Early in the morning, Santa Fe intermodal trains meet just west of Tehachapi, with 526 East coming at us.
BNSF B40-8W 547 departs out of Galesburg with the Clinton train, about to enter the Barstow Sub.
ATSF 508 leads two more B40-8Ws and a GP60M west through Streator, IL with an intermodal train. A day's railfanning in the summer of 1995 could net 15 or more trains on the Santa Fe mainline, many... (more)
BNSF 538 leads the westbound 102 local out of Joliet
BNSF 553 leads the eastbound local from Galesburg through Joliet
The Bnsf Chillicothe Subdivision CHIGAL local heads through the town of Verona IL on the Transcon.
BNSF Warbonnet B40-8W 519 leads the 102 local west, departing Joliet.
Located a few miles southwest of Longmont along CO-HWY 119, the small community of Niwot, Colo., has a small Whistle Stop Park that features a CB&Q Caboose and a few other relics. The Buck Local c... (more)
L-CHI102 going through the town of Mazon on a very nice evening.
Santa Fe's hot 199 train glides west through Williams Junction on April 11, 1993.
It's a classic ATSF scene at Hodgkins as Warbonnet 555 splits the searchlights at CP "Harbor."
A trio of red and silver Super Fleet beauties lead piggybacks through Arizona's Coconino National Forest on May 2, 1991.
A Dash 8 and a BN SD60M make good speed through Channahon, headed west to Galesburg.
In the golden hour, the 102 local departs Joliet behind a classic warbonnet Dash 8 leader.
Twenty two years ago this is what a typical Santa Fe Intermodal looked like. Superfleet was in its prime, and Santa Fe was slow to accept double stacks. Here a spit and polished trio featuring a D... (more)