History at ABQ - Santa Fe 2926. More than 20 years since it was pulled out of a local park in Albuquerque, New Mexico and moved to the New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical So... (more)

Along a lonely seemingly unnamed road near I-25, I waited for the arrival of this southbound Rail Runner train. All the while keeping an eye out for critters with ill intent on their little minds.

Southwestern 3776 and 3910 sit in the interchange yard with the Union Pacific as a typical southwest desert dust storm blows through Deming, New Mexico.

You know my name. While BNSF no longer comes to the station in Santa Fe Railway Santa Fe, New Mexico, it is the present day domain Santa Fe Southern Railway. SFSR 07 (GP 7u, neé ATSF 2744 GP7) an... (more)

On a cool and stormy March afternoon, the RailRunner Express races through the canyon lands north of Rosario, New Mexico. This particular section of trackage was built in the 1970s, after the crea... (more)

The Rotary Train has exited the Narrows and is approaching the trestle across Wolf Creek.

Southwestern Railroad GP30u #2414 passes by the old cattle pens at Whitewater Jct., NM. These pens ave not been used since the early 1960s.

A trio of SD40 variants sit outside the engine house at the Watco owned Texas & New Mexico Railway in Eunice, New Mexico. WAMX 4216 was built as a CNW SD45, WAMX 4220 was built as a CNW SD45, and ... (more)

West of Hatch finds a westbound Southwestern train heading for Deming.

An interesting pair of older BNSF schemes is represented in this lashup of a warbonnet and executive scheme outside the Carlsbad yard engine house. This line was operated by the Southwestern Railr... (more)

Santa Fe Lives On in the Desert: For a period, the Southwestern Railroad in southern New Mexico utilized a fleet of ex Santa Fe GP30 locomotives to haul freight, a few of which even kept th... (more)

In all my years of railroading, I have never seen anything as incredible as three steam locomotives trying to break through the snow, ice and rock at windy point. The snow was as tall as the rotar... (more)

Early morning at the small Southwestern RR yard at Deming, finds a set of road power ready for a day's work. SW 3103 is an ex CIT lease unit.

North of Deming by about 30 miles is the Southwestern's small yard and shop at Hurley. Seen here is one of there ex ATSF GP30's in the company's new paint. This is the only unit painted like this.

Weed city....no weeds now! D&RGW Locomotive #315 chugs slowly toward the 28-car siding located just south of Lobato Trestle on the run to Cumbres Pass. Back in 1970, this site was used a... (more)