The roundhouse and turntable combination was railroading's unique solution to servicing steam locomotives in a relatively small area. Even a large roundhouse, such as this example at Santa Fe Rai... (more)

By the late 1950s, there were just two places in the United States that still featured big-time steam operations: The Norfolk & Western in the Appalachias, and Union Pacific in Wyoming. Cheyenne ... (more)

Union Pacific pile driver #03114 is under steam in Salina, Kansas in January 1960. This product of Industrial Brownhoist was probably built in the Teens (sister pile driver #03110 was built in 19... (more)

A pair of Santa Fe Railway’s finest, a bit battered and bruised after repeatedly operating for thousands of miles at a time, poke their noses out of the shops in San Bernardino. Built in June 1... (more)

On a sunny Spring 1948 day in Kansas, R. G. Janzen photographed a typical scene in Norton, Kansas. A Rock Island R-67b class Northern was captured as it passed eastward through town. Rock Island... (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)

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)

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)

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)

General Motors Electro-Motive Division built just seven SD45X diesels in 1970 – four demonstrators and three for Southern Pacific Railroad. EMDX 4201-4203 were built with SP's typical array of ... (more)

In a scene from August 1958, Colorado & Southern O-4 class 2-8-2 809 (built in 1919 for parent Chicago Burlington & Quincy), shunts C&S caboose 10596 around the yard in Denver, Colorado. (Frank "... (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)

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)

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)

Santa Fe 2-8-0 #1, the “Cyrus K. Holliday,” was originally Santa Fe 2-8-0 #132, built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in September 1880. In 1898 the locomotive was renumbered #912, and it was ren... (more)