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Santa Fe reefers in Arizona on a long curve

By Mitch Horner | January 14, 2026

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Four F7s take a train of refrigerator cars through a horseshoe curve near Gleed, Ariz., in the 1950s. A major line change in 1960 eliminated tough operating conditions like this for the Santa Fe across northern Arizona. Santa Fe photo

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Güntürk Üstün says:

January 14, 2026 at 11:00 pm

In a time when F7s and cabooses reigned supreme…

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