Santa Fe’s northbound Train 12, the Chicagoan, is just south of Topeka, Kansas on its run from Dallas to Chicago on Nov. 6, 1966. Lead unit 15 is an E6 while the trailing cab unit is No. 11, an... (more)

Santa Fe’s Super Chief-El Capitan Train 18 eastbound rounds a high-speed banked curve at Dalies, N.M. as it passes a westbound freight on the double track mainline. This was the era of no ditch... (more)

America’s sweetheart streamliner, the D&RGW’s Rio Grande Zephyr Train 17 glides along the Colorado River near Dell on May 16, 1970 just two weeks after the advent of Amtrak when D&RGW elected... (more)

D&RGW’s truncated Train 2, “Royal Gorge,” is loading passengers and about to depart Salida, Colo. for its trip back to Denver.

Southern Ry. F7 4151 idles next to N&W’s roundhouse at Bristol, Va. where the two roads interchanged trains, especially notable passenger trains over the years.

When Utah Transit Authority was building its new tracks between Salt Lake City and Ogden adjacent to Int.15 most of the way, it painted its ballast cars with its new FrontRunner red, white and blu... (more)

This replica of the Rocket was built in 1979, restored in 2010, and is often steamed up. Don’t worry about the engineer having to stand up — he can’t go very far with only a barrel of water... (more)

Duchess of Hamilton 4-6-2 preserved and on display at National Railway Museum, York, England, Oct. 6, 2014.

ATSF’s Train No. 2, eastbound San Francisco Chief is nearing Dalies, N.M., and instead of turning north to Albuquerque and the Raton Pass line as most passenger trains traversed, it will continu... (more)

Santa Fe’s GP-35 3429 is in charge of a work train distributing new crossties on the westward main track in Crozier Canyon, Az. You can see the laborers on top about mid-train

Deep in the Williams-Crookton line change, ATSF 827 West passes through a high speed cut at West DoubleA, Az. Feb. 27, 1994.

Another ATSF Dash 8-40CW, 938, zips an eastbound through West Double A on the 33-year-old Williams-Crookton Arizona line change on Feb. 27, 1994. An F45 is the second unit, 5971.

Santa Fe 887 East (Dash 8-40CW) passes through Darling, Az, as the state’s tallest mountains — San Francisco Peaks — form the background. The distinctive ATSF signal bridges across Arizona ... (more)

The distinctive headlight of an Alco FA is looking right at you through the door of an elegant Napa Valley Wine Train parlor car when the engines coupled on the rear at St. Helena, Calif. to retur... (more)

Never say that a large, six-axle diesel-electric has never been on the Grand Canyon Ry. Because of the heavy grades BNSF Dash 9-44CW 5063 assisted an extra passenger train into the former AT&SF p... (more)