THACKERVILLE OK October 1973 — Fellow railfan Ken Fitzgerald (at far left) has taken his shot and watches as Santa Fe GP38 3507 rolls south on its way to the Red River bridge with a Houston-boun... (more)

Santa Fe’s Q train out of Big Lift (Denver) utilizing Colorado’s Joint Line is about to cross the small trestle at mile 698.6 between Tomah and Larkspur, Colorado, on July 10, 1989. Santa Fe E... (more)

ATSF 2-10-2 1696 is assisting EMC E1 number 3 with train 17, the Super Chief, on rugged Raton Pass near Wootton in 1938. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A three unit FT set leads a 52 car southbound freight near Littleton Colorado in 1951. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

ATSF 139 leads an A-A-B-B consist of Superfleet scheme GP60Ms/GP60Bs on a 199 train, Santa Fe's hottest westbound trailer train between Chicago and Los Angeles. It's crossing the Vermillion River ... (more)

Superfleet scheme ATSF 553 hurries a stack train eastward toward Chicago just north of Ancona, IL on their double track speedway across Illinois, passing under a classic ATSF cantilever signal wit... (more)

ATSF 3706 receives some TLC at Needles California in 1933. The 4-8-2 has an eight car Chief in tow. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

GUTHRIE OK Sept 4 1978 — Santa Fe GP7 2795 is tied down at the station awaiting switching work. EMD built the unit (s/n 17450) in October 1952 and delivered it in silver/aluminum/white zebra str... (more)

AT&SF train number 20, The Chief, is seen at Needles California in 1933. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

AMARILLO TX Sept 11 1983 — Santa Fe GP7us 2208 and 2179 await an assignment at the engine facility. EMD built the unit as GP7 2740 (s/n 16384) in August 1952 and delivered it in zebra stripe pai... (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY OK (January) 1975 — ATSF F7A 275L gleams in the sun while pausing at Nowers Yard. EMD built the phase II unit in November-December 1953 (b/n 18923) and delivered it in blue with ch... (more)

BNSF hostlers ride point as the Santa Fe Bicentennial SD45-2 that will eventually go to the Southern California Railway Musuem, heads to Hobart Yard, where it will ride along on a baretable train ... (more)

Retired Santa Fe way car (a caboose for most of us) ATSF 999945 has taken on a second life as a yard office at Kaiser, the yard serving (surprisingly enough) Kaiser Steel Industries in Fontana, on... (more)

A trio of switchers await the call to duty at the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's Hobart Yard, not far from downtown Los Angeles. These three SW9s – ATSF 2423, 2425 and 2428 – are among ... (more)

Santa Fe run-through power, led by AT&SF GE B23-7 No. 6370, pulls Conrail’s ELSF freight into a lowering sun at New Carlisle, Indiana, on September 10, 1988.