Santa Fe Diesel

[undertakerpitt]

It sucks they had to merge, the Santa Fe is a much better name than BNSF, and the locomotives aren't as nice

[Barricade360]

how many fp45 locomotives they still have running besides this oone

[Belinda74]

That is an FP45. The SDP40F was the locomotive Amtrak had that experienced derailing problems. The SDP40F looks similar to a FP45, but has a 16 cylinder prime mover and different trucks.

[epistte]

I remember reading something about the SD cowl-bodies experiencing a derailing problem when they were used by Amtrak.

[macdogq]

Nice classic deisel.

[karelfromholland]

Santa Fé red, yellow, black and silver combination of colours. Brilliant!!!!!!

[JohnBachofer]

This is so cool. I've been going to the Orange Empire Railroad museum since I was five and I have never seen that locomotive when I wasn't in a siding or undergoing repairs.

[jschmid]

o god thats sounds so relaxing

[olegutn]

the lovely sound of an 20cylinder 645 engine:D

[ACLTony]

Would love to see a vid of this or other FP45s running.

[61herman]

ATSF 98 Built in 1967, FP45 No. 98 was part of Santa Fe's last order of passenger locomotives.

[produKtNZ]

Nice! i have the model of this!

I've never seen one IRL or on video till now :)

Truly Spectacular!

[MONCICAN]

I Think it's either a Dash 8 or SD-50

[GMEMDF7]

No, it's an emd FP45.

Dash 8 and SD-50 locomotives are not 'streamlined', this one is

[olegutn]

i think that CN have cowl versions of the dash 8 and the sd 50.

[GMEMDF7]

do you mean the SD40-2W? Anyway, this unit is clearly not a GE, so that rules out the dash 8, and you can tell from the shape of the nose and front windows that this is no SD-50

[olegutn]

this engine is clearly an FP45. no doubt about that. but CN does have the SD50F that is a cowl version of the standard SD50. and CN also have the C40-8M that is a cowl version of the dash 8 series from GE.

[wirerail]

SD50F SD60F and a bunch MLW/ALCO's had full cowel bodies.

[Pup1234567]

i hope u guys know this is an EMD FP45 by now...

[wirerail]

SD50F' and SD60F's have cowel bodies but are only used by the CN.

[ACLTony]

That locomotive is an EMD FP45! Great to see that it's in running condition. I read article that reported that back in the late 1960s, these 20 cylinder giants hit close to 100 mph speeds between Chicago and California.

[Bellwestern80]

That is true, but when Amtrak bought them, sometimes at speed, the trucks the loco rode on would fall apart and would cause them to derail. Amtrak sold them back to the Santa Fe and Burlington Northern and some other lines after so many accidents happened.

[ACLTony]

Bell, you're referring to the SDP40fs, which had a very similar body style. Amtrak traded 18 to the Santa Fe for a batch of CF-7s for use in switching passenger cars.

[wirerail]

You are correct. The FP45's were successfully used in pulling the Super Chiefs without incident. They were later converted to a 65 mph gearing and used intermodel service.