The Rio Puerco River was running muddy as Santa Fe Train 1, San Francisco Chief, crossed it westbound on Aug. 8, 1970, after leaving Albuquerque, about 34 miles back.

Fireman’s view from eastbound flagship Train 20, "The Chief," as it meets westbound Train 23, "The Grand Canyon," climbing the Colorado side of Raton Pass near Gallinas on May 10, 1967. Raton ... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

WP 921D during test run in Portola Ca.

A rare EMD CF7 still wearing its York paint scheme leads a train west out of York. With G&W now owning the engines and bringing in their own equipment, who knows if these engines are living on bor... (more)

A sextet of MILW F units backs a train from Portland into Tide Flats Yard at Tacoma. The B units are slugs and the double ABA set was commonly used to handle the steep hill on Tacoma's south side.... (more)

BLE EMD F7(A) sitting at Kaylor, PA which was the last remaining portion of the Western Allegheny Railroad. A Bob Yanosey, from my Collection.

For two days crews have been cleaning up the aftermath of a derailment near Tolland, just east of the Moffat Tunnel. Now, on January 30, 1966, F7A 5741 and 5744 ease down the 2 percent at Coal Cre... (more)

WICT 901 trundles along at 10 mph just east of Avalon, WI with a test train for Fox Lake, IL. This line is in much better shape today and Avalon is home to a large grain trans-loading facility.

On a blustery April 4, 1966, F7A 5734 and a companion shove hard at Simms Street in Arvada, boosting a freight toward the distant mountains. In about 43 miles, at the Moffat Tunnel’s East Portal... (more)

One year after the merger creating the Burlington Northern, NP’s former “North Coast Limited” Train 26 is eastbound near Willow Creek, Montana, with two repainted F units. BN units 9824, 98... (more)

Westbound BN Train 25, former “North Coast Limited,” was cresting Homestake Pass, Mont. on March 21, 1971, next stop would be Butte. Two ex-NP F units have been painted BN.

Bessemer & Lake Erie F7A and B #717 working on the Illinois Central. During periods of lower traffic volumes, the Bessemer leased some of these units to other carriers, on whose tracks they roam... (more)

WICT 901 leads a test train from Janesville, WI to Fox Lake, IL. This line is now an important part of the WSOR system.

Back when Cleburne was the place to be another local eases out of town with Fs in their next to last incarnation, at least of John Santa Fe.