It is Cinco de Mayo and a hot Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway intermodal train is heading west across the Mojave Desert. A quartet if EMD SD45s (in two versions) lead this train: ATSF ... (more)
ATSF 5333 E/B mixed freight crossing Bridge 7 near the top of Abo Canyon, NM on February 10, 1996 with ATSF 3836 & 3843.
ATSF 677 E/B mixed freight climbing across bridge 7 in Abo Canyon on May 15, 1998 with BN 4013 & ATSF 146. Springtime in the canyon with a little water in the creek and the brush greening up.
ATSF 2311 entering the Woodward Yard (Intermodal Yard) in Albuquerque's south valley. This was in December of 1994. Woodward Yard was the Intermodal & Auto Yard for unloading containers, offloadin... (more)
Someone was not happy with this dirty U-Boat: wash me!
ATSF 3842 leads an E/B Intermodal near the top of Abo Canyon on June 1, 1996 with ATSF 95, 5211 and BN 4027. I photographed this scene from the hillside above the cut before Scholle, NM.
ATSF 541 W/B intermodal at Sais, NM on September 16, 1995 with a GP60M and another ATSF GE. The power has passed the siding at Sais and the rear of the train is near the east switch. The face of t... (more)
ATSF 902 E/B Intermodal climbing through Abo Canyon on February 2, 1995 with ATSF 5953 and a second ATSF GE. This is above Bridge 4 in Abo Canyon and approaching the signal at MP 871.1.
ATSF 119 W/B mixed freight just east of the El Paso, Jct and a couple of miles east of the Belen, NM yard near the Jarales, NM crossing at MPP 895 on April 27, 1996. Manzano Mountains in the dista... (more)
ATSF 930 E/B Intermodal on December 27, 1997 with ATSF 221 and an LMX lease unit exit Abo Canyon, NM on a -14-degree morning in the snow. Slight color reflection on the snow. Roster shot.
ATSF 2727 action roster shot at Sais, NM on March 25, 1995 with ATSF 5148. This was an E/B auto train at Sais and the crew is probably thinking, "why isn't the 5148 the leader instead of this... (more)
BNSF 926 leads an E/B Intermodal across Bridge 5 in the upper portion of Abo Canyon on March 19, 1996 with BNSF 533 and an ATSF GE.
Two new Santa Fe GP60Ms with class leader 100 and 101 at Santa Fe's Corwith yard, Chicago, Illinois on May 18, 1990.
E/B ATSF 905 Intermodal rolls through the cut at Mountainair, NM with BNSF 8275 on August 23, 1997.
With 92 scheduled to lead the coach train the following day, it takes a spin around the wye and the famous signage. Been wanting this shot for years.
