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For a day, Santa Fe Locomotive 3751, said to have pulled the last steam passenger train between Los Angeles and San Diego in August, 1953, was back on the rails. And the faithful followed.
Two photographers snap pictures and a passerby waves as a train hauled by old Santa Fe steam locomotive 3751, which dates to 1927, rounds Mariposa Point in San Clemente.
Built in 1927, the 3751 is the oldest 4-8-4 “Northern” type steam locomotive around. Its innovative design featured four wheels in front, eight driving wheels and four trailing wheels.
For the grand sum of $1, they bought the Santa Fe 3751, a 430-ton locomotive that had once played a seminal role in introducing high-capacity, high-speed passenger rail service to the West.
The restored Santa Fe steam locomotive 2926 made a public appearance at Tractor Brewing Co. on Saturday.
The Santa Fe diesel locomotive era had begun. Two-unit Santa Fe diesel locomotive No. 1, the "One-Spot Twins," sports Ripley's preferred plain wheel bearings at Dearborn Station, Chicago in 1936.
Most were donated to cities with parks to display as historical monuments. This was the case for the Santa Fe #735 Steam Locomotive, which was donated to the City of Hutchinson.
Apr. 30—For the first time in decades Santa Fe steam locomotive 2926 is going places, making tracks on Saturday, May 6, from its home yard on Eighth Street NW to a public appearance at a brew ...