Switching Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's A Yard in San Bernardino CA in the 1940s is ATSF 0-8-0 614. Built as AT&SF 2-8-0 614 by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1901, the engine was rebuilt int... (more)
United States Air Force 8580 is a General Electric 45 Ton dropcab diesel, originally United States Army Transportation Corps 8580, built in December 1944. At this date, the locomotive was assigne... (more)
Wearing a bad paint job and looking as if it had been blasted with a shotgun several times this unit is resting in the yard, a fairly uncommon sight in the LA basin.
The "Desert Wind" is descending the grade nearing the next stop with weary (and broke?) travelers from Las Vegas.
Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751, the first 4-8-4 steam locomotive built for the Santa Fe, is rolled slowly down temporary track and out of Viaduct Park in San Bernardino, where it has resided since 1958, and ... (more)
The Santa Fe–Southern Pacific merger was an attempted corporate consolidation of two of the major railroads in the Western United States at the time: the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway an... (more)
In a scene about to be rare as the "toasters" invade, a huge string of the best powers a westbound on the railroad known then as "Unlimited Power".
First of its Kind. Metrolink Stadler FLIRT H2 #3501, the first hydrogen/battery powered train in the United States, sits at the platform at the San Bernardino - Downtown Metrolink station j... (more)
A westbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight rolls through San Bernardino after conquering Cajon Pass. ATSF GP35 3422 (ex-ATSF 1422) leads the train, teamed with Baltimore & Ohio GP40 3... (more)
Santa Fe Shops with some demolition
Santa Fe Shops
AT&SF 4-8-2 3722 is seen at San Bernardino California in 1934. Otto Conrad Perry photo, my collection.
Local passes Colton Tower
Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway GP30 3277 (ex-ATSF 1277) and GP35 3328 (ex-ATSF 1328) head toward Cajon Pass with just two tank cars (and a way car [or caboose to most other railroads]) in tow.... (more)
