From 1960 to 1963, Missouri Pacific and subsidiary Texas & Pacific purchased 151 GP18s, more than all other railroads combined. Last of the first-generation geeps, the 1800-hp units arrived in tim... (more)

Rock Island likes General Electric’s U25B. The road bought its first in spring, 1963 and by November 1964 has acquired 39 of the 2500-hp locomotives, including the 207, seen here eastbound with ... (more)

Brisk north winds scatter dust and exhaust as Rock Island train 82 begins its daily eastbound trek out of Denver for Blue Island, Illinois. U28B 256 leads eight hard-working units that including a... (more)

Awaiting disposition at EMD. A Roger Puta photograph.

The late Roger Puta's slide was scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.

The late Roger Puta's slide was scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.

Northbound on the Joint Line near Louviers, Fort Worth & Denver 752D heads a Colorado & Southern freight for Denver on July 8, 1967. The practice of sandwiching one or two SD9s between paired AB F... (more)

On the last day of 1966, Burlington’s Longmont local out of Denver trundles along north of Broomfield, as faithful and reliable as an old dog. Led by SD9s 326 and 363, cars for cement loading, p... (more)

Flat-scanned from a print purchased at Atlanta railfan show years ago. Photographer unknown. Repowered with EMD prime mover.

Massive floods along Colorado’s Front Range ten days ago closed almost all rail access into Denver. And so June 17,1965, finds this Rock Island piggyback grinding up the just-reopened Rio Grande... (more)

In the lead Frisco EMD FP7 5051,with F3(B) 5117, F7(B) 5123, Alco FB-1 5309 and FP7 5043. Photo from my collection, the photographer was not specified.

Three GP30's and one GP35 are working out of Raleigh, NC with Seaboard TT-23 in September 1966. Seaboard operated TT-23 daily except Mondays and always operated it as an extra train. By the look... (more)

John requests this series of photos be uploaded as he seeks to thank the entire railpictures.net crew and audience worldwide for eclipsing the 5M page view count on his photos shared thus far. It'... (more)

A GP-30, two GP-20s and a SD-24 are being hostled at CB&Q’s North Kansas City Yard, Mo.