During a dreary Spring evening on an obscure branch line in rural North Carolina. A battle worn GP38AC coughs up a cloud of exhaust as if the engineer gave it a quick kick in its sides with spurs.... (more)

"If there is a road in your shot, there will be a car on it." Sage advice given to me by my dearly departed friend Gary Larimer in my formative years of becoming a serious photographer.... (more)

The distant fog creates a dramatic scene as the low sun bounces off this northbound train, led by UP 7717, UP "Triclops" 2289, and UP 2010 (Boy Scouts of America). Oddly enough, I would ... (more)

It's been a little over two years since the N&W-Southern merger. Former Southern MP15, 2351, is sporting a brand new paint job representing the "new" Norfolk Southern. The Southern caboo... (more)

Former Southern/Central of Georgia SD40-2, 3290, notches up the throttle as the eastbound coal train exits Roderfield Tunnel.

Two former Southern Rwy diesels lead a westbound empty hopper train out of Welch tunnel and across the Tug River. B23-7, 3980, was 1 of 54 units built between 1978 and 1981. SD40, 3200, was built ... (more)

Union Pacific SD50 5041 (ex-MP 5041), UP C36-7 9042 (ex-MP 9042) with four CSX units, on a westbound coal train near Bonner Springs, Kansas.

A Very poorly documented Norfolk Southern job doing the typical overnight job at Charlotte Cargill. Although this Train has operated for years.. NS does practice RC Switching at this yard in most ... (more)

The Piedmont zips around the curve north of the Landis signal in route from Raleigh to Charlotte.

A CSX coal train charges eastbound through the Wildcat section of Big Stone Gap utilizing NS trackage rights.

Twice per day, the magnetic flagman manufactured by Griswold wigs and wags back and forth for the passing of Amtrak's Southwest Chief. This grade crossing signal is the last of its kind al... (more)

NS coal train, 777, splits the CP Lewis PRR Position Signals on an October morning. The days of the vintage Pennsylvania PL signals are numbered, as replacement Safetran signals stand nearby.

Durham Southern #363 working at Fuquay Varina, NC in Feb. 1973

Slide scan of NS coal train 720 as it makes it's way down Saluda grade at MP35 [Melrose] The head end just past the run away track on the rear is P90 Pushers helping bring the train down the grade

A Roger Puta Photograph