CNW 943, an SD45 and SD40-2 CNW 6815 pair up to handle an eastbound train 472 into Eau Claire from East Minneapolis, MN. The train is crossing the Chippewa River bridge with Old Wells Road bridge ... (more)

CNW 54, formerly Chicago Great Western, RS-2 idles in Huron , SD in early October 1980. At this time, the no. 54 was the last RS-2 active on CNW, assigned to Huron which was headquarters for most ... (more)

NA Junction CO -- Westbound Missouri Pacific GP38-2 2023 hits the NA Junction switch in southeastern Colorado where the MoPac meets the AT&SF. Sadly, the route has been abandoned.

Exhibiting an “open door” policy most likely caused by overheating on a warm May day, Santa Fe SD45R 5329 leads a westbound train drifting downgrade out of Bealville.

Train Time at Perry

The Little Rock & Western’s entire roster is visible in this photo at the railroad’s home base in Perry, Arkansas. C420 101, which has recently arrived from... (more)

Eastbound EL train passing through Pullman Junction

While waiting for my DC-bound train at 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, I took the opportunity to get to the end of my platform to record this light E60 rolling through on the adjacent track. ... (more)

BELVA OK May 15 1978 -- An SD40-2 and a U33C roll toward the east end of Belva. Unit 5049 has only been on the property around seven months.

Need a facelift? CNW 402 needs a crane and a forklift to re-rail the front truck after a minor derailment near the enginehouse in Marshalltown, IA in May of 1985.

Conrail RSD5 6802 awaits its fate in the deadline at Collinwood, Ohio. Unfortunately, that fate was the scrapper’s torch.

Four SD40-2s and a GP9 pull a freight out of Pigs Eye Yard heading west at Dayton's Buff in St. Paul, MN. The missing logos indicates it nearing the end of Milwaukee's transcontinental era as the ... (more)

Nine Missabe SDs are stored at Proctor Minn. as a combination of recession and end of season mining reduce the power requirement to run the railroad. The mix includes several SD18s mixed with the ... (more)

LENOX TOWER IL Aug 3 1976 -- A Penn Central (Conrail?) GP40 passes Lenox Tower southbound.

Milwaukee Road SD40-2s 157 and 136 were on helper duty out of Kittitas, WA in August 1978. On this date the crew is just returning to the depot after dropping off Extra 24 West which it helped up ... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph