The Mitchell Engine House was built in 1906 by the Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railroad for the sole purpose of servicing the steam locomotives being used at the time to move ore from Minnesota's I... (more)

A classic Norfolk and Western Color Position signal is on borrowed time as it's PTC-mandated replacement looms nearby. These infamous sentinels are falling quickly on the Norfolk Southern's Pulask... (more)

A BNSF intermodal struggles up the grade as a mixed freight coasts down the grade at sunset.

An almost full moon shines through the clouds, back lighting a signal head at CP Haydock just south of Concord, NC.

The GRS type-D; once a common sight along the former Southern Railway. Now on a select few remain. Three different aspects are visible in this exposure. These have since been removed.

All reds are shown on the Norfolk & Western era cantilever at Webster, indicating no trains on the Blue Ridge District on this tranquil May night.

A Roger Puta Photograph

"Reminders of the Past"

After 146 years of serving the United States as "The Greatest Show on Earth", the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus has clo... (more)

Historic Depot. Now a restaurant, this depot, built in 1877, is, as the round object in front states, located at the oldest railroad junction in the United States. The Charleston-Hamburg li... (more)

Less than 12 hours after this photo was taken, these ancient Southern Railway signals and lattice-style cantilever bridge would guide their final train through Norfolk Southern's Charlotte Distric... (more)

"Locomotive Burnout"... After a train stalls in Roanoke with 110 loads of coal, power from another train was brought in to pull it over the hill. During the rescue attempt, wheel slippage occurre... (more)

Landmarks of a bygone era display all reds on the early morning of March 26, 2017 as a tiny sliver of a crescent moon rises into the great blue yonder before being swallowed by sunlight.

A cool winter's night elapses over a location where it seemed time had stood still, and the unstoppable metestasizing of modernization had ignored time. But unfortunately, as expected, innovation ... (more)

A Candiac-line AMT train is deadheading back to the South Shore to bring more commuters to Montreal during the morning rush hour.

Turntable and pit. A Roger Puta Photograph