A quartet of diesels sits in Rock Island’s yard in Amarillo: Two GP40s, a U25B and an U28B. RI GP40 4709 as built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in April 1970. After the fall of th... (more)

OMLX 2230 at Amarillo, TX.

Gavilon Grain SW14 at Amarillo, TX.

At the Amarillo train station, Rock Island F-M H15-44 #401 powers No.21 the Memphis-Amarillo-Tucumcari Mail and Express train, with only a chair car was operated for the few passengers on March ... (more)

A former Illinois Central SW14 in former ArcelorMittal paint calls Amarillo Texas home at DeBruce Grain Company.

I've gone over this Interstate Bridge so many times in my life and always wanted to get a picture. This time through, traffic slowed to a crawl and I was the passenger, and fired off a few. This ... (more)

AT&SF train number ninety three is seen at Amarillo Texas on April 17th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Santa Fe train ninety four is arriving Amarillo Texas in 1932. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The sun lights West Texas on fire as an eastbound loaded coal train pulls onto single track to continue its journey down the Red River Valley Subdivision.

AMARILLO TX Sept 24 1988 — Santa Fe C30-7 8065 and BNSF SD40-2 6786 are serviced and ready to go on the next available train. GE built the unit (s/n 42376) in April 1979 with an air conditioning... (more)

AMARILLO TX Sept 11 1983 — Santa Fe GP7us 2208 and 2179 await an assignment at the engine facility. EMD built the unit as GP7 2740 (s/n 16384) in August 1952 and delivered it in zebra stripe pai... (more)

AMARILLO TX Oct 8 1988 — Burlington Northern GP38-2 2151 awaits an assignment. EMD built the unit as Fort Worth & Denver 2151 in June 1980. Note different color rectangular patch above the front... (more)

It's a hot, sticky, and muggy late evening in the fields outside Panhandle, TX as BNSF 695 leads a local into a transfer yard for the Panhandle & Western.

Few odd ball's sit around the yard in Amarillo Texas. Including the Ns 1072.

AMARILLO TX July 6 1986 — Santa Fe GP35u 2888 leads a covered hopper train on the Transcon south of Amarillo. EMD built the unit in June 1965 as GP35 1388. It was delivered in blue body with yel... (more)