Wagon Mound. The former Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad semaphore signals on the BNSF Railway Raton Sub are perhaps some of the most iconic signals that are still active today in No... (more)

The growing shadows at Bridge 4 in Abo Canyon, New Mexico are telling us that it’s time to begin the long hike back to the car. One last eastbound appeared before we left, a 35-car TOFC train le... (more)

A westbound 90-car Santa Fe manifest passes through Abo Canyon, New Mexico at Bridge 4.

Our longest hike into Abo Canyon included the opportunity to deal with several rain showers. Here a westbound Santa Fe 45-car manifest passes through one of them.

Three Santa Fe six-axles have no problem making track speed with a 22-car westbound TOFC train at 5:25 pm on May 15, 1985. They’re crossing Bridge 2 in Abo Canyon, New Mexico.

Marching down the New Mexico mainline of Southern Pacific comes a big 2-8-8-4, looking "right nice" with the cab behind the boiler, and real coal heaped high on that tall-sided tender ba... (more)

Denver & Rio Grande T-12 No. 168 gets serviced at Chama, New Mexico, on the evening of August 28, 2021. After service on Rio Grande for 55 years, the ten-wheeler spent 1938 to 2016 in Antlers Park... (more)

Amtrak's westbound Southwest Chief passes the lone semaphore at MP 847 making its way towards Albuquerque

Three GEs bring a westbound double-stack through the crossover at McCartys, NM. Somewhat strange is that second motor - UP 6219 - an ex-SP AC4400CW that has somehow found itself out on the Gallup ... (more)

Three former Santa Fe engines, BNSF 6764 BNSF 6958 and BNSF 136 idle near the yard office in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Santa Fe Southern GP7 07 was built by EMD in August 1952 as Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe 2744. The Santa Fe rebuilt it as a GP7u and numbered it ATSF 2234. It was eventually sold to the Texas-New ... (more)

Santa Fe seemed to derive more longevity out of its power than many roads - that yielded an interesting assortment of power. The road also seemed to have a fondness for four axle power that lasted... (more)

Storm Looming. While it is still sunny in the foreground, the horizon has a frightening tinge in Deming, New Mexico on July 19, 2020. Just before the rain started, Webb Rail's former New Y... (more)

An empty auto rack train moves east on the Santa Fe at Abo Canyon, New Mexico.