ABO NM July 6 1986 — Santa Fe C30-7 8146 leads a westbound mixed freight on approach to the New Mexico State Highway 55 overpass. GE built the 8146 (s/n 43573) in June 1981 as an RCE Locotrol II... (more)

FARWELL TX July 7 1986 — Santa Fe C30-7 8146 awaits an assignment. A few days later I shot this unit west of Mountainaire NM. GE built the 8146 as an RCE Locotrol master in June 1981 and deliver... (more)

ABO NM July 6 1986 — Santa Fe C30-7 8146 leads an SD40-2 and two SD45s on the Tanscon. GE built the 8146 (s/n 43573) as an RCE Locotrol master in June 1981 and delivered it in yellow warbonnet. ... (more)

Westbound Santa Fe freight with merger painted C30-7 8146, SD40-2 5212 and (2) SD45's 5321 and 5314 a Abo, New Mexico.

A westbound Santa Fe train was climbing toward Tehachapi through Cameron station between Mojave and Tehachapi

A hot eastbound Santa Fe pig train with Fuel Foilers making up nearly its entire length smokes up the Mojave Desert as it roars through the hogbacks at Lavic.

The prairie is green and the sky stretches forever as Santa Fe C30-7 8146 leads an SD40-2 and two SD45s on the Tanscon.

West is east and east is west; west end of siding is direction east, but in ATSF parlance since it's 'away' from Chicago, it's railroad west. Anyway, this was back in the days of Locotrol, so the... (more)

This Santa Fe hot shot piggy back is passing by the Kern Junction Tower heading west up through the San Joaquin Valley.