Nostalgia & History > Warbonnet Wednesday - FP45s!

With 100 on the point, three Super Fleet  FP45s lead a six unit consist and the Q-LANY across bridge 874.2 at the west end of Abo Canyon in March 1990.  This scene changed dramatically when the second track and bridge were added in 2011.
Enjoy and happy hump day,
Chico

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What an AMAZING shot Chico! Your Santa Fe coverage is just beautiful.  Thanks for turning the time machine back a few decades...and for making me wish I had taken the time to visit Abo when it was Abo like we knew it.

Jerry
ATSF5669

Gorgeous scene.
Bob

Excellent, so many of us have stood in that same spot through the years but no more...

JG

Great shot, Bryan!

texchief1
RC Lundgren

Purty!!

:^)

Definite home run!  Thanks for posting.  Nice to see what it was like in the old days.

Andy

A perfect exposure. Thanks for sharing. 

I ran out of superlatives!

Great catch!

Greg Stadter
Phoenix, AZ

Catching multiple FP45's in regular service is rare and outstanding.  Thanks for posting.

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

ntharalson Wrote: > ... multiple FP45's in regular service is rare and outstanding ...

Could be this trio was a future consist being ferried somewhere for a special purpose...

 

santafe199 Wrote:
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> ntharalson Wrote: > ... multiple FP45's in
> regular service is rare and outstanding ...
>
> Could be this trio was a future consist being
> ferried somewhere for a special purpose...
>
>  

Possibly, good guess since they have three digit numbers.  But it's would be rare to catch that.  

Nick Tharalson,
Marion, IA

At the time this photo was taken, the FP45's were the ONLY road power painted red and silver.  As such, from mid-1989 when the first ones were repainted until mid-1990, the 100-class Superfleet FP45's tended to be kept together in sets of two, three, or four powering premium intermodal trains to showcase the revived paint scheme (not always, of course, but frequently). 

The new red and silver GP60M's and Dash 8-40BW's took over the hotshots when they arrived on the property in mid-to-late 1990.  The FP45's, now renumbered into the 90-class, quickly scattered and reverted to powering manifests and lower priority trains, the sort of trains where you'd expect to see 30-year-old, 20-cylinder power.  Finding two 90-class FP45's on one train was truly a rarity, and I don't think I've ever seen a matched set on anything other than a passenger special.