The phone rang far earlier than I had expected to notify me about our "stealth" departure from Williams. But that o-dark-thirty departure provided a bunch of us with this desert sunrise silhouett... (more)
On the last day of summer 2008, Santa Fe 4-8-4 3751 (along with a trio of Amtrak P42DCs) is on the point of train A9572 1-21A, the 24 car AAPRCO special heading from Los Angeles to San Diego. (Od... (more)
As the day before the AAPRCO special to San Diego draws to a close 3751's front end soaks up the last rays of Southern California sunlight before being backed to the 8th Street Yard for the night.
5:15 pm, July 21st, 2001 at the former Santa Fe Redondo Junction roundhouse San Bernardino Railroad Historical Society (SBRHS.org) crewmember Wolf Fengler is about to enter the smokebox of the for... (more)