Santa Fe

ATSF-diner-atHouston-May87.jpg 171.62 Kb 1024 x 694 ex - ATSF lightweight diner at Houston - May 1987. I don't have the number but this is an early Santa Fe diner that was used at a couple of restaurants around town - including Sonny Looks for years and finally here at another restaurant on the west side of town. It would be moved shortly from this location to I don't know where.

ATSF2432_atCleburneTx_Jan78a.jpg 153.84 Kb 1024 x 683 (1) "wrecked" ATSF CF7 #2432 at Cleburne Tx shops - Jan 1978

ATSF2432_atCleburneTx_Jan78b.jpg 173.65 Kb 1024 x 683 (2) "wrecked" ATSF CF7 #2432 at Cleburne Tx shops - Jan 1978

ATSF2785nearPearlandTx-March77.jpg 212.42 Kb 1024 x 688 ATSF GP7 #2785 with 2 B units and 2 GP7 near Pearland,Tx - March 1977. Southbound between South Yard (Houston) and Alvin. It's hard to see , but the last GP7 has air tanks on top (for passenger service?). I don't remember seeing any pictures but I guess the Santa Fe used GP7s' for some passenger runs?

ATSFandBNcaboosesAtRosenbergTx-June91.jpg 172.42 Kb 1024 x 677 ATSF and BN cabooses at Rosenberg,Tx - June 1991. The Santa Fe caboose is hooked up to a local while the BN is on a northbound empty coal train (on the Houston/Galveston-Ft.Worth ATSF line) .

Atsf122atWilliamsAzOct94.jpg 187.48 Kb 900 x 603 ATSF #122 at Williams Jct.,Az - Oct 1994. Eastbound, I believe the line to the left is the one to Phoenix.

AT&SF-atAugustaKsDec78.jpg 82.09 Kb 1024 x 686 Sunset on the Santa Fe at Augusta Ks - Dec78. Looking towards Augusta - between Emporia and Wellington, Kansas.

ATSF-2caboose-AmarilloTx-Oct94.jpg 194.98 Kb 1024 x 694 ATSF- freight equipment at Amarillo,Tx - Oct 1994. The Santa Fe station is to the left.

ATSF-boxcar-AmarilloTx-Oct94.jpg 186.63 Kb 1024 x 694 ATSF boxcar (Route of the San Francisco Chief ) at Amarillo,Tx - Oct 1994. There were still a few of these around in '94.

ATSF-tankcar-AmarilloTx-Oct94.jpg 197.67 Kb 1024 x 694 ATSF tank car at Amarillo,Tx - Oct 1994. Santa Fe had a lot of these old friction bearing tank cars around their system. Most were built in the teens and 20's.

ATSFcaboose-AmarilloTx-Oct94.jpg 182.82 Kb 1024 x 694 ATSF caboose and boxcar (ship and travel Santa Fe) at Amarillo,Tx - Oct 1994

ATSF2469_atHBTshops_Houston_Jan79.jpg 166.75 Kb 1024 x 699 ATSF CF-7 #2469 and a couple of B units at HB&T shops in Houston - Jan 1979. These were at the Houston Belt & Terminal Milby St. shops.

ATSF573_atHolbrookAz_Oct94.jpg 151.52 Kb 1024 x 643 ATSF #573 passing the station at Holbrook,Az - Oct 1994

ATSF658_atCanyonDiabloAz_Oct94.jpg 203.19 Kb 1024 x 694 ATSF #658 at Canyon Diablo,Az - Oct 1994. This westbound train is less than 1000 feet from the bridge, crossing over Canyon Diablo.

ATSF335_onCaneBeltbranch_nearGlenFloraTx_June76.jpg 178.79 KB 1024x661x24(RGB) Santa Fe F7 #335 on the "Cane Belt" branch. Quite a change for ex-passenger unit #335 from the Super Chief, Texas Chief etc. to this weed spraying train on a branch line in Texas. Southbound on the abandoned Santa Fe Cane Belt branch near Glen Flora. This line came off the ATSF at Sealy and went to Matagorda. It was the Cane Belt because of the sugar cane that was grown near the line when it was built in the late 1800's. I like the wooden crossbuck -- of the thousands that used to be in Texas - I guess very few have survived. June 1976

ATSF5974_atWestJct_HoustonTx_May89.jpg 181.98 Kb 1024 x 694 ATSF F45 #5974 at West Jct Houston,Tx - May 1989. Westbound, waiting for the Sunset Limited to pass on the SP "original" mainline at West Jct.

ATSF5262_atWestJct_HoustonTx_May89.jpg 166.54 Kb 1024 x 694 ATSF #5262 (ex-Amtrak SDP40F I believe) at West Jct Houston,Tx - May 1989

ATSF567atBairdTx_Oct94.jpg 166.19 Kb 1024 x 694 ATSF #567 passing ex-T&P station at Baird,Tx - Oct 1994. Eastbound on the UP ex-T&P El Paso-Ft.Worth line - Baird is 21 miles east of Abilene.

SF8774_atAGtower_AugustaKs_June77.jpg 186.18 Kb 1024 x 680 Santa Fe #8774 at AG tower in Augusta,Ks -- June 1977. Southbound on the Santa Fe El Dorado-Wellington line crossing the Frisco Witchita-Beaumont line (now abandoned). The tower was torn down about 20 years ago.

SFfunits_TempleTx_Dec74.jpg 155.96 Kb 1024 x 662 Santa Fe F units (AABAA) at Temple,Tx -- December 1974

ATSF_workcars_NavasotaTx_Sept81.jpg 175.49 Kb 1024 x 597 ATSF heavyweight work cars at Navasota,Tx -- September 1981 There were quite a few interesting heavyweights at Navasota that day and I will get some of them scanned ,eventually. Santa Fe had one of the - if not the - largest collection of heavyweight passenger cars in work service. Unfortunately I believe most of them are gone. This is on the Beaumont-Somerville line. The freight station in the background (still had an agent at the time) is long gone.

ATSF260c_HBTshops_HoustonTx_March77.jpg 137.20 Kb 1024 x 530 Santa Fe F7A #260C (ABBB) at Houston Belt &Terminal Milby St shops in Houston -- March 1977. This was the last Santa Fe F cab unit I saw (and it did not last long). Just a few were left -- the others either scrapped or rebuilt into CF7 at the Cleburne shops.

ATSF2099_BellvilleTx_July77a.jpg 164.70 Kb (1) ATSF GP7u #2099 at Bellville,Tx -- July 1977 #2099 looks like it was recently released from being rebuilt at the Cleburne shops. Northbound on the Galveston/Houston - Ft.Worth line, this train is going into the now abandoned Bellville yards. A typical interesting lashup at this time (Santa Fe ran a lot of their older engines in Texas) - no complaints from me! The B unit is still in passenger paint.

ATSF2099_BellvilleTx_July77b.jpg 175.81 Kb (2) ATSF GP7u #2099 at Bellville,Tx -- July 1977

ATSF237c_CleburneTxshops_Jan77.jpg 193.01 Kb ATSF F7A #237c at Cleburne,Tx shops -- January 1977 At the back part of the Santa Fe Cleburne shops - these units were probably out of service waiting to be rebuilt (or scrapped) into CF7.

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