On July 8, 1986, a Santa Fe freight climbs the Arizona Divide west of Flagstaff, Arizona. Leading the westbound train is a former Amtrak EMD SDP40F, No. 5256, designated a SDF40-2 by the Santa Fe ... (more)
So along a few days before Thanksgiving 1986, mine and Jim DeNike's good friend Tim Jones pipes up and says, "Hey; I'm gonna go out to my family's Thanksgiving in Tucson, ya'll want to make a... (more)
Santa Fe SD45 5406 with a new paint job at Cleburne ATSF Shops . The 5406 would go to Wisconsin Central in 1993 and Re# WC-6595 with others from the 5300-class.