I would have liked to hear these pulling a big train. Photo by F. David Petke. From my collection.

FNOR is crossing the CSXT Wildwood Subdivision at the old depot heading to Silver Springs Shores. The CF7 is one of two FCEN has operating & recently returned to the Ocala ops.

Former ATSF 2556 has crudely altered number boards but otherwise looks good on this day. Photo by Tony Vanier.

PURCELL OK (August) 1977 — Recently outshopped Santa Fe CF7 2448 leads a northbound mixed freight. The train is passing by the former engine facility which is to the right of photo. The roundhou... (more)

The last survivor. Santa Fe rebuilt CF7s were once a staple of shortline power, found throughout the US. Today, they are getting much harder to find. This particular example is the last operati... (more)

HZRX 1500 shoves a cut a scrap gons into a mill on Chicago’s south side. This unit was originally in 1953 as a Santa Fe F7A.

What In The NRFF Is Going On Here? Former Reading & Northern (RBMN) CF7 1504 (née ATSF 43C , EMD F7A) has been a resident of the Red River Valley & Western for over a decade and a half, bu... (more)

The run to Frostproof requires a runaround in Lake Wales before heading south due to the northward-facing switch on the portion of the main that is ex-SAL to the ex-ACL. This was once quite a pat... (more)

Santa Fe 2546 spends a quiet evening next to the depot at the Kentucky Railroad Museum in New Haven.

The blue hour is almost over and night is almost upon Santa Fe 2546 at the Kentucky Railway Museum.

Florida Midland works a customer near Lake Wales. #48 was built for the Santa Fe in 1949 and got converted to a CF7 by the railroad in 1974. It was used on the Arkansas Midland and Iowa Northern b... (more)

Santa Fe CF7 2449 leads two other CF7s past the depot at Salina KS June 1979. Steven W. Kindschy Photo from my Collection.

Santa Fe CF7 2425 at Fort Worth TX January 1979. The 2425 was built as ATSF F7A 261L in August 1951 and was rebuilt into a CF7 in January 1978. This unit was retired in September 1984 and eventual... (more)

The former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy/Burlington Northern branch from Holdridge, Nebraska, to Sterling, Colorado, is now operated by Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado RailNet. In this view on Januar... (more)