Frisco's standard black and yellow freight livery suited Alco and EMD carbodies very nicely. This westbound freight, with in the lead an Alco FA-1 5217 and four EMD F-units, rolls over the N. Can... (more)

The Shasta Daylight is burning up the Cal P near Elmira on a hot summer day in 1956. This image was taken by the late John E. Shaw, Jr.

I was just a kid and using my father's Voigtlander camera on occasion. We were fortunate to see Rio Grande No.1, the "Royal Gorge", as it made its scheduled stop in the depths of the Ark... (more)

Ferrocarril del Pacifico (Pacific Railway of Mexico) acquired the D&H PA's in 1978-79. D&H 17 and 18 were former Santa Fe 60 and 62. A John C. Benson original Kodachrome slide from my collection... (more)

"The Laurentian" has made its station stop at Rouses Point and now races south on the double track that ends at Coopersville.

I know it's an ALCO but there is a steam engine back there. WM 301 leads helpers for Reading 2102. A Roger Puta Photograph

UP Alco FA-FB units, powered by a 1500hp V-12 engine. Their performance must have impressed the UP's management because 80 of them were ordered subsequently. No photographer listed on slide.

Missouri Pacific Alco PA-1 No.50 train 15 Allenton, Missouri July 15, 1965.

In 1966, there were only two ways into remote Rock Creek Canyon, between Crater and Volcano on Rio Grande’s Craig Branch in northwestern Colorado. One was to hike along the track from the neares... (more)

Galloping home early in the afternoon at Rocky siding, Rio Grande number 10, the Craig-Denver Yampa Valley, is 35 minutes from a 3:20 arrival at Union Station. Three coaches and a baggage car behi... (more)

Trailing the characteristic Alco smudge, PA-1 6001 and an EMD F7B unit accelerate out of Granby with Rio Grande train 9, the Yampa Valley, on its daily 231-mile trek from Denver to Craig. The bagg... (more)

WM FA1s 301, 302, 303, and 304 plus SD40 7434 passing F7A 59. A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

A reminder of the old Moffat Road, Rio Grande Train 9, the Yampa Valley, climbs through the curve at Coal Creek on its way from Denver to Craig in far northwestern Colorado. On the last day of Jan... (more)

The northbound Adirondack approaching Saratoga Springs, NY