A quartet of SD39's accelerate heading Westbound while negotiating the balloon track at the East end of the W. Colton Yard.

A Roger Puta Photograph

LA JUNTA CO June 17 1979 -- The La Junta engine facility was a great location to drive into and out of quickly while taking pictures of select subjects. A white hard hat was also useful. This shot... (more)

The Guilford Transportation Industries gray and orange paint scheme was considered by many to be a downgrade from the Maine Central gold, Boston & Maine blue, and D&H lightning stripe schemes that... (more)

Three of the Santa Fe’s twenty relatively uncommon SD39’s lead a westbound coal train past a classic windmill in Watrous, new Mexico. It appeared that the SD39’s were assigned to the Raton S... (more)

A six-unit set of Santa Fe power shuffles around the yard in Trinidad Colorado.

LA JUNTA CO March 11 1980 -- A Santa Fe SD39 (a Locotrol master) leads a train on a mostly cloudy day. Note multiple antennas on the 4012 and exhaust smoke from mid-train slave units.

Pictured is a funeral train of sorts, taken in Salt Lake City on Nov. 6, 1999. Twelve locomotives, retired from Union Pacific's active roster are pictured on a light engine move to Boise, Idaho. W... (more)

Guilford, dealing with a worn-out, under-maintained fleet of diesels inherited from The D&H, the B&M, and the Maine Central, started looking to outside sources for used bargains to supplement the ... (more)

A Dakota and Iowa empty grain unit train is westbound near Beresford, SD . The D & I received the train from the BNSF at Sioux City. The train moved North on the D & I to Hawarden, IA and then ... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe freight passes through Basta, in western Fullerton, California, in October 1985. Lead engine SD39 1559 was built in May 1969 as ATSF 4001.

Not sure if DRGW actually owned this pair of exSP SD39's being used by a gravel outfit in Commerce City but no lettering other than DRGW present? Only pair of SD 39's ever painted in DRGW paint.

Early in the morning, SD39 No. 1924 rolls down the ladder performs switching duties. Note that there's nobody in the cab.

At sunset, an ex-Santa Fe SD39 works cars near the yard tower.

SP 5316 East blasts out of tunnel 9 onto the Loop as it battles the tortuous grade. Although SP had only 26 SD39s, they were a main player on Tehachapi and Cajon in the late 60s and throughout the... (more)