The early morning sun greets former Santa Fe Doodlebug M190 on display in Belen, New Mexico.

History at ABQ - Santa Fe 2926. More than 20 years since it was pulled out of a local park in Albuquerque, New Mexico and moved to the New Mexico Steam Locomotive and Railroad Historical So... (more)

As a severe thunderstorm begins to clear the Dalies area and heads south towards Socorro, it displays a rainbow with dramatic storm clouds. BNSF 5345 and BNSF 7687 are tied down with a welded rai... (more)

While the man attraction of the Raton pass line is the semaphores, another disappearing element of the railroad fabric that lingers on Raton is the code line. Some code lines remain, but the numbe... (more)

AMTK 22 passes the semaphores at WSS Levy

The Southwest Chief runs past semaphores at Springer, New Mexico.

AMTK 183 leads the eastbound Southwest Chief passed ESS Colmor

The Southwest Chief splits the semaphores at Springer, New Mexico.

AMTK 23 passes WSS Wagon Mound with original Santa Fe semaphores

AMTK 22 leads the eastbound 4 through the Semaphores at WSS Levy.

Southwest Chief 4 lead by P42 183 passes through ESS Ojita

Eastbound Southwest Chief 4 splits the semaphores at MP 706, just south of Springer, NM.

An eastbound Santa Fe manifest exits the confines of Abo Canyon, New Mexico. The SD40-2 leader has an extended short hood, or “snoot”, to house Locotrol communications equipment. Locotrol was ... (more)

Southwest Chief ... not too terribly late ... rips along just having passed the tracks that hosted (until about a year ago) the Escalante Western.

The 904 West comes sailing down Abo Canyon in single track days. The area, a choke point on the Transcon, was double-tracked some ten years ago.