State of the art

State of the art

By Brian Schmidt | August 20, 2021

| Last updated on August 8, 2025


Diesel locomotive set leads a freight train through hills and under a signal bridge

State of the art

A classic A-B-B-A set of EMD FTs — the state of the locomotive art in 1940 — lead a Santa Fe freight over Southern California’s Cajon Pass. Santa Fe photo

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