An eastbound freight, led by ATSF GP60 4019, meets restored Santa Fe F7A 347C, owned by the California State Railroad Museum. The recently restored F-Unit is on loan for production of a promotiona... (more)

Freshly unveiled earlier in the day, ATSF 108 pauses for a photograph before returning to the Diesel Shop for the night. This was 108's first day of operation after a 6 year restoration by museum ... (more)

In the late afternoon, a Santa Fe local sits on the railway’s Fourth District in Tustin, California. GP35 3308 is busy switching industries near the Marine Corps Air Station Tustin. MCAS Tusti... (more)

Santa Fe CF7 2449 leads two other CF7s past the depot at Salina KS June 1979. Steven W. Kindschy Photo from my Collection.

Santa Fe train #891 is cutting thru the desert landscape between Needles and the Colorado River bridge.

We're enjoying the show atop Tunnel 9 as nine Santa Fe units bring a manifest out of Tunnel 8 and around the Tehachapi Loop. I recall the sounds of the SD's from this vantage point were pretty de... (more)

The crew on Santa Fe train #971 gives our photo line the eye as they roll into Mojave shortly after sunrise. We're headed to the Loop where the cloudbank on the other side of the mountains would r... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe train is shown descending the grade between Walong and Woodford, CA.

Santa Fe CF7 2425 at Fort Worth TX January 1979. The 2425 was built as ATSF F7A 261L in August 1951 and was rebuilt into a CF7 in January 1978. This unit was retired in September 1984 and eventual... (more)

ATSF FP45 number 92 poses for a photo during Diesel Days at the Illinois Railway Museum.

As seen from inside the Corwith Yard tower, one of the Santa Fe's westbound intermodal trains is seen departing the yard.Tom Golden photo.

Tom Golden photo.

On Christmas Eve, a Santa Fe GP50 and SD45 are seen with their transfer train on the last couple miles to the IHB's Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.

A dead heat! A Santa Fe transfer headed to the IHB's Blue Island Yard drag races a CSX mixed freight on the B&OCT bound for Barr Yard. Tom Golden photo.

An ABBA-set of Warbonnet GP60s leads one of the Santa Fe's legendary hot piggyback trains on the Chillicothe Sub. Tom Golden photo.