Santa Fe, SPSF, Burlington Northern, Rio Grande, Union Pacific 1986 (Part 1.2 of 4)

[@jmannelson8206]

Thanks for posting these wonderful videos of an era a lot of us wish never left. Please keep posting your pre 2000 videos.

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

I'm glad you're enjoying the shows 😉

[@TBone-bz9mp]

Just for any fellow Europeans who may come across this video and are curious about the locomotives in red and yellow, with SF (Santa Fe) on them. The Southern Pacific and Santa Fe railroads attempted to merge with each other in the 1980s, and got so far along that they started repainting locomotives in what was to be the new companies livery, it was known as Kodachrome due to its resemblance to a popular brand of film by the same name. The merger would ultimately fail when the ICC (Interstate Commerce Commission) ruled against it. A terrible shame as the Southern Pacific would ultimately be assimilated by Union Pacific.

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

I agree with your conclusion.

[@mrodtoo]

Thanks for sharing. I found your video very interesting. At 14.14 I see those cars that I'm guessing are a type of MOW car on that train. Do you know more about them? I quick google search on my part came up empty.

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

Not too sure myself. I'm glad you enjoyed the show.

[@UPRailfan]

Awesome stuff man! Coincidentally do you know Joseph Cipar?

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

Thank you 😊, and no I don't recognize the last name.

[@georgebenson6036]

Great video as always. Thanks for sharing.

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

You're welcome.

[@stephenheath8465]

The Joint Line in the good old days

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

Yes.

Hello Walt, I have been viewing these amazing Railfan videos of yours for a little while now but I was too nervous at first to comment on them. Although, you’ve captured many nice catches from the older eras. These videos that are in several parts (including this one) will be quite an adventure for me to get through. This is great so far and I might ask you about certain locomotives or anything that could relate to them if that’s ok.

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

I'm happy to answer your questions.

@Walt Loevy You know how this part of the video at 1:30 has those Kodachrome units? That footage looks familiar to me as it appears to have been used by someone named “Peter Dibble” in a video he made about how the SPSF (Southern Pacific Santa Fe) merger failed.

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

Yes, Dibble got permission to use these shots.

@Walt Loevy That’s very cool actually! And you were the one who recorded that footage and every other footage posted?

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

The 8mm films are from other collections, but the videos are mine for the most part, yes.

[@TBone-bz9mp]

Does anyone know what’s under the wrap at 10:47, it looks like a stegosaurus.

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

I don't know.

[@tuftyterror983]

probably models for a museum or theme park

[@joshostrowski8411]

I think that its some kind of aircraft parts

[@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos]

This is probably the best guess.

[@tuftyterror983]

@@joshostrowski8411 Oh yeah maybe.