Out-of-service Alco RSD-5s and a single RSD-4 await their fate at the Albuquerque roundhouse.

KCS northbound empty grain train GMXKCS returning from Mexico passes rice elevators as it approaches Higbee Street in downtown El Campo on November 9, 2012. This is KCS' Rosenberg Subdivision conn... (more)

KCS northbound intermodal crosses the Colorado River at Wharton, Texas, on November 8, 2012. This is KCS' Rosenberg Subdivision connecting Rosenberg and Victoria, Texas, part of a route linking Me... (more)

Trona DT6-6-2000 51 and AS-616 52 idle outside the shops at Trona, California, November 7, 1970.

One of my favorite short lines, the Iowa Traction, has just been acquired by Progressive Rail. Hopefully, the electrics will continue to run. In this photo, motors 60 and 51 switch at the shops in... (more)

On December 16, 1963, Santa Fe Train No. 2, the eastbound SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF struck a cattle truck just west of Clovis, New Mexico, derailing five F-units and 10 cars. Two days later, on a cloudy... (more)

The San Luis Central Railroad is a potato and agricultural chemical hauler operating between Monte Vista and Center, Colorado, a distance of 13 miles. The railroad is located in the fertile San Lu... (more)

On February 18, 1970, an eastbound Santa Fe freight struck the caboose of a Union Pacific local at a crossing in Fullerton, California. The UP conductor was fatally injured. The UP caboose was cut... (more)

On February 18, 1970, an eastbound Santa Fe freight struck the caboose of a Union Pacific local at a crossing in Fullerton, California. The UP conductor was fatally injured. The UP caboose was cut... (more)

The Barstow derrick and a contractor's truck crane move ice reefer NRC 19693 to a position where it can be re-trucked. The reefer was part of a multi-car derailment in the Needles Yard, July 21, 1... (more)

Santa Fe U28CG 355 stubs its toe on a switch outside the Argentine Shops on August 21, 1968. Argentine derrick 199792 comes to the rescue.

Santa Fe #76, the eastbound CALIFORNIA SPECIAL makes a station stop at Lubbock, Texas, on a cold February 20, 1964. The train ran between a connection with the SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF at Clovis, New M... (more)

Two eastbound freights line up at Winslow for servicing and crew change on November 17, 1964. At this time. F-units were still being used on mainline freights through Winslow. The passenger train ... (more)

Four F45s and a FP45 guide a westbound intermodal to a crew change stop at Seligman, Arizona, on December 22, 1972.

On April 26, 1972, GP35 3313 shoves Jordan spreader 199232 along the eastward main track between Griffith and Harris, Arizona, on the Kingman Subdivision, later Seligman Sub. Nothing manicures the... (more)