Con Agra's lone GP7 sits out front of the huge feed mill in Gainesville. In just a few minutes, the EMD engine will begin it's switching duties for the day.

A lone SD40-2, in the form of ex. BN 7862, sits at the Gainesville yard waiting it's turn to be used for local power.

On the day after Christmas, one of Norfolk Southern's SD40-2's waits it's call to duty, as it takes a rest at the Gainesville yard.

The re-birth of WW&F Locomotive #9. It's been 82 years since this little gal last had a fire in her belly. And on the day the fire was last dropped, the odds of her having any sort of futu... (more)

On a very dense foggy day, this CSX power sits at the elevator in South Charleston.

Steamy Sheepscot, Maine. For the first time in 82 years, a new day dawns with two steam locomotives being prepared for operation on the Wiscasset Waterville & Framington Railway. In the fo... (more)

A nice find while riding my motorcycle through Wisconsin.

The sun is setting in the west as the CSX 572 idles in the Kingsport Yard. Off in the distance, another CSX motor is working on switching and moving freight around.

The night before the 17th Annual US Marine Corps. Toys for Tots train in New York, Norfolk Southern's SD60E - Honoring Our Veterans - awaits the positioning of the Amtrak equipment for the consist... (more)

After doing switching duties at Montpelier, Ohio, the Indiana Northeastern with an EMD GP7, GP9, and a GP7u leading, heads west with a load of 75 grain cars passing the grain elevators at Edon, Oh... (more)

Lunch can take place at odd hours on the railroad. Another shot from my 2015 CRRPA submissions. Staged photo shot through a replicated brake gauge made of laser etched acrylic with laser cut needl... (more)

Prior to being placed into its leader duties for the 2015 Toys for Tots train between Binghamton and Schenectady on Saturday, December 5, Norfolk Southern SD60E #6960 was spiffied up for the occas... (more)

Hammering away! Pile Driver OB's small steam engine alternately raises and drops its very heavy iron hammer on a small pile in the Antonito Yard, adjacent to the balloon loop track. The pi... (more)

On it's first trip to the southeast, SLRG 515 pulls up to the Batesville platform to start loading for Iowa Pacific's new Grenada Polar Express. Batesville was once home to the Illinois Cen... (more)

A Roger Puta photograph