Santa Fe, AT&SF SD40u 5018 -B40-8 7415 -B30-7AB 4013 -FP45 5954, with an eastbound freight at Bridge 1, in Abo Canyon, New Mexico. April 14, 1997. Jack D Kuiphoff photo ©

HEMAN OK May 15 1978 -- An SD40-2, SD45-2 and SD26 hold the main line on the Transcon route in Northwest Oklahoma.

I just like the basic 40 a little better due to the balance of the whole thing. Drop a -2 cabinet in there and you've got a really great locomotive.

John Santa Fe only owned 20 of the "basic" SD-40s. They came early in the production run and were always aesthetic favorites of mine due to their balance. Here one battles upgrade on an eastboun... (more)

Santa Fe Barstow to Watson yard "Wilmington Turn" climbing Monoco Hill at MP 17 in Lawndale, CA