Legacy Fleet Steam Operations on Santa Fe's Raton Subdivision Model Railroad!

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Come along and see what it would have been like if the Santa Fe Railway had never retired steam!

On Santa Fe's Raton Subdivision Model Railroad, we operate steam locomotives as if Santa Fe Railway never retired them. To do this we needed a facility to operate from. We chose the town of Raton, NM for the center of operations of our steam power.

There are currently five steam locomotives in our Legacy Fleet roster. 2-8-0 #840, 2-10-4 # 3829, 2-10-4 #5000, 4-8-4 # 3751 and 4-8-4 #2926. This video provides an up-close look at these historic steam locomotives, including their specifications, mechanical diagrams and video clips of each Legacy Fleet steam locomotive in operation.

In modern times water towers and fuel oil facilities for steam locomotives no longer exist. At the Legacy Fleet Steam Facility, we utilize a historic water column and tanker trucks to fill the tenders. We also have auxiliary tenders to extend the range of operation of the steam locomotives.