Retired last year after 33 years as a hogger. From Needles to Seligman, Arizona, Needles to Barstow and Bakersfield to Barstow (and eventually to Needles). Lots of beautiful sunrises and sunsets. The trip from the San Jouquin Valley, through the Tehachapi mountains and the desert to Barstow was spectacular and sometimes way too exciting. Glad I don't have to hear the phone ring at 9pm anymore, calling me for a 10 hour trip over those mountains at 15mph.
I started in 1960 and retired in 2002 on the Santa Fe. I discount the merger with the BN, I was always a "Santa Fe" man and loved its history. After the merger in 1996 we became a "lawyer" driven outfit and the luster of the "Santa Fe" was gone.
A buddy of mine worked as a brakeman for ATSF when the merger went through, and he was given this video on VHS by the newly formed BNSF. All Santa Fe employees were given a copy of the video to preserve morale and ease their fears about the ATSF losing its identity. I watched it with him back then, and haven't seen it since. He told me it was a confidential company video and could not be copied or loaned out, and he honored that requirement. Great to see it again after all these years.
At 9:38 that RS3L heard in the distance made me cry. My great grandad loved the Santa Fe and anytime he was in Amarillo Texas he would hear that and he would shed a tear saying there goes the old girls. He passed in 2017 and when I heard the my memories took me back. Thanks you so much.
This was really cool. It is a damn sham BNSF seems bound and determined to ignore their heritage. BN has a great history as does the ATSF. I wish the bean counters in charge could realize that.
I’m making a duet cover to this with my best friend but to the tune of “God Bless the USA” by Lee Greenwood. When it’s done it’s guaranteed to bring a tear to your eye...
Kudos to Chuck Gierhart, Bob and the team. As a young BN to BNSF employee this instilled a pride in me that lasts to this day. Glad I found it. I can't listen to Lee Greenwood without my mind taking me here. Its been years since I left but it's interesting how foundational it was to me as it communicated being part of something bigger than myself and having a role in it all.
Even today the story hasn’t ended, for 25 bnsf has become the best in the nation, we can thank ATSF for leading to bnsf to what it is today 25 years later from its creation and meger with the the rr’s it bought as well as bn, so here’s to 25 beautiful years to come god bless the bnsf
Came from a Santa Fe family. It was gone by the time I hired out so I went to the local short line. The railroads today are just lawyer driven out fits with no desire to run trains or continue railroading traditions. Hard to believe it has been 18 years
Love the video. Where i live the At&sf used to run though along with the mkt but not the tracks are owned by someone else but we have At&sf's last surviving 2-10-2. Ol #940
I Started with Santa Fe in 94. Back then it was run by a railroad family and was a great place to work. Road foreman were there to help you. After the BN "merger", the place is run through fear and intimidation. Virtually any variation from the rules, no matter how minor brings an investigation. I retire in two years and glad to be out of it.
I hate BNSF + Burlington Northern railroad that destroy my favorite Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway all time favor I wish BNSF was never today's railroad I wish Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway could it have been going as strongest railroad right now in today's railroad with Union Pacific Railroad that BNSF can take their fucking ugly orange & black halloween paint color's to their BNSF railroad death grave of railroad hell sence they hate Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway does one of the best Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway job in the united states + our american southwest nation then BNSF railroad is fucking shit ass disaster railroad that need to die go to its railroad hell death grave BNSF railroad is a biggest railroad threat to Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway is historical railroad that built our great american southwest of united states america in 1869 that built that railroad from three places 1 Atchison kansas 2 Topeka kansas & 3 Santa Fe new mexico from 2 small towns & 1 big town that built that form of Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway company that BNSF + Burlington Northern railroad can't not do that because it will destroy & disaster for them they will not be today's railroad & pass railroad where they did their best pass railroad & BNSF railroad is a failed railroad in today's our great american nation I think BNSF needs to look this AT&SF Railway historical & history video to get a point cross of BNSF railroad that needs to responsible their railroad hated of Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway ⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆what they have horrible done to our great beautiful ATSF Railway what they destroy it hope BNSF can rot in BNSF railroad hell.
Great Tribute to one of my most favorite railroads-The Santa Fe my other favorite railroads are/were the Burlington Northern, Great Northern before e 1970 Burlington Northern merger, the Rio Grande(D,RG&W), Southern Pacific which the Union Pacific treats the name like it’s poison.
@DaveWVideo Well, I guess that was back then. :) I recieved this one from my cousin and I thought it was to good a gem to set and rot in the perils of storage. Glad to see people enjoying this awesome production by BNSF.
food for thought where do you think the Santa Fe would be right now if it never merged, because that'll be great! it's kinda sad though, I was born five years after my favorite railroad disappeared.
My Dad worked for the AT&SF in Albuquerque for nearly 47 years. He would have been very proud to see this video!
Wow! I'm sure he would. Thanks for the comment & God Bless him!
Proud son of a retired Santa Fe/BNSF engineer. I wish there was a way to put this on my ipod.
Retired last year after 33 years as a hogger. From Needles to Seligman, Arizona, Needles to Barstow and Bakersfield to Barstow (and eventually to Needles). Lots of beautiful sunrises and sunsets. The trip from the San Jouquin Valley, through the Tehachapi mountains and the desert to Barstow was spectacular and sometimes way too exciting. Glad I don't have to hear the phone ring at 9pm anymore, calling me for a 10 hour trip over those mountains at 15mph.
I started in 1960 and retired in 2002 on the Santa Fe. I discount the merger with the BN, I was always a "Santa Fe" man and loved its history. After the merger in 1996 we became a "lawyer" driven outfit and the luster of the "Santa Fe" was gone.
A buddy of mine worked as a brakeman for ATSF when the merger went through, and he was given this video on VHS by the newly formed BNSF. All Santa Fe employees were given a copy of the video to preserve morale and ease their fears about the ATSF losing its identity. I watched it with him back then, and haven't seen it since. He told me it was a confidential company video and could not be copied or loaned out, and he honored that requirement. Great to see it again after all these years.
Long live Santa Fe. You will always be remembered as one of the greatest railroads in the world.
I was a dispatcher for Santa FE & BNSF
I got this from my godfather since he's worked the railroads forever. I was really little and loved this and watching now I see why. Great film.
At 9:38 that RS3L heard in the distance made me cry. My great grandad loved the Santa Fe and anytime he was in Amarillo Texas he would hear that and he would shed a tear saying there goes the old girls. He passed in 2017 and when I heard the my memories took me back. Thanks you so much.
This was really cool.
It is a damn sham BNSF seems bound and determined to ignore their heritage.
BN has a great history as does the ATSF.
I wish the bean counters in charge could realize that.
I’m making a duet cover to this with my best friend but to the tune of “God Bless the USA” by Lee Greenwood. When it’s done it’s guaranteed to bring a tear to your eye...
I'd love to hear it! Hears my song about a freight train jump I did with a friend in Montana. ruclips.net/video/EaANr0o18u4/видео.html
This is basically just god bless the USA. My dad was engineer for the Santa Fe out of Pueblo Colorado btw.
@@sicklettuce well yeah but it’s slowed down like 4x and to a different tune, I was thinking of making mine to the tune of the original.
God Dam now I have tear in my eyes...
This is such a beautiful video!
Kudos to Chuck Gierhart, Bob and the team. As a young BN to BNSF employee this instilled a pride in me that lasts to this day. Glad I found it. I can't listen to Lee Greenwood without my mind taking me here. Its been years since I left but it's interesting how foundational it was to me as it communicated being part of something bigger than myself and having a role in it all.
Although I think this the version we showed at the Corporate Headquarters. ruclips.net/video/L5eELIEeibg/видео.html
This doesnt have enough views. This is amazing
RUclips has changed a lot since I uploaded this video. My videos seem to not pop up as suggestions when people are roaming RUclips. Thanks!
Wow, what a great video!!
My Grandpa used to take the Super Chief from Chicago to Los ANgeles..
Spend 40 years on the Santa Fe It was great
i love the santa fe. best railroad ever
Even today the story hasn’t ended, for 25 bnsf has become the best in the nation, we can thank ATSF for leading to bnsf to what it is today 25 years later from its creation and meger with the the rr’s it bought as well as bn, so here’s to 25 beautiful years to come god bless the bnsf
Came from a Santa Fe family. It was gone by the time I hired out so I went to the local short line. The railroads today are just lawyer driven out fits with no desire to run trains or continue railroading traditions. Hard to believe it has been 18 years
Johnny James, Santa Fe trains still operate in Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF).
Love the video. Where i live the At&sf used to run though along with the mkt but not the tracks are owned by someone else but we have At&sf's last surviving 2-10-2. Ol #940
I love the Santa Fe it was greatest railroad!!
I Started with Santa Fe in 94. Back then it was run by a railroad family and was a great place to work. Road foreman were there to help you. After the BN "merger", the place is run through fear and intimidation. Virtually any variation from the rules, no matter how minor brings an investigation. I retire in two years and glad to be out of it.
Yes, the corporate types have ruined it and every other class 1 in this country.
It will always be the actchison Topeka & Santa Fe to me
" The route of the super chief"
As Andross51 AKA Dean will always say, Long Live Santa Fe!
awesome video enjoyed very much
love the song.. BN to SF comes BNSF
I hate BNSF + Burlington Northern railroad that destroy my favorite Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway all time favor I wish BNSF was never today's railroad I wish Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway could it have been going as strongest railroad right now in today's railroad with Union Pacific Railroad that BNSF can take their fucking ugly orange & black halloween paint color's to their BNSF railroad death grave of railroad hell sence they hate Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway does one of the best Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway job in the united states + our american southwest nation then BNSF railroad is fucking shit ass disaster railroad that need to die go to its railroad hell death grave BNSF railroad is a biggest railroad threat to Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway is historical railroad that built our great american southwest of united states america in 1869 that built that railroad from three places 1 Atchison kansas 2 Topeka kansas & 3 Santa Fe new mexico from 2 small towns & 1 big town that built that form of Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway company that BNSF + Burlington Northern railroad can't not do that because it will destroy & disaster for them they will not be today's railroad & pass railroad where they did their best pass railroad & BNSF railroad is a failed railroad in today's our great american nation I think BNSF needs to look this AT&SF Railway historical & history video to get a point cross of BNSF railroad that needs to responsible their railroad hated of Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Railway ⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆⬆what they have horrible done to our great beautiful ATSF Railway what they destroy it hope BNSF can rot in BNSF railroad hell.
My pa rode the Texas Chief from Galesburg, IL to Ft. Worth to see his grandpa.
Very nice video.
I love the santa fe because they are the only fastest train in the land and I LOVE Their colors on the train and the santa fe cars ,caboose.
I have a rare Santa Fe stainless steel railroad spike I bought it off eBay
Great Tribute to one of my most favorite railroads-The Santa Fe my other favorite railroads are/were the Burlington Northern, Great Northern before e 1970 Burlington Northern merger, the Rio Grande(D,RG&W), Southern Pacific which the Union Pacific treats the name like it’s poison.
What a railroad
Such a beautiful video. I love it.
@DaveWVideo Well, I guess that was back then. :) I recieved this one from my cousin and I thought it was to good a gem to set and rot in the perils of storage. Glad to see people enjoying this awesome production by BNSF.
food for thought where do you think the Santa Fe would be right now if it never merged, because that'll be great! it's kinda sad though, I was born five years after my favorite railroad disappeared.
I want my Santa Fe back. Rode the San Diegan in the 50's, El Capitan just before Atk.
I actually bought the video tape of this other train show a couple of weeks ago
Great song, fantastic. Any possibilty to get the lyrics with chords that I can play it here in Germany on my fender?
The lyrics can be found here - atsfirc.qstation.org/atsfsong.html . As for the chords, just find God Bless the USA and replace the words.
Some Footage is from There Goes a Train
His song about America is TOO patriotic
You are very missed ATSF
The Santa Fe will live on as a model railroad for our fellow model railroaders whose model railroad is the Santa Fe and as the BNSF.
APPROACH MEDIUM!!
Jeremiah Jones click...
RIP Santa Fe
@eoj2495 Oh the things he did see when he traveled. Thanks.
Congrats on your retirement!! I'm sure you also worked with some fine men. I always wave to the hoggers. ;)
Burlington Northern Merged with Santa Fe in 1996.
Jack Salvin Many accounts will confirm its actually 1995
Yeah I know 1995 was my birth year.
That's right... and I am mad as hell right now 😎😤! I'm soooo extremely furious when l found out about the merger.
Spotted Grandpa at 7:04...
I am a grown man.
I'm a big adult.
I can do this!
*watches video*
😭
I'm with ya... Those dang onions. ;)
8:29-8:36 is the best part of the video!
+BNSF2184 I will second that!
Just saw two of the brakeman that worked with on the Pekin Branch in the 70's running one of the trains in this video.
Sad!
Santa Fe was a great railroad, too bad Burlington is in the picture now. It ruined a great company.
The Santa Fe ruined themselves. BN basically bought em out. And the reason they paid Lee Greenwood to do this is cuz all the SF guys were crying!