Must-have common products for a Santa Fe layout

A red-and-silver Santa Fe diesel locomotive leads a train paused at a southern California city.

From its 1859 charter to the 1995 merger into BNSF Railway, the history and size of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway made it a powerhouse in Class I railroading. Because of its overall popularity, modelers will find it easy to source the necessary materials to create a stunning representation of the iconic railroad. […]

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50 years ago in Trains: Tribute to Santa Fe’s 2-10-4s

The front of a steam locomotive in a railroad yard, the word Trains appears in red on a white box

In introducing the issue-length article on Santa Fe’s 2-10-4s dominating the August 1975 issue of Trains Magazine, Editor David P. Morgan wrote: “We broke our word. We promised you after our single-subject issues in 1972 on L&Ns “Big Emma” 2-8-4 and Electro-Motive’s 50th anniversary that Trains would not publish any more all-steam or all-diesel editions. […]

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