Saturday, July 19, 2025

Santa Fe 4-unit lashup with a freight train westbound at Joliet, Illinois, 1975


With an SD45-2 (these had a 20-cylinder prime mover that produced 3600 hp) on the point westbound near the tower at Joliet. The train pictured may be the famed Super-C, a hot TOFC train that ran between Chicago and the west coast. The Santa Fe ran parallel to the GM&O at this spot; the train would cross the Rock Island within seconds.

(Pic by Richard Koenig; taken 20 September 1975 via Qstation)

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