An eastbound Santa Fe freight crosses over itself as it winds around the famous Tehachapi Loop on its climb from the San Joaquin Valley to the summit in the town of Tehachapi. Santa Fe SD45 5596,... (more)

Making its entrance into Abo Canyon, New Mexico at 3:10 pm, a 74-car eastbound Santa Fe manifest crosses the first of several bridges in the canyon.

An eastbound 60-car Santa Fe manifest crosses the first bridge that it will encounter in Abo Canyon. In the next few miles, it will travel through one of the most scenic areas on the Santa Fe syst... (more)

Recently shopped ABBA set of SD45u's at San Bernardino. SD45u 5375/SD45Bu 5502/SD45Bu 5501/SD45u 5376.

A westbound Santa Fe manifest charges uphill out of Seligman.

ATSF 5655 painted in pre 1972 color scheme leads a westbound manifest through Winona.

Santa Fe 809 was leading Denver to Barstow train HDVBA westbound through Valentine, AZ.

Caboose 999714 almost new in this photo from 1979. BNSF still uses it as a shoving platform at Topeka Ks. as of last year.

A westbound Santa Fe intermodal train crosses the Colorado River at Topock.

A Santa Fe Local on the Clarkdale Branch Horse shoe curve. This is now the Verde Canyon Railway. This photo was taken from my friend Dons Airplane

6314 East descends Edelstein hill near Chillicothe Illinois.

One could always find interesting power along the Santa Fe. The Fourth of July, '96, found SF30C 9514 leading a B23-7, F45 and Dash9 44CW racing across the Mississippi River bottom lands with a we... (more)

An ABBBA set of F7s leads a train out of Dearborn Station in Chicago, IL. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

ATSF 999243 brings up the rear of a string of intermodal trailers as they pass under the semaphores at Joliet. Tom Golden photo.

A Santa fe westbound pulls out onto the Canyon Diablo Bridge while making a set out at the Canyon Diablo siding. Note the pilings in the canyon from past bridges. Photo taken from my friend Don... (more)