Basking in the sun at Bakersfield while waiting for its next assignment. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Had to laugh when I saw this TTOX 2-wheel flatcar head out on this KC to Chicago freight train. You can hardly have one of these on a light power move anymore. Back in 1994, things seemed a little... (more)

CTC Yost on the Chillicothe The Sub was always a great afternoon place to watch hot Santa Fe action. One could get a great photo of classic Santa Fe signals while westbound trains would have about... (more)

This is how I grew up loving the Santa Fe. Trips to Galesburg for "Railroad Days" in the 90s with my mother got me hooked on Galesburg. Seeing consists like this screaming along to the C... (more)

An eastbound intermodal train drops down grade east of Edelstein into the valley at Chillicothe. 4 big blue and yellows power this train on the ATSF Chilli Sub back in the early 90s. Scanned s... (more)

Amtrak and the Santa Fe made a deal on 18 SDP40Fs in 1984. Amtrak had a lot of derailment problems with these units. Some thought it might have been the hollow bolster version of the HT/C in the t... (more)

I don't remember a lot of Chicago to KC Q-trains running, so I think this was a little odd for 1995. Also odd was how the Santa Fe found the CNW 6564 unit. The 6564 was the one-off that was rebuil... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe intermodal comes over Main Street in Galesburg. 4 blue and yellows have this intermodal bound for the west coast 173 miles west of Chicago on the Chillicothe Sub. This sure do... (more)

How would you like to come to work and grab 3 B23s/GP 50 and go run 70 mph with them and not have any worries about fuel conservation! Back 30 years ago, the railroads wanted to move traffic and g... (more)

This may be the only time I caught red and yellows in the Flagstaff area. We would go to California during the red and yellow era. When we start going to Arizona, the red and yellow were pretty mu... (more)

The local freight is seen leaving Los Angeles doing 15 MPH in 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

Two GP30s assist the three road units, which include two F45s and an SD45 on a eastbound symbol train arriving at Summit on August 22, 1969. Photo by Mark Smetko, from my collection.

Crossing over BNSF Railway's San Bernardino Sub on Metrolink's San Gabriel Sub "flyover" is Metrolink train ATSF375112, a special heading to San Bernardino from Los Angeles. This train consists o... (more)

Fresh out of the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's San Bernardino Shops are two SDF40-2 locomotives. These were former Amtrak SDP40Fs that the ATSF acquired 18 of in a trade for 43 switchers. ... (more)

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway F7A 257L, one of their freight F-Units, was built by EMD in May 1951. In October 1973, it was rebuilt in the ATSF's Cleburne (TX) Shops into CF7 2548, seen here... (more)