Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe GP30s 3200 (ex-ATSF 1200) and 3213 (ex-ATSF 1213) at San Bernardino, California, on August 29, 1981.
Santa Fe train 804 tries to outrun impending storms as it knocks down the semaphore at Wagon Mound, New Mexico. With just six cars, 804 wasn’t a profitable run on this day.
A Roger Puta Photograph
ATSF 4003 brings an inspection train thru McCook, IL in August of 1988.
New ballast has had no effect on leveling the siding at Levy, New Mexico. Here a 73-car eastbound freight rocks and rolls its way out of the siding after getting a clear signal.
MELROSE NM Sept 10 1983 -- Santa Fe SD45-2 5660 leads a mixed freight with welded-rail cars toward the head end. Note dents in 5660's fuel tank.
The buildings and trees to the left of engine 5126 are on the old US 66. A Roger Puta Photograph
Pushing on caboose 999584. A Roger Puta Photograph
The San Francisco Peaks are in the background. A Roger Puta Photograph
The Tehachapi Mountains in the distance. A Roger Puta Photograph
Freshly painted for the failed SPSF merger SF 5401 was sitting at Santa Fe's Hobart yard diesel facility.
Exhibiting an “open door” policy most likely caused by overheating on a warm May day, Santa Fe SD45R 5329 leads a westbound train drifting downgrade out of Bealville.
CLOVIS NM Sept 3 1984 -- Santa Fe C30-7 8052 and four other units accelerate out of Clovis on their eastward trek with a TOFC train.
