The Great Plains Transportation Museum’s former Santa Fe FP45 locomotive is headed to Mid-America Car in Kansas City, Mo., for a cosmetic restoration. Over the past two years, the museum has been raising funds to repaint FP45 93. The campaign received support from actor Michael Gross, who starred in the 1980s show Family Ties.

Locomotive 93 was built by EMD in 1967 and used in passenger service until 1971. It was then used in freight service on the Santa Fe and later BNSF Railway until 1998, when it was retired and donated to the Wichita museum. 

“We’re thrilled to see 93 headed toward the cosmetic restoration it deserves,” said GPTM President Heather Gatton. “We are anxious to see 93 in the freshly applied red and silver Super Fleet scheme that was created when Mike Haverty became the railroad’s president in June 1989. Locomotive 93 was last painted by Santa Fe in January 1990, so the timing is right to refresh its appearance.”

—Railfan & Railroad Staff