This is another more broad view of the 3 train derailment. The SF 2862 east plowed into a stopped eastbound. A westbound then hit the fouling derailed cars and containers which resulted in it's tr... (more)

A derailment involving 3 trains. The SF 2862 east plowed into another eastbound waiting at Mountionaire, Nm for a on coming westbound hotshot. The resulting derailment fowled the westbound main an... (more)

Santa Fe's "Bandini Turn" heads west through Corona, California, on February 7th, 1981. A pair of B36-7 diesels (7489 and 7493) are in the lead, followed by some GPs (GP35s 3448 and 3389, and GP3... (more)

ATSF 3751 departs San Bernardino as it heads for L.A. Union Station after being on display for the weekend during San Bernardino's Railroad Days event.

A very mixed consist leads a BNSF trackage rights train up Solider Summit...

A more or less uncommon angle of an eastbound intermodal at Summit after it thunders out of a thick fog led by a weathered "war wagon" cowl. The F45s were my favorite units to capture in Cajon ... (more)

The long hike up the mountainside was worth it when this westbound BNSF manifest freight with a Santa Fe Dash 9, a Burlington Northern SD40-2, and a Santa Fe B40-8, rolled across the Clark Fork Ri... (more)

A "Kodachrome" F45 leads a mixed freight up the north track for Sullivan's Curve on a crisp morning.

Southbound Z-train bound for Chicago rolls along the Mississippi River south of La Crosse, WI, near Lynxville. This train today has strait ex-Santa Fe power on the ex-BN lines, and as the BNSF mer... (more)

One of Santa Fe's unique U30CGs sits in the engine facility at Cleburne, Texas, on March 3, 1973. Originally purchased for use on the Santa Fe's passenger trains, the General Electric U30CG featu... (more)

A mixed freight out of Barstow with a gaggle of four axles begins it's long descent off the Summit of Cajon as summer thunderheads build over the desert.

Just after sunrise, an eastbound intermodal charges up out of Alray on the north track for Summit on a crisp morning in the pass. Getting a clean grouped set of the GP60Ms was always a highlight... (more)

The forlorn Santa Fe "Beep" sits retired in the railroad town of Barstow.

So much has changed in this scene in the last 20 years. The all "yellowbonnet" lashups on priority trains largely disappeared with the arrival of the "Super Fleet" The wonderful cowl ATS&F F45s... (more)

Inside the three-walled shelter that acted as the Santa Fe station on the beach in San Clemente, California, is the old timetable for the eight daily "San Diegans" running between Los Angeles and ... (more)