The classic ex-PRR interlocking tower at CP BANKS, before it was painted by Conrail.

An inbound Metra train for LaSalle Street Station crosses the diamond protected by the 16th St. Tower outside downtown Chicago. The tower stands over the crossing of Metra's Rock Island District o... (more)

A Gibson Yard job returns passing Calumet Tower, which lasted much longer than I expected and was the last "true" interlocking tower in the state, closing in March 2013.

ED4 yard job passes the tower at the west end of East Deerfield Yard.

A GG1 passes SA Tower for the final time with a revenue train. I wonder if the video that someone is taking from the rear cab is still around.

A Roger Puta photograph

Jersey Central's tower and main line sit abandoned at Nesquehoning Junction, located near Jim Thorpe, PA. Allentown- Scranton traffic had been rerouted to the Lehigh Valley line between Lehig... (more)

An E-44 with its nose and cab doors open for the breeze parts the weeds near Cola Tower. The 4460 still wears its PRR-style numerals under the cab window, barely visible under the road grime. 44... (more)

Westbound Erie Railroad train 5 The Lake Cities with in the lead Alco PA-1 856, with EMD E8(A) 823 in two-tone green Erie Railroad passenger colors,crossing the Nickel Plate Road tracks at Cresto... (more)

First time visiting the Pittsburgh line. I managed to catch Amtrak at CP Hunt

A Roger Puta photograph.

Peak summer travel season has begun, and Union Pacific’s combined City of Los Angeles-San Francisco is running in two sections, one to accommodate first-class travelers and a second for the coac... (more)

The Milwaukee Road has been a part of Soo Line for over two years when this photo was taken, but lead GP40 No. 2046 has so far escaped being "bandit-ized" by the Soo's patchwork repainti... (more)

The late Roger Puta's slide was scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.

In a rare, public passenger move over the former Boston and Maine Railroad's West End, Amtrak's Autumn Express heads east past the former JV Tower at Johnsonville, NY. Here, the B&M's Troy Branch... (more)