With nine blue and yellow engines on the point, a westbound Santa Fe freight tackles the Crookton Cutoff on the Seligman Subdivision.

From the Silver Rails Gallery Collection, Don Morice photo: The Chief moves westbound on the west side of La Plata heading for Kansas City and on to the west coast.

From the Silver Rails Gallery Collection, Don Morice photo: A Santa Fe passenger train flies through La Plata at speed on a bright morning.

On a frosty December 1960 day, a Santa Fe westbound departs Gallup, New Mexico, with six F7 diesels, in an A-B-B-B-B-A configuration led by 232C, on the point. (Frank "Woody" Woodburn photo, Craig... (more)

On December 16, 1963, Santa Fe Train No. 2, the eastbound SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF struck a cattle truck just west of Clovis, New Mexico, derailing five F-units and 10 cars. Two days later, on a cloudy... (more)

Four F45s and a FP45 guide a westbound intermodal to a crew change stop at Seligman, Arizona, on December 22, 1972.

With a consist more associated with Kansas than descending down Cajon Pass, a pair of B23-7's with a GP39-2 in the middle ease down the North Main. The South Main used by most Westbounds is seen i... (more)

An older (1949?) Cadillac is waiting for the train to clear.

Six Alco RSD-15 "Alligators" lead Santa Fe's unit coal train from York Canyon, N.M. to Kaiser Steel Corp. at Fontana, Calif. around ATSF's horseshoe curves at Blanchard, N.M. on Sept. 15, 1968. ... (more)

Santa Fe FTA 127L leads an A-B-B-B-A set of FTs off the First District main line onto the Plainview District at Lubbock Junction (renamed Canyon Junction in 1989). The train is en route to Plainvi... (more)

Motor Train #25 has just left Clovis en route to Carlsbad, New Mexico. Trailing the motor is chair-observation #3197. The train is due into Carlsbad at 6:00 p.m. Motor M.160 alternated with the M.... (more)

The A-B-B-A set of Alco PA units accelerates the SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF out of town as two crewmen wave. Santa Fe's first GP35, 1300, leads a group of units sitting at the fuel rack.

More from that first roll of film John shot at Galesburg after transfer to the midwest: Covered wagons in an A-B-B-B-B configuration just released to the freight pool ease an eastbound into town a... (more)

Great old freight beasts in their last days pulling a local. And by the way don't let old timers tell you trackwork was better "in the old days".

ATSF A-B-B-A F3 units are pulling the SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF away from Joliet.