Santa Fe Dashing through Dahinda V. 2

Dynamic Dahinda
C.R. captures a great day at the Santa Fe' transcon crossing of the Spoon River near Dahinda, IL on July 7, 1995. This is all Warbonnet and Bluebonnets (except Amtrak) with one lash-up right out of the 60's. Some of the numbers are a guess.
1) Westbound SF 5140 (SD40-2) and 5834(?)(SD45-2u) have a train of empty westbound stack and trailer cars.
2) Santa Fe C44-9W #642, B40-8W #541 & 1 more Dash 9 surprised C. R. with an empty eastbound auto rack train.
3) ATSF GP20u #3048, GP9u #2247, a B23-7 and GP20u 3042 (a guess) race west with a long mixed and recreate the Santa Fe of the 60’s.
4) SF SD40-2 5130 (MKM) a SD40-2 and a Dash 9 head east with another mixed consist
5) Amtrak’s westbound Southwest Chief is next with extra head end business
6) ATSF C41-8W #929 leads two other warbonnets and an SD75M on an eastbound TOFC.
7) Warbonnet #504 B40, a GP50, another B40, a SD75M, a Dash 9, a GP 60, two SD75Ms and a GP60B on a power balancing move and westbound TOFC.
8) ATSF C44-9W #673, a Dash 9 and an A-B-A set of GP60s race west on a TOFC.
9) ATSF C44-9W #678, a GP60B, C41-8W’s #939 and #932 are westbound with stack/TOFC train.
10) Warbonnet B40-8W # 554leads three more B 40s east with a hot TOFC train.
11) Bluebonnet SF GP50, a 4000 class GP60, a GP60 B and a bluebonnet GP60 work eastbound with a TOFC train.
Credits: C.R. Miller Archives. All rights reserved.

[@orangecactusproductions2144]

The thing about the Santa Fe for me is how good their locomotives looked. The warbonnets and yellowbonnets, it felt like a legacy railroad. BNSF isn't the same, their paint scheme feels soulless and empty. The ATSF gave an image of "I want to work for them!" And "quality service to our customers"

[@chuckmiller4871]

Couldn't agree more. Thanks

[@joshthetrainfan]

That's what the SJVR does to me.

[@RajaRhodes]

That GE Locomotive air compressor at 5:23 though!

[@DFWRailVideos]

"whoop"

[@cbolanz1]

When the merger came in 95, the ATSF spirit wasn’t kept alive. It was tarnished in orange day by day on the Burlington the Northern and the Santa Fe.

[@chuckmiller4871]

Couldn't agree more.

[@cbolanz1]

@@chuckmiller4871 I think Judy garland would have a heart attack and die again if she saw what Santa Fe had become. But more importantly she’d go “wow those drugs and meds got to me because I see a lot of orange!”

[@ToritheGSMR1702-mz3rc]

For me its kind of cool seeing amtrak and santa fe both going almost at the same high speed

[@trainman42dude]

Boxcars and hoppers with no graffiti. I like it!!

[@chuckmiller4871]

Seems like a lifetime ago.

[@atsf4931]

Oh what I would take to go to 1995 where there something other than just one type of engine on the main lines (gevos)

[@chuckmiller4871]

HI hear that!

[@walterfink9782]

These were before BN took the ATSF over. Love that blue and yellow. The blue and yellow F units were amazing. Anyone remember when SP was going to merge with ATSF? The locomotives were painted red and yellow, with a big SP or SF on them.

[@anb740]

Searchlights and Santa Fe Bonnets. Those were the days.

[@alexpaumen3937]

If you want to see awesome power today, Minnesota's the perfect place for railfanning. SD75s, Warbonnets (REAL ones), Geeps on the mainline, SD40-2s, all EMD consists, Leslie RS series horns, awesome and rare shortline locomotives, etc, etc.

[@danielboone3770]

I love this dashing video in the 90's! Great show! Thank you.

[@no1reallycaresabout2]

I like how smooth the transitions were between each shot

[@northernindianarailmedia86]

Ya know what? These clips make railfanning look better and more exciting than it is now. You wanna know why? Because at least you got to see something other than a bunch of GEVOs on trains.

[@anb740]

The very reason why I no longer photograph trains. Nothing but junk everywhere.

[@F-14DSuperTomcat]

Cope, those GEVOs are powering the US economy

[@michaelkaminski1166]

@@F-14DSuperTomcatIt would be nice if the economy was powered by some more variety.

[@Tom-xe9iq]

You found a great spot to capture trains from either direction...

[@chuckmiller4871]

Indeed! And that's back in the day when we used the DeLorme Gazatteer maps.

[@jdzonline5008]

Santa Fe, Come Back...

[@grobterm]

JDzOnline Wdym lmao? BNSF is Santa Fe and Burlington Northern, so technically they’re still here.

[@xavierjackson3796]

@@grobterm santa fe might be here still but there are very few warbonnits left

[@TofsrudCubing]

grobb he is talking about the original Santa Fe. Like the ones in this video

[@Maximilian7992]

@@xavierjackson3796Yeah, BNSF doesn’t care about it’s heritage. We need the War Bonnet to return along with the Blue Bonnet, the rare Yellow Bonnet, and the unheard of Gold Bonnet.

[@wurlitzer1538]

Fantastic video showcasing the old Santa Fe at its finest.

[@TheTrainExpert]

back in the days when trains had like 9-10 trains on there lash up and 4-5 dpu in the middle...........

[@MidwesternRailfan]

I saw some of those Santa Fe Warbonnets like Santa Fe #920 today down in BNSF Murray Yard where they've sat for years.

[@markpurdin9900]

Best videos from Sante Fe switchman of the 70’s.

[@thenoblegerman2637]

I wish Santa Fe didn’t merge with Burlington Northern

[@jeffreymcfadden9403]

We spent our photo vacations on the ATSF back in 1994-5-6.(Illinois) Knowing the end was near. And seeing all those red/silver locos was amazing. I remember a train at Edelstein had all GP20-30-35 lashup. Due to easy grades, ATSF kept a lot(what remained) of the older power on the Chi.-KC route.

[@chuckmiller4871]

It was a fun place to shoot around during those years and you're exactly right about the odd ball lashups.

[@DJ_F00D_ST2MP]

Nice Catch!

[@markwesthoff9646]

Thanks, Chuck for all your wonderful videos.

[@chuckmiller4871]

Thanks, Mark. Pop & I had a great time.

[@sunnysiderails397]

LOVE to see all of these classics, great video!!! SUB'd

[@k5elevencinc0]

Heartwarming video. 💯

[@coasternamegenerator5611]

1:15 woah

[@ShawnyNorburn]

Amazing action!!!

[@chuckmiller4871]

Edited for sure but pop had a knack for finding great spots!

[@greeneagle4787]

Absolutely love this !!!

[@DJ_F00D_ST2MP]

Amazing Catch!

[@DJ_F00D_ST2MP]

Awesome Catch!

[@TrainLover-fk2eo]

Dashing through the hills looking at a train coming RIGHT FOR ME

[@scoobycarr5558]

Ship and travel Santa Fe all the way. That was the proud slogan that the Santa Fe had for many years during the glory days of railroads before more advanced competitors unfortunately took over most passenger and freight business. But unlike most other railroads which could not cope with the reality and either went bankrupt and went out of business or became part of the merger game, the Santa Fe boldly and bravely soldiered on until the latter end of the 1990s when BNSF took over. But in today's modern era BNSF has mostly taken up where the Santa Fe left off, hustling priority intermodal business better than many trucking companies.

[@chuckmiller4871]

Spot on! Regulation hurt many. Now, in hindsight, we see the loss and the expense of rebuilding that infrastructure. I should be able to get on a train and go from A to B as in the case overseas. BN and SF merged and are seemingly doing well. Sadly - the variety is missing for us camera heads.

[@scoobycarr5558]

Okeedokee sir thanks for the info

[@chuckmiller4871]

No lecture intended.

[@larrydockery7201]

dam i love thoes sd40 45 units the best ever built in my book

[@AwesomeDesertTrains]

5:24 holy crap that's a dash 8

[@alexanderson3602]

It is.

[@l.hefner8872]

Why is there an Amtrak on Santa Fe? 5:23

[@trainjack16]

The way the trains are going that you have listed is wrong, the ones you have for Westbound are really Eastbound and the Eastbound ones are Westbound.

[@allgr8429]

P 90; F 70

[@matthewbrown8486]

5:08 Amtrak

[@ESCOTTJ]

Nice

[@Dansvideos03]

Is that the Coast Starlight?

[@atsf4life183]

No that's the southwest chief

[@scoobycarr5558]

If memory serves me right that's the Southwest Chief. Not certain when the train moved from the ex Santa Fe to the ex Burlington however.