Good old days when work allowed some extracurricular excursions in the old stomping grounds. I haven't been back since they added more track except to fly over.
Ex-2268 built by ATSF in 1949, rebuilt in 1976 according to atsf.railfan.net.
Photo by Tony Lanier, from my collection.
Photo by Ryan Ballard, from my collection.
Santa Fe's hot 991 train crosses the Alhambra Viaduct in Martinez, California.
I would have liked to hear these pulling a big train. Photo by F. David Petke. From my collection.
Photo by Tony Lanier. From my collection.
No dynamic brakes, a dead giveaway that this is a ex-TP&W unit. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.
FLAGSTAFF AZ July 6 1986 — Santa Fe GP35u 2904 awaits its next assignment. EMD built the unit in August 1956 as GP35 1404 and delivered it with a blue body and yellow ends (bookends). In the Mar... (more)
Photo by Tony Vanier. From my collection.
Photo by unknown. From my collection.
ATSF 2-10-2 936 is seen shoving eastbound on the west side of Raton Pass, while Santa Fe 2-10-2s 1705 and 3811 are seen in the distance leading. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
AT&SF mail train number 7 hustles at 70 MPH, with 16 cars, east of Newton Kansas, on August 21st 1958. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.