Just days out of General Electric’s Erie works on June 28, 1964, and showroom fresh, Southern Pacific U50 8500 simmers under the El Paso sun, about to lend its considerable 5,000 hp to a westbo... (more)

This station was designed by the same guy (Daniel Burnham) as Washington Union Station and many other famous buildings.

This station was designed by the same guy (Daniel Burnham) who designed the more famous Washington Union Station, and was built just one year prior to WUS. For being of the same era and of the sa... (more)

SP 4105, rebuilt GP20E, waits at El Paso for a new job

SP freight crossing the Rio Grande River at El Paso, second unit is a Southern engine

The Sunset Limited makes a stop in El Paso. After shooting this, i picked up a couple cheep Taco's from a local vender at the station.

El Paso streetcar. This line ran until 1974 and crossed into Juarez, Mexico.

Santa Fe F7s 246L-226B-246B-269B-260L pull down the main line beside the El Paso freight house to pick up some cars before heading north to Belen, New Mexico, with train #52.

Amtrak #1 at the El Paso, Texas Union Depot. This locomotive had been a regular on the "City of Hinkle" prior to Amtrak taking over passenger service. I got to see it once again while in Texas a... (more)

The 51 Santa Fe Mountain type locomotives were built by Baldwin between 1918 and 1924 and were the power of choice for long-distance passenger trains in the western states until engines with dr... (more)

A veteran Southern Pacific GS-4 backs down the Bataan Memorial Trainway which permits passage under the streets of El Paso.

Westbound Amtrak Train 1, Sunset Limited, technically numbered 421 on this April 8, 2003 day and led by two P42's, crosses the Rio Grande River after leaving El Paso, Texas station. Behind the c... (more)