AT&SF, Santa Fe SD75M 234 leads a eastbound at mp518 in Kingman Canyon, Arizona. April 15, 1998. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

A Santa Fe employee hand buffs the coat of wax on shiny SD75M No. 234 at the railroad's Locomotive Maintenance & Inspection Terminal. No. 234 and a sister will lead the Super Bowl Special tomorrow... (more)

ATSF 234 comes humming down the grade past the Cosnino Road crossing east of Flagstaff on a bluebird morning. Fuji Velvia.

Santa Fe shop workers hand polish a pair of SD75Ms in the Light Repair Shop.

Santa Fe SD75Ms Nos. 202 and 234 sit in a shop building, waxed and polished for their trip tomorrow on the point of BNSF's Super Bowl Special.

After being waxed and polished, SD75Ms Nos. 234 and 202 are ready to pull BNSF's Super Bowl special the next morning.

Two-month-old SD75M -- my favorite! -- blazes westward during a heat wave that killed many people in Chicago, less than 100 miles away.

From track level at the Barstow LMIT, we see a Santa Fe employee meticulously buffing the fresh coat of wax on SD75M 234 in preparation for its run on the Super Bowl Special tomorrow.

Santa Fe SD75M No. 234 gets its fresh wax coat buffed in preparation for its run to the Super Bowl tomorrow.