GARDEN CITY KS Sept 16 1980 -- Santa Fe SD39 4009 and U23C 7517 lead train 194 westbound. Note the smiley face on th CoOp elevator and the loco at far right.

SP 5310 West emerges from tunnel 9 after negotiating the Loop.

BNSF SD39 6205 & GP7 1639 still in Blue Bonnet paint have completed switching a cut of freight & are headed to the BNSF East Thomas service center for servicing

An SP train headed for Bakersfield rounds the Caliente horseshoe.

SD39 4013 leads a heavy York Canyon coal train past Blue Cut headed for Kaiser Steel's plant in Fontana.

On the final approach to the Loop, SP 5319 East is about to duck into tunnel 9.

With a relatively compact but heavy SD39 in the lead, an SP westbound descends the Loop late in the day in March 1974.

Second swing helper on 5304 East passes through Woodford.

First swing helper on 5304 East passes through Woodford.

SP 5304 East, a huge manifest, charges uphill through Wooford.

At the top of the hump pushing cars into the yard with a Rock Island train below on Houston Belt & Terminal trackage.

BNSF Yard Job switching cars at East Thomas Yard in Birmingham, Al. with a Blue Bonnet SD39 leading a Blue Bonnet GP7

Another angle on SD39 690