Nostalgia & History > Santa Fe Junction KC

Just a simple shot of a Santa Fe GP7 with a yard transfer in 1980 I kinda liked. David K.

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I can see why ... that's a heck of a shot!

 Nice interesting shot. For the uninitiated, namely me, please explain what railroad the Santa Fe train is crossing and what railroad is on the bridge. Is the train going east or west?

Tjhanks.

Very nice picture of a Santa Fe transfer. The Santa Fe just started onto the Kansas City Terminal  RR, going north. all the tracks and the bridge in the pic  are owned by the KCT. i am trying to find a track chart with track numbers, but my filing system is at present  fubar. KCRW287. 

To add to this, the tracks the Santa Fe was crossing were generally used by the Rock Island, later SP.  The tracks on the upper level of the bridge were used by the UP.  

Hope this helps you understand things a little better.  

Really a nice shot with a unique angle I haven't seen before, thanks for posting.  

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

Nice shot. who's boxcar was that first car?

Regards, Jim Evans

Fantastic photo!

Great photo and composition!

Rich

FiveChime Wrote:
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> Nice shot. who's boxcar was that first car?
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> Regards, Jim Evans

This should help ...  I'm assuming it's the same outfit. This is the first time I've seen a boxcar lettered for them, have several pics of locos in their paint scheme
https://www.mchughlocomotive.com/

FiveChime Wrote:
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> Nice shot. who's boxcar was that first car?
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> Regards, Jim Evans

That box car caught my eye too....Can't recall ever seeing one, but this may be the answer    mchughlocomotive.com/history/

Ooops! I see that Valmont beat me to it!! But try this link too, there's a few photos....



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 08/01/20 12:53 by rev66vette.

very cool picture.

this write-up has good historical information too:
http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2018/07/two-level-double-track-bridge-over.html

does the SW Chief 3 and 4 use this bridge?