The power of a westbound thirty-nine car Santa Fe TOFC train pours it on as it makes the assault on Glorietta Pass at Rowe, New Mexico.

A Classic Santa Fe caboose brings up the markers on a northbound Santa Fe train at Ilfeld, New Mexico.... (more)

With eighty-six cars of mixed freight in tow, a northbound Santa Fe train on the Raton Pass line passes through Ilfeld, New Mexico.

Chico and The Comet

Comet NEOWISE streaks behind one of the ubiquitous Santa Fe Semaphores in New Mexico..

An eastbound Santa Fe freight on the Raton Pass line roars through Romeoville, New Mexico. A clean GP50 and B36-7 are leading four filthy SD39’s and a C30-7.

Our 1985 trip west found us spending the night in Las Vegas, New Mexico. We were headed for Abo Canyon the next day, and we hoped to get a train on Glorietta Pass. In the morning, we heard a westb... (more)

A northbound train of empties with mixed Santa Fe and Burlington Northern power passes through Spruce, Colorado.

Northbound empties roll on the Joint Line at Larkspur, Colorado. A Santa Fe C30-7 conforms to the BN mold of SD40-2/U30C/C30-7 power for Powder River coal trains.

Two Santa Fe SD40-2’s give an assist to a southbound Burlington Northern coal train on Colorado’s Joint Line. Here they cross the Santa Fe-branded trestle at Larkspur.

After shooting a southbound Santa Fe train on the bridge at Larkspur, Colorado, we dropped down to roa... (more)

Crossing perhaps the most-photographed railroad bridge in Colorado, a southbound Santa Fe manifest passes through Larkspur, Colorado.

An Atypical Joint Line Coal Train

A lone Santa Fe GP20 rolls a single coal hopper, most likely a bad-order repair, through Larkspur, Colorado. This consist is quite a bit smaller t... (more)

An eastbound freight, led by ATSF GP60 4019, meets restored Santa Fe F7A 347C, owned by the California State Railroad Museum. The recently restored F-Unit is on loan for production of a promotiona... (more)

Freshly unveiled earlier in the day, ATSF 108 pauses for a photograph before returning to the Diesel Shop for the night. This was 108's first day of operation after a 6 year restoration by museum ... (more)

In the late afternoon, a Santa Fe local sits on the railway’s Fourth District in Tustin, California. GP35 3308 is busy switching industries near the Marine Corps Air Station Tustin. MCAS Tusti... (more)