A New Face for the Santa Fe

Santa Fe SD45 5394 was the first locomotive painted in the "Kodachrome" scheme for the ill-fated Southern Pacific Santa Fe merger. When original... (more)

The EMD SD45 the most powerful single unit diesel owned by the Reading, developed 3,600 horsepower from its twenty cylinders. The Reading acquired its five SD45's in 1967. Reading's SD45's were g... (more)

On this day in the Williamsburg area of Brooklyn, the BEDT was off to a rough start, but nothing that a few oak blocks couldn't handle, although repairing the track structure may have taken a litt... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

Heavy Stuff

With the sprawling General Electric complex in Schenectady as a major on-line shipper, the Delaware & Hudson had to maintain a fleet of special-use flat cars. That flee... (more)

Crossing over the Southern Pacific. A Roger Puta Photograph

Doubleheaded GG-1s, their trucks white with sand, are leading a southbound manifest to Bayview or Pot Yard. Conrail is only 2 months old, so lead motor No. 4854 is still wearing Penn Central lett... (more)

Bangor & Aroostook EMD SW9 No.33 Ex-Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 8936 at Northern Maine Jct., shops July 16, 1980.

What a Recession Looks Like

A visit to Southern Pacific's primary yard and shop complex in Los Angeles, Taylor Yard (located just north of downtown), during the 1973-1975 recessi... (more)

Travelling along the Canisteo River on the Southern Tier line, a Delaware & Hudson train of covered hoppers rolls east near Rathbone, New York.

Bangor & Aroostook EMD GP38 No.85 with F3(A) 42 at Northern Maine Jct., shops July 14, 1983.

CLOVIS NM Jan 22 1984 -- SDF45 5967 poses for a roster shot at the west end of Clovis.

Bangor & Aroostook EMD GP38 No.94 ex-Conrail 7666 formerly Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines 2006 at Northern Maine Jct., shops near Bangor, Maine August 16, 1991.

There's no shortage of paint schemes in this photo at the Delaware & Hudson's East Binghamton shops. Beside the predominate Guilford grey/orange, there are units from the Boston & Maine, Maine Cen... (more)

FORT SUMNER NM Sept 25 1988 -- Santa Fe B40-8 7418 hauls a TOFC train past a signal at Fort Sumner. The locomotive is only about three months old.