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This site is dedicated to the BNSF's
ex-Santa Fe mainline from Chicago, IL to Fort Madison, IA. Although I am
going to try to include as much pictures and information from different
locations in and around the Chillicothe Subdivision, it's impossible for
me to completely cover this subject. It's for this reason that I'll begin
to put a major effort into the Santa Fe archives and the BNSF archives.
(You'll eventually be able to use these archives as a place to find prototypical
pictures of locomotives, rolling stock, diesel shops, yards, intermodal
centers and all other information pertaining to the Santa Fe or the
BNSF.) I'll also try, (in time), to get the Prototype Modeling Page under
wraps. As of now it's very limited, but hopefully that'll change shortly.
If you happen to have HO scale model pics and you would be interested in
having them posted on this site, please send me an email inluding the picture
of the model and any information pertaining to it. The only thing that
I ask is that it is your own model and not someone elses. .
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Click on the Santa Fe herald to go to a specific webpage.
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Chillicothe Depot
Located on Santa Fe Road, the Chillicothe Depot was once
used by Amtrak daily, with the Southwest Chief stopping there on
its way to Los Angeles. Today the depot is a vacant building adjacent to
a small BNSF worker's shed.
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Dahinda
The bridge and the curve at Dahinda make it a great mid-afternoon
spot to catch westbounds coming across the bridge.
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Edelstein
One of the most open areas around the Chillicothe area,
Edelstein hill is directly west of Chillicothe and serves as a great place
to get overhead shots of trains approaching the Edelstein bridge from the
east and west.
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Toluca
Toluca, which is located about forty minutes east of
Chillicothe is a great place to railfan...if you have a telephoto lens!
The very noticable Mount Toluca was once used to dig for coal. It rises
some 300+ feet above the town of Toluca and makes for great shots over
the BNSF mainline.
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Leeds
With a population slightly larger than six, Leeds is
located a few miles away from Ancona. There's not much to Leeds other than
a farm or two and the trains, and it's possible to get decent overhead
shots from a hill-bank on the outskirts of town.
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Santa Fe Diesel Archives
Very small now, but hopefully in time it will be a place
for good detail and roster shots of locomotives still surviving in the
ever rare Warbonnet scheme.
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BNSF Chillicothe Subdivision Website 
