When I was ten, in the "Roanoke Times" newspaper, I saw a shot of N&W steamers lined up in rows with sparks of acetylene cutters coming up somewhere. Here, in a contaminated field by a ... (more)

Westbound exiting Crozier Canyon. Trailing units are Dash 8-40BW 509 and SF30C 9550.

The 315 "yellowbonnet" was one of the 74 passenger F-units which had been leased to Amtrak for its trains operating on the Santa Fe. When the lease terminated, the units were converted... (more)

A westbound merchandise freight crosses the flyover at Frost. Trailing units are GP9 2292, GP20 3060, GP50 3818, SF30C 9519 and D8-40CW 855. Bringing up the rear are SD45 5349 and F45 5957.

Westbound manifest awaits being passed by a higher priority Z train at Edelstein.

Westbound merchandise.

A former Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway baggage car, demoted to Maintenance of Way service and renumbered ATSF 205998, sits in Devore, and the base of Cajon Pass. (Devore, California – Marc... (more)

New Santa Fe GE C44-9W 604 at Erie, Pennsylvania on March 26, 1994.

D8-40CW 873 leads C30-7 8155, D8-40BW 509 and D8-40CW 807 round the loop.

A roster view of U28CG 357 on one of its early trips on September 9, 1966 soon after the ten new units were delivered by GE. In 1966 Santa Fe purchased ten General Electric U28C locomotives modi... (more)

Nearly at the summit.

SD75M 8266, already lettered and numbered in anticipation of the merger with BN. leads SD45-2 5801 and an SD40-2 into the yard at Belen with an eastbound intermodal.

Santa Fe RSD-15 "Alligator" #847 leads four units on a westbound symbol train out of Summit in September 1969. Alco RSD-15 #847 with 2400 hp was built in 1960, Santa Fe rostered the... (more)

An eastbound Santa Fe merchandise climbs Cajon Pass. Trailing units are two GP9s, an SD45-2 and two SD40-2s.

A set of GP60Ms is highballing west at a high rate of speed at West Eagle Nest, Arizona.