NORMAN OK June 4 1978 — Santa Fe CF7 2633 leads train 514 as it departs to the north. EMD built this unit as F7A 312L:2 in March 1953. It was delivered in silver with a red warbonnet without an ... (more)

PURCELL OK (September) 1977 — Santa Fe CF7 2486 awaits a crew. EMD built the unit as F7A 259C and delivered it in a blue body with creme and vermillion trim. In January 1975 Santa Fe’s Cleburn... (more)

ATSF 5003, an SD40u, leads an eastbound through Camden, MO with the old magnetic flagman swinging and clanging away.

ATSF 19, The Chief, is being led by 2-10-2 3814, 2-10-2 3822, and 4-8-4 3768 on the east side of Raton Pass at Wootton Colorado, on December 29th 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The Day 2926 Escaped The Gate. May 6, 2023, will go down in history as the day that Santa Fe 2926 officially "escaped the gate," a phrase coined by the New Mexico Steam Locomotive... (more)

The headlight of Santa Fe 2926 rests at dim as the locomotive sits on display at the 4th Street grade crossing, located on Rio Metro Regional Transit District's "Sawmill Spur." In a few ... (more)

Santa Fe 2926 poses atop the 4th Street grade crossing while on hot display during a fundraising event. The move of the locomotive on this day marked the first time 2926 moved out of its restorati... (more)

If You Restore It...They Will Come. A swarm of onlookers fill the roadway at the 4th Street grade crossing as Santa Fe 2926 simmers on hot display after making the great escape from the New... (more)

Slam, bang! A four-pack of warbonnets are in full flight as yet another intermodal hotshot sails through rural Camden, MO on a June morn. The old wig-wag crossing signal here would have been clang... (more)

NORMAN OK (September) 1978 — Santa Fe CF7 2472 is laying over in city center between Main and Gray. It headed up the southbound local and will return north in the morning as the trailing unit. I... (more)

GUTHRIE OK March 26 1979 — Santa Fe CF7 2455 is assigned to switching duties in this one-time capital of Oklahoma. The unit is tied up just south of the station. EMD built the F unit in May 1951... (more)

Willow Springs, Illinois, almost looks rural in this view of a Santa Fe freight heading west on March 11, 1989. Later, 186 acres of this location will be developed into an important intermodal yar... (more)

The Grand Canyon Limited, ATSF 2nd 23, is led by ATSF 4-8-4 2912 west of Vaughn New Mexico on September 21st 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 2912 (Northern class 4-8-4) sits at the depot in Pueblo, Colorado.

Like a red-tipped arrow, Santa Fe GP60M 111 leads a westbound downgrade toward Seligman, as seen from the old Route 66 overpass. Just around the curve in the distance, the original mainline via Pi... (more)