A full moon illuminates the Pennsylvania position lights guarding MP 263 at Summerhill on a pleasant Autumn night.

Sunrise and Signals A Roger Puta Photograph

A little fog makes for a more dramatic shot of a set of old Missabe searchlight signals still functioning at Sparta, MN. CN is replacing these old veterans of the railroad industry with new "... (more)

Another day has ended as a westbound covered hopper train with an SD70ACe DPU races into the small town of Rock River, Wyoming along Union Pacific's Laramie Subdivision on November 19, 2016.

On a cold February evening the North Carolina Transportation Museum hosts a dinner train for couples wanting to ride the rails while being elegantly dined! This photographer got to ride around on ... (more)

On November 17th, 2014 the final chapter of Union Switch & Signal searchlight signals on Tehachapi was closed when the last signals between Warren and Mojave, on the eastern slope, were retired in... (more)

After I got done shooting a G888 at Masonville, I waited around for a lite power move behind them. As the wait carried on the sun barely popped out from the clouds as big thunderstorms dumped tons... (more)

Some 11.8 miles off the Iron Range Subdivision on the DM&IR Wales branch is where they crossed the Cloquet River at Jordan. Based on the condition of the bridge and the sign now posted this is the... (more)

Although we'll never again see fallen-flag boxcars rumbling across the great PRR bridge at Safe Harbor, we soon might be able to walk across it. The conversion of the long-abandoned bridge to hik... (more)

A plethora of historic equipment sits at the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati in Latonia, Kentucky. Among the collection is PRR Observation, the Metropolitan View (bottom right) and B&O "... (more)

An Amtrak Conductor communicates how many cars there are left till the train comes to a complete stop at the station in Granby, Colorado on September 24, 2016. They'll load the coach-class passeng... (more)

The old dwarf signal still guards the West end of the siding at Connelly Springs, NC. The way the signals are set up is rather interesting, as the signal governing the mainline displays a "clear" ... (more)

In an environment composed of steel, rocks and behemoth trains rolling pass only inches away, an example of the amazing power of nature and life can be seen. While waiting on a northbound train t... (more)

The Semmering railway (German: Semmeringbahn) in Austria, which starts at Gloggnitz and leads over the Semmering to Mürzzuschlag was the first mountain railway in Europe built with a standard gau... (more)

The white-hatted foreman is down on his haunches to better scrutinize the progress of tie renewal on eastbound No. 1 Track. Tie-handling machine No. 1041's crew is manipulating some freshly creos... (more)