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
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> > agentatascadero Wrote: > ...  I guess these
> are
> > the three train shown ...
> >
> > WRONG. try reading the caption
>
> Well, bright eyes, thanks for the catch of my
> wording error.  My post listed the possible
> trains to match your posting....in the spirit of
> FYI.  What caught my eye was the other train,
> which received NO mention.  So, I conulted ther
> closest OG, listed the POSSIBLE  trains....and
> made a wording error.
> I don't suppose you have  photos of the rest of
> the presumed eastbound train, do you?
>
> AA

Terrific thread about a super shot on a super night. And the lineup of both trains puts more icing on the cake! Cowlmendous! Thanks for all the work on putting this material together. Rest in peace, ATSF 5944.

Lance,  \

This is the Image of the Year.  Hell, Image of the decade!

Randy Lundgren

Very nice shot.   Wish that was happening these days.
sd-45
 

Thank you, Lance!   Did I say thank you?