Rare U30CG at Council Bluffs Iowa

Santa Fe U30CG 8000 former nos. 400, U28GC 7908 (#358) and U30CG 8005 (#805) all ex-passenger locomotives that was on freight service on May 25, 1971 at Galesburg, Illinois. After the Amtrak t... (more)

NORMAN OK April 1977 -- Santa Fe U30CG 8000 leads a train west (compass south) over the Acres Street crossing toward downtown Norman. The third unit in consist is also a U30CG. The area in foregro... (more)

A Roger Puta photograph.

The westbound Super C blasts through Chillicothe with a warbonnet GE leading a F45 and SD45 at high speed on a relatively short train. Note the jointed rail and the dust trail being kicked up by 9... (more)

Three GE units, with U30CG 8002 on the point, wait to take Santa Fe's Train 443 from UP's yard in Denver south to Pueblo and then east to Kansas City on Sept. 15, 1979. Only six U30CG's were bui... (more)

Eastbound train #24, behind U30CG 404, rushes through the interlocker at West Crookton, Arizona, in December 1968. The photo was made from a very late westbound #23. Although the main lines are st... (more)

Santa Fe train #24 rounds the curves at Darling, Arizona, just west of Flagstaff. (On highway maps, this location is Winona.) Power for the five-car train is GE U30CG 402, one of six on the roster... (more)

Santa Fe's northbound Train 16 "Texas Chief" with a mixture of hi-level and regular cars arrives capitol Oklahoma City, Okla. on a dingy Feb. 19, 1968, behind two GE U30CGs. Only six such units w... (more)

Fort Madison in the summer seems to be hot, humid and sticky...it was sure a great spot to sit back along the Mississippi and watch big time Santa Fe action in the 70's and 80's though. This eastb... (more)

One of Santa Fe's unique U30CGs sits in the engine facility at Cleburne, Texas, on March 3, 1973. Originally purchased for use on the Santa Fe's passenger trains, the General Electric U30CG featu... (more)

These units were never meant to leads trains on the Santa Fe, but as a rare accurance it happen to be leading this train. Lucky for me.

These units were never meant to leads trains on the Santa Fe, but as a rare accurance it happen to be leading this train. Lucky for me.

Here is something that you don't see every day. This is basically a U30C with a cowl constructed over it. This model was unique to the Santa Fe and only 6 were ever built. Origanally numbered 400-... (more)

Here is something that you don't see every day. This is basically a U30C with a structual cowl constructed over it. This model was unique to the Santa Fe and only 6 were ever built. Origanally num... (more)