During our 1984 trip to Southern California, Santa Fe’s recently-rebuilt GP30’s and GP35’s were a constant presence. Here two GP30’s are assisting a pig train at Cajon Junction.

A pair of Santa Fe GP30’s enters Sullivan’s Curve as it drifts down the Cajon Pass Grade. They have just helped an intermodal train up to Cajon Summit, and are headed for their next push.

An eastbound Santa Fe manifest, led by a GP30 and a half-dozen GP35’s, passes two Southern Pacific SD9’s on a work train at Cliff. Caliente is visible over the cab of the lead unit. All of the... (more)

Back when the merger was in the works, some of us had our doubts and literally fell over ourselves getting the kodachromes when the light was right. In this case though, I also PHSICALLY fell ove... (more)