Tom Golden photo.
Eastbound Santa Fe train Caliente
On a hot August afternoon, with a burned-off field in the distance, Santa Fe 5993 East roars up the steep grade on the approach to tunnel 2 on the line over Tehachapi Pass. The big FP45 is in need... (more)
Santa Fe 5993, an FP45 rest adorned in the "shouldn't paint so fast" Kodachrome scheme at Argentine Yard near Kansas City, surrounded by a variety of Santa Fe power as well as Conrail run through ... (more)
With a face faded with use, FP45 No. 5993 leads a Santa Fe eastbound up the tortuous grade at tunnel 2. In a few years, this same locomotive will once again where the red & silver. In the distance... (more)
Not long before being repainted into red and silver, FP45 5993 leads an eastbound manifest as a burned-off slope looms in the distance.
