Big mountain power by Baldwin, 1880--complete with Le Chatelier steam brakes. She was yard switcher 2409 by the time she was scrapped in 1924. The caption refers to Las Vegas, New Mexico, on the downhill (west toward Santa Fe) side of the Raton Pass.
Coyle, Oklahoma was on the Santa Fe line between Guthrie and Ripley, Oklahoma. Special train to celebrate the Wichita Centennial Club. Note the "Jim Crow" era sign, WAITING ROOM FOR NEGROES. Looks like it is a double header train.
Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix, Poland, Arizona. Interesting to see a turntable with no service tracks.
I wonder how they did this film edit, back in those days. It is obvious he did not actually roll across the tracks. Was this an overlaying of two film clips? Was he in the back of another vehicle?
I first assumed he was in front of a screen, and that film was projected on it from the rear. But the wind, shadows flickering on him, and the perfect way he reacts to the bumps make me wonder if he was riding on the same flatbed truck as the camera.
The Santa Fe's other F-M road power, twenty units in all, made 20% less power per unit than the big Erie-Builts, but lasted about twice as long before being retired.
The road's lone RS-3, inherited when they swallowed the Toledo, Pekin & Western. They had 63 RSD-4s and -5s, which they appreciated for their great tractive effort. But the six axles didn't leave much room under the belly for both fuel and water. So, the five dual-service units were forever running out of fuel out on the road.
