Happy Independece Day from Philadelphia!

Philadelphia's 30th Street Station captured on July 26th, 2016 illuminated in alternating Stars & Stripes themes during the 2016 Democrati... (more)

After running light to North Bessemer, BLE 867 and 905 take a train of empty hoppers back north.

30 stars decorate the cab of PSCC 17 with 15 on each side to honor those American servicemen that perished in the 2011 Extortion 17 Chinook helicopter crash in Afghanistan. This photo was taken o... (more)

With the city skyline as backdrop, an Amtrak Regional Express makes a late night sprint through Philadelphia, PA, bound for Wilmington, DE in this Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: Siemens ACS-64
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: AMTK 607
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 10, 2016

The NYC 2500 is transformed into the P&LE 2800 at the Lake Shore Railway Museum for the annual Night at the Museum event.

The C&O Dash 7 8272 visits its birthplace at GE Transportation in Erie and awaits final transportation to the Lakeshore Railroad Museum.

Locomotives:
C&O 8272 B30-7

A Roger Puta Photograph

In his next step, the Hostler climbs up onto his locomotive and cracks the throttle enveloping the roundhouse in steam. Slowly backing out the N&W M Class, seen here, is almost ready for another d... (more)

Blacksburg, Virginia 1952: the hostler preps M Class locomotive for a day on the high iron. Well maybe, not 1952, but 2017 instead. I find it continually fascinating that we can still experience s... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

Tom Wyatt engineer, watches his fireman Jack Emerick III dump CN 3254's ash while trainman Jeffery David Knoop looks on.

Amtrak's City Sprinter Veteran's Unit heads south and away from the Philadelphia skyline on a beautiful summer afternoon during the Democratic Convention. I feel pretty lucky. I've shot the NEC tw... (more)

While the Amtrak Veterans Unit, ACS-64 642 awaits a noon departure from Harrisburg with Keystone train 650, Norfolk Southern's 64K rumbles through CP Paxton hauling ethanol loads eastward behind a... (more)

Under last light, the Homer City-bound westbound coal train passes Station Square on a humid summer's evening.

Through the Burgh

On a warm and humid Sunday morning, Allegheny Valley 3003, a rebuilt SD45, slowly makes it's way through downtown Pittsburgh. The streets were fairly quiet, but l... (more)