A fifty eight car freight is westbound near Eads Colorado in 1950. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

During the mid-1950s, cab units ruled Southern's main line as seen in this November 1955 view near Austell, Georgia with Train 153 rolling east with a quartet of F7s in charge. Photo by R.D. Sha... (more)

D&RGW F7 5594 and mates lead a 92 car westbound freight near Palmer Lake Colorado on October 20th 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

The 315 "yellowbonnet" was one of the 74 passenger F-units which had been leased to Amtrak for its trains operating on the Santa Fe. When the lease terminated, the units were converted... (more)

After wintering on an industrial siding in Kolbe, Illinois, the BUGX F7's are on the move again, being handed off by the KJRY to the Tazewell & Peoria railroad. A TZPR SW10 shoves the 2 units tow... (more)

Led by F7s 4266 and 4268, a 470 Railroad Club special passes the old Glen Jackson train station in Bartlett, NH. The special is bound for North Conway after making the trip up the Mountain Subdivi... (more)

The 470 Railroad Club's annual excursion snakes through the Gateway in Crawford Notch State Park in Carroll, NH. Leading the train is the 470's own former B&M F7s 4266 and 4268. The train is on it... (more)

C means it was the third unit of the 347 consist. I wonder where the others are now...

BN 9790 pokes its nose out of the diesel shop at Auburn, WA, a former Northern Pacific facility located between Seattle and Tacoma. A close look shows that this former BN passenger F7 still wears ... (more)

Santa Fe had visions of a company museum, and was wise enough to hang onto a variety of locomotives with that in mind. It never happened, of course, and the collection was donated to the Californ... (more)

Amtrak Empire Builder power sits at Harrison St., Minneapolis between assignments. AMTK 101 is former BN 9774, originally NP 6508C built in April 1949.

Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad's B&O F7A No. 722 pauses on the bridge over the South Branch of the Potomac River in Moorefield, WV.

The Santa Fe still lives on in the Museum these days.

A 470 Railroad Club excursion rolls past Hussey's Field in Conway with 4266 and 4268 on the Conway Scenic Railroad.

4266 and 4268 are seen descending the grade here at the Frankenstein Trestle. The two veteran B&M F7s, now owned by the 470 Railroad club, are in the lead of the club's annual excursion on the Con... (more)