Five ATSF F units (two with stainless steel sides) zip a northbound freight toward Temple, Texas (6 miles away). Former passenger unit 338 wore a blue warbonnet on May 5, 1973.

Three Santa Fe former passenger F units with stainless steel sides are among the consist of a southbound (RR East) freight train leaving Temple, Texas on March 16, 1973, almost two years after bei... (more)

Five ATSF F units lead a grain train at Chriesman, Texas bound for the Gulf at either Beaumont or Houston for export on July 25, 1972. Instead of red, former passenger unit 341 wears a yellow wa... (more)

A Santa Fe F passenger unit reduced to freight service pauses with a northbound at Bellville, Texas to swap crews just after 2:00 a.m. on July 19, 1971.

Blue Santa Fe units (4 Fs and 2 Geeps) among the Texas state flower Bluebonnets. ATSF 276C is southbound (RR East) at Landes, Texas, headed for Houston on April 4, 1971.

Two Santa Fe F-7s and a Geep get a bath at Kansas City’s Argentine Yard on a warm July 24, 1966.

Special Timetable Rule No. 1: "Eastward trains are superior to Westward trains, except as otherwise provided." But the westbound train in the siding with six F units is far superior in... (more)

Perhaps with the ugly-duckling on the point, Santa Fe’s Super Chief-El Capitan Train 17 climbs the Colorado side of Raton Pass near Morley on Aug. 1, 1970. GE 7902 U28CG; EMD 5944 FP45; EMD 593... (more)

Santa Fe’s Super Chief-El Capitan Train 17 west has just left La Junta, Colo. and its two FP45’s (Nos. 104, 105) have the train up to speed as it whizzes by a windmill that pumps water for a l... (more)

Sitting in your office chair on BNSF 9984 South at the beginning of Colorado’s Joint Line single track at Palmer Lake on May 2, 1999, the dispatcher advises you are waiting for UP 8080 North. ... (more)

UP experimental gas turbine 8080B was housed in former GN electric 5018 which has had most of its grills removed for one last fatal maintenance time, Council Bluffs, Iowa, July 3, 1966. 8-wheel tr... (more)

The experiment that didn’t work out: Alco PA 607 was selected as the control unit for Union Pacific’s coal-fired gas turbine 8080B which was formerly Great Northern electric 5018. A Fairban... (more)

Santa Fe’s Super Chief/El Capitan Train 17 descends the New Mexico side of Raton Pass at Keota with four motors — 7902, 5944, 5937, 5936. Note the angle which the signal is aimed (for early v... (more)

With two FP45’s Santa Fe’s westbound combined Super Chief-El Capitan Train 17 has just left La Junta and is rushing by the west switch at Benton, Colo. Of course a shovel was always necessary... (more)

Santa Fe’s premier train, eastbound Super Chief-El Capitan with two FP-45s, pauses at La Junta, Colo. for a crew change and accept passengers from the connector Train 201 from Denver, which arri... (more)