FARWELL TX May 24 1980 — Locotrol Master ATSF SD45 5609 leads Duval Sulphur train 785 as it leaves Farwell in the far distance on its journey to Galveston TX. Smoke from the mid-train slaves is ... (more)

Photo by Tony Lanier, from my collection.

NORMAN OK (April) 1986 — Santa Fe GP20u 3017 is between Main Street and Eufaula. The train is southbound and is the daily Norman train. By this time it no longer laid over in Norman and no long... (more)

NORMAN OK (February) 1986 — Santa Fe SF30C 9506 leads a southbound TOFC train as it approaches the East Boyd Street crossing. This train is probably No. 185. GE delivered the unit as U36C 8731 i... (more)

PONCA CITY OK (August) 1981 — ATSF GP20u 3033 handles switching duties in this north-central city in Oklahoma. A large customer is the ConocoPhillips oil refinery but this photo highlights the ... (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY OK Oct 16 1983 -- ATSF GP7u 1313 and stablemates are handling switching duties at Flynn Yard between I-240 and Moore. On March 26 1930, not far east of this location, the Wild Mary S... (more)

Approaching the east end of Abo Canyon, New Mexico, a Santa Fe train of pigs and perishables passes the signals between bridges 4 and 5. My vantage point has most likely been excavated as part of ... (more)

Santa Fe 809 was leading Denver to Barstow train HDVBA westbound through Valentine, AZ.

A group of Santa Fe SD26's on the deadline at Barstow, California on December 27, 1985.

A Santa Fe westbound rolls downhill through Bealville behind five EMD SD24s. As is apparent from the scene, Tehachapi Pass is a beautiful place in springtime.

Santa Fe's daily Barstow to Denver train was descending the Palmer grade into Littleton on the Joint Line led by a trio of Santa Fe rebuild SF30C's

Santa Fe’s Q train curves through Sedalia on Colorado’s Joint Line on the morning of July 7, 1989. The Denver to La Junta train is powered by EMD SD45-2 No. 5844 and SD40-2 No. 5182. Over on t... (more)

In 1974, Santa Fe was experiencing a power shortage. They pulled sets of SD24's and DL 600's out of storage using them in captive service between Barstow and Bakersfield. Here, a set of five SD24'... (more)

Joint Line Q train
Santa Fe’s “Q train” from Denver is southbound at Sedalia as it runs over Colorado’s Joint Line on July 5, 1987. The train originated at Big Lift, which is San... (more)

Santa Fe train 804 tries to outrun impending storms as it knocks down the semaphore at Wagon Mound, New Mexico. With just six cars, 804 wasn’t a profitable run on this day.