They will never look like this again. In what might possibly be their first revenue trip west C40-8W's 814, 842, 848, 844 are running elephant style, looking pristine. I'm not sure for the reason... (more)

It's a few months after the Burlington Northern, Santa Fe merger. Things still look and feel like nothing has happened on the Santa Fe. With a pure set of red and silver warbonnets in charge. But ... (more)

I can't think of much better than the memory of spending the day in Abo Canyon. Watching the Santa Fe parade roll by. While exploring the different picture options on the seven bridges. The Santa ... (more)

Santa Fe 9533 rush with a hot westbound into the LA basin. Meanwhile a eastbound pig train races eastbound toward Cajon Pass.

The beauty that was the Santa Fe, four locomotives all different. Rolling through the desert landscape, that has it's own unique beauty through out the route.

The Wyoming and Colorado was a fascinating railroad. Especially the way the line would loop back and forth to gain elevation. It made for some good exercise for the photographer climbing the hill... (more)

Steam Scenes publisher, photographer Nils Huxtable made special arrangements with the Utah Railway. To have their F45 9013 leaded up the Canyon. He was kind enough to let my dad know of the arrang... (more)

The closest I will ever get to shooting the Milwaukee Road is. Photographing two ex Milwaukee GP9's on a former Milwaukee Branch. The sun is low on the horizon as the two GP9's 101 and 102 venture... (more)

Back in the late eighties, early nineties. Santa Fe was really sold on the concept of B truck locomotives. The idea was with light hot shot trains, could really get up and fly. That I can't not ar... (more)

After many trips with my dad to California, Arizona, and New Mexico to photograph the Santa Fe. We start to explore some of the more obscure sections of the trans-con main line. The Crookton line ... (more)

Just into the LA basin out of Cajon Pass. We stumble across this train with two of the rarest locomotives on the Santa Fe roster. ATSF 1569, SD39 one of twenty of the models. And ATSF 5257, SDF40... (more)

Utah Railway 9007 pulls an empty coal train through Price River Canyon. The train will load at the Wildcat loadout.

The DVRVF Denver to Roseville was little a hot shot train. That ran much of the time with a pure set of GP60's in the mid 1990's. It made for a very good looking set of power. This one had SSW 968... (more)

CNW 8651, UP 9187, CNW 8727 head north with an empty coal train. Another CNW train heads south with a loaded train. The coal field a re a busy place. The CNW C44-9W's were bought with out air cond... (more)

I'm grateful for the memories and the photo's. Because that's all that's left of the the Wyoming and Colorado operation. All you find at this location now is abandon road bed, the tracks are torn ... (more)