Stumbling around the countryside south of Lincoln, Nebraska, we were quite surprised to encounter this Texas-bound coal train on BN's St. Joseph line, at the time a directionally-operated, dark, t... (more)

One of Santa Fe's more distinctive stations was the road's depot at San Juan Capistrano. A short walk from the famed California Mission (known for the annual return of the swallows), this station... (more)

Exiting Abo Canyon: On June 3, 1995, a Santa Fe intermodal train hustles westbound over the big bridge at the west end of Abo Canyon at Sais, New Mexico. Pulling the train are three clean Dash 8s ... (more)

While traveling down highway 70/84 between Texico and Lubbock, Texas, I hoped to see some BNSF trains along the route. Never did I expect to see Santa Fe hoppers that at first glance appeared to b... (more)

A grand old steamer in need of some serious restoration.

A classic in not too bad of shape on display at the Western American Railroad Museum in Barstow.

The night sky and street lights help a little, but the paint has well faded on this museum piece. Time for a restoration touch-up to bring the colors back to life.

Java sunrise: A westbound Santa Fe intermodal climbs Goffs Hill at Java, California, at dawn on March 5, 1996. Superfleet GE Dash 9-44CW No. 602 is on the point of this train that left the crew ch... (more)

The shop switcher at Argentine, commonly referred to as the beep

Locomotives line up the tracks at the Santa Fe’s Corwith Yard engine facility during Labor Day weekend on September 1, 1991. Santa Fe GP35r No. 2932 stands front and center (okay, off to the left ... (more)

Santa Fe train QNYLA zings by with Dash 8-40BW No. 555 on the point at Dahinda, Illinois, on February 17, 1991. The conductor gives us a friendly wave as the train passes; a five-fingered salute f... (more)

A fairly rare solid set of unpatched ex-Santa Fe SD45s work a loaded Wisconsin Central ore train east towards Escanaba. This track is out-of-service today.

FP-45 #103 and 3 "Kodachrome" units bring a hotshot "Q" train (they used to call them "Quality trains" -- pigs only) symboled EPKC -- moving from El Paso to Kansas City via Raton Pass and La Junt... (more)

A pair of rare visitors to MRL's facility at Laurel in 1992 were Santa Fe 5266 (well before the BNSF merger) and a fresh BN LNG SD40-2 and its tender. I believe the 5266 (ex-Amtrak) has been saved... (more)

I thought it was neat how trains rolled through Denver Union Station when I was there in the early 1980s. I liked the SD39 leading this train.