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AMTK SDP40F 508
Title:  AMTK SDP40F 508
Description:  Two month old Amtrak SDP40F 508 leads the Super Chief at Albuquerque in July 1973.
Photo Date:  7/17/1973  Upload Date: 10/19/2010 8:54:37 PM
Location:  Albuquerque, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  AMTK 508(SDP40F)
Views:  496   Comments: 1
Ahead of the Storm
Title:  Ahead of the Storm
Description:  A Santa Fe freight runs east ahead of a thunderstorm behind a trio of U36Cs. (8718, 8703, 8728).
Photo Date:  7/17/1973  Upload Date: 10/28/2008 9:00:24 PM
Location:  Willard, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 8718(U36C)
Views:  696   Comments: 0
Amtrak Super Chief in Albuquerque
Title:  Amtrak Super Chief in Albuquerque
Description:  It's 5:45PM and the westbound Amtrak Super Chief is calling at Albuquerque. The three SDP40Fs on the head end are less than two months old; trailing is a 17 car consist made up of Hi-Levels and Heritage cars.
Photo Date:  7/17/1973  Upload Date: 3/22/2009 9:54:11 AM
Location:  Albuquerque, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  AMTK 508(SDP40F)
Views:  1106   Comments: 0
The Super Chief at Albuquerque
Title:  The Super Chief at Albuquerque
Description:  Amtrak's no.3, the Super Chief, slows to a stop at New Mexico's biggest city in July 1973. The SDP40Fs were still brand new- having been delivered only the preceeding month. 18 cars trail; a collection of former Santa Fe Hi-Levels and what would later be called "Heritage" cars from UP, ATSF and SP. As replacements for the motley collection of Es and Fs that Amtrak had started with the SDP40Fs were viewed by most as a sign that Amtrak was off on the right foot. Few, if any, could've forseen their coming problems and the black cloud they were retired under only a few years later.
Photo Date:  7/17/1973  Upload Date: 5/18/2008 9:06:26 PM
Location:  Albuquerque, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Passenger,Action
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Views:  507   Comments: 0
ATSF SD24 4509
Title:  ATSF SD24 4509
Description:  Santa Fe SD24 4509 at Albuquerque in the summer of 1973.
Photo Date:  7/18/1973  Upload Date: 1/29/2011 6:59:11 PM
Location:  Albuquerque, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 4509(SD24)
Views:  862   Comments: 1
Forward Half: Santa Fe Alligator
Title:  Forward Half: Santa Fe Alligator
Description:  ATSF RSD15 9808 at Albuquerque, summer of 1973
Photo Date:  7/18/1973  Upload Date: 2/1/2011 5:39:42 PM
Location:  Albuquerque, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 9808(RSD15)
Views:  583   Comments: 1
ATSF RSD15 9808
Title:  ATSF RSD15 9808
Description:  Santa Fe RSD15 9808 at Albuquerque in the Summer of 1973
Photo Date:  7/18/1973  Upload Date: 3/4/2012 10:40:03 AM
Location:  Albuquerque, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 9808(RSD15)
Views:  506   Comments: 0
Westbound into Siding
Title:  Westbound into Siding
Description:  Santa Fe U36C 8714 leads its westound train into siding at Willard NM on a stormy July day in 1973. SD45 5566 trails.
Photo Date:  7/18/1973  Upload Date: 1/15/2012 11:17:47 AM
Location:  Willard, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 8714(U36C)
Views:  561   Comments: 1
CRIP GP40 376
Title:  CRIP GP40 376
Description:  Rock Island GP40 376 working the SP Alamogordo Local
Photo Date:  8/15/1973  Upload Date: 9/16/2012 10:01:32 PM
Location:  Alamogordo, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 376(GP40)
Views:  430   Comments: 1
Picking Up Orders at Alamogordo
Title:  Picking Up Orders at Alamogordo
Description:  The engineer of a northbound SP train smiles widely as he leans out to pick up his orders at Alamogordo NM in September 1973. Power is all Rock Island for this one- GP40 362 is followed by a U25B, GP40 and a U28B.
Photo Date:  9/24/1973  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 9:18:03 PM
Location:  Alamogordo, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 362(GP40)
Views:  494   Comments: 1
Alamogordo Local Waiting to Head South
Title:  Alamogordo Local Waiting to Head South
Description:  Rock Island GP40 384 is prepared to take the SP's Alamogordo (NM) local south to El Paso in September 1973. Seven boxcars and an SP caboose make up the entire train today. Traffic was mostly for a wood mill in town along with the occasional car dropped off for the Air Force.
Photo Date:  9/24/1973  Upload Date: 5/25/2011 7:30:11 PM
Location:  Alamogordo, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 384(GP40)
Views:  1043   Comments: 6
ATSF U36C 8712
Title:  ATSF U36C 8712
Description:  Santa Fe U36C 8712 at Belen; teamed with SD40 5018 and F45 5908
Photo Date:  10/27/1973  Upload Date: 9/16/2012 9:55:15 PM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 8712(U36C)
Views:  447   Comments: 0
Santa Fe GP35 3444 at Belen
Title:  Santa Fe GP35 3444 at Belen
Description:  Santa Fe GP35 3444 sits with partner 3442 by the Belen roundhouse in 1973
Photo Date:  10/28/1973  Upload Date: 7/17/2010 1:34:05 PM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 3444(GP35)
Views:  564   Comments: 0
ATSF F45 5906
Title:  ATSF F45 5906
Description:  Santa Fe F45 5906 at Belen
Photo Date:  10/28/1973  Upload Date: 9/16/2012 9:54:59 PM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 5906(F45)
Views:  473   Comments: 1
ATSF SD26 4674
Title:  ATSF SD26 4674
Description:  Santa Fe SD26 4674 at Belen; in consist with F45 5906 and SD24 4560
Photo Date:  10/28/1973  Upload Date: 9/16/2012 9:55:33 PM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 4674(SD26)
Views:  418   Comments: 0
ATSF GP35 3417
Title:  ATSF GP35 3417
Description:  Santa Fe GP35 3417 at Belen
Photo Date:  10/28/1973  Upload Date: 9/16/2012 9:55:47 PM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 3417(GP35)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
ATSF GP30 3222
Title:  ATSF GP30 3222
Description:  Santa Fe GP30 3222 at Belen
Photo Date:  10/28/1973  Upload Date: 9/16/2012 9:55:59 PM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 3222(GP30)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
ATSF SD45 5598
Title:  ATSF SD45 5598
Description:  Santa Fe SD45 5598 at Belen in a road set with a pair of SD45-2s
Photo Date:  10/28/1973  Upload Date: 9/16/2012 9:56:14 PM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 5598(SD45)
Views:  567   Comments: 0
ATSF SD45 5598
Title:  ATSF SD45 5598
Description:  Santa Fe SD45 5598 at Belen
Photo Date:  10/28/1973  Upload Date: 9/16/2012 9:56:26 PM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 5598(SD45)
Views:  537   Comments: 0
Santa Fe SD24 4575
Title:  Santa Fe SD24 4575
Description:  ATSF SD24 4575 was 13 years old when this picture was taken at Albuquerque in 1973. The unit was in remote-control helper service north to Raton at the time and is shown here coupled to a U23C and r/c car for that work. It would be rebuilt by the company a year later into an "SD26", which would give it a dozen more years of service before being sold to the Springfield Terminal as their 645.
Photo Date:  10/28/1973  Upload Date: 3/15/2008 10:34:55 AM
Location:  Albuquerque, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 4575(SD24)
Views:  2782   Comments: 4
New Mexico Semiphores
Title:  New Mexico Semiphores
Description:  These semiphores guarded the south end of Omlee Siding (5359' in 1971) on the SP's Carizozo Sub. The 331 mile line from El Paso to Tucumcari was still dispatched by train orders at that time.
Photo Date:  11/14/1973  Upload Date: 8/2/2009 5:40:55 PM
Location:  Omlee, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  435   Comments: 0
Northbound SP freight
Title:  Northbound SP freight
Description:  Four Rock Island units- a GP40, U25B and two U28Bs, approach the depot at Alamogordo NM in December 1973. The crew will pick up orders at the station and continue their trip up the Golden State Route.
Photo Date:  12/28/1973  Upload Date: 1/30/2008 9:19:13 PM
Location:  Alamogordo, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CRIP 270(U28B)
Views:  774   Comments: 0
Rock Island U-Boat In Consist
Title:  Rock Island U-Boat In Consist
Description:  Rock Island U28B 255 works a train northbound through Alamogordo NM.
Photo Date:  12/28/1973  Upload Date: 1/17/2011 7:57:18 PM
Location:  Alamogordo, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CRIP 255(U28B)
Views:  650   Comments: 3
ATSF SD45-2 5686
Title:  ATSF SD45-2 5686
Description:  Almost-new ATSF SD45-2 5686 sits at Belen. It would serve with the ATSF and BNSF for 28 years before going to NREX.
Photo Date:  12/31/1973  Upload Date: 7/17/2010 1:34:47 PM
Location:  Belen, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 5686(SD45-2)
Views:  499   Comments: 0
Semaphore Dawn
Title:  Semaphore Dawn
Description:  A pair of semiphores silently perform their jobs at dawn on the last day of 1973. The route is SP's Golden State line between El Paso and Tucumcari.
Photo Date:  12/31/1973  Upload Date: 9/7/2009 1:45:23 PM
Location:  Alamogordo, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  181   Comments: 0
Splittin the semiphores
Title:  Splittin the semiphores
Description:  A Rock Island bay window caboose splits the semiphores near Orogrande NM in January 1974. An SP SD45 and RI GP40 are up front, pulling the train towards Tucumcari.
Photo Date:  1/12/1974  Upload Date: 1/30/2008 9:16:14 PM
Location:  Orogrande, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Signal,Action
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Views:  400   Comments: 0
SP Eastbound at Tularosa
Title:  SP Eastbound at Tularosa
Description:  Four units, a pair of SP U33Cs and a Cotton Belt GP40/SD45 duo, bring a train eastbound across Otero County near Tularosa NM in January 1974.
Photo Date:  1/12/1974  Upload Date: 1/10/2009 10:57:46 AM
Location:  Tularosa, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  398   Comments: 0
SP depot, Carrizozo NM
Title:  SP depot, Carrizozo NM
Description:  Not much for looks, the SP depot at Carrizozo NM was certainly utilitarian.
Photo Date:  1/12/1974  Upload Date: 2/13/2009 10:17:00 PM
Location:  Carrizozo, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Views:  372   Comments: 0
Late Afternoon in Alamogordo
Title:  Late Afternoon in Alamogordo
Description:  Cotton Belt GP35 6517 works cars in downtown Alamogordo NM late in the afternoon. The unit brought the Alamogordo Local up from El Paso and will return to Texas once it's job is complete.
Photo Date:  2/5/1974  Upload Date: 4/6/2012 5:42:23 PM
Location:  Alamogordo, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 6517(GP35)
Views:  266   Comments: 0
SP GP20 4075
Title:  SP GP20 4075
Description:  SP 4075 sits with a short MOW train by the depot in Alamogordo NM in April 1974. The 12-year old unit is still pretty much in its as-delivered configuration. Originally numbered 7225, it would later lose its turbo and become SP 4121. It's now with RJ Corman.
Photo Date:  4/16/1974  Upload Date: 9/19/2009 8:03:50 PM
Location:  Alamogordo, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SP 4075(GP20)
Views:  2133   Comments: 1
Rails on an Air Force Base
Title:  Rails on an Air Force Base
Description:  Living on an Air Force Base during my High School years allowed me to mix aviation and railroad hobbies to some degree. Here a Santa Fe 50' boxcar sits on USAF trackage; a pair of F-4D Phantom IIs from the resident 49th TFW taxi in the distance.
Photo Date:  6/16/1974  Upload Date: 10/25/2012 8:25:49 PM
Location:  Holloman AFB, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
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Views:  382   Comments: 1
Rock Island GP40
Title:  Rock Island GP40
Description:  RI GP40 394 sits in a siding with a northbound train in Jun 1974.
Photo Date:  6/18/1974  Upload Date: 1/17/2011 7:57:03 PM
Location:  Alamogordo, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  CRIP 394(GP40)
Views:  1640   Comments: 1
ATSF F7A 339L
Title:  ATSF F7A 339L
Description:  Santa Fe F7A 339L at the Clovis terminal when F-units were still common on the road. It's a former passenger unit repainted into the short-lived yellow paint while retaining its stainless steel sides.
Photo Date:  7/12/1974  Upload Date: 2/23/2012 4:53:10 PM
Location:  Clovis, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  ATSF 339L(F7A)
Views:  800   Comments: 0
ATSF F3B 201A
Title:  ATSF F3B 201A
Description:  Back when strings of Santa Fe F-units could still be found at Clovis, running east into Texas and south to Carlsbad; F3B 201A sits between a pair of former passenger units. One source says this unit went to GE for a U28CG in 1966, which does not appear to be the case.
Photo Date:  7/12/1974  Upload Date: 3/4/2012 10:39:45 AM
Location:  Clovis, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 201A(F3B)
Views:  1077   Comments: 0
Clovis Dawn
Title:  Clovis Dawn
Description:  Early morning at the Santa Fe's Clovis NM roundhouse. The MP power is from a daily pool train out of Ft Worth; the MP units (GP35 625, GP38-2 917, GP35 656) weren't particularly welcome on the Santa Fe west of Clovis as most didn't have dynamic brakes (like 2 of the 3 here). In the background is a typical assortment of ATSF power at this time- S2 switchers; EMD F-units, Geeps and CF7s for the locals and Carlsbad line and big EMD and GE six-axle power for the main.
Photo Date:  7/18/1974  Upload Date: 9/21/2008 9:45:22 PM
Location:  Clovis, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 625(GP35) ATSF 5601(SD45)
Views:  994   Comments: 0
Picking up Orders on the Rear End
Title:  Picking up Orders on the Rear End
Description:  The conductor of a northbound SP freight keeps his Fedora well in place as he picks up orders at the Alamogordo depot. (date approx).
Photo Date:  7/31/1974  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 9:18:11 PM
Location:  Alamogordo, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
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Views:  339   Comments: 1
Picking Up Orders on the Head End
Title:  Picking Up Orders on the Head End
Description:  The engineer of a northbound SP freight picks up his orders at ALamogordo NM; power is all SP today on a line that frequently saw Rock Island diesels. Lead unit is an elephant ear equipped SD45 followed by an SD40 and another SD45. (date approx.)
Photo Date:  7/31/1974  Upload Date: 12/30/2009 9:17:55 PM
Location:  Alamogordo, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  SP 9113(SD45)
Views:  335   Comments: 1
Santa Fe Road Slug 113
Title:  Santa Fe Road Slug 113
Description:  Santa Fe rebuilt a number of EMD F3Bs and F7Bs in the early '70s into road slugs for potash duty in Southeast New Mexico. Initally connected to F7As they soon were wired to CF7s and operated in eight-unit sets on the branches out of Carlsbad and Loving NM. This is slug 113, the former passenger-service F3B 31B. It survived in this work through 1982. It's shown here at work about 15 miles east of Carlsbad.
Photo Date:  8/12/1974  Upload Date: 7/9/2009 6:40:27 PM
Location:  Getty, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 113(Road Slug)
Views:  1644   Comments: 0
ATSF SD26 4662
Title:  ATSF SD26 4662
Description:  Santa Fe SD26 4662, only three months after being released from SD24 conversion, shown while pushing a Duval sulphur train at Carlsbad.
Photo Date:  8/12/1974  Upload Date: 1/15/2012 1:00:48 PM
Location:  Carlsbad, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 4662(SD26)
Views:  502   Comments: 1
ATSF F7B 204B
Title:  ATSF F7B 204B
Description:  Santa Fe F7B 204B at Clovis
Photo Date:  8/12/1974  Upload Date: 3/4/2012 10:39:23 AM
Location:  Clovis, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 204B(F7B)
Views:  937   Comments: 1
Potash power
Title:  Potash power
Description:  The potash mines of southeast New Mexico used to get four sets of CF7/slugs to work; here eight units pull out of the National Potash Mine located about 15 miles east of Carlsbad.
Photo Date:  8/12/1974  Upload Date: 1/17/2008 9:27:30 PM
Location:  Getty, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ATSF 2619(CF7)
Views:  979   Comments: 0
Potash power, no 2
Title:  Potash power, no 2
Description:  One of Santa Fe's eight unit CF7/slug sets sits at the Carlsbad NM engine facility
Photo Date:  8/12/1974  Upload Date: 1/17/2008 9:27:43 PM
Location:  Carlsbad, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  ATSF 2616(CF7)
Views:  1734   Comments: 1
Rear end of the Duval train
Title:  Rear end of the Duval train
Description:  Helpers for the Duval sulphur train- two "SD26s" with a remote control car (no.17, a converted F7B) between them. The standard ATSF red caboose trails.
Photo Date:  8/12/1974  Upload Date: 1/17/2008 9:28:19 PM
Location:  Carlsbad, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ATSF 4638(SD26)
Views:  896   Comments: 1
Sulphur Train head end
Title:  Sulphur Train head end
Description:  During the '70s the Santa Fe operated a train from the Duval Sulphur mine at Rustler Springs TX to Houston via Clovis and Lubbock. Today's edition heads south for the mine behind an R/C master equipped SD45 and a pair of "SD26s". The little green 1972 Fiat 850 Spyder off the right was my first car- and not exactly your standard railfanmobile!
Photo Date:  8/12/1974  Upload Date: 1/17/2008 9:28:10 PM
Location:  Carlsbad, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ATSF 5602(SD45)
Views:  994   Comments: 1
Potash Power on the wye
Title:  Potash Power on the wye
Description:  CF7s replaced F7As as power in the potash region near Carlsbad NM during the early to mid 70s; they were mated to slugs converted from F7Bs. They were typically found in strings of 4 sets, like this one
Photo Date:  8/12/1974  Upload Date: 1/17/2008 9:27:56 PM
Location:  Carlsbad, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  ATSF 2623(CF7)
Views:  671   Comments: 0
ATSF F7A 237L in Clovis
Title:  ATSF F7A 237L in Clovis
Description:  Veteran Santa Fe F7A 237L sits in the Clovis NM engine terminal in 1974. It later became CF7 2438.
Photo Date:  8/17/1974  Upload Date: 1/31/2011 12:47:07 PM
Location:  Clovis, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
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Locomotives:  ATSF 237(F7A)
Views:  1203   Comments: 1
ATSF F9A 286C
Title:  ATSF F9A 286C
Description:  Santa Fe F9A 286C at Clovis NM. It would later be rebuilt into CF7 2479.
Photo Date:  8/17/1974  Upload Date: 2/18/2012 10:44:11 AM
Location:  Clovis, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 286C(F9A)
Views:  1163   Comments: 1
Clovis Fs
Title:  Clovis Fs
Description:  Santa Fe's huge F-unit fleet served in diminishing numbers into the mid-70s and could be typically found on lines from Clovis NM east. F7A 238L sits in the morning light at Clovis in August 1974 in company of a pair of F7Bs and a CF7. The 24 year old vet will be converted to CF7 2472 in two years.
Photo Date:  8/17/1974  Upload Date: 3/9/2008 8:45:51 AM
Location:  Clovis, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  ATSF 238(F7A)
Views:  1098   Comments: 1
Screamin' Eagle: MP GP35 625
Title:  Screamin' Eagle: MP GP35 625
Description:  Missouri Pacific GP35 625 on the ATSF in New Mexico.
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 4/11/2009 9:52:39 AM
Location:  Clovis, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  MP 625(GP35)
Views:  1066   Comments: 0
ATSF SD45 5601
Title:  ATSF SD45 5601
Description:  Santa Fe SD45 5601 at the Clovis engine facility
Photo Date:  8/18/1974  Upload Date: 1/15/2012 1:00:32 PM
Location:  Clovis, NM
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  ATSF 5601(SD45)
Views:  1065   Comments: 1


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