With its bell swinging high, Santa Fe 3751 shoves its train out of the Fullerton Railroad Museum spur track where it has been on display for an Amtrak safety event. This is 3751's first outing in ... (more)

UMBARGER TX Jan 23 1984 — Santa Fe SD40-2 5163 holds the main with a TOFC train on the Transcon. My photo.

The Grand Return. Five years after it last ran on the mainline, Santa Fe 3751 returned to the rails to great fanfare for an Amtrak safety event in Fullerton, CA following its 15 year rebuil... (more)

PURCELL OK (August) 1977 — Recently outshopped Santa Fe CF7 2448 leads a northbound mixed freight. The train is passing by the former engine facility which is to the right of photo. The roundhou... (more)

It’s a stark winter day in central Illinois as a westbound Santa Fe intermodal train, powered by five EMD GP60Ms, rolls west of Chillicothe on the short climb over Edelstein Hill on February 16,... (more)

Santa Fe EMD SD39 No. 1567 shines in the afternoon sun on the afternoon of September 1, 1991, at the railroad’s locomotive facility at Corwith Yard near Chicago, Illinois. Similar looking to the... (more)

DAVIS OK July 25 1979 — Santa Fe GP9u 2250 and GP30u 3276 approach the East 1750 Road road overpass on the south side of Davis as they power the southbound Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey ... (more)

Goodnight Moon

The moon rises over the east siding switch of Chapelle in one of the last fleeing days of these iconic signals. The 'Southern Infestation' of signals from Las V... (more)

Hot 991
Led by a trio of new GE B40-8Ws, Santa Fe’s hot 991 train hurries toward Chicago approaching Streator, Illinois, on May 2, 1992.

GAINESVILLE TX July 25 1979 — Santa Fe GP9u 2250 and GP30u 3276 power the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus Train on its journey from Oklahoma City to the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The ... (more)

With a fresh NS crew on board, train 26A (KCS I-DAAT) prepares to depart Meridian. Leading today's train is a Santa Fe Warbonnet, a rarity in 2022.

OKLAHOMA CITY OK Oct 16 1983 -- ATSF GP7u 1313 and stablemates are handling switching duties at Flynn Yard between I-240 and Moore. On March 26 1930, not far east of this location, the Wild Mary S... (more)

WAYNOKA OK (May) 1978 — Santa Fe U36C 8757 rolls past the slow-moving GP30 3235 eastbound on the Transcon. Note the crewman on the GP30 waving hello. I slept under the stars in a pickup bed alon... (more)

What was once ruling the rails of the Santa Fe between Chicago and LA during the heart of the Steam Age until the early 1950's rests in Locomotive Park, a park in historic downtown Kingman. Built ... (more)

Former Santa Fe Pacific #3415 is running its last season before its 15 year inspection takes it out of service. The locomotive has uncoupled from its train and the engineer acknowledges the brake... (more)