RailPictures.Net Photo: 81 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) EMD E8(A) at Csstle Rock, Colorado by Bill Marvel
 
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» Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF) (more..)
» EMD E8(A) (more..)
» North of Castle Rock 
» Csstle Rock, Colorado, USA (more..)
» April 16, 1967
Locomotive No./Train ID Photographer
» 81 (more..)
» 28 (more..)
» Bill Marvel (more..)
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In no particular hurry, Santa Fe’s 81 rambles along the Joint Line north of Castle Rock with La Junta-Denver train 28. Beneath the E8 carbody is a bit of diesel history: The 81 began life in 1937 as EMC E1A 4, a member of the road’s pioneering passenger fleet. In 1952, it was sent off for rebuilding to EMC-successor EMD, emerging as the 81L (L for ”lead”). Aside from the trucks and GE main generators, very little of the original remains, and because of the limited capacity of the original generators, the new engines were rated at 2000 rather than the standard 2250hp. Hence the M in E8M.
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