NEEDLES CA Sept 8 1983 -- Santa Fe GP40X 3802 and GP50 3836 are ready for work. The EMD GP40Xs were the testbed for the manufacture of the GP50 line.

MOBERLY MO Sept 16 1979 -- Norfolk & Western C30-7 8036, handling the head end of a mixed freight, has stopped just past mile post 148 .

WEATHERFORD OK Sept 19 1976 -- Rock Island GP7R 4432 leads a Central Oklahoma Railfan Club fan trip. The train is sitting in Weatherford while the crew and fans have lunch at a local restaurant. T... (more)

EAST OF WEATHERFORD OK Sept 19 1976 -- Rock Island GP7R 4432 crosses over East Main Street just before going under Interstate 40 east of Weatherford OK. The Central Oklahoma Railfan Club fan trip ... (more)

HYDRO OK April 19 1976 -- Oklahoma State Representative and Rock Island Engineer Jim Townsend is at the controls of CRIP 4432 GP7R as it sways while powering a Central Oklahoma Railfan Club fan tr... (more)

El RENO OK September 19 1976 -- The Central Oklahoma Railfan Club operated a fan trip West out of El Reno to Clinton and return. Here, CRIP GP7R 4432 prepares to depart the El Reno station with fa... (more)

St LOUIS MO Aug 2 1976 -- The Screaming Eagles Web site indicates unit 77 is, "A MoPac created GP16, wearing the shell of an RS-11."

EL RENO OK Jan 2 1978 -- With shut down of the Rock Island looming GP40 357 awaits its fate while tied down at the shops.

GRANITE WY Oct 19 1977 -- What I suspect is a ballast train makes it way under Wyoming skies. Utahrails.net records that SD40-2 3392 was delivered in April 1977.

GRAND JUNCTION CO March 8 1980 -- The Rio Grande Zephyr makes a station stop for passengers, crew change and servicing.

AMBOY CA July 5 1986 -- SD40-2 5175 leads a TPFC-COFC train.

CASTLE GATE UT Aug 9 1981 -- I'm on my way back to Norman OK from vacation in Vancouver WA when I caught the east bound Rio Grande Zephyr. Note the green and white suburban in the background off t... (more)

EMPORIA KS May 2 1982 -- Santa Fe GP39-2 3612 and seven other units, includint the smoke-belching U23B 6308, head into the sun under a dawn sky.

OKLAHOMA CITY OK Jan 1975 -- Santa Fe GP38 3551 and its crew await clearance to begin the day's work under stormy skies at mile post 382.

RIO PUERCO NM Sept 11 1980 -- Amtrak SDP40F 506 leads the Southwest Limited under New Mexico skies on Santa Fe's Transcon. When Amtrak took over the train from Santa FE it retained its Super Chief... (more)