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For the first time in many months, ex ATSF CF7 #2627 returns to service on the Clinton Terminal, hauling a cut of scrap gons into Clinton. This engine had been "deadlined" for months pri... (more)

Was a sad end to the 2 Saginaw Rescar units

ATLT 2491 Spending the weekend in Geary Ok

one of a small army of locals that operated on the spider web of spurs east of Carlsbad each with sets of four CF7's and four exFunit slugs was passing Getty Junction on the way to one of the many... (more)

a Santa Fe yard crew comes around the connecting track passed Santa Fe Junction tower after making interchange with the MKT near downtown Dallas

Five of Santa Fe's homebuilt CF7's led a grain train through Torrance, CA. It was common on weekends when fewer switch units were needed in LA to through together a bunch to power an extra train d... (more)

RRVW 309 and 303 sit alone with a snowplow. Neither three have seen service for quite some time. The 303 hit a semi and is totalled Railroad: Red River Valley & Western
Locomotive: CF7
Location: Breckenridge, Minnesota, USA
Locomotive #: RRVW 309
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: February 12, 2012

Just starting out down the Minnesota Prairie Line, a pair of TCW units brings some hoppers and tanks to customers along the former Chicago & Northwestern line.

With seconds to spare, the MPLI local sees the last rays of light for the remainder of their trip to Norwood/Young America. They have a boxcar, buffer, and 24 loads of ethanol from Winthrop, MN i... (more)

A pair of former Santa Fe CF7's continue to survive a hundred or so miles away from where the ATSF Cleburne shops built them from F7A's. The are looking nice and clean and the silver horn is a nic... (more)

RRVW 309 and friends are parked up at Breckenridge MN, on a sunny Saturday morning in the Fall of 2011.

A close-up reveals the damage sustained after the 303 hit a semi and burst into flames near Davenport, ND. While the damage may not look severe, it has ended the career of this former ATSF F-unit... (more)

RRVW 303 was wrecked this past summer when it came in contact with a semi just north of here near Davenport, ND. The driver escaped with minor injuries. While damage looks minimal, as soon as ins... (more)