When driving the secondary roads along the line of the Old Santa Fe Trail through Kansas, Colorado and New Mexico, it is not unusual to see former
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe or Colorado & Southern locomotives on display in
town squares or parks. As steam was replaced by diesel, engines were often donated to towns and cities along the right ow way. During
an August 2009 trip west I spotted four such engines, three Santa Fe 2-6-2 Prairie locomotives and a Colorado & Southern 2-8-0 consolidation.
These locomotives are depicted on this page.
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Description
Santa Fe Prairie 2-6-2 #1139 in Dodge City, Kansas
Santa Fe Prairie 2-6-2 #1024 at La Junta, Colorado
Santa Fe Prairie 2-6-2 #1819 at Lamar, Colorado
Colorado & Southern Consolidation 2-8-0 #638 at Trinidad, Colorado