I got two PAs in my first American Flyer train. It's a shame this is the only condition I ever actually saw them in, stripped of parts and waiting for the price of stainless steel to go up.

Probably the worst accident to happen on Santa Fe's Harbor District occured on November 11, 1973 when a switch into an industry was lined by vandals diverting the Wilmington Turn into the spur whe... (more)

The remnants of the Halloween night wreck in La Mirada are still being cleaned up on November 4, 1974. The remains of Penn Central bo... (more)

On Halloween night, an Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe freight derailed in La Mirada, resulting in a pile-up and fire. Early the next morning, I skipped gym class (as I often did!) to head up to the s... (more)

The engine room of the FP45 as viewed from the back of the locomotive. The room up ahead is the cab.

#52 and comrades get serviced. John was too preoccupied with a warbonnet PA to snap off a shot of that engine on the left, new and unique to the SF, a FM H12-44TS, one of three purchased that yea... (more)

Disregarding that PRR eye candy on the right, the purpose of this view was to demonstrate how the Santa Fe engines were accomodated on the turntable. They were so lengthy (123'+) special extender... (more)

Here's a ground-level view of the pit at Columbus and leased Santa Fe 5034. PRR steam is seen in the background, their version of the 2-10-4, also used in Sandusky coal service. The Santa Fe eng... (more)

Santa Fe 315, with a yellow variation of the famous "Warbonnet" paint scheme, leads three more F7 B units on Amtrak's Texas Chief. Union Station would close and the remaining Amtrak traffic would... (more)

Looking for a little Santa Fe style? How about a trio of brand new GE C44-9W's leading a stack train along the Seligman Subdivision at East Perrin, Arizona? Things appeared to be very prosperous f... (more)

A westbound passes through Woodford on a relatively rare snowy day on Tehachapi.

Time was running out for the last Santa Fe passenger train operating in Northern California as ATSF #301 leads the San Francisco Chief on the last leg of its journey thru Hercules and on to Richmo... (more)

ATSF 3751 passes by Calafia Beach on its southbound journey to San Diego

Santa Fe F7A 304L, wearing its new Yellow Warbonnet colors, leads Amtrak #778, an eastbound San Diegan (Los Angeles to San Diego). Built in October 1949, the 304L would be rebuilt as CF7 2... (more)