The sun rises over Kansas City, MO on June 19, 2022 where the Santa Fe's celebratory Bicentennial unit number 5704 rests on display next to Union Station. Only five ATSF units were originally pain... (more)

Santa Fe SD45-2 5704, recently restored to its Bicentennial glory, sits at Kansas City's Union Station, where throngs of railfans have gathered to take night photos of this fifth of Santa Fe's fiv... (more)

Tuesday evening, I ran out to Kansas City with the intention of sticking around long enough to get some night shots, and imagine my surprise when Stephen Priest, and his crew from https://www.clas... (more)

Tuesday evening, I ran out to Kansas City with the intention of sticking around long enough to get some night shots, and imagine my surprise when Stephen Priest, and his crew from https://www.clas... (more)

Using a pair of GE's for power, a Pilot/Herder job from Argentine Yard has Santa Fe Bicentennial unit 5704 in tow, soon to be placed on track 27 at KC Union Station for a week of public display du... (more)

Recently restored Santa Fe Bicentennial unit 5704 poses near Kansas City Union Station on Flag Day, on display during the Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society convention.

Santa Fe Bicentennial SD45-2 5704 on display at Kansas City Union Station

With the notable Castle Rock landmark in the background, Santa Fe No.200 rolls northbound on March 30, 1967. E8M #81 was rebuilt in 1953 from #2B, a 1937 model E1. Santa Fe owned the entire pr... (more)

Santa Fe FM H16-44 roadswitchers Nos. 3013, 3005 and 3012 layover at Topeka between runs in September 1968. Photo by Ed Spitzer, part of my slide collection.

There is not much time left for 1974 as a westbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight heads west through Basta, two miles west of the train station in Fullerton. ATSF F45 5907 (the forme... (more)

A former Santa Fe Doodlebug rests in a small park in Belen. Built in 1932, this unit was used in commuter service between Albuquerque and Belen during the 30s and 40s and between Clovis and Carlsb... (more)

An eastbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight slows for a crew change as it nears the western end of the railway’s First District, which extends from San Bernardino to Barstow. This t... (more)

RPCX #316 sits on display at the Galveston Railroad Museum. This unit was never actually owned by the Santa Fe, but was painted in the Warbonnet scheme in 2011 in honor of the railroad's Texas Chi... (more)

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe GP 730 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in May 1956, with a high short-hood and an attractive black and silver “Zebra Stripe” paint scheme. It wa... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe train climbs Edelstein Hill just east of Edelstein, Illinois, on May 22, 1988. Powering the train is a trio of six-axle EMDs—SD45 No. 5312, SD45-2 No. 5809 and SD40-2 No. 51... (more)