HUNNEWELL KS Feb 18 1985 -- Santa Fe B23-7 6358 makes its way through the southern Kansas plains after spotting cars at a grain elevator. The train is westbound (compass south) and is ont its way ... (more)

HUTCHINSON KS May 1981 -- Hutchinson & Northern S1 No. 4 awaits a crew to begin its daily chores. Myself and fellow railfan Jeff Prince spent the night driving from Norman OK to Hutchinson just to... (more)

GARDEN CITY KS Sept 16 1980 -- Garden Ciity Western Ry. SW1 202 is missing its traction trucks and up on blocks.

NORMAN OK Jan 4 1979 -- Santa Fe SD45s 5579 and 5573 handle train 395 eastbound (compass south) between West Fanklin Road and Indian Hills Road.

A Roger Puta Photograph

CP 7075 was built by Baldwin in 1948 and was retired by CP in October 1979. Here, a year prior to retirement, it would appear the mechanic has his work cut out for him getting the switcher put bac... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

Continuing the story from photo, 595404. After ME-2 completed its set-out at Bound Brook, my father and I drove to Middlesex to get a picture of ME-2 from the Mountain Avenue bridge. In an unusu... (more)

Rogue Bicentennial

The Boston & Maine painted GP38-2 200 in a bicentennial scheme as seen in an RP photo by ... (more)

There's a happy ending! MILW sits on a siding in the MILW yard in Milwaukee, WI in March of 1985. The unit would get moved and spend several years on Jones Island in Milwaukee before ultimately go... (more)

Continuing the story from photo, 594747. After NE-1 had passed, my father and I went to Bound Brook to catch the ME-2 making a set-out for the CNJ. C420 408/C420 404/GP9 301/C420 409 pull past t... (more)

Minuteman Without a Top Coat

Boston & Maine SW8 803 rolled out of LaGrange in 1953 wearing B&M’s maroon and gold “Minuteman” scheme. Service in the New England environment fo... (more)

Under Wabash control, the Ann Arbor had only two Alco RS-1's Nos.20 and 21. Number 21 was assigned in September 1962 to local service at Owosso, Michigan. Photo taken from my slide collection, pho... (more)

An eastbound Santa Fe pig train exits the horseshoe at Allard, California. The train’s caboose can be seen in the distance, with 44 TOFC cars separating it from the engines.

"Power of Tomorrow. Today" This slogan is seen adorning EMD's first SD60 demonstrator which is in transit from their plant in LaGrange to Conrail territory for testing. Tom Golden pho... (more)