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)
What appears to be an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway train is actually a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway train, as the BNSF was but five months old at this time, and many of the locomotiv... (more)
Railroad Heritage of Midwest America unveiled their stunning restoration of Santa Fe 537 in April 2025. I dare say that it looks even better than it did when factory-fresh from GE in 1990. The at... (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.
Photo by Tony Vanier. From my collection.
A westbound is whining down the grade heading for LA. Deep blue, footboards, no ditch lights all evidence of a different time. Photo by Robert Robl. From my collection.
Southbound train somewhere on the south side of the town. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.
The massive 8-story Galveston Union Station was constructed by the Santa Fe and opened in 1913. Today it has been restored and houses the Galveston Railroad Museum (otherwise known as the Center ... (more)
BNSF 582 and 588 sit cold and dead in a weed-covered yard near the Port of Galveston. The units are one of several stored in this "locomotive graveyard."
This view gives you a good idea what the Museum of the American Railroad is facing with the restoration of AT&SF PA-1 59L, built in 1948. After its time on the Santa Fe ended, the unit was sold ... (more)
This 4-6-2 steam locomotive, number 3404, was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. It had a total engine and tender weight of 534,670 lbs., and a trac... (more)
Classic consist of final ATSF Super Chief departs Dearborn Station Chicago.
Final ATSF Super Chief ready to depart Dearborn Station Chicago. See albums below for more 70's and final private RR passenger runs in Chicago.
Super Chief departs La Junta westbound
Former passenger F3A in freight service at La Junta yard