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Santa Fe Rails Volume 1 by Kevin Eudaly Soft Cover 1996 144 Pages
Santa Fe Rails Volume 1 by Kevin Eudaly
Soft Cover
Copyright 1996
144 Pages
White spots on front and back cover are light reflections.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Curtis Hill6
Super Slippers30
Power Planners40
Flood of 199354
Willow Springs72
Difco Rebuilds78
Argentine84
The SD45100
The SD75M106
Locomotive Roster110
Dispositions138
Roster at a Glance144
Santa Fe Rails has evolved from the Annual series that was begun in 1992. One year after the first annual, the second annual (written as the 1993 Annual) was delayed at press by about a year, and published as the Santa Fe 1993-1994 Annual.
This current effort began as the next annual in the series, originally conceived as the 1995 Annual, and intended to follow the 1993-1994 Annual by about a year. Though it does follow the last book by about a year, the keeping of the "annual" name and mentality is falling away, primarily as a result of the evident doom of the Santa Fe itself.
The vision for this series is to continue the documentation of the Santa Fe in the same basic format, but now the time element has become less predominant. This series is intended to capture the Santa Fe Railway, its operations, physical plant, locomotives, and other interesting aspects in the context of the present and the past. While this and the previous two annuals have generally hit on current topics, this series must now take a turn and dive back into the past. The other two included a significant amount of history, and it seems telling a current story is impossible without reliving some of the past - a past which continues to have relevance to today.
With that said, let's take a look at recent events - major events to the Santa Fe, its employees, followers, and fans. On Friday, September 8, 1995, terror and depression surfaced at St. Joseph, Missouri on Burlington Northern's mainline north of Kansas City. On the point of southbound train 132 was 9647, an innocent enough number, but appearing as an echo of what had already occurred in the corporate world. BNSF 9647 rumbled by in green and cream, styled into Santa Fe's familiar warbonnet. The effect was a deep-felt desire to turn the cameras toward the Santa Fe and hit trackside hard for one last spin of red and silver, before the merged system eradicated what's left of the magnificent Santa Fe.
The Fall season rolled on and the leaves began to fall and still the Santa Fe looked just as it had for the last few years; red and silver blazing by at speed, and blue and yellow warriors still making up a large percentage of what was seen at trackside. The Santa Fe still looked like the Santa Fe, and little BN influence could be seen anywhere.
The double track was completed on Curtis Hill, the run-through trains continued to sport red and silver on the BN through southern Missouri, and by all appearances nothing had changed. As this is being written in mid-December, the Santa Fe image has yet to see any significant change. Though paint scheme rumors have continuously come drifting across the prairie, few have been believable.
At least twice in the last month it was reported that Rob Krebs, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Santa Fe, was quoted as saying "We already have a paint scheme!" Though this could mean almost anything, most have interpreted it to mean that the red and silver will survive. The faithful can only hope.
Two weeks ago, in early December, rumors came out of both EMD and Schaumburg that the newest order of SD75Ms (originally slated to be 251-275) were going to be numbered 8251-8275, and were coming in red and silver with some form of BNSF on the side. Against all odds, it appears Chico has rallied and won!
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