An EMD FT set is seen near Two Buttes Colorado in 1960. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 537 and UP 6936 pose outside the historic Rock Island shop in Silvis during a night photo session during Silvis Railroad Days. This was the first ever night photo shoot at this historic Rock ... (more)

Just released from the San Bernardino Shops are two locomotives wearing fresh paint: Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway SD45 5307 (ex-ATSF 5508, originally ATSF 1808) and SD40 5005 (ex-ATSF 1705)... (more)

Basking in the sun at Bakersfield while waiting for its next assignment. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Had to laugh when I saw this TTOX 2-wheel flatcar head out on this KC to Chicago freight train. You can hardly have one of these on a light power move anymore. Back in 1994, things seemed a little... (more)

CTC Yost on the Chillicothe The Sub was always a great afternoon place to watch hot Santa Fe action. One could get a great photo of classic Santa Fe signals while westbound trains would have about... (more)

This is how I grew up loving the Santa Fe. Trips to Galesburg for "Railroad Days" in the 90s with my mother got me hooked on Galesburg. Seeing consists like this screaming along to the C... (more)

An eastbound intermodal train drops down grade east of Edelstein into the valley at Chillicothe. 4 big blue and yellows power this train on the ATSF Chilli Sub back in the early 90s. Scanned s... (more)

Amtrak and the Santa Fe made a deal on 18 SDP40Fs in 1984. Amtrak had a lot of derailment problems with these units. Some thought it might have been the hollow bolster version of the HT/C in the t... (more)

I don't remember a lot of Chicago to KC Q-trains running, so I think this was a little odd for 1995. Also odd was how the Santa Fe found the CNW 6564 unit. The 6564 was the one-off that was rebuil... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe intermodal comes over Main Street in Galesburg. 4 blue and yellows have this intermodal bound for the west coast 173 miles west of Chicago on the Chillicothe Sub. This sure do... (more)

How would you like to come to work and grab 3 B23s/GP 50 and go run 70 mph with them and not have any worries about fuel conservation! Back 30 years ago, the railroads wanted to move traffic and g... (more)

This may be the only time I caught red and yellows in the Flagstaff area. We would go to California during the red and yellow era. When we start going to Arizona, the red and yellow were pretty mu... (more)

The local freight is seen leaving Los Angeles doing 15 MPH in 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Two GP30s assist the three road units, which include two F45s and an SD45 on a eastbound symbol train arriving at Summit on August 22, 1969. Photo by Mark Smetko, from my collection.