The setting sun casts a shadow on the old Santa Fe Railroad depot in Gorieta, New Mexico, which was built as a wood frame and stucco building in 1927. It no longer serves rail traffic but has bee... (more)

Santa Fe 8798 rounds the curve on the Cajon Summit, and into the early morning sunlight, as it leads an eastbound intermodal towards Barstow.

Santa Fe 5155 leads a westbound intermodal train through Cajon Pass.

The Galveston Railroad museum’s (https://galvestonrrmuseum.org/santa-fe-warbonnets/) two F-7 locomotives were built by General Motors’ Electro-Motive Division in 1953. The locomotives served o... (more)

Five Santa Fe Alco S4s sit by the roads Roundhouse in September 1976 these units lasted a while longer because i got to see them again in Chicago in 1979

ATSF 2-10-4s 5034 and 5030 lead a 62 car freight, east of Belen New Mexico, in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

So Much Has Changed in 38 Years (from Today!)

An eastbound Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe piggyback train stops in San Bernardino for a crew change. This train, most likely symbolle... (more)

GP39-2u No. 3442 leads a GP-7u and BNSF 2421, a GP30u, across the UP diamonds in Fremont, NE. Santa Fe seemed to get a lot of bang for its locomotive buck with many rebuilds by their shop forces o... (more)

AT&SF train 13, is seen leaving Denver in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The Chief, AT&SF train 19, is seen at Nolan New Mexico in 1933. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

The Super Chief, AT&SF train 17, is seen west of La Junta Colorado in 1937. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Factory Fresh!

As the sun appears over the San Bernardino Mountains, Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway train Q-NYLA (Quality Network [TOFC/COFC]; East Coast [CR Connection in Ch... (more)

A Santa Fe freight heads east behind a C30-7, F45, C30-7, SD40-2, SD40-2 consist … so typical of the railway’s power consists in the late 80s. (Corona, California – January 1988)

FARWELL TX Oct 8 1988 — Santa Fe GP35u 2838 handles a local freight near the Texas-New Mexico border. EMD built the unit in April 1964 as GP35 1338 and delivered it in a blue body with yellow en... (more)

ATSF 3423, a 4-6-2 On display at the Temple Railroad Museum. This locomotive was built by Baldwin in the year. 1921.