On a beautiful autumn afternoon, Santa Fe manifest 942 West crosses the concrete trestle at the edge of Suisun Bay to make its way through Antioch, CA. The train will likely set out loads in Pitts... (more)

On a warm afternoon in the spring of 1988, a Santa Fe westbound with four-axle locomotives for power heads downhill at Woodford. Rebuilt GP30u (for "upgrade") No. 2759 is in the lead wearing the r... (more)

On a hot morning in August 1973, Santa Fe 5665 East meets an SP westbound in the hole at the Loop. The SP's conductor, which at this time rode in the caboose, will give the Santa Fe a roll-by. Bot... (more)

Chehalis Western FM H10-44 basks in the late-afternoon sun at the Milwaukee Road's Tacoma Shops. It appears the CWWR had the Milwaukee do heaving repairs which the CWWR wasn't equipped as a loggi... (more)

In March of 1985, an eastbound SP manifest bursts out of the fog at Stockton Tower.

On a cold evening in Sparks, NV, Rio Grande GP60 No. 3154 idles in the yard awaiting its next assignment. In the distance one can the abundant snow on the mountains as well as the busy Nugget Casi... (more)

On a beautiful afternoon in March 1992, a Santa Fe 971 train roars eastward through the Caliente Creek Narrows between Ilmon and Caliente. During the 90s, Santa Fe ran several very long pig trains... (more)

After cutting out a couple of six-axle EMDs at Tacoma Junction, Milwaukee Road 2060 West departs. The catenary above the train is no longer in service.

As shadows start to get long in the Alhambra Valley, a westbound BNSF hot-shot crosses the Muir Trestle with three ex-Santa Fe warbonnets in the lead. In the distance at left is 3700-foot Mt. Diab... (more)

Santa Fe 3811 West makes its way into Crozier Canyon from the east under typical monsoon season cloud cover.

UP locomotive mechanics prepare to set SP GP60 No. 9743 atop a pair of steel sawhorses in the center of the Burnham Shops. At immediate right are the rebuilt trucks that the four-axle locomotive w... (more)

A BN transfer freight waits for a light at Union Station to head south. Looks like this freight is headed for the SP.

Near sunset, as an SP light helper waits just shy of the crossover on Track One, Santa Fe 2764 roars up the stiff grade with a heavy manifest in tow.

In January 1994, Santa Fe 835 East negotiates the multiple hogbacks at Sunshine, AZ, near the end of its 291-mile run from Needles, CA.

With four big EMDs for power, an FWWR Cresson Turn, symboled FWCR, crosses the road into Ash Grove Cement just south of Tower 60. The lead SD40, FWWR 2023, started life as SP 8455.