Late day meet
At milepost 98 on Santa Fe’s main line west out of Chicago, the 198 train slams by doing 70, as another eastbound Santa Fe train approaches in the distance at Leeds, Ill... (more)

Headlights dimmed between speedsters
Two Santa Fe trains pass at a combined speed of 140 mph, as the 198 train meets another of the railroad’s intermodal speedsters, raising dust of f... (more)

Less than 100 miles to go
After meeting Santa Fe’s 198 train, an eastbound intermodal flies through the signals at Milepost 98 between Leeds and Ancona, Illinois, powered by an A-B-B-... (more)

These trips I made with my dad down on the Santa Fe to catch the return of the red and silver warbonnets was absolutely incredible. Catching these beautiful B truck high speed hot rods, was about ... (more)

A four-pack of EMD Geeps moves engine lite on the IHB through Riverdale. Tom Golden photo.

Passing under the Illinois Highway 40 overpass, Santa Fe GE C30-7 No. 8121 leads a westbound piggyback train into Edelstein, Illinois, at the end of the day on April 30, 1988.

ATSF 5848, an upgraded SD45-2, leads a post-merger power consist down the long grade from Mountainair to Belen near the control point of Abo, NM. Kodachrome.

Tearing through small town Illinois
At 11:45 a.m. on August 24, 1991, Santa Fe’s QNYLA sprints through Toluca, Illinois, in a view from an old coal mine slag dump nicknamed “Jumbo”... (more)

Tom Golden photo.