A dwarf protects the Big Coal Siding on a chilly Winter night after a little snow had fallen the night prior.
Ghosts of the 'Wobbly'….Deep within the Feather River Canyon a pair of Union Switch & Signal intermediate searchlights stand guard at MP273, today this is Union Pacific's Canyon Subdivision, how... (more)
Depot. A Roger Puta Photograph
North Star and semaphores… Under the watchful gaze of the North Star a pair of near century old Union Switch & Signal upper quadrant semaphores stand a silent guard along BNSF's Raton Subdivisio... (more)
Business Cars A Roger Puta Photograph
Dawn on the very quiet C&O just south of Pemberville.
A northbound freight illuminates the scene and waiting in the wings are the new safetrans signals awaiting their installation to replace the venerable N&W CPL signals at Shepherdstown as part of t... (more)
An inbound Metra electric train is approaching Van Burn Street under the Chicago skyline all dressed up for the Chicago Cubs World Series Champions. Tomorrow would be the busiest day in Metra's hi... (more)
Glint off Caboose 999325. A Roger Puta Photograph
A Roger Puta Photograph
A crew is working on building their train in Union Pacific's Arden Yard with the city skyline in the background.
Number 999705, a class CE-8 waycar. A Roger Puta Photograph
Waycar 999422. A Roger Puta Photograph
Time for some replacements.... Paint spots sporadically line the rail indicating that the crossties beneath them are due to be replaced with new ones.