Santa Fe No. 2546 idles at the Kentucky Railway Museum in New Haven, Kentucky, in August 2023. (Photo by Todd DeFeo/The DeFeo Groupe)
NEW HAVEN, Kentucky — Santa Fe No. 2546, built in 1949, idles at the Kentucky Railway Museum.
General Motors Electro-Motive Division built the locomotive as an EMD F7, and the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway rebuilt it as an ATSF CF7. It was donated to the Kentucky Railway Museum after its retirement.
The locomotive, which regularly pulls excursion trains, still bears its Santa Fe paint scheme.
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Todd DeFeo loves to travel anywhere, anytime, taking pictures and notes. An award-winning reporter, Todd revels in the experience and the fact that every place has a story to tell. He is owner of The DeFeo Groupe and also edits Express Telegraph and The Travel Trolley.
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