Sitting at EMD's factory in La Grange, Illinois, is Southern Pacific GP9 5643. Southern Pacific assigned class DF-607 to this order of 104 diesels (SP 5643 was the eighteenth unit of the order). ... (more)

Western Pacific GP35 3019 was constructed by EMD in April 1973. This engine would go on to become Union Pacific 797 following the UP's acquisition of the WP. The UP would later dispose of it to ... (more)

One of Santa Fe's large 4-8-4s, 3782, is seen at the railroad's Redondo Junction roundhouse facility, just a couple miles south of downtown Los Angeles. The exact date, and the photographer, are u... (more)

Switching Santa Fe's A Yard in San Bernardino, California, in the 1940s is 0-8-0 614. Built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1901 as AT&SF 2-6-0 614, the engine was rebuilt into an 0-8-0 by the rai... (more)

A variety of Santa Fe steam locomotives can be seen occupying the stalls at the railroad's Redondo Junction roundhouse just south of Los Angeles, California. Locomotives include, from left to righ... (more)

One of Santa Fe's large 4-8-4s, 3782, is getting serviced at the railroad's Redondo Junction roundhouse facility, just a couple miles south of downtown Los Angeles. The date, and the photographer... (more)

Switching A Yard in San Bernardino is Santa Fe 1962, one of the railroad's many Consolidations. Photographed by an unknown photographer in what appears to be the 1940s, 2-8-0 1962 was built by Ba... (more)

A Santa Fe side-door wooden caboose was photographed in San Bernardino, California, by an unknown photographer in what appears to be the 1940s.

An A-B-B-A set of F3 diesels gets road grime washed off in Galesburg, Illinois, on a sunny October 1959 day. F3A 125-A must have been the trailing unit of the set, as the engine's coupler cover i... (more)

Sitting in the deadline at Milwaukee Road's engine facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on April 5th, 1978, is Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 761 (originally MILW 1803, built in 6/45 at F-M's factory in near... (more)

Changing of the Guard. A set of Burlington F3 diesels pass through the Galesburg, Illinois, yard in October 1959, passing by a number of Burlington steam locomotives stored near the now-ob... (more)

Sitting in the Milwaukee Road's engine facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is GP9 312. Built in May 1959, this engine would later become Iowa Railroad Company 312, eventually being scrapped in the ... (more)

Sunning itself outside the enginehouse in Sand Springs, Oklahoma, is Sand Springs Railway SW9 100, one of three SW9 rostered by the SS. The railway is a 32 mile long class III railroad hauling pr... (more)

On a frosty December 1960 day, a Santa Fe westbound departs Gallup, New Mexico, with six F7 diesels, in an A-B-B-B-B-A configuration led by 232C, on the point. (Frank "Woody" Woodburn photo, Craig... (more)

Chicago Burlington & Quincy F3 diesels get washed at the road’s Galesburg, Illinois, engine facility in October 1959. Note the coupler cover on F3A 117-A’s pilot. (Frank "Woody" Woodburn photo, ... (more)