On this day in 1976, after a stay in Southern California that included Christmas in Pomona the American Freedom train with 4449 leading and with an assist from SD45T-2s 9389 and 9371 hits the diam... (more)

As BNSF Railway High Priority Merchandise train H-BARPAS7-18 passes through Kansas City on a long detour as it heads from Barstow CA to Pasco WA, we see Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe SD45-2 5704 on K... (more)

When Erie Lackawanna/NJDOT had to send a U34CH in for wreck repair, the engine was finished after Conrail came into existence and was returned at Conrail 1776 in Bicentennial colors.

Santa Fe SD45-2 5704, recently restored to its Bicentennial glory, sits at Kansas City's Union Station, where throngs of railfans have gathered to take night photos of this fifth of Santa Fe's fiv... (more)

ATSF 5704 has returned to home rails, painted in a spectacular rendition of the bicentennial colors it once wore for the 1976 anniversary, as it rolls west on a Z train ultimately bound for the So... (more)

5704 Gets Its Kicks Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway No. 5704, an EMD SD45-2 built in 1973, makes its triumphant return to Southern California in its gleaming bicentennial paint scheme as... (more)

Santa Fe SD45-2 5704, recently restored to its Bicentennial glory, sits at Kansas City's Union Station, where throngs of railfans have gathered to take night photos of this fifth of Santa Fe's fiv... (more)

Santa Fe SD45-2 5704, recently restored to its Bicentennial glory, sits at Kansas City's Union Station, where throngs of railfans have gathered to take night photos of this fifth of Santa Fe's fiv... (more)

BNSF Priority UPS-LTL Intermodal train BNSF Z-LACNWH3-25A (Los Angeles CA to North Baltimore OH), behind BNSF ES44C4 8023, grinds upgrade as it begins its assault on Cajon Pass. Here at Keenbrook... (more)

Santa Fe SD45-2 5704, recently restored to its Bicentennial glory, sits at Kansas City's Union Station, where throngs of railfans have gathered to take night photos of this fifth of Santa Fe's fiv... (more)

Recently restored Santa Fe SD45-2 5704 sits at Kansas City's Union Station, looking amazing in its newly applied Bicentennial paint. And how often do we railfans get a chance to photograph a loco... (more)

Recently restored ATSF 5704 sitting at Kansas City Union Station.

The sun rises over Kansas City, MO on June 19, 2022 where the Santa Fe's celebratory Bicentennial unit number 5704 rests on display next to Union Station. Only five ATSF units were originally pain... (more)

Santa Fe SD45-2 5704, recently restored to its Bicentennial glory, sits at Kansas City's Union Station, where throngs of railfans have gathered to take night photos of this fifth of Santa Fe's fiv... (more)

Using a pair of GE's for power, a Pilot/Herder job from Argentine Yard has Santa Fe Bicentennial unit 5704 in tow, soon to be placed on track 27 at KC Union Station for a week of public display du... (more)