The locomotive had just been unhooked from the El Capitan passenger train from Chicago at 8:45 a.m. on Jan. 25, 1948, when the accident occurred. This image of the unlucky locomotive became the lead ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Wichita’s Great Plains Transportation Museum (GPTM) is kicking off a fundraising effort to perform a full cosmetic restoration of historic Santa Fe Railway diesel-electric ...
Discovery of hidden damage on former Santa Fe FP45 No. 93 has prompted the locomotive’s owner, the Great Plains ...
The tell-tale toot was unmistakable. This wasn’t your typical Amtrak train. It was a steam locomotive, the last one to commercially ply the rail corridor between Los Angeles and San Diego, retiring in ...
A Santa Fe civic organization dedicated to preserving history has restored a long-retired steam locomotive that once ferried soldiers to war and later served as a historic artifact for those visiting ...
Santa Fe gets 60 locomotives: Chicago-based Santa Fe Railway Co. acquired 60 General Electric 4,000-horsepower, 4-axle locomotives for its intermodal service. The recent acquisitions bring to 123 the ...