Cowl unit heaven. Santa Fe SD45 5333, leads F45 5953, SDP40F 5252, and F45 5986 down Cajon Pass. Tom Ellis photo.

Seen from historic Route 66, two eastbound Santa Fe intermodals pass each other near Kingman Canyon on the scenic Seligman Subdivision. The mid 90s was the peak of the “Super Fleet” days of cl... (more)

On a clear day at Cajon Pass a Santa Fe westbound intermodal with a trio of matched year old B40-8s(foreground), races a SP drag past the Mormon Rocks off the South Track.

A westbound Santa Fe freight is about to duck under the old Division Street overpass at Lockport, Illinois, on a pleasant autumn day of October 12, 1985.

A Santa Fe intermodal train sprints across the Kankakee River Bridge at Lorenzo, Illinois, on the afternoon of May 10, 1986. The westbound train is powered by a pair each of EMD SD45s and SD40-2s.

An eastbound Santa Fe freight rolls into Ludlow, California, while crossing the Mojave Desert between Barstow and Needles on March 8, 1995.

Led by a quartet of yellow and blue EMDs, an eastbound Santa Fe freight rumbles over Bridge 873.8 crossing Abo Arroyo east of Sais, New Mexico, on the morning of June 2, 1995. The train is climbin... (more)

New Santa Fe EMD SD75M No. 213 leads an eastbound freight as it departs Becker siding east of Belen, New Mexico, on June 3, 1995.

A westbound Santa Fe freight climbs Ash Hill at Klondike, California, while crossing the Mojave Desert on March 9, 1995. Powering the train is GE C40-8W No. 851, GE C44-9W No. 610 and EMD SD45-2B ... (more)

Santa Fe GE C40-8W No. 872, west unit in a helper set of locomotives, sits in the yard near the station at Raton, New Mexico, on the morning of May 30, 1995.

Four-of-a-kind—and they aren’t Dash 9s
A matching quartet of Super Fleet GE C40-8W Nos. 909, 833, 802 and 878, power a Santa Fe stack train through the Mojave Desert east of Ludlow,... (more)

Paul Meyer photo.

Five locomotives—five models
An eastbound Santa Fe intermodal train curves into Abo Canyon at Sais, New Mexico, on the morning of June 3, 1995. Class EMD GP60 No. 4000 leads SD40-2 No... (more)

Tom Golden photo.