John L Mathis

Railroad Photography

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ATSF SD39u 1574 near Mojave, CA in April, 1991.

ATSF SD39u 1574, following GP60M 153 is part of the power on this freight trainapproaching Mojave, CA in April 1991. The SD39 is a 6 axle 2500hp locomotive, of which only 50 were built. Santa Fe rebuilt all 20 units in 1986 and renumbered them from 4000-4019 to 1556-1575. For BNSF they have been renumbered to numbers in the 600 range.

Nikon 8008s Fujichrome RDP - scanner Nikon Coolscan LS8000ED.