A Roger Puta photograph

Awaiting the arrival of eastbound trains needing electric motive power to continue to Grand Central Terminal

We are at GI Tower (closed June 1968) looking northeast along the NYC's mainline from Louisville to Colombus, Indiana. This area would be completely unrecognizable today. Any sign that the railroa... (more)

Bringing up the markers on tonight's westbound "Twentieth Century Limited" is the Budd-built stainless steel 5 Bedroom observation lounge "Wingate Brook" subbing for one of the... (more)

The "Twentieth Century Limited" gets underway westbound behind diesel power at Harmon, after exchanging the P-motor electric that brought it out of Grand Central Terminal for a pair of E... (more)

A conductor waves to a pretty lass in the observation car Hickory Creek as a rare jade-green E8 sits on an adjacent track. This scene was part of the annual night photography event hosted by the U... (more)

New York Central Lives! Jade green E9 4083 is posed next to observation car Hickory Creek at the URHS Transportation Heritage Festival.

This is the north approach to the Big Four Bridge which spans the Ohio River between Jeffersonville, IN and Louisville, KY. The photo was taken looking south along Mulberry Street in Jeffersonvill... (more)

This trainman's night has been made. No doubt the beautiful jade shade "Century Green" E8(A) has put the young lady in receptive mood to the handsome young trainman's attention. Alas it ... (more)

The 20th Century Limited is just about ready to depart for Chicago; a few passengers on board the Hickory Creek wave to the conductor of 4083's train as they depart for the Windy City. Taken at th... (more)

URHS Heritage Festival Night shoot '15!

Mid-mornings, Burlington’s 23rd Street engine terminal in Denver gets busy. Freight power is in from the east and has to be fueled and serviced, and passenger power must be made ready for the va... (more)

Sitting on Display at the Danbury Railway Museum is New York Central E8A 4096, this engine as some history behind her and we found out just before she was retired that she was working for Amtrak f... (more)

Westbound "Empire State Express" passing the Tappan Zee Bridge in the background on a misty morning.