Late in the afternoon, with thick haze from machinery in the oil fields of the southern San Joaquin Valley diminishing the sunlight, a hot Santa Fe pig train coming off the mountain meets an eastb... (more)

A Union Pacific coal train moves eastbound up the Moffat Sub towards Gore Canyon.

The tail of 16N slips through Tipton, Pa on the evening of September 9th.

With directional running in the Fraser and Thompson Canyons (eastbound trains traveling on the Canadian Pacific side, westbound trains on the Canadian National side) it's been hard for me to captu... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

A westbound in the Thompson Canyon between Thompson and Lytton near the hamlet and former railway station of Gladwin. CP Thompson Sub. A Roger Puta Photograph

The sounds of GE locomotives slowly grinding up the grade grow louder and louder on a warm August night in Valentine, AZ. Soon, the headlights of an eastbound train appear and illuminate a silhoue... (more)

Two small tunnels for tramways (and cars)

The Cheyenne Frontier days Parade. After Union Pacific No. 844 arrives with the Frontier Days Train, a westbound coal load pulls into the siding to allow a westbound Z to pass. Changing crews at ... (more)

In a 13-minute exposure, a BNSF train rolls through the first loop as it heads up Crawford Hill.

The rear helper units on a heavy Port of Los Angeles stack train slowly grind up the steep 1.4 % grade towards Yampai Summit as they enter Crozier Canyon. The sound of General Electric Evolution S... (more)

Atop New York City’s magnificent 42nd Street Grand Central Terminal, no less than a magnificent sculptural group will do. This is “Glory of Commerce” created by Jules-Felix Coutan and carved... (more)

Very special visitor place: We are in the access tunnel from Amsteg into the Gotthardbasistunnel (world wide longest railway tunnel, 57 km, from Erstfeld to Biasca, opening for the trains in decem... (more)