Our home for the weekend: the legendary La Posada Hotel. A former Fred Harvey Company property designed by Mary Colter. See: http://www.laposada.org

Your *All Access* pass for an inside look at the weekend. Name badge artwork by Kip Thompson.

Wednesday night load at the Intermodal Pueblo complete at 10:00 PM.

Kevin Hughes of SouthWest Free-mo at Thursday set-up. Jay Styron photo.

Brian Kreimendahl at set-up. Jay Styron photo.

Kevin Hughes (left) and Joe D'Elia work on the set-up. Jay Styron photo.

Our host for the weekend was La Posada Hotel owner and Mayor of Winslow Allan Affeldt.

Early activity at Plains Escalante Generating.

Brian Rhoads from Free-mo LA and friend Natasha observe Southern Pacific motive power of different eras.

Kevin Hughes with an Illinois Central local.

Jay Styron cuts loose his SP Mail Train.

Jim Kocher (left) and Jay Styron prepare for mainline ops.

Jay Styron's SP Mail Train rounds the Dalies reversing Loop. Jay is President of the San Diego Model Railroad Museum and a member of the La Mesa Model Railroad Club. See: http://www.sdmodelrailroadm.com

Tom Trodden checks out Brian Rhoads SP train backing into a siding while Tom's Rio Grande coal train approaches.

Brian Rhoads busy at Dalies.

Tom Trodden's work-in-progress model of Bridge 3 in Abo Canyon, New Mexico, hosts one of his coal trains. Congratulations Tom on a fantastic modeling accomplishment!

Kevin Hughes (left) and Tom Trodden ham it up for the camera.

A view of part of Kevin Hughes' 40-foot long work-in-progress BNSF Albuquerque intermodal ramp and autorack unloading facility.

Steve Emerson (white cap) builds an autorack train while Tom Trodden (black cap) looks on. Steve Priest scratchbuilt the ATSF Travelift rubber tire gantry crane in the lower left of the photo.

Chuck Aylward builds a reefer block.

Big Boy out on a cruise.

Big Boy tugs on a reefer block.

Chuck Aylward, throttle in hand, looks ahead down the tracks.

Chuck Aylward guides his train as Jay Styron looks on.

Getting busy at Dalies.

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nelson traveled from Whiteville, North Carolina, to see the SouthWest Free-mo set-up.

3 Texans hang out in the crew lounge. Left to right: "Railroad" Russ Covitt, Jim Kocher, and Carter Osborne.

James Koretsky of New England Free-mo builds an autorack train. New England Free-mo: http://www.nefree-mo.org

Kevin Hughes (left) watches James Koretsky's autorack train.

Joe D'Elia (right), owner of A-Line/Proto Power West, checks out the scene. Chuck Aylward works on his train. See: http://www.ppw-aline.com

Sterling Moore (right) of Utah Free-mo builds a train while Brian Rhoads looks on. Utah Free-mo: http://www.utahfree-mo.org

Sterling Moore's train hauls the grain.

Phil Anderson and his daughter Jane Anderson, proprietors of Arizona Rock & Mineral, stopped by for a visit. Lots of their fine products on our modules. See: http://rrscenery.com

Part of the throng that saw the SouthWest Free-mo layout.

Another view of the crowd circulating through the Depot.

La Mesa Model Railroad Club member Tim Costello sits at the programming track and gets ready to go to work with Decoder Pro. Kip Thompson looks on.

Cannon & Co. owner and La Mesa Model Railroad Club member Dave Hussey joined SouthWest Free-mo in Winslow for the Depot set-up.

Kip Thompson guides his New Mexico Rail Runner Express around the Isleta reversing loop.

What can brown do for you today?

Steve Emerson's Santa Fe train leaves the short siding at Dalies.

Steve Emerson's intermodal train has a kitbashed Kodachrome SF30C on the point.

Jim Morgan and Kip Thompson operate the layout.

Kevin Hughes' CSX grainer snakes around the layout.

Another view of Kevin Hughes' CSX grainer.

Steve Emerson's Kodachrome power moving the priority freight at the April 2007 Winslow set-up.

Workin' on the Railroad

High ball across Bridge 3 in Abo Canyon.

Grainer waits for the 991.

Proud Kodachrome papa Steve Emerson. Dave Hussey (left) aims a loaded Nikon.

If commuter rail was ever extended from Belen to Mountainair it would look like this. See: http://nmrailrunner.com

Large staff supervises Eddie Ryan as he builds a train.

Working at Plains Escalante Generating. Left to right: Eddie Ryan, Dave Hussey, and Tom Trodden.

Tom Trodden looks at the camera as Eddie Ryan's intermodal train traverses Plains Escalante Generating.

Around the curve at Dalies.

Steve Emerson at the wheel.

UP Geeps grab a reefer block at the 2007 Winslow set-up. This was Isleta's public debut. Still more scenery work to come.

UP Geeps leave the Isleta reversing loop for more action.

Dave Hussey (left) builds his SP hauler as Tom Trodden looks on.

Powered by SD39s and SD40s, Dave Hussey's SP manifest rolls out of the yard.

Dave Hussey's SP manifest keeps rolling across Tom Trodden's Wash module.

A rare SP train in Abo Canyon approaches Bridge 3.

Rollin' baby!!!

Dave Hussey loving life operating his train in Winslow.

Railfan photo line forms to the right.

Railfanning the layout.

Tom Trodden enjoys the scene.

SP hauler through the desert.

Southern Pacific SDs on the move.

Scarlet and gray all the way.

SP hauler on the bridge spans.

Dave's train heads home.

One of the photo lines for Dave Hussey's SP train. Dave Hussey photo.

Under Optivisors, Eddie Ryan builds a train.

Busy railroad with many trains and operators.

Eddie Ryan's BNSF intermodal hotshot screams across Dalies in April 2007 in Winslow.

BNSF intermodal "en fuego" racing to move the freight.

Southern Pacific and BNSF trains meet near Plains Escalante.

Eddie Ryan looks in and smiles as his intermodal train traverses Isleta.

Tim Costello builds a train at the yard in Albuquerque.

Kevin Hughes (foreground) joins in the action at Albuquerque intermodal yard.

Railfan photographer Brad Hellman (right) stopped by and chatted it up with Jim Morgan. Jim was a Santa Fe conductor out of Albuquerque for more than four decades.

Belen-based BNSF engineer Pat Perea took time during his Winslow layover to run trains on the SouthWest Free-mo layout.

Eric Hiser (left) and Jay Styron. Eric staged the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society Mini-meet at the La Posada on Saturday, April 21, and also pitched in with dispatching on the SouthWest Free-mo layout. See: http://www.atsfrr.com

Tim Costello's intermodal train makes an appearance in Abo Canyon. Left to right: Jay Styron, Jim Morgan and Dave Hussey look on.

Kevin Hughes gets ready for action.

Carter Osborne grips a throttle.

Kevin Hughes photos Tim Costello's train.

Tim Costello's intermodal flyer on the move.

Kevin Hughes (left) and Tom Trodden, both of SouthWest Free-mo, in the heat of the run session. Dave Hussey photo.

Eric Hiser barks commands as he dispatches the layout during a late night private run session. Dave Hussey photo.

Tim Costello (left) and Sterling Moore hanging out at a late night private run session. Dave Hussey photo.

Brian Kreimendahl assembles some well cars. Bob McLaughlin with with the lighting help. Dave Hussey photo.

Big New Santa Fe rolls with stacks! Dave Hussey photo.

Per Lars, owner of Summitt-Custom Cuts, traveled from Lake Charles, Louisiana, for the SouthWest Free-mo set-up in the Depot. Per makes great modern structure kits in HO scale. See: http://www.summit-customcuts.com

Santa Fe Super Fleet-era modeler Dan Spalding visiting from Great Britain to see the SouthWest Free-mo layout.

Tower 55 Gevos make an appearance with an intermodal consist.

EB TOFC rolls.

Chuck Aylward's train "City of San Francisco."

Tom Trodden (left) and Chuck Aylward handle busy operations at Plains Escalante Generating.

Chuck Aylward's UP steam doubleheader.

Down-on of Tom Trodden's SD70MACs hauling coal.

Big coal moves through Abo Canyon to the Cholla Power Plant in Arizona.

An overall layout view from the northwest corner of the Depot waiting room.

Another overall layout view from the northwest corner of the Depot waiting room.

An overall layout view from the northeast corner of the Depot waiting room.

Another overall layout view from the northeast corner of the Depot waiting room.

An overall layout view from the southwest corner of the Depot waiting room.

Another overall layout view from the southwest corner of the Depot waiting room.

An overall layout view from the southeast corner of the Depot waiting room.

While we operate model trains inside the Depot, just a few feet away is BNSF's transcontinental mainline hosting hundreds of prototype trains.

Left to right: Dave Hussey, James Koretsky, and Tim Costello relax trackside outside the Depot during a rare train lull on the Transcon.

Left to right: Dave Hussey, Brian Kreimendahl and Eddie Ryan railfanning the Transcon at the La Posada Hotel. Jay Styron photo.

Photo line just outside the Depot to photograph one of the hundreds of trains that passed by on BNSF's Transcon over the weekend.

Eddie Ryan, Dave Hussey, and Tim Costello share a moment trackside outside of the Depot.

The comfortable way to railfan the Transcon. Left to right: Tim Costello, Dave Hussey, Bob McLaughlin, James Koretsky, and Brian Kreimendahl. Bob traveled from Boston to see the SouthWest Free-mo set-up. Jay Styron photo.

Tim Costello and Brian Kreimendahl share a laugh trackside. Dave Hussey photo.

The Depot where the SouthWest Free-mo set-up took place is just behind (left to right) Robert Nelson, Brian Kreimendahl, Carter Osborne, Dave Hussey and Eddie Ryan. James Koretsky photo.

Left to right: Dave Hussey, Brian Kreimendahl, Bob McLaughlin, and Robert Nelson. James Koretsky photo.

No trip to Winslow would be complete without a trip to nearby Canyon Diablo. Jay Styron photo.

EB 'Racks fly over the Canyon Diablo Bridge. Jay Styron photo.

Carter Osborne (left) and Jim Kocher make a call looking for a local bail bondsman.

Long days of running and photographing trains ended with haute cuisine in the Turquoise Room at the La Posada Hotel. Foreground left: Joe & Michelle D'Elia. Foreground right: Mark & Carolyn Shepherd visiting the SouthWest Free-mo set-up from Lake Charles, Louisiana. Jay Styron photo.

Turquoise Room action. Left to right: "Railroad" Russ Covitt, Jim Kocher, Carter Osborne, Tim Costello, and Dave Hussey. Jay Styron photo.

Kevin & Cindie Hughes enjoy the Turquoise Room. Jay Styron photo.

Jay & Liz Styron having dinner in the Turquoise Room. Photographer unknown. Jay shops here: http://www.manshatshop.com

In the bar at the La Posada Hotel waiting for the next crew call left to right: Jay Styron, Eric Hiser, Brian Kreimendahl and Dave Hussey. Photographer unknown.

Shot from the outside through the window glass into the Turquoise Room on Sunday evening. Sterling Moore (foreground left) across from Tom Trodden.

Tobin James and Tower 55: a wonderful combination. See: http://www.tobinjames.com

Sunday evening tear down and loadout.

Loaded up on Monday morning and ready to head home to the Intermodal Pueblo.

Mrs. K and your photographer ready to depart on Monday morning. Yes, that's module legs in the backseat.

The bottom of page three (3) in the "Running Extra" newsletter insert in the Second Quarter 2007 issue of the Santa Fe Railway Historical & Modeling Society's magazine "The Warbonnet" carried a photo and a mention of the 2007 SouthWest Free-mo Winslow set-up.