Just a few months after it received a fresh coat of paint and a new image, FP45 No. 100 leads a Santa Fe 971 train at Christie, CA, as it climbs toward tunnel 3, the longest on the Santa Fe system... (more)

On its maiden eastbound run, Santa Fe GP60 No. 100 meets a westbound UP APL stack train at Daggett. No. 100 is on the point of a 2-891 this morning, and her conductor is giving the UP train a good... (more)

A special headed for Cadiz runs around ATSF 100 East, with GP60 No. 100 on the point and making its maiden eastbound run. The special is headed to the Parker Branch to show interested officials th... (more)

Still Santa Fe’s elegant flagship and one of the last of the great passenger trains in February, 1969, the Super Chief, Train 18, slows for a meet with a unit coal train just south of Glorieta, Ne... (more)

Santa Fe FP45 No. 100, wearing its new "Super Fleet" paint, leads a 971 train as it climbs toward tunnel 3.

With two FP45’s Santa Fe’s westbound combined Super Chief-El Capitan Train 17 has just left La Junta and is rushing by the west switch at Benton, Colo. Of course a shovel was always necessary to ... (more)

Along with a pair of Warbonnet F45s, Santa Fe's first pair of GP60Ms lead their first revenue move, the QNYLA, west out of an overcast Chicago with a test car in tow. Tom Golden photo.

Argentine bound
A member of Santa Fe’s westbound intermodal fleet cruises toward Argentine Yard in Kansas City, Kansas, on September 14, 1990. Three Santa Fe GP60Ms pull the train, incl... (more)

Taken during GP60M No. 100's maiden eastbound voyage, this close-up shows the consoles that present and control the radio channel, brake pipe pressure, battery power level, windshield wipers, etc.... (more)

Santa Fe No. 199 cruises into Lemont, Illinois, crossing the bridge over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal on September 2, 1990. Three fairly new GP60Ms power one of the hottest trains on the Sa... (more)

On its maiden eastbound voyage, Santa Fe GP60M No. 100 is on the point of the 2-891 as it meets a westbound manifest at Daggett, CA.

Super Fleet
On the very first run of Super Fleet GP60Ms, the Santa Fe QNYLA train speeds through Ransom, Illinois, on May 20, 1990. Only two GP60Ms were delivered by EMD at this point (N... (more)

brand new Santa Fe 100 makes it's first eastbound trip out of Los Angeles, CA leading train 2-891 up Cajon Pass at Blue Cut, CA.

first run of Santa Fe unit 100 eastbound on 2nd section of LA to Chicago train 891 shown approaching W. Riverside, CA

new Santa Fe 100 making first eastbound trip on 2nd section of LA to Chicago train 891 running up normal westbound south track in Cajon Pass about to pass under I-15