It’s nearing the end of the blue hour on December 3, 1990, when an eastbound Soo Line freight thunders through Brookfield, Wisconsin, in the middle of a snowstorm. Soon, greater darkness will en... (more)

BN 7865 departs Lacrosse, WI with a hot piggyback train in October of 1986.

There’s a brief lull between passenger trains at Brockville, Ontario, so the dispatcher has let a Montreal-bound freight out of the Brockville yard. This is a heavily travelled passenger corrido... (more)

With a train of four empty pulpwood flats, a Canadian National GP9 brings a local west past the depot at Sherbrooke, Quebec.

BN 2526, a former Burlington Route GP35 is in for servicing at the former GN diesel house at Harrison St., Minneapolis. This facility became redundant with the completion of new facilities at the ... (more)

For awhile the Santa Fe/BNSF ran a coal train from New Mexico to Chicago. These trains started in September 1992 and ran from the York Canyon Mine in New Mexico via Raton Pass, to the C&NW at McCo... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

Sometimes a GP38-2 Isn’t Enough

While I don’t recall the exact problem, the crew of a Conrail local switching a readi-mix concrete plant in Bowie, Maryland encountered an issue... (more)

Framed by the depot in Brookfield, Wisconsin, an eastbound Milwaukee Road freight kicks up the snow and is about to thunder over Brookfield Road grade crossing in December 1983.

DMIR 157 shows off a fresh coat of paint in their arrowhead scheme as it waits with caboose C-239 at BN's Rice's Point Yard while in transfer service between Proctor and Duluth. Note the unique ai... (more)

A St. Louis Southwestern B40-8 leads a Pueblo, Colorado to Roper (Salt Lake City), Utah manifest freight through Provo on Sept. 22, 1990. The SSW 8069 was built by GE for the Cotton Belt in Oct. 1... (more)

A single helper ATSF 5642 pushes on waycar 999395. A Roger Puta Photograph

CN 9414 leads a freight thru Bayview Junction in May of 1988.

Three colorful Electro-Motive Division GP60 demonstrators fly eastbound on the Santa Fe main line approaching Toluca, Illinois, on April 19, 1986. The rounded contours of the cab and nose was not ... (more)

The 35th Street viaduct in Milwaukee, WI makes a fine vantage point to view a portion of the Milwaukee Road's sprawling shop facility. Shot in March of 1985, this scene would change with the Soo L... (more)