| Santa Fe 1460 rests at the Barstow Amtrak Station. The old engine is part of the collection of the Western America Railroad Museum, located in Barstow. 1460 was built in 1943 by Baldwin as a VO-1000, one of 59 the railroad would own, and was numbered 2200. After the successful converion of Santa Fe F-units to hood-unit roadswitchers, a similar approach was undertaken with 2200. The engine was gutted of internal components, and a GP7-style long hood was constructed to house the 567 prime mover. The unit was completed in late 1970, and was renumbered 2450. 38 years and a merger later, BNSF 1460 was retired, and was stored in Topeka, Kansas, before coming to Barstow. |