>>896325I grew up near the C&M Sub and used to watch Soo/CP freights there. As I got older, I became more interested in the history of the line (some of my older relatives had actually been regular riders in the Milwaukee era)
>>896327It is to my understanding that the FP45 was designed specifically (at the request of the Santa Fe) for easy transition into freight service, as although the passenger industry was collapsing in 1967-1968, they still wanted a cowl locomotive to haul the final trains.
