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The Santa Fe ALCo PA's WERE actually used in freight service, although it was a very rare occurance and by no means a standard assignment. Moments ago, I would never have believed this until I stumbled upon this following link showing a picture of two Passenger PA's pulling a string of refers into a yard at Waynoka, Oklahoma in 1959. You can view this pic at http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=50098 and see for your self. This is unquestionably the exception and not the rule. For one thing, the PA's were geared for passenger speeds and not freight power. For freight, ALCo made a freight version called the FA and FB, of which Santa Fe owned none. I can only conclude that this refer train is not very long because two PAs could not handle very much - maybe 20 to 30 cars max. Anyway, I hope this helps you out.
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