Former New Haven FA1's originally numbered 0428, 0467 and 0401 were quickly renumbered to PC 1330, 3395 and 1333 and remained at work for several years in freight service, in the Boston area. ... (more)

THISTLE UT Aug 22 1981 — Rio Grande GP30 3013 charges west. This location was destroyed when a huge slide began on April 14, 1983 (http://utahrails.net/drgw/thistle-vanished.php). Web site utah... (more)

FORT WORTH TX May 26 1985 — Missouri Pacific SD40-2s 3090 and 3264 await an assignment. My photo

HEREFORD TX June 20 1986 — BN C30-7 5125 leads a loaded coal train in the Texas Panhandle on the Santa Fe's Transcon. My photo.

The first three SP RSD-15's were delivered in September 1959 and transferred to the T&NO subsidiary as 250-252. Cotton Belt RSD-15's 850-859 arrived in February and March 1960. Like the SP trio... (more)

AMARILLO TX July 6 1986 — Santa Fe SD45u 5394 leads seven other locomotives westbound on the Transcon south of city center. This was the first Santa Fe painted in the Kodachrome scheme. The expe... (more)

KINGFISHER OK Aug 15 1983 — Rock Island Trustee GP7 1504 leads a hospital train of freight cars. It has just passed under the US 81 overpass north of Kingfisher. The 1504 was built in May 1952 (... (more)

BISON OK Aug 15 1983 — Rock Island Trustee GP7 1504 leads a hospital train of freight cars at rest on a siding. Note the jointed rail. The 1504 was built in May 1952 (s/n 16343) for Pittsburgh a... (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY (October) 1979 — Katy F7A 72C is tied down at the old roundhouse site in Turner Yard. It had the point on the journey from McAlester OK but will relinquish its lead spot for the re... (more)

PUEBLO CO June 16 1973 — Rio Grande SD9 5313 leads a caboose hop as it travels south. My photo.

It’s a stark winter day in central Illinois as a westbound Santa Fe intermodal train, powered by five EMD GP60Ms, rolls west of Chillicothe on the short climb over Edelstein Hill on February 16,... (more)

The Tunnel Motors were designed to keep units from overheating in tunnels and snowsheds like those on Donner Pass. The tunnel motor design was applied to 245 SP-SSW SD45T-2s and 239 SP-SSW and... (more)

Intermodal, 1970s Style!

A westbound Southern Pacific intermodal train, full of those "long" 40' containers (two per 89' flat!) has just crossed the Santa Fe's Third District. T... (more)

Back in 1994 DRGW 5404 heads a train climbing the Tennessee Pass as it nears Leadville.

At Dallas Union Station AT&SF E3A #11 built in 1941 and two of the 1953 rebuilt E8M's 82A-83 arrived at Dallas on No.11 KANSAS CITIAN, at 7:50 am December 21, 1962, after a 1083 mile trip that ... (more)