Santa Fe DS4-4-1000 2284, early 1970s (????) Tidewater Southern RS1 746, Stockton, CA, 1970 (Fred Byerly)
That Santa Fe DS4-4-1000 looks really sweet. It's a shame that photo isn't a bit clearer. And the TS Alco is just all around cool.
I have no idea, but I'd guess either poor focus when it was taken or poor development from the negative.
Santa Fe U28CG 7900, Chillicothe, IL, June 24, 1972 (Carl F. Nelson) D&H PA-1 18, Watervliet, NY, March 1968 (Fred Byerly)
An 85 car SP freight rolls through Fruitvale, CA at 8:17 AM on February 15, 1975 headed by 10 units, two SD45T-2s and 8 (of the 10 built for the SP) SDP45s (I presume it was a power move) (Thomas G. Acheson) SP Extra 9324 East rolls through the trees at Blue Canon, CA on May 16, 1974 (Thomas G. Acheson)
P&LE GP7 1530, quite a way from home, in Des Moines, IA on the Rock Island, September 1973 (Bob Jordan) SP SD7 2707, Roseville, CA, February 19, 1973 (Thomas G. Acheson photo)
SP SD38-2 2976 in the yard in Colton, CA with Slug 1002, May 1976 (R. H. Lehmuth) Illinois Central SW1R 13 (Bob Jordan)
Conrail Bicentennial GP38 7776 (N. Chase photo) Milwaukee Road Bicentennial SD40-2 156, Chicago, IL, January 18, 1975 (Carl F. Nelson)
SP SD7 2723, Sparks, NV, August 16, 1973 (Thomas G. Acheson) Scooting through Lisle, IL, CB&Q E8 9973 totes a train of commuters on March 13, 1971 (Dave Leonard)
These two are absolutely gorgeous scenes. The "Q" train as she leans into that corner. The SP classic SD, with it's ash can light up high. Nice!
FW&D E8A 9981A, Birmingham, AL (Fred Byerly) BN F9A 9820 at the head of the North Coast Hiawatha, gets a crew change in Milwaukee, WI, May 1972 (????)
