A diesel electric locomotive pulls a train of passenger cars on the Santa Fe, described by Fortune in 1948 as the top U.S. railroad. Getty Images This was a remarkable accomplishment, but Congress ...

In 1931-32, Chief Mechanical Engineer Charles T. Ripley applied his European experience, along with his work on steam motorcar M-104 back in 1911, as he worked with Winton Engine Manufacturing Co ...

(KWCH) - Wichita’s Great Plains Transportation Museum (GPTM) is kicking off a fundraising effort to perform a full cosmetic restoration of historic Santa Fe Railway diesel-electric locomotive No ...

Santa Fe gets 60 locomotives: Chicago-based Santa Fe Railway Co. acquired 60 General Electric 4,000-horsepower, 4-axle locomotives for its intermodal service. The recent acquisitions bring to 123 ...

A non-byline story accompanying the photo reported: A gleaming 600,000-pound four-unit Santa Fe Diesel passenger train locomotive “overshot the field” at Union Station yesterday and stopped ...

A Santa Fe civic organization dedicated to preserving history has restored a long-retired steam locomotive that once ferried soldiers to war and later served as a historic artifact for those ...

In the middle 1950s, the railroads were making the conversion from steam to diesel locomotives. This left them with the problem of what to do with the old ones. Santa Fe #735 was born in 1900 in ...

Hundreds showed up at the Santa Fe Depot on Saturday to catch a rare glimpse of the vintage steam locomotive. Historic engine No. 3751 was the main attraction at the second annual Railroad Days ...

Once ready for display, it will join a collection of other Santa Fe equipment and railroad signs, many with roots in the Chicago area. The museum already has a Santa Fe locomotive on display.