The Cimarron Valley's BNSF interchange turn is heading for home at slow speed behind an eclectic pair of GP26s, a GP30, and a B39-8, quite a contrast to the space age wind turbines that dot the la... (more)

Southwestern Railway's line north out of Deming, NM at Hurley finds ex Santa Fe power now lettered SWRR.

Cimarron Valley's turn back to Satanta departs Dodge City, KS after interchanging cars with BNSF.

The Dodge City Turn continues its trek home toward Satanta behind an eclectic mix of motive power, seen here approaching Ensign.

Cimarron Valley's turn from the BNSF interchange at Dodge City accelerates out of the city limits for the journey across the plains to the home terminal at Satanta.

Cimarron Valley's turn from Dodge City and the BNSF interchange crosses one of the many small wooden trestles along this line as it slowly works its way home to Satanta at 10 MPH.

Cimarron Valley's turn from Dodge City and the BNSF interchange is homeward bound now as it leaves the city behind. Power for today's train is a pair of GP26s, a GP30, and a B39-8, quiet an eclec... (more)

exSanta Fe SSWR units are working exSanta Fe copper branch cluster in Hurley

The lone ex-C&O GP30M and a former Rio Grande GP30 depart the Cimarron Valley's shops at Satanta to switch cars before heading to Ulysses, KS to switch the carbon black plant. This C&O unit is a ... (more)

Cimarron Valley's turn from Dodge City back to Satanta eases past the elevator at Ensign, KS where it will pick up a cut of loaded corn hoppers bound for a feed mill near Hugoton, KS. Leading tod... (more)

The Cimarron Valley Railroad's turn from Dodge City proceeds west at a leisurely pace on this former Santa Fe line in southwestern Kansas. The train is led today by one of the two existing GP26s,... (more)

We spent the previous night in southeastern Colorado, and started heading back east on this hot summers day. On our eastbound trek, we stayed parallel to what we were thinking was an abandoned tra... (more)

Southwestern 3588 idles in Artesia, NM. SW 3588 spent its early days as UP "fast forty" 8079, often wedged between DDA40Xs, racing between North Platte and Ogden. Now it's finding hones... (more)

A Southbound SWR freight heads south through Carlsbad in the late evening with a ex Austin Western SD50 leading.

Between Carlsbad and Roswell, NM is the small town of Artesia where SWR 3819 is found on a hot July 4th morning.