In the mid-1970s, Santa Fe rebuilt three Alco RSD15s with EMD components and dubbed them CRSD20 diesels. These were used on the hump at the railroad's massive new yard in Barstow, California, whi... (more)

A Santa Fe westbound manifest smokes it up as it departs Barstow, California, behind GP50 3813 on November 9, 1985. The trailing units include a U36C, an SD45 and an SD45-2.

With plenty of horsepower, UP 79 proceeds east through California's Afton Canyon between Yermo and Kelso with two DD35As, one DD35B and a GE U50C.

Pretty new C30-7 8034 and sister 8026 idles at the old Barstow engine facilities, in the background U36C 8705, built 1972, rebuilt 12/85 to SF30C ATSF 9515.

A westbound loaded ethanol train snakes its way into Barstow on a hot summer day in the high desert.

A westbound load of Utah coal meets an eastbound BNSF intermodal train departing Barstow Yard.

Santa Fe SD75Ms Nos. 202 and 234 sit in a shop building, waxed and polished for their trip tomorrow on the point of BNSF's Super Bowl Special.

A worker at the LMIT fuels Dash 9 No. 697.

After being waxed and polished, SD75Ms Nos. 234 and 202 are ready to pull BNSF's Super Bowl special the next morning.

Shortly after sunrise, a westbound intermodal train comes off the Needles Sub and skirts the old yard on its way to a crew change.

Just after sunrise, a UP eastbound skirts Barstow Yard on one of the two main line tracks.

A westbound H SLABAR slowly moves into Barstow Yard as the "golden hour" starts to kick in.

A Clovis, NM to Long Beach, CA stack train slowly approaches track work at Barstow where they will make a crew change for the last leg of this train's trip.

Santa Fe gathered all five of its Centennial-painted SD45-2's together for a group photo at Barstow, Calif. on Dec. 21, 1976. This portrait was taken from the yard's "High Tower." One of these... (more)