Ten years ago when BNSF still used the Raton Sub for eastbound coal, grain and baretable empties a Barstow to Garden City grain empty was entering Raton led by an eclectic mix of power.
Led by rebuilt SF30-C 9546 in Kodachrome paint, Santa Fe's Train 408 sails off Raton Pass into Raton, N.M. on Dec. 2, 1989. For help up to the summit (highest point on the ATSF at 7,588-ft.) addi... (more)
The Southwest Chief starts its descent of Raton Pass now that it has crossed into New Mexico, seen here from exit 454 off of I-25. There is nothing like the American west to remind you that a tra... (more)