I grew up near Pasadena and as a young boy, I would ride my bike to the station eather early morning or early evening to see the Super Chief, Chief or El Capitain come through. I was fortunate enough to take several trips to Chicago on the Super Chief and the El Capitain prior to Amtrak. Such amazing memories, thanks for this video!

They always kept their locos looking so well

I remember when the “new” super fleet locomotives were bought… Watching the AT&SF trains at Stockton, ca in the 90’s was great.

@CoffeePot31

3 ай бұрын

Now, Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad is merged with Great Northern, Northern Pacific and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroads to become the Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railroad. I'm glad BNSF maintains the War Bonnet Scheme in the modern day as heritage paint job.

Look how lean everyone is, especially the train crews!

Nothing beats the “looks” of an Alco PA-1 in warbonnet dress!

Living in the San Fernando Valley growing up, i would see these passenger trains when they would be re routed a long time ago now. Beautiful trains. 😢

0:43 Just noticed that's not Los Angeles, rather Sacramento's obscure streetcar lines. Recordings of that system are incredibly rare. Great DVD overall, was another favorite of mine.

While I still think F7’s wore it best it was really cool to see the restoration a few years ago of Santa Fe FP45 number 108 back to the original as delivered warbonnet livery shown in this production.

Great memories. Loved seeing the Santa Fe in my hometown of San Bernardino.

13:32: This photo shows how Santa Fe sprayed silver paint on the pilot and trucks between each run. You can see overspray in this view. 14:22: "Yellow bonnets" were the result of Santa Fe converting these to freight service (with lower gearing) after Amtrak took over. Using these over Cajon Pass where psgr train speeds were slow would not have been a problem.

First comment and nothing beats a old classic warbonnet

Very well done review.

Fully ... ! 🤙✊️👊💫💥

I Like It !

I really wish that I could find some video of Santa Fe coming through Colorado Springs.

Great video thanks for posting. I could watch passenger train videos like this all day. Explain something to me what was the purpose of the circulating headlight? Was it more for a safety feature did it in some form help the vision of the engineer at night? Also are the bells on the locomotives operated manually or were they automatic?

@charlessmileyvideo

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Walton, the circulating light helped to light the tracks and the right of way ahead of the train. Oscillating lights or later the "Mars Light" helped to light what was ahead, but also on either side of the ditches in the track alignment! The Canadian Roads eventually developed the "Ditch Lights" used by modern railroads today! The "Bells" are manually operated in yards and crossings or when appropriate! Thanks for all the interesting questions!

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