A pair of Conrail motors hustle a westbound Santa Fe train through Houlihan’s Curve climbing Edelstein Hill just west of Chillicothe, Illinois, on the afternoon of June 4, 1988.
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.