Chicago & North Western EMD GP40 No. 5534 and an older EMD GP7, sit in front of the depot at Spooner, Wisconsin, on the railroad’s Eau Claire to Superior line on September 19, 1991.

At 3:40 p.m. on August 20, 1988, A westbound Santa Fe freight climbs Edelstein Hill east of Edelstein, Illinois. The train is led by AT&SF EMD FP45 No. 5990, painted in the doomed red and yellow S... (more)

Canyon Diablo. A westbound Makes a set out at west Canyon Diablo in the fall of 1988. This photo was taken from my friend Dons airplane You will note the pilers from past bridges down in the ... (more)

Santa Fe EMD GP30 No. 2723 leads a westbound freight around Houlihan’s Curve at milepost 133 just west of Chillicothe, Illinois, on the afternoon of May 1, 1988. Six other Santa Fe EMD 4-axle un... (more)

'Last Full Moon On The Right'

With the days left of this sentinel of the high desert measured in mere days, one of the final semaphores on the New Mexico Department of Transpor... (more)

Santa Fe’s 791 train flies across the Illinois Route 17 overpass between Ancona and Reading, Illinois, on the afternoon of May 15, 1993.

The growing shadows at Bridge 4 in Abo Canyon, New Mexico are telling us that it’s time to begin the long hike back to the car. One last eastbound appeared before we left, a 35-car TOFC train le... (more)

At 7:31 a.m. on May 15, 1993, an eastbound Santa Fe intermodal train speeds through Toluca, Illinois, led by Super Fleet GE B40-8W No. 517.

A Red and Yellow C30-7 leads a westbound pig train past the cement plant at Nelson AZ on a fall day in 1989. this shot was taken from my friends airplane. This is the Seligman west Sub. note the... (more)

A westbound 90-car Santa Fe manifest passes through Abo Canyon, New Mexico at Bridge 4.

Our longest hike into Abo Canyon included the opportunity to deal with several rain showers. Here a westbound Santa Fe 45-car manifest passes through one of them.

Three Santa Fe six-axles have no problem making track speed with a 22-car westbound TOFC train at 5:25 pm on May 15, 1985. They’re crossing Bridge 2 in Abo Canyon, New Mexico.

The perfect little Santa Fe train along the Des Plaines River in Joliet. ATSF 999784, six covered hoppers from Greif Inc in Lockport and GP50 3167 approach the yard as the Y JOL101. From this angl... (more)

The DC days of coal train power were waning with the prevalence of BNs huge SD70MAC fleet, though variety would occasionally present itself - here in the form of a Dash9, C30-7, SD40-2 combo leadi... (more)

The 600 series of Dash9s were some of the last units painted in "original" warbonnet colors before BNSF lettering intruded upon the nose and sides. Here a set of them with a GP60 trailin... (more)