A set of New Haven road freight power consisting of two U25Bs bracketing a Century 425 has arrived at Boston from the west and pulled into the service pit at Dover Street Yard for fueling. These d... (more)

The FL9s up front clear their throats as a New York-bound train gets underway out of South Station in Boston. Penn Central has been in charge for a few weeks but the New Haven image remains for th... (more)

Two U50's spliced by a GP9B lead an early pig train.

GM&O 1900 was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding Co. of Pascagoula, Mississippi, the only locomotive ever built by the company. Designated as a 4-S model B-B 1500hp, spent its life in occasional loc... (more)

Well into the second shift, Columbia and Cowlitz 701 and companion 702,( ex SP 2407), depart the Longview Fibers complex with a train headed for Rocky Point Yard, the interchange with BN in Kelso,... (more)

In its Penn Central days, one of the unique ex-New Haven Roger Williams RDC cab units departs Boston's South Station on an evening commuter run, mated with a standard RDC.

These unique RDCs with locomotive-style cabs were built in 1957 as part of a six-car experimental train for the New Haven RR, called the "Roger Williams" and intended for Boston-New York... (more)

Six-axle Alcos weren't especially common on Penn Central's former Boston & Albany line, but they did show up on occasion. Century 628 6304 paired with C630 6328 at Beacon Park in Boston on a sprin... (more)

Penn Central's black dip paint scheme is generally not remembered with fondness, but lots of classic locomotives wore it. Minimally decorated Century 630 6328, an ex-PRR unit, visited Boston in Ap... (more)

A variety of engines rest at the CP engine terminal in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario in May of 1988.

Spokane, Portland & Seattle Ry., with two of the four F7A's own by the railroad.

Union Pacific was seldom an enthusiastic Baldwin customer; most of its modern steam power came from Alco. But in 1952, the road acquired six AS-616 road switchers from Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton. Valu... (more)

North Platte, Nebraska, was and remains the place to sample everything old and new running on the Union Pacific. On October 2, 1966, the new included Alco Century 855 61, parked at the fuel rack j... (more)

The one-of-a-kind 10,000 horsepower EMD GM10B is waiting on a crew by the ancient PRR grade crossing sign along South Front Street. EMD borrowed some design technology from ASEA/Sweden (Allmänna... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph