Nostalgia & History > Santa Fe Sunday

In September 1989 three Santa Fe GP60 and one Santa Fe SD45B arrive eastbound at Ft. Madisom, Iowa and slow to a stop in the first video clip.  Sectond video clip shows the crew making a one car, one ttrailer set out and returning the power to the train. 

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Ron Hirsch
Springfield, Mo.

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Nice video and great EMD sounds!

texchief1

Could you double-check the date?  The GP60's are all from the second order delivered in the summer of 1989, with the fourth unit, 4034, having an August 1989 build date.  It's hard to believe it accumulated that much road grime in just one month.  Also, all three GP60's would have been delivered with amber beacons centered above the cab but are missing them in the video.  The Santa Fe started pulling beacons some time in the second half of 1989 and more or less had them all gone two years later, but it would have been unusual to see a consist with every unit missing its beacon as early as 9/89.  

Ahhhhh, what railroading was meant to sound like..... ;-)

Miss all those EMD sounds today.