A colorful early BNSF leads stacks at Monolith Ca.

BNSF 5869 looking sharp stopped at Ash Hill on the point of an eastbound HBARKCK.

ATSF 691 leads a westbound QATGLAC between Siberia and Klondike on the westbound main.

BUTTE MT Sept 26 1978 — Burlington Northern GP30 2215 is idled by a nationwide railroad strike. EMD built the unit in May 1963 as Great Northern 3015 and delivered it in Simple Empire Builder pa... (more)

In a bucolic view of Northern California life, Santa Fe's 991 train rolls past the depot at Pinole.

Santa Fe's 991 train rolls past the depot at Pittsburg, just into its run to Illinois.

On a hot Thursday afternoon, the 199 train meets a 968 train at Christie siding.

BNSF 6584 brings up the rear of an eastbound light power move.

A train of empty ethanol tank cars, BNSF X-WATABE7-26, snakes through the crossover as it moves from Track 2 to Track 1 at Fullerton Junction. Symboled as an empty Unit grain train (because ethan... (more)

Now relegated to local service and awaiting its next assignment, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway GP60M 106 is the former Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 106, built in May 1990. This locomotive is... (more)

Santa Fe bought 40 EMD F45s in mid-1968, mostly for freight service, although the last 20 had steam lines and could be found pulling passenger trains for a few years too. An F45 is essentially a c... (more)

CLEBURNE TX June 4 1978 — Santa Fe RSD15 9818 rests in retirement at the Cleburne shops. The scrapper's torch is yet to come as this alligator is used for parts. Alco built the 9818 (s/n 83477) ... (more)

CP far away from home at Barstow Yard.

Eastbound BNSF-Train has just left the Sullivan's Curve behind the hill.

Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway SD45 5600, SD45 5548 and SD45-2 5701 (still wearing its Bicentennial colors) move a westbound freight past the cantilever signals at milepost 164 on its way to L... (more)