Smokin’ in the Windy City. Metra 100 (F40PH-3) is the nominal class unit, and was originally built in 1977 by EMD as an F40PH. Seen here on Wednesday, May 15, 2019 under the tri-light signal bri... (more)

Duo of EMD GP15-1, UPY's 546 and 681, leading a local train of Union Pacific by UP Limon Sub in Aurora, Colorado.

D&RGW 3008 SP 7856 and D&RGW 3015 are on the return stage of their run on the Garfield Division.

METX 111 leads an outbound commuter train north out of the city

Cleaning out a bit of carbon, this 1951 GP7, built as ATSF 2688, shoves back on a stretch of hoppers unloading limestone at Vulcan Materials in Gautier, MS on the CSX NO&M sub. A common but good r... (more)

With only about 10 minutes of evening sun left, BNSF 6072 (ES44AC) pulls a heavy freight of scrap metal gondolas from the Denver Yard. As the trio of engines strain to get the string moving, the ... (more)

Toledo, Peoria & Western Alco RS-11 400 exhales as it and an SW1500 mate slowly propel an eastbound freight across the flatlands at Sheldon, IL, at dusk on a summer evening. TP&W 400 has been pres... (more)

The annual Rockingham Old Homes Day fireworks train, operated by Green Mountain Railroad in conjunction with the Great Falls Regional Chamber Of Commerce, is running along the Connecticut River at... (more)

Doing a great steam locomotive impersonation, the black-widow heritage SD9 accelerates with a load of lumber on the Albany & Easter.

An excursion on the Octoraro Railway works at Oxford, Pennsylvania. After arriving in town, the lead ex-TP&W RS2 was set off on a siding, and the other one is pulling the train past it, so the uni... (more)

After slowing to make sure that no one is going to slide into the grade crossing, the engineer notches out Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern U33B 3301 as it works through the sleepy village of Loc... (more)

The crew of FRTL repositions a cut of box cars at the Budweiser Brewery in Fort Collins, Colorado.

A Roger Puta Photograph

A pair of Conrail SW1500 units burst out of Black Rock Tunnel with a short train. Hopefully the fishermen in the boat are having some luck !

Goose it, 109!

Nevada Northern's RS-3/Rs-2 lashup bolts into the yard at East Ely with an empty ore train. The RS-3 has recently had 12 New Old Stock (NOS) cylinder liners installed... (more)