Countdown to Merger (1996)

With just six days remaining before Santa Fe was to be merged with the Burlington Northern Pentrex set out to do something special to mark the occasion It was decided to document these last few days of Santa Fes independence by capturing the action along the Marceline Subdivision Starting at Fort Madison Iowa we began a trek that took us across the isolated Missouri hills and river valleys toward Kansas City Experiencing all types of weather we had our share of both sunshine and rain as we relentlessly sought out photo locations along the doubletracked line Step by step and day by day we made our way toward Kansas City arriving there on the afternoon of Santa Fes last full day September 21 1995