An eastbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe train of empty autoracks, with ATSF U36C 8784 leading a mix of GE and EMD locomotives, rounds the well-known curve leading to Cajon Pass' Summit. (Cajon Pa... (more)

ATSF 4-6-4 3459 is leaving Denver with a six car train on May 23rd 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

KINGMAN AZ May 24 1984 — Santa Fe GP35u 2901 awaits an assignment. EMD built the unit in August 1965 as GP35 1401 and delivered it in Blue body with yellow ends (bookends) paint scheme. During t... (more)

PURCELL OK Jan 29 1978 — Santa Fe GP7 2837 and Track Geometry Scientific Testing Car 85 await the return of their crews. EMD built the unit in December 1952 and delivered it in zebra stripe pain... (more)

An "almost A-B-A" set of Santa Fe GP60s winds around Tehachapi Loop. Things are not quite as they may seem. The GP60 trio is actually in helper service, so at this point they are assis... (more)

NORMAN OK June 4 1978 — Santa Fe CF7 2633 leads train 514 as it departs to the north. EMD built this unit as F7A 312L:2 in March 1953. It was delivered in silver with a red warbonnet without an ... (more)

PURCELL OK (September) 1977 — Santa Fe CF7 2486 awaits a crew. EMD built the unit as F7A 259C and delivered it in a blue body with creme and vermillion trim. In January 1975 Santa Fe’s Cleburn... (more)

ATSF 5003, an SD40u, leads an eastbound through Camden, MO with the old magnetic flagman swinging and clanging away.

ATSF 19, The Chief, is being led by 2-10-2 3814, 2-10-2 3822, and 4-8-4 3768 on the east side of Raton Pass at Wootton Colorado, on December 29th 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The Day 2926 Escaped The Gate. May 6, 2023, will go down in history as the day that Santa Fe 2926 officially "escaped the gate," a phrase coined by the New Mexico Steam Locomotive... (more)

The headlight of Santa Fe 2926 rests at dim as the locomotive sits on display at the 4th Street grade crossing, located on Rio Metro Regional Transit District's "Sawmill Spur." In a few ... (more)

Santa Fe 2926 poses atop the 4th Street grade crossing while on hot display during a fundraising event. The move of the locomotive on this day marked the first time 2926 moved out of its restorati... (more)

If You Restore It...They Will Come. A swarm of onlookers fill the roadway at the 4th Street grade crossing as Santa Fe 2926 simmers on hot display after making the great escape from the New... (more)

Slam, bang! A four-pack of warbonnets are in full flight as yet another intermodal hotshot sails through rural Camden, MO on a June morn. The old wig-wag crossing signal here would have been clang... (more)

NORMAN OK (September) 1978 — Santa Fe CF7 2472 is laying over in city center between Main and Gray. It headed up the southbound local and will return north in the morning as the trailing unit. I... (more)