A quartet of Burlington Northern Railroad locomotives (U33C 5757, SD40-2s 6334 and 6333, and SD40 6309) await their next assignment at the joint Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe / Colorado & Southern ya... (more)

At Tucumcari, New Mexico, midwestern grainger railroad Rock Island interchanged with the Southern Pacific Railroad. Having just swapped power in Tucumcari, this freight is now a Rock Island train... (more)

Trona Railway SD45-2s 3003 and 3001 are on the head-end of a train at Fleta, California, on April 11th, 2004. These units were on lease to the Union Pacific at this time. TRC 3003 is the former ... (more)

A visitor from the east is resting next to its western host in Pueblo, Colorado, on August 28, 1973. Norfolk & Western high-nosed U28B 1912 was built seven years earlier (8/66) and would be retir... (more)

Chicago & North Western Dash 9-44CW 8637 leads a southbound Union Pacific train under Highway 58 in Woodford, California, as it climbs toward the summit at Tehachapi. The train's consist includes... (more)

There is a lot of power on the head-end of this Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight at Edwards, near California's Edwards Air Force Base, on January 2nd, 1998. Power for this train consists of B... (more)

A four-unit helper set, consisting of a pair of SD45s (one each from Southern Pacific and Cotton Belt), an SP SD40 and an SP U33C, rounds the Tehachapi Loop on October 22, 1972.

Electro-Motive lease-fleet SD70M 7001 guides a train downgrade at Woodford, in California's Tehachapi Mountains, on July 17, 1999.

The 1970 merger that created Burlington Northern Railroad wiped out the identities of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy, Great Northern, Northern Pacific and Spokane Portland & Seattle railroads, bu... (more)

Rio Grande GP9 5923 rests between assignments in the Pueblo, Colorado, yard on August 28, 1973.

Resting between assignments in Colorado Springs, Colorado, on August 29th, 1973, is Rock Island GP40 4715.

The sand rack in Santa Fe's facility in Pueblo, Colorado, plays host to U23B 6315 on August 28th, 1973. This engine was built by General Electric in August 1970 - just three years earlier.

Helm Leasing SD40M-3 6080 leads a colorful consist on a Burlington Northern Santa Fe intermodal train near Ilmon, in California's Tehachapi Mountains, on November 29th, 1997. Built in January 197... (more)

Light power found at Tehachapi, California, includes both Burlington Northern and Santa Fe power, as well as a Canadian National unit.

A pair of helper sets sit in Tehachapi, California, on July 5th, 1998. On the left is Southern Pacific SD40M-2 8650, built by EMD in February 1967 as Chicago & North Western SD45 917. By this da... (more)