Santa Fe GP60s (in two flavors) head a westbound freight through Abo Canyon, New Mexico, on September 16, 1992. I remember many times I’d be disappointed because I didn’t get an all-Super Fleet consist . . . how times change.

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Curving over Abo Arroyo, A Santa Fe eastbound crosses the Bridge 873.8 east of Sais, New Mexico, on June 2, 1995. A SD45 leads the train over the curved 402-foot structure.

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Built in May, 1992, the four month old nose of Santa Fe C40-8W No. 834 at Raton, New Mexico is still pretty spotless and only has a few bug splats on September 18, 1992. BNSF Pinkbonnett to come later…

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The westbound fuel tracks are full on the night of May 22, 1991, as three Santa Fe trains pause at Belen, New Mexico, for a quick servicing and a new crew. Soon, the trains will accelerate out of town and race into a nocturnal crossing of the desert southwest.

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A Santa Fe eastbound freight rumbles across the large bridge at the west end of Abo Canyon in New Mexico on September 17, 1992. Led by Superfleet FP45 No. 96 and a GP30, the train has just left Sais siding.

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