In 1984, Santa Fe swallowed wholey-owned subsidiary Toledo Peoria & Western,
a shortline with trackage in Indiana and Illinois. Finding the TP&W's low
traffic density not to its liking, Santa Fe spun most of the trackage off in 1989 to a new
independent railroad calling itself, of all things, the Toledo Peoria & Western. Santa
Fe sold 19 GP20's to the "new" TP&W, including five SPSF-painted units. They were
renumbered as follows:
(for a complete renumbering guide, see Shawn Noe's
TP&W Photo Roster)
TP&W repainted a few GP20's into their New York Central-inspired scheme, but many carried
their modified Santa Fe colors with small TP&W emblems well into the 1990's, as illustrated
by TP&W 2013 above, ex-ATSF 3068. TP&W 2001, ex-ATSF 3074, was used as a parts
source and presumably scrapped.
In early 1998, TP&W's new owner,
Delaware Otsego Corp., rebuilt GP20 2012 (ex-ATSF 3019) and repainted it into the scheme of the
other railroad they own, New York Susquehanna & Western. The unit was lettered for TP&W,
but was renumbered to 2050 to avoid conflicts with NYS&W's roster. Red and yellow 2013 became
black and yellow 2064 some time later, and the rest of the GP20's were to have followed.
The rebuild/repaint program was halted, however, when Delaware Otsego sold the TP&W to RailAmerica in 1999.
This left units 2006 and 2019 still in painted-out SPSF red and yellow. They survived in their obsolete colors until 2008 and 2009, respectively, when they were cut up for scrap. The 2006, ex-ATSF 3073, was the last known locomotive still wearing Santa Fe's version of the SPSF scheme.
Last modified: April 16, 2017
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