I have been an avid rail photographer, traveler and history buff for many years. My favorite classic era railroad was the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (the "Santa Fe" or "AT&SF") and many of my photographs are of trains along the historic Santa Fe rails. The AT&SF merged with the Burlington Northern in 1995 and the BNSF remains a favorite with me. My travels on Amtrak have taken me through many parts of the United States and I have traveled by rail in Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom as well. I have ridden the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railway tourist train several times. Its narrow gauge route meanders between southern Colorado and northern New Mexico and my photos taken there provide more of a collective sense of the railroad and can be found in another album on this site.
![ATSF 3751 at San Bernardino - Grayscale: San Bernardino CA, 2004](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/65c8ac6d-06a1-4538-a0d0-a3fcaba11ebb_rw_1920.jpg?h=521aab85e0a16309400a900fc541c471)
ATSF 3751 at San Bernardino - Grayscale: San Bernardino CA, 2004
![ATSF 3751 at San Bernardino - Color: San Bernardino CA, 2004](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/678e5e99-3b94-4f83-9b52-f8d79a5c4b21_rw_1920.jpg?h=d9cd29f90b2803ea33143d15147c61e1)
ATSF 3751 at San Bernardino - Color: San Bernardino CA, 2004
![Train No. 3 Nearing Watrous: Amtrak's Southwest Chief splits the semaphores at MP 748.2 just east of Watrous, NM, 2004](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/8a134d08-b7c4-4205-9ffe-3c496f4886d4_rw_1920.jpg?h=3c04d0d577f0c8fa5bc8989c7802455d)
Train No. 3 Nearing Watrous: Amtrak's Southwest Chief splits the semaphores at MP 748.2 just east of Watrous, NM, 2004
![At the Loop #10: The locomotives cross the south switch for Walong siding and head for tunnel 10 at the Tehachapi Loop, Tehachapi Mountains between Tehachapi and Bakersfield, CA, 2013; Reprocessed 11/24/21](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/52a5dda1-e29b-4cba-9da2-3fc65409534e_rw_1920.jpg?h=dea8e7d2e81b64b7f32fc63346bd957a)
At the Loop #10: The locomotives cross the south switch for Walong siding and head for tunnel 10 at the Tehachapi Loop, Tehachapi Mountains between Tehachapi and Bakersfield, CA, 2013; Reprocessed 11/24/21
![Delta Truck: Commonwealth Delta Trailer Truck, ATSF 3759, Kingman, AZ, 2013](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/524f7952-dd2d-4c49-817f-05becee9de22_rw_1920.jpg?h=d2ad1599a6e123a928fb59bb46ca656a)
Delta Truck: Commonwealth Delta Trailer Truck, ATSF 3759, Kingman, AZ, 2013
![Westbound Doublestack in Crozier: The title says it all - except how I got rained on....Crozier Canyon, AZ, 2013](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/a7115249-94e5-40cc-9ce2-c1c2eed5473a_rw_1920.jpg?h=de8cd9c6cf5110e6e7b74490f919a75a)
Westbound Doublestack in Crozier: The title says it all - except how I got rained on....Crozier Canyon, AZ, 2013
![BNSF 5012 and Mates: Eastward Double Stack in Kingman Canyon, near Kingman, AZ, 2015](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/352b800f-6f7c-444f-aeff-2d55a30fb214_rw_1920.jpg?h=44d78afc8ac6c9bff36d07572a9454df)
BNSF 5012 and Mates: Eastward Double Stack in Kingman Canyon, near Kingman, AZ, 2015
![Navajo: ATSF Observation Car "Navajo" at the Colorado Railway Museum, Golden, CO; 2015](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/7c6852b0-2271-499d-98a7-3f8611dbccd4_rw_1920.jpg?h=ce26c27fb58dfb30d2e853ed69307b60)
Navajo: ATSF Observation Car "Navajo" at the Colorado Railway Museum, Golden, CO; 2015
![Stacker at Summit: Eastward BNSF double stack intermodal train enters Summit CA on Cajon Pass, 2016](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/76c2c5e7-1a2d-4cbf-8a37-88cd0ce59e49_rw_1920.jpg?h=c54e628b21aee3c2c96afd2170eb6dc4)
Stacker at Summit: Eastward BNSF double stack intermodal train enters Summit CA on Cajon Pass, 2016
![Out of the Sun at Grants, NM: Eastward BNSF Manifest with GP 60; fourth location I caught this train; West of Grants, NM, 2016](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/2e063673-2def-4b3a-a3d3-3a78ddc3a7bc_rw_1920.jpg?h=0764880c0a61f419935322bf93a14046)
Out of the Sun at Grants, NM: Eastward BNSF Manifest with GP 60; fourth location I caught this train; West of Grants, NM, 2016
![Oiling Around: The Engineer oils the valve gear of ATSF Pacific (4-6-2) No. 3415 before a fan trip with SFRH&MS Convention attendees, Abilene, Kansas, 2016](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/1d44b3f7-b20a-4204-a7cb-ddb6002b4bba_rw_1920.jpg?h=2e7e1e4392f7870380a97efce350a2f9)
Oiling Around: The Engineer oils the valve gear of ATSF Pacific (4-6-2) No. 3415 before a fan trip with SFRH&MS Convention attendees, Abilene, Kansas, 2016
![Running Light: ATSF 3415 at Abilene, KS; 2016](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/5c04d59a-8a92-4600-8880-b994680f466d_rw_1920.jpg?h=1fae7e8a9a61a75eda344afd1d917b5b)
Running Light: ATSF 3415 at Abilene, KS; 2016
![ATSF 643 - a Veteran Consolidation: Originally # 73, a 4-4-0 built by Hinkley in 1879. Rebuilt to 2-10-0 by ATSF in 1897.; Oklahoma Railway Museum, 2017](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/c4c175ef-012e-437b-8878-46d868abdc83_rw_1920.jpg?h=279332a9a008aa447c943ebd0c19b58c)
ATSF 643 - a Veteran Consolidation: Originally # 73, a 4-4-0 built by Hinkley in 1879. Rebuilt to 2-10-0 by ATSF in 1897.; Oklahoma Railway Museum, 2017
![Goin' Gold: Eastward BNSF stack train near Lupton, AZ (at NM border), 2017](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/d0d5d5b4-0312-40ae-befe-c8f0e0a92745_rw_1920.jpg?h=ad154004da790758969ef808e27f9f17)
Goin' Gold: Eastward BNSF stack train near Lupton, AZ (at NM border), 2017
![ATSF 92: Illinois Railway Museum, Union, IL, 2018](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/78ba47d2-fd54-484f-9a4f-4688e00c6ef2/2fc6c499-5c49-4af2-865d-8cb054f91486_rw_1920.jpg?h=2f773162a62bbe5cc8833bafaf427f7c)