Framed or unframed, desk size to sofa size, printed by us in Arizona and Alabama since 2007. Explore now.
Shorpy is funded by you. Patreon contributors get an ad-free experience.
Learn more.
- Freezing haze
- Corrections (for those who care)
- C&NW at Nelson
- Fallen Flags
- A dangerous job made worse
- Water Stop
- Passenger trains have right of way over freights?
- Coal
- Never ceases to amaze me.
- Still chuggin' (in model form)
- Great shot
- Westerly Breeze
- For the men, a trapeze
- Tickled
- Sense of loneliness ...
- 2 cents
- Charm City
- What an Outrage
- Brighton Park
- Catenary Supports
- Just a Little Before I was Born
- Afternoon normal
- The Flat Iron Cafe survives
- Aging in Place
- Raise your hand
- Good and Bad
- Oh, the 70's
- Nooooooi
- The aluminum tubing
- I need to reconsider
Photos submitted by Shorpy members!
Print Emporium
Hall of Dinosaurs: 1943
One of our first posts from 10 years ago, enlarged and re-restored.
March 1943. "Santa Fe R.R. locomotive shops at Topeka, Kansas." 4x5 inch Kodachrome transparency by Jack Delano. View full size.
More Ghosts
Surpassed only by Delano's "Locomotive Dreams."
All That Fluffy White Stuff
See all that fluffy white stuff clinging to the outside of the fireboxes and laying on the floor?
That's asbestos, which was used as "lagging" insulation on many steam locomotive boilers.
'Nough said.
I'd play that
Let's be honest, the Jack Delano fans among us would gladly play "World of Traincraft."
If you just showed me this
If you just showed me this picture without any background information, I would swear it was out of a computer game.
[World of Traincraft! - Dave]
Santa Fe's Topeka Shops
This photograph was taken looking south in the locomotive shop building of the Topeka Shop complex. This building is still in use today, only it is filled with diesel-electric locomotives instead of steam locomotives. If you are acquainted with the Topeka area, this is the building that is just to the west of the Branner St. viaduct.
Shorpy.com is a vintage photography site featuring thousands of high-definition images. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a teenage coal miner who lived 100 years ago. Contact us | Privacy policy | Accessibility Statement | Site © 2024 Shorpy Inc.
On Shorpy:
Today’s Top 5