AMARILLO TX Sept 11 1983 — Santa Fe GP7us 2208 and 2179 await an assignment at the engine facility. EMD built the unit as GP7 2740 (s/n 16384) in August 1952 and delivered it in zebra stripe pai... (more)

Originally N&W ex NS on lease to SP, all blotchy and decrepit. Sad for me as I remember seeing some of these new and blue and looking spiffy.

L31 eastbound approaching Highway 75 trestle

Former CB&Q unit looks like it's had the course. Note that A-frame is not a building behind the locomotive but a rock screen. Photo by unknown. From my collection.

Grain train south

BNSF yard power at Temple Texas.

L32 delivering sand to Brandon Reinhart LLC.

From another angle. All packed up and ready to go. Sold by a dealer to another industry, double reduction gearing and friction bearings dictate that it must ride to destination on other wheels. ... (more)

All packed up and ready to go. Sold by a dealer to another industry, double reduction gearing and friction bearings dictate that it must ride to destination on other wheels. Photo by Jim Satter... (more)

A BNSF train is at a stop waiting for traffic head to clear.

Yard engines at idle and ready for a new crew to go on duty

L31 eastbound

In transit on the SP. Previously owned by Phelps-Dodge. Note the dynamic brakes.

Originally P&PU, rebuilt by Peoria Locomotive Works and sold through dealer Coastline Rail Services. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

L32 westbound returning to Wylie yard