ATSF 3751 trundles across the Arizona desert passing a lonely blooming cactus on its way westbound to Parker, AZ. It would be another late night for the train, its passengers, and the associated ... (more)

Only 3 miles out of Cadiz, ATSF 3751 sets off with the Grand Canyon Limited into a desert sunset at a blistering 15 MPH. It would be a long night for the train crew and their passengers on the sl... (more)

The third section (!) of Santa Fe’s 981 train hustles through Wilbern, Illinois, on June 26, 1993. Sometimes Santa Fe could put on a really great show and run trains like streetcars!

A 10-pack of Santa Fe locomotives leads QNYLA out of the city and west toward its final destination. Thomas Szczesniak Jr. photo.

Beauty and the Beast? Two passenger locomotives, now out of work and on display at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento on March 7, 2003. Both were built by Electro-Motive Division; ... (more)

End of train at the Loop

At Sandcut, the dispatcher crosses a Santa Fe eastbound over in front of an opposing SP manifest. Sandcut is the point where ABS ended and CTC began as you headed east.

With a face faded with use, FP45 No. 5993 leads a Santa Fe eastbound up the tortuous grade at tunnel 2. In a few years, this same locomotive will once again where the red & silver. In the distance... (more)

Westbound on the A&C at Hope in the last bit of daylight.

Southbound Grand Canyon Limited at (BNSF) Date, Arizona, not to be confused with the Date, AZ on the SP/UP Sunset Route.

With the sun setting over the San Joaquin Valley, Santa Fe 5979 East roars up the grade out of Edison, CA, and heads for Sandcut and Tehachapi Pass. The shape of the big windshields on the cowl is... (more)

Not long after being repainted back into the red & silver, a pair of FP45s leads a Santa Fe 589 train up the steep grade out of Mojave, CA, on Tehachapi's southeastern slope. The smoke here is com... (more)

It's the end of the line for the tardy Grand Canyon Limited as passengers offload and the crew prepare for clean up on track 12 at Los Angeles Union Station.

Returning from the trip to the Grand Canyon, Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 heads west out of Barstow in the late afternoon. The engineer is whistling for Lenwood Road and has the bell ringing for the railf... (more)

The Grand Canyon Ltd is headed north at Red Lake, AZ with the ex CB&Q 4960 on the point.