It takes a lot of power to lift heavy trains over the Tehachapi Mountains, as evidenced by this Santa Fe eastbound lead by F45 5903. Ten six-axle diesels from factories in La Grange IL and Erie P... (more)

BN F45 #6600 and SPS C424 #4240 rest at Hillyard shops in Spokane shortly after the merger.

A late running train 10 has pulled up to the station at Hawk Junction. This job was delayed by a 1 car derailment on train 11 the previous evening. The 6651 has 2 SD45's and a mix of Wawa ore and ... (more)

On a bitterly cold February morning WC 6653,6522 come charging around the curve at Brampton with a late running SORE1. The train was shortened to only 60 cars due to loss of train line pressure in... (more)

WC 6656,6523,6512 wander along with a 55 car ore load that originated at Tilden Mine. The pellets were bound for Geneva Steel in Utah. That's the shore of Lake Superior in the background and the t... (more)

The nice old freight scheme was evident at this time in most consists but John Santa Fe got cranked up and stamped them all out within a year or two. At this point the yard has that "new car" sme... (more)

Wandering around the bottoms of Kansas City was a great way to spend an afternoon. You never knew what would show up. Case in point is this two F45s surround a cabless B30-7AB in effect an ABA con... (more)

WC 5956,5334 pass through the greenery near the top of Byron Hill with a trainload of Auburn natural ore bound for interchange to the EJ&E. This was one of a number of trainloads of raw ore moved ... (more)

WC 6654,6501,2401 and DM&IR 171 thunder westbound past the feed mill in Engadine with 54 cars of the first cut of an X-SPLD that had originated at Tilden Mine near Marquette, MI. This cut was set ... (more)

A nice set of Utah Helper is at East Soldier Summit ready to return to Martin light engine. It was quite a sight to see 3 ex-BN F45 in the consist.

In July 1985, a Santa Fe 804 train climbs the hill between Seligman and Crookton under typical monsoon skies.

An eastbound is parked at the diamond at Savanna. Savanna was and still is a crew change for trains between Chicago, IL, and Davenport, IA. The signals here protect the BNSF Aurora Sub. The 393 wa... (more)

Westbound auto rack train screams west about 5 miles west of Galesburg, near Cameron. In late 1995 the BNSF was only a few months into the merge, but only 3 of these F45's remained in service as m... (more)

On a frigid last day of 1998 WC 6651,AC 1761,WC 589 are just getting Westbound SOGBA underway after a meet at Trout Lake. With right around 7000 tons behind the power it will probably be a long ri... (more)

Westbound Marquette, IA, to Mason City, IA, freight train is at the bottom of the grade west of Jackson Jct as they cross a small creek. Today's consist is an odd one, a F45 and 2 SRY's head west ... (more)