Man, I wish I could travel back in time to see this kind of action. The ATSF was an absolute classic.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it was.

Uploaded on my 16th birthday! Lead unit at 2:02 is now part of the Royal Gorge tourist railroad here in colorado. also it was filmed on the same day as the Waco siege ending, as the compound was set on fire. Lead unit at 9:45 is the highest numbered C41-8W on BNSF. 20:27 filmed the day after the Oklahoma City bombing.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! I had no idea.

@SWVARP

Жыл бұрын

What number is 9:45 as the Bnsf?

@RyansColoradoRailProductions

Жыл бұрын

@@SWVARP951

The train community is so nice. This is a good video showing the final era of the wonderful railway. Thanks!

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

I wish the merger didn't happen... or at least let the Santa Fe liveries still stay. They're so much more appealing to look at than the modern orange & dark green liveries they have now.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

If only, right?

@Kem23Yt

3 жыл бұрын

Santa Fe it would not be noBNSF

@Kem23Yt

3 жыл бұрын

Because you want to make some new train

@DFWRailVideos

3 жыл бұрын

I think the BNSF scheme represents most of the merger railroads, especially H2. You have the orange for the GN, a modified ATSF herald, Grinstein green for the BN and silver for the Burlington. SP&S and NP might have some representation somewhere.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's hard to get everybody in the one paint scheme.

Thank you for the great footage, I have a soft spot for dash 7's. Those C44-9W super fleet engines look good brand new with fresh paint.

I remember as a kid waiting for the end of the train to see the caboose

@SCHensley

3 жыл бұрын

Miss them myself as well.

Wild to see all those 4 axle units hauling mainline freight. And cabooses. Thought that would last forever back then.

I recently caught a Fakebonnet old ex santa fe warrbonnet pretty neat this is so nostalgic seeing what it once was the good old railroad days will always hold a special place in my heart.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

Glad to see a GP30 working the yard in my time living in the Springs it was D&RGW 3011 also a GP30 loved the looks of them and the D&RGW thanks for taking me back home again.

My grandfather was an engineer for Santa Fe back when they were still using steam. He left me some great pictures.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you held onto those treasures.

Thanks for showing so many of the blue locomotives with the yellow cabs and lettering. Those are my most favoritest.

I lost my two favorite railroads to the merger, Santa fe and Burlington Northern It's sad to lose all those fallen flag railroads that once existed when I was a kid.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's sad.

Great video Walt! I’ve grown up watching your train videos, I love every one of them. Thanks for uploading!

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your loyalty to the channel.

That Footage Is The Santa Fe #5202 Diesel Locomotive From Railroad Video Quarterly Issue #9

Wonderful video! The Santa Fe is one of my top 5 favorite railroads.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Great footage of our hometown as well as the great Santa age of my memories. Gp30 switching in the snow squall is by far the best. Awesome as always! - J Psalidas

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you're pleased.

What a historic railroad. I wish I was alive then to see it in person. If something similar happens to Union Pacific Railroad, it will be remembered just like Santa Fe Railroad is remembered.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Funny thing, like the UP, we all thought the Santa Fe would last forever. Your warning is well taken. There's no guarantee that the name Union Pacific is eternal.

@JessicaKasumi1990

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, the Union Pacific of today isn't the original UP. When the Rio Grande and Southern Pacific merged in 1989, they took on the Southern Pacific name. And when they merged with Union Pacific in 1996, they took the UP name because the UP name has better brand recognition. @@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, not the classic UP anymore.

hell yeah! my compliments sir

What a sight to see all the Bradley armored vehicles lined up like that

Awesome! This video is really underrated.

i wish i was around to see this railroad in action! i live on the east coast, but id gladly go west to see what remains of this railroad

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

The Santa Fe was indeed amazing.

21:05 sounds like the F45 was lagging or had some engine trouble

@stephenroberts4895

3 жыл бұрын

Big time engine trouble brewing.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that loco was not long for this world 🌍.

@whistlinturbosrailfanprodu4652

3 жыл бұрын

That could’ve been the Dynamics struggling to work, or that could’ve been a engine problem. Those SD45-2’s had some issues with them during their operation periods. But I think it was the SD45-2.

@linkfan95

2 жыл бұрын

The amount of smoke pouring out of it in the next clip tells that she isn’t running right. F45’s rarely smoked as bad as that

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

True enough.

Wonderful video! Santa Fe one of my favorite train :)

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Me too!

Great vid thanks

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

I'm glad you're pleased ☺️

Hot loads rollin' for the coast, we’ll be there in three days! On the Santa fe Santa fe all the way!

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Indeed!

16:34 A mighty machine that speeds down the hill!

Now in days those catch’s would be legendary super cool video

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

Wow very cool

I grew up in Wichita Kansas and remember seeing the Santa Fe railyard there and seeing their trains.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

Excellent railroad.

what a great variety of power...and oh, those beautiful Warbonnets!!

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that was a short but wonderful era of railroading.

i love this, especialy the desert ones.

Thanks Walt More to help us remember history.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

9 ай бұрын

Indeed!

I miss the 90's. Fun to watch some Geep 30's shoving.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

I miss the '90s too. It was an historic time.

Santa fe is one my favorite . Even got 2 GP9 red WARBONNETS with my Santa fe passenger train

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

The Santa Fe was a great railroad.

A lot of memories GREAT show long live the ATSF Colorado !!!!

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

In Early 2000's i installed and tested many remotes on old Santa Fe's for the BN....

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

😎 Cool.

My favorite Railroad of all time!

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

It's a winner, to be sure.

Hello from Kansas 🇺🇸

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Howdy 🤠

I was born in 2000. Just after what I call the national railroad consolidation. So many companies and paint schemes and other things disappeared in the 90s. I was born just to late to witness it. But these videos let me know what it would have been like 10 years earlier

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I can't believe it's been more than 20 years.

@jeffreymcfadden9403

3 жыл бұрын

Everything is a trade off. My first photoed trains were Penn Central. I have seen a lot. And I am not getting any younger.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I more than understand the problem.

Walt Loevy, did the train at 15:24 have the BN #7224 and ATSF #5260 helpers at the end?

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. The helpers cut off at Palmer Lake and then headed back to Denver.

Walt Loevy, what are the helpers doing at 16:33?

I worked on the code line upgrade project that helped make the merger.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thanks for letting me know.

Nice to see train cars BG (Before Graffiti)

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, those were good days.

They were proud looking motors when new..........

Cool

Well the final era is on BNSF you can still sometimes see the old Warbonnets and bluebonnets that every so often lead a train 😔

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, it's always a pleasure when one of those comes around.

I like the Santa fe warbonnet paint scheme

Ah, the much loved Santa Fe. We had the SP in the south and Santa Fe in the north of Arizona, my favorite railroads. I would have loved to have seen the SPSF merger. At least Santa Fe is still present in the bnSF, Southern Pacific was given a much worse fate being erased by UP.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Indeed! I'm glad you enjoyed the show.

Walt Loevy, do Amtrak's SDP40Fs run very well?

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think everyone always thought that.

We had Santa Fe go thru Iowa in Fort Madison

I love Pre merger Railroad Videos

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

I love making them. Thank you for your encouragement 😊.

"Santa Fe Railways the Final Era 1992-1996" *sad music starts*

25:35 Did you know that you saw this train 5 days before that Metra train hit that school bus in Fox River Grove, Illinois?

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that.

@MilwaukeeF40C

10 ай бұрын

Why are there so many tragedy dates commented on this video? There's a tragedy every day.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

10 ай бұрын

People talk about what they feel. I think it's okay

I can remember the D&RGW steam L-105's working this stretch of rail.

Walt Loevy, this looks like a little astronaut at 15:59!

im telling you bnsf needs to make a heritage program like repaint a ES44DC or a sd70Ace to Santa fe warbonnet colors

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!!

Walt Loevy, what happened to all the Santa Fe F45 locomotives?

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

I know one went to the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, IL. Most others were probably scrapped.

Santa Fe still lives on as BNSF.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate your optimism.

I wish that Santa fe still was in 2022 but a newer model ES44AC model :(

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

I understand.

6:59 kicking cars... don’t see that anymore

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

So true!

@MilwaukeeF40C

10 ай бұрын

I've seent CN do it, and a private chemical plant.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

10 ай бұрын

Let's just say it's increasingly rare

I miss the Santa fe I love the liveries especially the war and the yellow bonnet

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, it was a fine railroad.

20:22 - That's my birthday! April 20.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Cool 😎!

Walt Loevy, why were you seeing lots of BN locomotives on Santa Fe trains?

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know for sure. Railroads sometimes leased engines from other railroads.

@hootkickkidkickboi552

2 жыл бұрын

There mixed i think

BN and ATSF were the perfect match for competition with UP.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

Good point ☝️

Walt Loevy, why did Santa Fe rebuild Amtrak's SDP40Fs as SDF40-2s?

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

They regeared them for freight service.

It reaches from Chicago to the city of L.A 3000 miles of ties and rails make up the Santa Fe A product of blood sweat and tears it's number one today It's Santa Fe Santa Fe all the way A big ol freight just left the yard burning up the rails a headlight gleams and a whistle screams a lonesome sounding wail Hot loads rolling for the coast we'll be there in three days on the Santa fe Santa Fe all the way A million gandy dancers were spiking down the tracks when the future of our nation was riding on their backs they came through in flying colors and it's still that way today on the Santa Fe Santa Fe all the way Well a big ol freight just left the yards burning up the rails a headlight gleams and a whistle screams a lonesome sounding wail Hot loads rolling for the coast we'll be there in three days on the Santa Fe Santa Fe all the way You can take it from old johnny, I've rode those railroad tracks from fort Madison Iowa to the corwith yards and back When you read it on a boxcar believe it when they say it's Santa Fe Santa Fe all the way Well the big ol freight just left the yards burning up the rails a headlight gleams and a whistle screams a lonesome sounding wail Hot loads rolling for the coast we'll be there in three days It's Santa Fe Santa Fe all the way Ride that Santa Fe Santa Fe all the way ship and travel All the way Santa Fe all the way from the windy city to L.A The Santa Fe lives on as BNSF

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Very poetic. Even romantic 😍

@tatecarlson

Жыл бұрын

@@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos It is John McCollum's lyrics to the song Santa Fe All the Way

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Well written, even without hearing the melody.

At 8:26 what did the engineer throw towards the camera?

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

A fuzee.

Great compilation but I wish there were some clips from Northern California.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

What I've got is Southern Pacific Amtrak UP West Coast Trains 1991. You can find it in my 1990s playlist, if you so desire.

The Rio Grande truck crane is awesome.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

10 ай бұрын

Lucky shot. Thanks!

14:02

The Santa Fe Railway merged with the Burlington Northern to formed A Burlington Northern Santa Fe on September 21st, 1995.

@kadebruce295

4 жыл бұрын

That is not correct. The merger was approved on September 21st 1995. Full incorporation into the new BNSF system took around a year. By the end of 1996, BN & ATSF were no more.

At 20:5 minutes of the video that wired noise was coming from the 4th santafe train and it was blowing a lot of dark smoke

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, that F45 was hurting.

@chrisbrownoffical2553

Жыл бұрын

@@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos I wonder what caused the f45 to do that

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

It was dying.☠️

@chrisbrownoffical2553

Жыл бұрын

@@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos I am going to do a minecraft video on the f45 and the other locomotives

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Sounds great! I hope it goes well.

21:05 that engine needs help

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

I can't believe it made it over the Palmer Divide in one piece.

I like the red green and yellow before the merge. Now its all just orange

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, faded orange 🍊 a lot of the time.

What did the engineer throw at the cameraman at 8:25?

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

The engineer tossed a flair stick with his contact information on it. He wanted a copy of the video.

@littleteapot132

3 жыл бұрын

did they get the copy of the video

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@MilwaukeeF40C

10 ай бұрын

Do you still have the flare?

i dont understand how people can get old footage and post it on youtube. some of these trains are dead or scraped. (RIP santa fe)

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

I have a playlist for contemporary train shows if you prefer.

So nice to see trains without graffiti

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

I hope those days aren't gone for good, but you have to worry.

@district2productions

2 жыл бұрын

I think graffiti gives cars more character it shows where it’s been how old and just makes each car unique

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting perspective. Thank you.

@MilwaukeeF40C

10 ай бұрын

Rust Oleum stops rust.

Now I'm sad that Santa Fe came to a close but they have just worked with the BNSF

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

End of an era, for sure.

So what happened in 1992 that defined the "final era"? I'm guessing ATSF merged with BN in 1996.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

10 ай бұрын

How many years do you think should represent the final era of the Santa Fe?

@robadams5799

10 ай бұрын

@@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos I don't know. I think the merger is a good place, the year when the locomotives began sporting that "BNSF" logo awkwardly stenciled on top of the "Santa Fe" logo.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

10 ай бұрын

I have another video, BNSF the merger years, that better fits the time period you described.

8:24 Why so aggressive to the camera he literally threw something at it like a railroad spike

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

It was a fusee.

The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore, not like they did back in 1954!

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Sometimes they wave. But maybe not as much.

@christopherdibble5872

Жыл бұрын

Mostly it's at the cellphones these days!

@christopherdibble5872

Жыл бұрын

True, my friend thanks,CHRIS

My dad worked for the Santa Fe for years, said the merger was the worst thing to happen. They called it the green cloud. BN was a shitty railroad he said

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry it went that way as well. I was always a big fan of the great and historic Santa Fe Railway.

We lost all the great schemes in the 90’s mergers. Anybody wants to find hundreds of former yellow bonnets warbonnetts cascade greens vomit executives, Sp bloody noses, go to Houston, port of Houston, and the deadline Galveston loco yard. There still there. In Beaumont you will catch a cascade, a yellow bonnet and a sd60triclops in bnsf H1 all working a local most days. Ten years from now I’m sure they will be gone and it’ll be all sd70’s. Can’t stand aces and GEVoS anymore

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting us know.

I’m 104th

Oh god what the hell is up with the first horn?

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe a repair or replacement of the original horn. But I don't know.

@coasternamegenerator5611

3 жыл бұрын

Walt Loevy yeah. It kinda sounds like a Leslie RS3C/RS3P but those are so rare that it’s doubtful

@coasternamegenerator5611

3 жыл бұрын

Actually I think that is a RS3P

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

You could be right 😉.

16:34 22:52

RS3P at 0:17

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

Is that a horn 📯 type?

@BNProductions-vy7mf

2 жыл бұрын

@@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos yes

@BNProductions-vy7mf

2 жыл бұрын

@@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos here you go kzread.info/dash/bejne/mmhmtryMedHHkrQ.html

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Yeah, I think that's a great sounding horn.

Two great things that made America great the Santa Fe Railroad and President Trump

I have a relative who is a BNSF hoghead. He had been a ATSF employee before the merger. He still calls his railroad the Santa Fe.

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

3 жыл бұрын

I don't doubt it. I often refer to rail lines by their predecessor railroads. I think a lot of us do.

8:25 ... was that a fart sound?

22:52 22:53 22:54

See more trains at 👉 kzread.info/dash/bejne/nZ-lo9mJh5aeh6Q.html

Should have been up/santa fe. Bn/sp/cnw\drgw

Atsf always makes me happy

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

Жыл бұрын

Cool 😎

Great video Walt! I’ve grown up watching your train videos, I love every one of them. Thanks for uploading!

@WaltLoevyActionTrainVideos

11 ай бұрын

It's a pleasure.

Walt Loevy, this looks like a little astronaut at 15:59!