Nice orange and green set power the Superior-Minot manifest west at Borea, WI (south of Superior).
We can only dream of what Santa Fe passenger trains may have looked like in the modern era. This is a special for Trailer Train execs, click Railroad: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (ATSF)Locomotive: GE B40-8W (Dash 8-40BW)Location: Knoxville, Illinois, USALocomotive #: ATSF 511Train ID: QWSLAPhoto Date: March 31, 1995
Triple Crown eases into Danville account red signals ahead at Danville Jct. The connection to KB&S's former Milwaukee "Southeastern" line slides downhill to the left.
Popping out of the morning shadows, an eastbound hotshot on the flyover at Rock Creek Junction heads towards the Marceline sub.
Who needs Daytona in February when you have the Santa Fe & sunshine in Illinois?
Santa Fe's last summer. Based on the shadows and # of locomotives (hp/ton), I'd guess this is the QNYLA, the hottest of the hots.
Just days before becoming another fallen flag, Uncle John enters eastward into the canyon over bridge #1.
This is the longest tunnel in the US at 41152ft. long.
ATSF 540 heads west with a "Q" train through Lemont, having just begun its journey.
BNSF 510, NREX 8695
A patched ATSF B40-8W sits in the fuel racks in Cicero. After a quick check over, the units will be released and ready to head back west with yet another load of tonnage.
Train 214 crosses the Potomac with an unusual consist.
Guaranteed Service Intermodal Train from St. Paul, MN - Los Angeles, CA.
A westbound leaves Stevenson, with an interesting consist of a Dash 8-40BW, an NREX SD40T-2, and a BN green SD40-2.
