ATSF 1792 and ATSF 3767 are doing 30 MPH on Raton Pass, with a 20 car Chief, in 1944. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe EMD FP45 No. 90 rests at the Corwith Yard engine facility near Chicago, Illinois, on September 1, 1991. These EMD cowl locomotives were built at the request of Santa Fe... (more)

PONCA CITY OK (August) 1981 — ATSF GP20u 3033 handles switching duties in this north-central city in Oklahoma. A large customer is the ConocoPhillips oil refinery but this photo highlights the ... (more)

Passing the Amtrak station in Fullerton as it heads east out of Los Angeles' Hobart Yard is an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway freight, with SD45-2s 5646 and 5640, along with an FP45, for power... (more)

ATSF 2-8-8-2 1794 and ATSF 4-8-4 3773 lead train 19, a fourteen car Chief, doing 25 MPH at Lynn New Mexico in 1945. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

Led by a trio of Super Fleet GE B40-8Ws, Santa Fe’s 199 train zips out of Chillicothe, Illinois, and up Edelstein Hill at Houlihan’s Curve at 5:50 p.m. on August 31, 1991.

EAST ORO GRANDE CA Sept 5 1983 — Santa Fe GP50 3816 leads a mixed freight. This unit was built as a Locotrol Master. A close inspection reveals the antenna between the second and third radiator ... (more)

The Super Chief, ATSF train 17, is seen west of Trinidad Colorado in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

ATSF train 17, the Super Chief, is doing 40 MPH with nine cars near Dalies New Mexico in 1938. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

An assortment of Santa Fe locomotives, as well as a set of Grand Trunk Western power off a transfer freight, gather at Santa Fe’s Corwith Yard in Chicago, Illinois, on February 9, 1991. From lef... (more)

The Pacific Railroad Society Mountain Outin Special, with Amtrak 517 and Amtrak 518 on the point, has just picked up passengers at the station in San Bernardino and is now heading east towards Caj... (more)

Santa Fe 3347, still in the old blue paint scheme, crests the summit of Cajon Pass with an eastbound intermodal train. This was back in the days when railfans could camp by the trees and tracks a... (more)

ATSF 90 and mates lead train 101, the Centennial State, out of Denver with 7 cars at 30 MPH in 1951. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.

PURCELL OK Sept 30 1979 — Santa Fe GP38 3529, leased Chessie GP40-2 4198 (renumbered 9198) and Santa Fe GP39-2 3616 are on southbound train 365 awaiting a crew. My photo.

A four unit EMD FT set, led by ATSF 106, takes 83 cars east doing 30 MPH, just west of Dalies New Mexico in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo from my collection.