The coolest shortline there never was (this version, at least-- see comment below). I wish I had better photo skills (and the will to photograph trains somewhere outside of Bennett Yard and SY To... (more)

The Wabash Cannonball A Roger Puta Photograph

GP 7 915, GP 7 909, F 7A 805

Looking spiffy in new image paint, a Western Pacific U30B awaits an assignment in Rio Grande's Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. The WP 3063 was built the WP 763 by GE in April 1969 equipped with EMD... (more)

Four F7 units get a roll on westbound Rock Island tonnage (and several 40-ft. box cars) out of Wellington, Kansas on Feb. 15, 1970, ten years before the road went out of existence. The second un... (more)

Three Piedmont & Northern Alco RS-3’s haul the coal received in interchange from the Clinchfield westward from Spartanburg, S. C. for delivery to a power plant on April 13, 1963.

A trio of class units, F7 800, GP38 2000, and U36C 3600 sit under the sanding tower in the Erwin yard on the Clinchfield RR. Its evident that a journey 50 yards to the south to the wash rack would... (more)

The California Zephyr eases to a stop on 3rd Street, ending its 2,525 mile journey as families await the arrival of loved ones, excited children and other bystanders watch the event, most of them ... (more)

A somewhat rare sight, a Clinchfield SW7 355 enters Johnson City, TN on an Erwin bound local. After construction of the high line in the mid seventies, the Clinchfield no longer had to run through... (more)

In late 1970, the Clinchfield decided that additional switchers in Erwin and Kingsport were needed to help reclassify trains that entered the major yards there. However, rather than purchase new ... (more)

Photographed on Kodachrome more than two years after America's Bicentennial celebration, WP 1776 awaits servicing at D&RGW's Roper Diesel Shop in South Salt Lake. GP40 1776 was built the WP 3540 b... (more)

A weather beaten and tattered veteran of the Clinchfield diesel roster, GP7 905 rests under the sanding tower in Erwin, TN. before making another journey out on the Clinchfield system. 35mm slide... (more)

RFP 91 pauses between assignments at Byran Park Terminal in Richmond in June 1967.

#33 is tended to at the pit after a day of work around the yard. One of the workers has taken notice of the photographer in his midst.

#33 was only one year into service at the time it was photographed.