Santa Fe’s 199 train flies over the Vermillion River Bridge as it leave Streator, Illinois, in its wake at 4:58 p.m. on June 26, 1993. Powering the train destined for Richmond, California, is AT... (more)

Three GE B40-8Ws muscle a long Santa Fe 199 train out of Chillicothe, Illinois, and up Edelstein Hill at Houlihan’s Curve at 5:50 p.m. on August 31, 1991.

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.

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Powered by a quartet of Super Fleet GE B40-8Ws, Santa Fe’s 199 train, the hottest in a fleet of hot intermodal trains, barrels through Ancona, Illinois, at 4:00 p.m... (more)

A trio of EMD GP60Ms, Nos. 150, 111 and 137, round Houlihan’s Curve just west of Chillicothe, Illinois at 4:30 p.m. on August 24, 1991. This is Santa Fe’s 199 train, and is getting up to a goo... (more)

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Santa Fe’s ultra hot 199 train flies across a wood trestle over Prairie Creek at Ancona, Illinois, on the afternoon of May 30, 1992. The Chicago to Richmond, Calif... (more)

SP 9072 west has stopped for a red signal at Sandcut in order to let the Santa Fe 5351, which is pulling the hot 199 intermodal train, to run around it.

A Santa Fe 199 train has new EMDs and GEs for power as it negotiates reverse curves at Hercules, CA.

Leaning into a curve and seemingly right on top of us, clean and shiny GP60M No. 142 leads a Santa Fe 199 train at Bixler, CA ,about a mile west of Orwood in the San Joaquin Delta.

Hitting track speed as it accelerates past the Tosco Oill Refinery, Santa Fe 7400 West roars down the main line at Maltby toward the Coast Range. No. 7400 was one of three test-bed locomotives GE ... (more)

A hot 199 train negotiates a sweeping curve as it drops down through Christie, CA.

As shadows start to envelope the deeper reaches of Franklin Canyon, a super-hot 199 train roars uphill toward Glen Frazer. In the distance, Mount Diablo still basks in full summer sunshine. Before... (more)

Late in the day, ATSF B23-7 No. 6410 leads a 199 up the 1.0 percent grade of Vine Hill. At one time, Vine Hill was the name of a siding the railroad had at this location. The plentiful exhaust is ... (more)

A cupola caboose punctuates the end of the Santa Fe 199 train at Glen Frazer, CA. The train's power is already rumbling up the grade inside tunnel. In just a few short months, cabooses will be gon... (more)

Near sunset, a hot 199 train wends its way through Franklin Canyon at Christie, having just exited tunnel 3, the longest on the entire railroad. The cattle on the hillside above the train give it ... (more)