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  1. ATSF 999727 Williams AZ

    ATSF 999727 Williams AZ

    This beautifully painted caboose is on display in front of Max and Thelma's restaurant at the Williams, AZ station. Photo taken on August 27, 2007.
  2. BNSF Semaphore in NM

    BNSF Semaphore in NM

    This is one of seven semaphores I saw still in operation just north of Las Vegas, NM on August 30, 2007. There may have been others that I did not see. Photo was taken by my son Steven Thorn.
  3. Stone Avenue in La Grange

    Stone Avenue in La Grange

    A westbound mixed freight approaches Stone Avenue station along the BNSF with an ex-ATSF B40-8 leading the way. September 2000, La Grange Illinois.
  4. BNSF 6855 North

    BNSF 6855 North

    BNSF 6855 North on the UP Choctaw sub.
  5. Anxious to start work.

    Anxious to start work.

    GP60M's 105 & 106 await pick-up by their owner after being dropped off at the small McCook, IL Santa Fe yard by the IHB. It's June 1990 and the ugly pumpkin does not apply.
  6. ATSF 289 In 1973

    ATSF 289 In 1973

    Santa Fe F9 289 and several F7's lead a Westbound freight through Joliet, Illinois on a clear Fall day.
  7. ATSF 314 In 1973

    ATSF 314 In 1973

    Santa Fe F7 314 and 5 B units lead an Eastbound freight through Joliet, Illinois on a rather overcast evening. This unit has seen better days but it's still a good Santa Fe memory with classic and long gone semaphores.
  8. ATSF 999810

    ATSF 999810

    YODER EXCURSION TRAIN
  9. ATSF 311 In 1973

    ATSF 311 In 1973

    F7 311 leads a Westbound freight through Joliet Illinois in October, 1973. This unit was leased to Amtrak in June of 1971 and returned to the Santa Fe when Amtrak started to get it's own power.
  10. ATSF 332 In 1973

    ATSF 332 In 1973

    F7 332 leads an Eastbound freight through Joliet Illinois on a very overcast evening in August of 1973. For people familiar with this ares, this shot begs a question - what is he doing on the ex-GM&O track? Only the dispatcher could answer that one. I'm not sure how many of these...
  11. Former ATSF A Yard San Bernardino

    Former ATSF A Yard San Bernardino

    Looking northeast from the Mt. Vernon Overpass in San Bernardino, CA, the former ATSF "A" Yard and Shops Complex is seen with the San Bernardino Mountains in the background in 1986. About the only thing that looks the same today are the mountains!
  12. BNSF 2531

    BNSF 2531

    Geep 35
  13. Kodachrome X 4

    Kodachrome X 4

    I'll have to research the date, but I do remember meeting Joe McMillan (McMillan Publishing)at this location, so I knew something special was coming. (I have a shot of Joe's cars somewhere, it had the plate # "SPSF") We both set up on the northwest corner of the McCook diamond. I've...
  14. How Sweet it Was

    How Sweet it Was

    Four ATSF GP60s take a hotshot through Crozier Canyon, Arizona in July 1995. This was the last of 13 trains I caught at this spot in about three hours.
  15. Once the Glory Days are Gone

    Once the Glory Days are Gone

    Local traffic around Willow Springs and Lemont once warranted a yard here at the end of the Argonne Branch. However, the decline of local traffic and the building of nearby Willow Springs yard most likely resulted in the dismantling of Argonne Yard. Here, extended vision caboose no...
  16. BNSF Heritage

    BNSF Heritage

    A BNSF "heritage" unit leads the pack on a long stack train pulling out of Esperanza siding.
  17. Highlight of the trip

    Highlight of the trip

    ATSF 91 and 98 lead a pig train at Cadiz, CA
  18. Speed

    Speed

    Santa Fe caboose at Hackberry, Arizona in June 1988.
  19. Williams, AZ 1996

    Williams, AZ 1996

    The Q train for Phoenix passes the AOE in front of the station at Williams, AZ.
  20. A Santa  Fe sunset

    A Santa Fe sunset

    A santa fe sunset. a classic ATSF searchlight and bnsf gp50 are shiloutted by a brilliantly colored sunset as the last minute of daylight fade away on the first day without daylight saving....


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