My HO Model of Warbonnet Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe (ATSF) 356 was on the Tri-City Society of Model Engineers (TCSME) model railroad club in the historic Niles depot in Fremont, CA, on Friday, February 27, 2026. This locomotive is an Atlas model.
The real ATSF 356 was a GE U28CG. Reportedly it was built in 1966, builder's number 35999. In 1970 it was assigned to freight service and in 1972 it was repainted in Blue and Yellow. It was retired in 1980.

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Santa Fe SD45-2 5803 led a westbound at the East Switch of Walong, CA late in the afternoon of Sunday, May 14, 1989.
ATSF 5803 was an EMD SD45-2u. Reportedly: it was built in 1973 as ATSF 5663, an SD45-2, builder number 72642-20. It became SPSF painted 7203 in 1986. It was later renumbered and repainted back as ATSF 5803. It later became BNSF 6453.

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ATSF Cab Hop
ATSF 8752 was leading a mix of EMD and GEs on a westbound cab hop at Walong, CA, on Saturday, June 19, 1982. ATSF 8752 was a GE U36C. Reportedly it was built in 1974 builders number 39702. It was repainted to SPSF 8752 then repainted back to ATSF paint before retirement in September 1992.
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This was shot with a Speed Graphic 4x5 on Ektachrome 64 film at 1/200 (leaf shutter) at f8. The lens is a 135mm Optar.

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ATSF Eastbound at Woodford
On Saturday, June 19, 1982, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) C30-7 8150 and SD45-2 5635 led an eastbound (southbound) at Woodford, CA.
ATSF 8150 was a C30-7. Reportedly it was built in 1981, builder's number 43577, repainted to SPSF 8150 returned to GE Dec 1989 for GECX, to BN lease December 1991, became BNSF 5193, retired.
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Speed Graphic 45 with 135mm Optar, Focal Plane Shutter, Ektachrome 200 4x5 @ 250 1/1000 f16

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Only Santa Fe
On Friday, June 18, 1982. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) 3821 led 5938, 4630, an SD40-2, 8050 and another C30-7 westbound at Ilmon, CA. This consist is GP50, F45, SD26, SD40-2 and two C30-7s, only Santa Fe.
ATSF 3821 was an EMD GP50. Reportedly it was built in 1981, builders number 806006-6. It became BNSF 3174.
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Speed Graphic 45 with 135mm Optar, 1/200 f6 (Leaf Shutter), Ektachrome 64 4x5

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On Friday, June 18, 1982. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) 3817 and 5635 led an eastbound at Woodford, CA.
ATSF 3817 was an EMD GP50. It was reportedly built in 1981 by EMD as a model GP50, builders number 806006-4. It became BNSF 3170.
ATSF 3635 was an EMD SD45-2.

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Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) 5697 was at the engine house in Barstow, CA on Sunday, October 20, 1974.
ATSF 5697 was an EMD SD45-2. Reportedly: it was built in 1973, serial number 72642-11. In 1986 it was rebuilt to SPSF SD45-2u 7227. It was renumbered and repainted to yellow bonnet ATSF 5827 in 1991. It was renumbered BNSF 6477 in 1998 and subsequently renumbered to GN 6477.
On March 15, 2024, Bob Finan said: "Not your average SD45-2. A member of the 59:18 geared, 90 m.p.h. geared, and assigned to the prestigious power pool for Trains 198/891 - the westbound and eastbound “Super C’s” - the hottest train on the railroad."

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"Harvey Girl" teableau for 05/13/24

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Santa Fe locomotive, Trinidad, Colorado. July 1986. Scanned from a 35mm Kodachrome slide.

In 1984, the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific railroads announced they would merge. In anticipation they each began repainting locomotives in this new "Kodachrome" scheme that combined Santa Fe's design with Southern Pacific's colors. Just days before this photo was taken, the Interstate Commerce Commission voted to kill the merger.

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