Smoking it up as it climbs the hills departing Mojave is an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway westbound freight. This train is heading toward the Tehachapi Mountains, and then it will drop into ... (more)

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)

A westbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight rolls through San Bernardino after conquering Cajon Pass. ATSF GP35 3422 (ex-ATSF 1422) leads the train, teamed with Baltimore & Ohio GP40 3... (more)

One-month-old Santa Fe Railway SD40-2 5143 leads a westbound freight through Blue Cut as it parallels Cajon Creek. Teamed with 5143 are F45 5904, C30-7 8025 and SD45 5599. (Cajon Pass, Californi... (more)

An Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway westbound freight rounds a curve on a trestle over Brea Creek as it heads to Los Angeles’ Hobart Yard behind a quintet of EMD Geeps: GP35s 3369 and 3415, G... (more)

In 1968, work was underway to build the Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210) through Pasadena and Arcadia (necessitating the removal of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's depot in Santa Anita, ... (more)

An eastbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight passes over itself as it rounds the Tehachapi Loop (called Walong in the Southern Pacific timetable, on whose trackage the ATSF has trackage... (more)

Heading west toward Los Angeles' Hobart Yard is a 9-car local, with a pair of GP35s for power – ATSF 3345 and 3373. (Fullerton, California – March 2, 1975)

A westbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight train passes the Fullerton station behind SD45 5508 (ex-ATSF 1808), mated with an F45, an SD26 and another SD45. (Fullerton, California – ... (more)

Cajon, the site of the old Santa Fe station in the heart of Cajon Pass, sits at the 3,100 foot (945 meters) elevation, and the snow is not usually very deep here. But on occasion, it can get pret... (more)

Rounding the famed Tehachapi Loop is an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway piggyback train heading north to, most likely, Stockton CA based upon all the Bud of California refrigerated trailers, to... (more)

Having just crossed into California from Arizona, an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight awaits a fresh crew to continue its journey westward on the railway's Needles Sub. ATSF SD40-2s 517... (more)

A Santa Fe freight heads east behind a C30-7, F45, C30-7, SD40-2, SD40-2 consist … so typical of the railway’s power consists in the late 80s. (Corona, California – January 1988)

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway SD45 5600, SD45 5548 and SD45-2 5701 (still wearing its Bicentennial colors) move a westbound freight past the cantilever signals at milepost 164 on its way to L... (more)

A westbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe freight passes over California Highway 4, the John Muir Parkway, at what the railroad has named Collier. Heading for the ATSF yard in Richmond, this train i... (more)