Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Santa Fe's Arizona mainline is a double-tracked ribbon of high-density railroading at its finest. It's intense action as Santa Fe funnels all transcontinental traffic through Arizona's deserts and mountains.
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*About Pentrex:* For over 40 years we've been the leader in railroad video entertainment. See us at Pentrex.com and right here on YouTube, with the Official Pentrex Channel!
Pentrex also owns these railroad video entertainment brands: Highball Productions, Green Frog, Valhalla Video, Donner Rails, WB Video, Main Line Motion Pictures, Broken Knuckle Video, Midwest Video and distribute Revelation Video. You will see shows from all the brands on our channel.
*About this show:* The majority of trains are powered by locomotives in Santa Fe's classic blue & yellow scheme, including EMD F45s, but in 1991 when this program was filmed, Santa Fe took delivery of brand new GE Dash 8-40BW units as part of its Super Fleet program. You'll see several pure sets of these 500-class units in Warbonnet paint pulling hot intermodal trains.
Arizona's magnificent topography of high mountains, rugged canyons, and stark desert landscapes creates stunning vignettes highlighted by long Santa Fe trains loaded with plenty of power up front. Amtrak's Southwest Chief is seen racing through scenic western landscapes; the action in Kingman Canyon is nonstop as trains pass through this photogenic location; and impressive Canyon Diablo Bridge provides a beautiful setting for the flashing Warbonnets. All the splendor of the Southwest is captured in this exciting tour of Santa Fe's Arizona Mainline!
*Own the DVD* with better quality (no YouTube compression or commercials!) and a have permanent addition to your collection. Get it at Pentrex.com
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0:00 Santa Fe's Arizona Mainline
1:03 Topock, across the Colorado River
4:49 Mapping the mainline
6:33 Navajo, MP 212
10:53 Canyon Diablo Bridge, MP 312
12:30 Standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, MP 285
21:18 Red light for Amtrak & a hotshot
28:20 Cosnino, MP 333
29:40 Flagstaff and Yard
41:38 East Williams Jct
45:00 Crookton, MP 419
52:37 Warbonnet on the point
59:08 Topock, again
1:02:10 Kingman Canyon
1:15:00 West Williams Jct, the cutoff to Phoenix
1:19:48 Hell Canyon
Thumbnail images by:
Roger Puta, all photos graciously made Public Domain
Santa Fe's Arizona mainline is a double-tracked ribbon of high-density railroading at its finest. It's intense action as Santa Fe funnels all transcontinental traffic through Arizona's deserts and mountains.
*No AI was used to bring this show to you.* Read about our AI Policy and how we get videos ready for YouTube at: Pentrex.com/AI
*About Pentrex:* For over 40 years we've been the leader in railroad video entertainment. See us at Pentrex.com and right here on YouTube, with the Official Pentrex Channel!
Pentrex also owns these railroad video entertainment brands: Highball Productions, Green Frog, Valhalla Video, Donner Rails, WB Video, Main Line Motion Pictures, Broken Knuckle Video, Midwest Video and distribute Revelation Video. You will see shows from all the brands on our channel.
*About this show:* The majority of trains are powered by locomotives in Santa Fe's classic blue & yellow scheme, including EMD F45s, but in 1991 when this program was filmed, Santa Fe took delivery of brand new GE Dash 8-40BW units as part of its Super Fleet program. You'll see several pure sets of these 500-class units in Warbonnet paint pulling hot intermodal trains.
Arizona's magnificent topography of high mountains, rugged canyons, and stark desert landscapes creates stunning vignettes highlighted by long Santa Fe trains loaded with plenty of power up front. Amtrak's Southwest Chief is seen racing through scenic western landscapes; the action in Kingman Canyon is nonstop as trains pass through this photogenic location; and impressive Canyon Diablo Bridge provides a beautiful setting for the flashing Warbonnets. All the splendor of the Southwest is captured in this exciting tour of Santa Fe's Arizona Mainline!
*Own the DVD* with better quality (no YouTube compression or commercials!) and a have permanent addition to your collection. Get it at Pentrex.com
pentrex.com/DVD-Santa-Fes-Arizona-Mainline-DVD_SFAZ-DVD
0:00 Santa Fe's Arizona Mainline
1:03 Topock, across the Colorado River
4:49 Mapping the mainline
6:33 Navajo, MP 212
10:53 Canyon Diablo Bridge, MP 312
12:30 Standin' on a corner in Winslow, Arizona, MP 285
21:18 Red light for Amtrak & a hotshot
28:20 Cosnino, MP 333
29:40 Flagstaff and Yard
41:38 East Williams Jct
45:00 Crookton, MP 419
52:37 Warbonnet on the point
59:08 Topock, again
1:02:10 Kingman Canyon
1:15:00 West Williams Jct, the cutoff to Phoenix
1:19:48 Hell Canyon
Thumbnail images by:
Roger Puta, all photos graciously made Public Domain
