Santa Fe made a name for itself by running hot intermodal trains at high speeds from California to Illinois. Here we see one of these Z-trains (Z was Santa Fe's symbol for these high priority tra... (more)

A hot Santa Fe eastbound is led by GP50 3833, SD45-2 5858, SD40-2 5099 and C30-7 8157. Alray, Cajon Pass, California - April 18, 1992.

Williams sunset
An eastbound Santa Fe intermodal train is three miles east of Williams, Arizona, on the eve of April 19, 1990. In the background are signals for Williams Junction, the j... (more)

A Santa Fe local heads west under Division Street overpass at Lockport, Illinois, on October 12, 1985.

Storming through Darling
Santa Fe SD45 No. 5391 leads a large locomotive consist through the curve at Darling, Arizona, on the morning of April 19, 1990.

At 2:03 p.m., a Santa Fe westbound intermodal train is about to pass through Ransom, illinois, on a sunny May 10, 1986. Trailing lead SD40-2 No. 5136 are two SD45s, one of them in “SPSF mergerâ€... (more)

A Santa Fe local freight highballs Chillicothe, Illinois, on May 18, 1985. Freshly-painted General Electric U23B 6337 leads up the motive power.

Smoke 'em if you got 'em
The southbound Santa Fe Q-Train leaves Greenland, Colorado, on July 10, 1989. The lead F45 is coughing up smoke as the train heads for Palmer Lake on Coloradoâ€... (more)

With the sun setting over the San Joaquin Valley, Santa Fe 5979 East roars up the grade out of Edison, CA, and heads for Sandcut and Tehachapi Pass. The shape of the big windshields on the cowl is... (more)

On a snowless December 8, 1990, a girl takes her horse for a ride at the top end of Houlihan’s curve, west of Chillicothe, Illinois, on Santa Fe’s famed Edelstein Hill. Powering the eastbound ... (more)

After having climbed up the grade of Cajon Pass in a steady rainfall, this Eastbound Santa Fe Intermodal train greets the Sun and a Rainbow as it speeds toward Barstow.

Thunder over Palmer Lake
A Santa Fe GP20 on a weedsprayer train waits out a storm over Palmer Lake, Colorado. I don’t remember the exact exposure of this photo, but I set the lens to ... (more)

Santa Fe's only trio of B39's leads eastbound LA to Kansas City vehicle train 863 through Santa Fe Springs, CA

Can you smell the paint on them? Three one-month old GP40X units (can you tell how exited the 16-year-old me was to see them) lead train 168 through Colton Crossing and past Colton Tower on a day ... (more)

brand new Santa Fe 100 makes it's first eastbound trip out of Los Angeles, CA leading train 2-891 up Cajon Pass at Blue Cut, CA.