A Roger Puta Photograph

CNW 205 was built in March 1948 as Chicago Great Western 108C. Merged into CNW in July 1968, the F had an elongated life as traffic growth kept CNW scrambling during the 1970s. This view was taken... (more)

ICG's only commuter train on the former GM&O at this time was nicknamed the "plug". The GM&O equipment on this train would be replaced by the RTA about a year after this photo at Joliet ... (more)

Train 23, The Grand Canyon. A Roger Puta Photograph

ATSF 32L with Train 23, The Grand Canyon, with only 1 baggage car and 2 chair cars leaving Dearborn Station, Chicago, IL on February 6, 1968. Look at the Board of Trade Building out in the... (more)

Gulf Mobile & Ohio F7(A) 801A, and F7(B) B74, side by side with a C&O F7(A) 7057, and a B&O F7(A) 4578, at Springfield, Illinois November 11, 1965. Photo taken from my slide collection, No pho... (more)

HOLDENVILLE OK July 10 1978 -- Dust from a passing auto clouds the scene st a Katy F3A makes its way east on Rock Island tracks.

The Lackawanna lives! F3A 663 is doing an air test on Steamtown's "Scranton Limited" consist while Delaware-Lackawanna C425 2461 switches out passenger cars for an excursion to Moscow.... (more)

TRACY OK July 10 1978 -- A Katy F3A makes its way east on its trip from Oklahoma City to McAlester.

Coming soon to a PR photo... In the shop and getting some TLC in advance of a future photo shoot, the Bangor & Aroostook F3A #502 (ex-42, nee-502) is seen idle, while CMQ SD40-2F #9023 waits for i... (more)

BAR's EMD F3(A) No.42 with two EMD BL-2's No.56 and 51 near Glenburn, Maine in March 1980.

Roster shot of Bangor & Aroostook EMD F3(A) 502 Ex-42 restored for service and eventually preservation at Northern Maine Jct., shops near Bangor, Maine August 16, 1991.

On a dreary day before Halloween, Amtrak's Empire Builder pulls into North La Crosse behind a trio of former Great Northern Fs, looking much like pre-Amtrak. This train would take me to Chicago fo... (more)

Here's your Two For Tuesday: Catching the departures at Dearborn in the afternoon in Chicago on September 3, 1955, Bill Rosenberg and I making our first stop on a trip to the NRHS Convention held ... (more)