In 1984, Santa Fe acquired eighteen ill=fated SDP40F’s from Amtrak, removed the steam generators, regeared them, and designated them SDF40-2. Here one of the freshly-rebuilt units approaches Alb... (more)

The power of a westbound thirty-nine car Santa Fe TOFC train pours it on as it makes the assault on Glorietta Pass at Rowe, New Mexico.

Our 1985 trip west found us spending the night in Las Vegas, New Mexico. We were headed for Abo Canyon the next day, and we hoped to get a train on Glorietta Pass. In the morning, we heard a westb... (more)