Sunrise and Signals A Roger Puta Photograph

"Fall Sunset at FARM 1" Long Island Train 2059 heads under the "FARM 1" signal bridge on the Ronkonkoma Branch as the sun sets on a colorful fall evening.

"Departing for the Poconos"

Two Trains Crossing The Navesink - One train departs Red Bank for Middletown station, while another train approaches from Middletown.

PT-98 accelerates out of Moscow with a generous display of "Alco smoke" on an unusually warm autumn day in the Poconos. At right is the nicely restored former Lackawanna freight house.

A bit under a year ago, a trio of brand new at the time ET44AC's (CN 3028, CN 3033 & CN 3030) lead CN 120 by MP6 of CN's Montreal sub on a sunny but crisp morning.

Conrail meets Southern! NS 7203, a former Conrail SD80MAC built in January 1996 as No. 4105, leads Rutherford, PA - Atlanta, GA intermodal train 213 under the old Southern Railway intermediate sig... (more)

Last days of the classic old Reading RR signal at CP WALL, as an eastbound intermodal chugs by with a smoky B36-7 at the head end. Today, the yard is virtually abandoned, with the disappearance o... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

Tickle Me Elmo

A short eastbound Santa Fe freight wobbles as it enters the siding at Elmo, just north of Wasco, in California's Central Valley, in May 1993. This siding is the scene... (more)

Thunder on Blue Ridge: N&W Class J 611 climbs the Blue Ridge Mountains at the grade's namesake CPL signals with The Powhatan Arrow in tow.

SD45 #950 passes CNW's distinctive semaphores on an extremely foggy day in October of 1984. Pre-digital, you crossed your fingers that the exposure was correct!

A westbound oil train knocks the Larimer, Pennsylvania Position Light signals down in this time exposure.

Westbound Amtrak Pennsylvanian 43 arrives into Greensburg, PA with 145 leading. Unfortunately, the PRR signals haven't been so well maintained, as the signals appear to be missing a bulb.

NS 6946 leads a eb freight under the PRR signal bridge at 6.6/6.6 on the Fort Wayne Line