SD75M 8266, already lettered and numbered in anticipation of the merger with BN. leads SD45-2 5801 and an SD40-2 into the yard at Belen with an eastbound intermodal.

BELEN NM Sept 10 1983 — Santa Fe SD40u 5010 is tied down next to what is left of the roundhouse. EMD built the unit (s/n 32046) in April 1966 as ATSF 1710 and delivered it in Bookends livery wit... (more)

Quality Intermodal stack train from Chicago, IL to San Bernardino, CA exits Abo Canyon, NM and curves towards Belen, NM for its next crew change.

AT&SF train number 10, The Navajo, is seen arriving at Belen New Mexico on December 5th 1937. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 2-10-4s 5034 and 5030 lead a 62 car freight, east of Belen New Mexico, in 1946. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

BELEN NM Sept 10 1983 — Santa Fe SD45-2 5627 poses for a roster shot. The unit was delivered in May 1972. In April 1987 it was rebuilt as a B unit and renumbered to SD45-2B 5857. Morrison Knudse... (more)

An eleven car Grand Canyon Limited, ATSF train 24, is seen at Belen New Mexico on April 6th 1940. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

A 2-10-2 and an EMD FT set are leading 99 cars, east of Belen New Mexico, in 1947. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 4099 and ATSF 5029 are in charge of a 65 car freight east of Belen, on September 2nd 1946. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 2342 is seen at Belen, NM, in 1994.

As the sun sets across the valley, an east bound stack train takes a breather from climbing the grade outside of Abo Canyon.

BNSF 9201 is leading a manifest train west bound. Here on the west side of Abo Canyon an east bound stack train awaits a signal to proceed through the canyon, as the sun sets on the valley.

A former Santa Fe Doodlebug rests in a small park in Belen. Built in 1932, this unit was used in commuter service between Albuquerque and Belen during the 30s and 40s and between Clovis and Carlsb... (more)

A BNSF yard job stretches a cut of trailers past the Belen Harvey House Museum. Once part of an extensive network of hotels and restaurants throughout the Santa Fe, this museum is now owned by the... (more)

Four BNSF westbound trains wait at the diesel service fuel racks before departing Belen.