In the early 90s, Conrail power was about the only oddball power you would normally see on the Santa Fe on the east end. The Conrail connection at Streator kept Conrail power coming and going a lo... (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)

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)

Nice set of different geeps stroll thru Galesburg enroute to Chicago. Scanned Slide from February 1996.

It was pretty crazy the consists the Santa Fe would put together for their automotive trains in and out of Chicago. Sets of geeps was common in the mid-90's. Also they would throw stuff like this ... (more)

An A-B-B-A consist of GP60's are a few miles outside of Galesburg as they scream west on the Chilly Sub. Santa Fe got these GP60B's in late 1991, and used them on alot of hotshot trains in A-B-B-A... (more)

An unusual A-B-A consist marches an intermodal train west of the Chilly Sub. Solid sets of blue and yellows were on the way out in 1996, replaced by Superfleet and beginning of the BNSF orange era... (more)

A westbound hotshot out of Chicago rounds the curve near MP 168 between Williamsfield and Yost. The train is sporting 3 newer SD75M's. These units were the last units delivered to the Santa Fe bef... (more)

4 Superfleet units hammer west out of Galesburg towards next crew change at Ft. Madison, IA. The train is seen here passing thru the crossovers named GI, on the west side of Galesburg. The train i... (more)

AN eastbound freight train is working towards the next crew change at Ft. Madison. Seen here about to Revere and almost to Iowa. The train is on the Marceline Sub that runs between KC and Fort Mad... (more)