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Originally Posted by tcar
2-10-2, A "Santa Fe" used as a pusher up Raton Pass... ?
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That photo was taken in Temple, Texas on October 13 1945. These heavy freight locomotives in the 3800 class, (numbers 3800 to 3940) could be found all over the system but primarily in the west with "helper" duty on the major mountain passes like Raton and Cajon quite common. In this photo two of these locomotives are helping to pull the El Capitan over Raton Pass sometime before WWII. The early diesels did not have the power to do it alone.
