Coconino National Forest
The Santa Fe Railway is my second favorite heritage Class 1 railroad. I became a big ATSF fan, and made regular trips from my home in Provo, Utah to Flagstaff, Arizona (9.5 hours and 475 miles at 55 mph) to reach the high iron of the Transcon each spring and fall.
My Santa Fe coconspirator, the late Jim Aldridge and I would be trackside by sunrise, often beginning our day at Denny's followed by an 11 mile drive east of town to Cosnino. By mid-morning on October 3, 1988, we had already photographed half a dozen trains.
Santa Fe Railway 9553, an SF30C rebuild, leads C30-7 and SD45-2 models at milepost 331.1, between Cosnino and Darling. The roster of locomotives wearing the defunct SPSF "Kodachrome" scheme were thinning, and we were pleased to catch one leading.
Coconino National Forest
The Santa Fe Railway is my second favorite heritage Class 1 railroad. I became a big ATSF fan, and made regular trips from my home in Provo, Utah to Flagstaff, Arizona (9.5 hours and 475 miles at 55 mph) to reach the high iron of the Transcon each spring and fall.
My Santa Fe coconspirator, the late Jim Aldridge and I would be trackside by sunrise, often beginning our day at Denny's followed by an 11 mile drive east of town to Cosnino. By mid-morning on October 3, 1988, we had already photographed half a dozen trains.
Santa Fe Railway 9553, an SF30C rebuild, leads C30-7 and SD45-2 models at milepost 331.1, between Cosnino and Darling. The roster of locomotives wearing the defunct SPSF "Kodachrome" scheme were thinning, and we were pleased to catch one leading.