Santa Fe’s 991 train curves over the bridge spanning I-55 (Stevenson Highway) and is about to cross the Illinois Central and enter Corwith Yard at Corwith, Illinois, on February 9, 1991. Not muc... (more)

Hot 991
Led by a trio of new GE B40-8Ws, Santa Fe’s hot 991 train hurries toward Chicago approaching Streator, Illinois, on May 2, 1992.

Early on a beautiful spring morning, a Santa Fe 991 train rumbles downhill at Glen Frazer after exiting tunnel 3.

A Santa Fe 991 train thunders out of the Caliente Creek Narrows with a long string of pigs bound for Chicago.

After meeting a westbound Santa Fe manifest, a hot 991 train continues its climb up the pass as it departs Woodford siding.

Five locomotives, four models, two builders, one railroad ... An eastbound Santa Fe freight is just six miles from the summit of its crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains as it pops out of one of th... (more)

At sunrise on a Saturday in June 1992, a hot 991 train hustles past the west switch at Orwood, CA, with the Coast Range visible far in the distance. This the heart of the San Joaquin Delta.

Three warbonnet GP60Ms lead a Santa Fe 991 train through Antioch, CA, just as the suns comes up over the horizon. To the right of the hotshot is Sando siding, where many a meet was made between Sa... (more)

Roaring uphill at track speed, a Santa Fe 991 train approaches the east portal of tunnel 3, the longest on the entire railroad. Surrounding the right of way are the beauties of Franklin Canyon, a ... (more)

On the morning of October 5, 1985, Santa Fe 8020 East accelerates out of Avon after coming off the Franklin Canyon grade. The train is a 54-car 991 bound for Chicago. In the distance is the tall s... (more)

Led by a 3,000-hp SF30C, built using a U36C to start with, a Santa Fe 991 train roars through the reverse curves of Cable on Tehachapi Pass. The double track that starts at Cable's west switch con... (more)

A Santa Fe 991 train fights curvature and a 1.0 percent grade as it roars uphill toward tunnel 3. All around is grass and stubble that's been bleached by the sun, and will dominate the landscape t... (more)

Early on a Saturday morning, a hot 991 train rolls off the summit in Franklin Canyon as it negotiates an S-curve at Glen Frazer, CA.

Santa Fe's hot eastbound TOFC train runs through drizzle and mist behind an A-A-B-A-A combination of EMD and GE road switchers.

Threading a cut east of Marcel, a Santa Fe 991 train powered by four-axle Dash 8s roars upgrade toward the string of short tunnels that will take it to Cable. Symbol 991 was one of Santa Fe's hott... (more)