Santa Fe’s 881 train storms through Wilbern, Illinois, led by freshly-rebuilt EMD SDP40F No. 5261 on May 18, 1985.
The Needles District dispatcher (aka "DS) runs a hot 881 train around a slower fruit block at Nebo, just east of Barstow.
Santa Fe’s 881 train cruises through Bucklin, Missouri, as a herd of cattle gathers on a nearby hillside studying the photographers perched there on May 20, 1989. They’ve seen trains before—... (more)
A hot Santa Fe 881 train overtakes a slower train carrying potatoes out of the San Joaquin Valley at Nebo.