LA JUNTA CO March 11 1980 -- A Santa Fe SD39 (a Locotrol master) leads a train on a mostly cloudy day. Note multiple antennas on the 4012 and exhaust smoke from mid-train slave units.
By the mid 1980’s, freight traffic on Santa Fe’s Raton line was sparse, but not virtually nonexistent as it is today. Some of those few trains could, however be heavy enough to require helpers... (more)
Amtraks southbound Southwest Chief winds through the fire charred forest of northern New Mexico shortly before making its final station stop before hitting the open plains, Raton, New Mexico.
After 8 years of languish and vandalism on a siding in Sacramento, ATSF 5021 shows off fresh paint and new lettering on a nice warm Northern California summer night, these engines look way better ... (more)
A beautiful afternoon in Raton, NM finds an eastbound BNSF empty ballast train passing through town as it heads for La Junta, CO after working around the Springer, NM area on the passenger-only Ra... (more)