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  1. Wrapped Around Stein's Hill

    Wrapped Around Stein's Hill

    Westbound Santa Fe freight led by U36C #8769 decends Cajon's steep 3% grade approaching Drawbar Flats in 1984 around Stein's Hill named for famed railroad photographer Richard Steinheimer.
  2. Santa Fe Blue and Yellow through Devore

    Santa Fe Blue and Yellow through Devore

    Santa Fe C30-7 #8090 leads a mixed freight down the 1st District in 1984 westbound through Devore in lower Cajon Pass.
  3. Wrapped Around Stein's Hill

    Wrapped Around Stein's Hill

    A westbound Santa Fe freight decends Cajon's steep 3% grade approaching Drawbar Flats in 1984 around Stein's Hill named for famed railroad photographer Richard Steinheimer.
  4. Santa Fe - Around the Loop

    Santa Fe - Around the Loop

    Santa Fe SD40-2 #5096 east emerges from Tunnel #9 at Walong for the trip around Tehachapi Loop in 1984.
  5. BNSF #7627 South @ Napavine, Washington

    BNSF #7627 South @ Napavine, Washington

    BNSF #7627 leads the M-TACPAS-1-11 south on Main #1 at Napavine, Washington on a sunny beautiful sunny summer day.. He has a heavy train and is slugging it out going south over the 1.1% grade. Here his is going about 5-10 mph here and is about to gain speed as he hits the flat area south of...
  6. BNSF #1600 @ Coast Engine and Equipment Co.

    BNSF #1600 @ Coast Engine and Equipment Co.

    Here BNSF #1600 is sitting with it's long hood removed for some reason.. It's getting worked on for something.. Anyone know what's it in for?? Also, is BNSF still the owner of this GP9??
  7. BNSF #9229 North at Evaline, Washington

    BNSF #9229 North at Evaline, Washington

    BNSF #9229 North at Avery Road W in Evaline, Washington. This is a coal train bound for the power plant at Centralia, Washington. The #9229 is bathing in the last light as the clouds are on the increase creating low light conditions.
  8. BNSF #8024 South @ Winlock, Wash.

    BNSF #8024 South @ Winlock, Wash.

    Burlington Northern Santa Fe #8024 South leads a loaded garbage train on it's way out to Roosevelt, Wash. landfill.. Notice that these 3 units are green and very difficult to get in 2007.. Also, #8024 does not have a snowplow, which is unusual for a road switcher like several of the BNSF...
  9. BNSF #2880 in Heritage I paint.

    BNSF #2880 in Heritage I paint.

    Here we see a green BNSF GP39 and an orange BNSF GP39 that are consecutive numbers. Both have a middle fan which indicates that they are ex-GP35's instead of the unique GP30's..
  10. SP&S #700

    SP&S #700

    Spokane Portland & Seattle #700 heading back to Brooklyn Yard from an afternoon at BNSF's Vancouver Yard delivering Santa Claus to the families from the Vancouver Terminal pool of employees. #700 is just south of the Vancouver Center crossovers and about to enter the BNSF Columbia...
  11. Pacing with #3751

    Pacing with #3751

    Former Santa Fe #3751 stretches her legs eastbound through Verdemont in Cajon Pass while heading for the Grand Canyon in 2002.
  12. Night Wait

    Night Wait

    Sitting in the BNSF(FRISCO) Yard In Birmingham, AL was this SD9 in BN paint.
  13. BNSF Centralia-Tacoma Turn

    BNSF Centralia-Tacoma Turn

    Here is the engineer coming out of the BNSF #2265 which he could not engine to cooperate with the lead unit. It took him with the ex-SF unit about 20 minutes for it to show up. In the background, you can see the old depot in Bucoda, Washington.. Also, you can see that BNSF is storing empty...
  14. BNSF #4483 west @ North Dalles, Washington

    BNSF #4483 west @ North Dalles, Washington

    Here is Burlington Northern Santa Fe C44-9W #4483 West at North Dalles, Washington during mid-morning..
  15. Rose Bowl Special returning to Hobart Yard - Olga 1990

    Rose Bowl Special returning to Hobart Yard - Olga 1990

    The annual Rose Bowl Special led by Santa Fe SDFP45 #101 passes through Olga in South Pasadena on its return to Hobart Yard in 1990.
  16. Santa Fe Kodachrome Leading the Way

    Santa Fe Kodachrome Leading the Way

    Santa Fe "Kodachrome" SF30C #9516 takes the point position on this eastbound COFC/TOFC train on Cajon's 1st Subdivision through Devore in 1987.
  17. Warbonnets Through Cajon Summit

    Warbonnets Through Cajon Summit

    Westbound Santa Fe "SuperFleet" Dash 8-40BW #581 leads its train through Cajon Summit on the South Main before beginning the 3% descent to Cajon Station in 1995.
  18. Santa Fe Warbonnets on the "Loop"

    Santa Fe Warbonnets on the "Loop"

    Solid blue and yellow power consists were the exception in the early to mid nineties. SuperFleet red/silver seemed to be everywhere, but here's an eastbound Santa Fe freight on Tehachapi Loop led by SD40-2 #5092 in 1995.
  19. East Meets West at Woodford

    East Meets West at Woodford

    Santa Fe SuperFleet Warbonnet units take the mainline westbound through Woodford while Blue and Yellow units hold the siding in the late afternoon sun in Tehachapi Pass in 1995.
  20. Warbonnets Through Cajon Summit

    Warbonnets Through Cajon Summit

    On a brisk January morning in 1995, an eastbound Santa Fe doublestack train led by Dash8-40CW #818 in classic warbonnet colors pulls through Cajon Summit in Cajon Pass.


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