A northbound train of empties with mixed Santa Fe and Burlington Northern power passes through Spruce, Colorado.

Northbound empties roll on the Joint Line at Larkspur, Colorado. A Santa Fe C30-7 conforms to the BN mold of SD40-2/U30C/C30-7 power for Powder River coal trains.

Two Santa Fe SD40-2’s give an assist to a southbound Burlington Northern coal train on Colorado’s Joint Line. Here they cross the Santa Fe-branded trestle at Larkspur.

After shooting a southbound Santa Fe train on the bridge at Larkspur, Colorado, we dropped down to roa... (more)

Crossing perhaps the most-photographed railroad bridge in Colorado, a southbound Santa Fe manifest passes through Larkspur, Colorado.

An Atypical Joint Line Coal Train

A lone Santa Fe GP20 rolls a single coal hopper, most likely a bad-order repair, through Larkspur, Colorado. This consist is quite a bit smaller t... (more)

An eastbound freight, led by ATSF GP60 4019, meets restored Santa Fe F7A 347C, owned by the California State Railroad Museum. The recently restored F-Unit is on loan for production of a promotiona... (more)

Freshly unveiled earlier in the day, ATSF 108 pauses for a photograph before returning to the Diesel Shop for the night. This was 108's first day of operation after a 6 year restoration by museum ... (more)

In the late afternoon, a Santa Fe local sits on the railway’s Fourth District in Tustin, California. GP35 3308 is busy switching industries near the Marine Corps Air Station Tustin. MCAS Tusti... (more)

Santa Fe CF7 2449 leads two other CF7s past the depot at Salina KS June 1979. Steven W. Kindschy Photo from my Collection.

Santa Fe train #891 is cutting thru the desert landscape between Needles and the Colorado River bridge.

We're enjoying the show atop Tunnel 9 as nine Santa Fe units bring a manifest out of Tunnel 8 and around the Tehachapi Loop. I recall the sounds of the SD's from this vantage point were pretty de... (more)

The crew on Santa Fe train #971 gives our photo line the eye as they roll into Mojave shortly after sunrise. We're headed to the Loop where the cloudbank on the other side of the mountains would r... (more)

A westbound Santa Fe train is shown descending the grade between Walong and Woodford, CA.

Santa Fe CF7 2425 at Fort Worth TX January 1979. The 2425 was built as ATSF F7A 261L in August 1951 and was rebuilt into a CF7 in January 1978. This unit was retired in September 1984 and eventual... (more)