Santa Fe tried many combinations of locomotives to pull it's York Canyon, NM to Kaiser Steel in Fontana, CA coal trains, often in solid sets. One of the last combos they used was six of their ten ... (more)
Union Pacific’s SD45’s always appealed to me, with their flared radiators and two-digit numbers in a fleet that numbered in the thousands. Unfortunately, they eluded me in my few visits to the... (more)
A 991 train roars upgrade toward tunnel 3 as it heads east through the valley east of the long bore. On the point is a GP40X, one of 10 Santa Fe took delivery of. The 991 was one of the hottest tr... (more)
Santa Fe GP40X No. 3807 leads an eastbound manifest near the west end of Cable on Tehachapi Pass. According to one engineer, these could be troublesome unit to run. Despite that, railfans liked th... (more)