Nostalgia & History > Santa Fe Saturday

As I scan and rescan some of my father's Santa Fe images with the newly aquired scanner, I figured I'd share some of the photos along the way. These are a few from the first box of ATSF shots starting in 1977 and on. Locations are various, mainly in Tulsa, OK but there's many locations from the trips he took.

1) Bicentennial 5704 leads a westbound around the west leg onto the Avard sub from Frisco's Cherokoee Yard at Tulsa, OK in September 1977.

2) A GP20 switches in the ATSF Tulsa yard north of downtown Tulsa, OK in May 1977.

3) Moving north to Joliet, IL; An intermodal passes by Union Station in August 1977.

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4) A passing shot as the train proceeds on a clear signal.

5) Several minutes later, the caboose shot.

6) An eastbound comes off the Avard Sub in Tulsa, OK In September 1977

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Nice stuff, thanks for sharing !

7) Another from the Tulsa yard revealing the Tulsa depot with some power sitting in the yard. May 1979

8) An attendant poses with business car Atchison in Oklahoma City, OK in June 1979.

9) A train passes by the OKC station on the same day.

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10) Chopped GP7's switch in Oklahoma City in July 1979.

11) A U30CG, U28CG, and U23B can be seen in Pueblo, CO during August 1979.

12) Looking out of the cab of a GP39 from the turntable in Dodge City, KS in August 1979.

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13) A trio of GP20's head west through Oklahoma City, OK in June 1980.

14) Three FP45's guide a business train through Oklahoma City, OK in June 1980.

15) Four U30C's head west through Malvern on a coal drag in October 1981.

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16) A westbound enters Topeka in October 1981.

17&18) Two GP39's pass through Salina, KS in November 1982

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19) A westbound travels through Kansas City in March 1983.

20) A large amount of horsepower takes a train east though Kansas City in September 1983.

21) A northbound travels past the tower in Saginaw in March 1984

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Two GP7's work in Oklahoma City, OK during May 1984.

All taken by Daryl McGee
PQM

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Great bunch.
JB

Great variety, great scenes, and great scans. A wonderful set! JG

Nice photos and nice job of scanning. You had me with 5704!

Jim B

Wow, just wow.  Superb stuff Patrick
Brian Stevens

Holy Crap!  That was a great Santa Fe photo tour!

great series of shots.....thanks for posting for us all to see.

BNSF-6432 Wrote:

> 7) Another from the Tulsa yard revealing the Tulsa
> depot with some power sitting in the yard. May
> 1979

That's Santa Fe's Tulsa yard office, which greatly resembled a depot.  I've seen a photo of the overall structure somewhere, but darned if I can find it now.  Santa Fe passenger trains used Tulsa's Union Depot, then shifted over to the Santa Fe freight house two blocks away on Elgin Ave. for the last few years of service.

Good stuff, thanks for posting.  

A correction on #15 if I may.  The lead unit on the train is an U36C.  Santa Fe never owned a pure U30C, just the U30CG variations.  It's possible the trailing units are C30-7's although I can't remember the date on the photo.  If it's 1977 or earlier, they would also be U36C's.  

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

I really llike the going  away shot No. 4.  The best paint scheme and locomotives and the semaphores.  Thanks for posting.

RC Lundgren
Elgin, TX

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> 4) A passing shot as the train proceeds on a clear
> signal.
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> 5) Several minutes later, the caboose shot.
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> 6) An eastbound comes off the Avard Sub in Tulsa,
> OK In September 1977

5704 still exists in a deadline in Texas. Last Sd45-2 I ran:(

and the turntable still works at Dodge City:)

SD45X wrote:

> 5704 still exists in a deadline in Texas. Last Sd45-2 I ran:(

It was reported that "GN" 6484 (ex-ATSF 5704) was rescued from being sent to scrap a few months ago along with the SD45-2B's that were also former bicentennials.  Where did it end up?