An eastbound Santa Fe freight crosses over itself as it winds around the famous Tehachapi Loop on its climb from the San Joaquin Valley to the summit in the town of Tehachapi. Santa Fe SD45 5596,... (more)
The early morning overcast is beginning to break up as an eastbound Santa Fe freight splits from the original 1883 mainline, with a 3% grade, to head up the 1913-built mainline – with a gentler ... (more)
A pair of Santa Fe FP45s, recently repainted in the revived red and silver "Superfleet" paint scheme (a modern variation of the road’s classic "Warbonnet" scheme) have a four... (more)
Santa Fe SD40-2 5023 was but two months old when photographed on the point of an eastbound freight in Fullerton, California, in January 1978. This engine has a 123" long nose in order to hou... (more)
The 800s were new and while everyone else was chasing the 3751, I was nailing the new warbonnets all around. Here this eastbound was stopped to set out some cars at West Jct. and was moving back ... (more)
Santa Fe SD45-2 5692 leads an eastbound freight through the town of Tehachapi CA. In another twenty or so miles, this train will diverge off the Southern Pacific's Tehachapi Division and be back ... (more)
Santa Fe SD45-2 5627 makes a stop for a crew change at San Bernardino, California.