Santa Fe 2-8-0 804 Built In 1902 was still active in the photo taken in the fall of 1949. It was sold for scrap on 4-7-1953 after a long time in service. This photo Is from a original 116 B&W nega... (more)

Santa Fe 636 West moves up the siding at Sando after the dispatcher ran an Amtrak San Joaquin around it.

Three warbonnet GP60Ms lead a Santa Fe 991 train through Antioch, CA, just as the suns comes up over the horizon. To the right of the hotshot is Sando siding, where many a meet was made between Sa... (more)

An afternoon San Joaquin departs Antioch, CA, with Suisun Bay for a backdrop. The eastbound Amtrak train is headed into the San Joaquin Delta and San Joaquin Valley beyond.

On a beautiful morning in November 1993, Santa Fe 5386 West, crosses the concrete trestle at the edge of Suisun Bay in Antioch, CA. The train is a hot 189 train out of Chicago, and is headed for R... (more)

After meeting an eastbound pig train at Sando, Santa Fe 231 West bursts out of the siding, crossing the short street it had stopped shy of so as not to block trucks coming and going from Domtar Gy... (more)

on an unusual, overcast afternoon in June 1990, repainted and renumbered FP45 No. 106 leads what looks like a 943 train at Sando in Antioch, CA. The warbonnet cowl is headed for the San Joaquin De... (more)

With steam from the Domtar Gypsum plant wafting in the background, a pair of "upgraded" Santa Fe GP30s brings cars from the yard at East Antioch. By the time this photo was taken, Santa ... (more)

In the early days of the amalgamation of Santa Fe and BN power, "Topeka" GP9 No. 2297 leads an Antioch Local up the siding at Sando as it waits for a meet with Amtrak train No. 710. Once the San J... (more)

Late in the day, big C40-8W No. 838 leads a heavy coiled steel train past the small yard at East Antioch. The train is headed to USS-POSCO Steel in nearby Pittsburg.

On a beautiful autumn afternoon, Santa Fe manifest 942 West crosses the concrete trestle at the edge of Suisun Bay to make its way through Antioch, CA. The train will likely set out loads in Pitts... (more)

On a chilly Thanksgiving morning in 1986, Santa Fe 9523 East, a hot 991 train, kicks up dust as it hustles past the Dupont chemical plant in east Antioch, CA. This symbol kept a blistering schedul... (more)

Waiting at the west end if Sando for an approaching train, recently delivered SD75M No. 231 idles rhythmically as her engineer has his eyes fixed on the horizon. The eastbound's headlight is now s... (more)

Santa Fe 103 West, a hot 199 train headed for Richmond, CA, hustles through East Antioch with a long string of UPS trailers and other hot cargo in tow. The symbol was one of the fastest on the rai... (more)

In July 1995, SD75M No. 224 leads a hot Santa Fe 199 train on a tight right of way that sits between Suisun Bay and the Antioch downtown overlook. The 199 train was one of the hottest trains on th... (more)