The obsolete coaling tower looms over a Louisville & Nashville train hauling pulpwood in Flomaton, Alabama, on January 27th, 1973. The lead engine is F9A 556, built by EMD in December 1956 as L&N... (more)
Month-old Santa Fe SD26 4659 rounds the Tehachapi Loop as it descends the crossing of the Tehachapi Mountains in southern California on June 23rd, 1973. Originally built as Santa Fe 959 in May 19... (more)
A typical mid-'70s Southern Pacific lash-up - a trio of SD45s and a U33C - pass the Colton Tower, which controls the crossing of the SP and the Santa Fe (over which the Union Pacific has trackage ... (more)