Three new Mo-Pac Truck Lines, Inc. International tractors wait to go to work at Missouri Pacific’s Yard Center intermodal yard at Dolton, Illinois, on September 15, 1985.

A Century of Excellence

Assorted power rests around the turntable at Norfolk Southern's Juniata Locomotive Shop. Built as the Erecting Machine Shops of the PRR's Altoona Works (Juni... (more)

The Business End. Most of the time Flanger shots focus on the head end. I am one of those too especially when they are nose plowing. In this shot, a good view of the business end of the a... (more)

Looking like a Star Wars scene In February of 2006 the weather was no different from a typical Sierra Nevada Winter. In this scene the UP 604 pauses in Truckee, CA while the storm continu... (more)

Union Pacific EMD SD60M gets serviced on the fuel tracks at UP’s North Yard in Denver, Colorado, on the night of December 22, 2012.

The EMD emblem on the side of a SD40-2 truck frame has seen a lot of road grime, weather, wear and now rust in the hot Georgia sun, but the casting of the logo still remains. Photo taken with per... (more)

With a GP15T and GP30 bringing a local out of the east end of Barr Yard, B30-7 5554 and an EMD sit in the weeds awaiting rerailing after a slight mishap where the units were shoved off of the roun... (more)

A car rolls through the computer-controlled retarders at East Hump while being sorted for eastern destinations at Union Pacific’s Bailey Yard in North Platte, Nebraska, on May 3, 2011. Retarders... (more)

Four hoods from ATSF 6300 U-boats makes handy and instant sheds at Argentine Shops, Kansas City, Mo. Feb. 16, 1980. Conrail unit 3683 at left will be headed back home.

PowerRail Locomotive Services is nearing completion on the rebuild of former Ontario Northland SD40-2 1736 into ILSX 1736. Once the locomotive is completed, it will be taken down to Social Circle... (more)

15 old prime movers slowly rust in the early morning light in Waycross, Georgia. This is at the Locomotive Specialist / NRE facilities, which are located just north of the CSX Rice yard, next to ... (more)

Old traction motors and new wheel sets are stored at the PowerRail Locomotive Services facility, where they will eventually be refurbished for use on future locomotives. The crane in the backgroun... (more)

Union Pacific GE AC4400CW-CTE No. 6030 sits on Track 5 ready for some routine maintenance in UP’s North Platte Diesel Shop on May 5, 2011.

After some maintenance in Union Pacific’s North Platte Diesel Shop, a worker carefully replaces a rooftop access panel on GE C44-9W No. 9829.

A Roger Puta Photograph