Colorado’s Minturn Yard is bustling with new Southern Pacific GE AC4400CWs on September 5, 1995. To the right on the main line, a helper set trailed by No. 143 returns from pushing tonnage up th... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

Soo Line train No. 203 rumbles through Pewaukee, Wisconsin, on the early autumn day of October 6, 1990. An EMD SD60M/SD60 combo in new “candy apple red,” power the westbound hotshot. Soo Line ... (more)

The power and caboose for the Valley Owl local are parked between duties at Sumner, WA, located between Tacoma and Kent/Auburn. This was part of the UP/MILW joint mainline into Seattle and is stil... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

At the midnight hour in Kansas City, MO, the Amtrak Super chief disguised as the Santa Fe Super Chief is making its station stop. Led by F3A 301C, four more Fs will assist the 301C in keeping the ... (more)

Southern Pacific Railroad Police caboose No. 4709 rolls west on the rear of a SP freight at Vail (Cienega Creek), Arizona, on April 22, 1990. SP had several of these cars that were used by special... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

This vintage shot was taken at Eau Claire Tower, capturing a classic piece of railroad history from the 1950s and 60s. The tower operator hands up orders to the engineer of train 172, powered by a... (more)

Eau Claire Tower was the heart of railroad operations through town from 1896 to 1991. This former Omaha Road (CNW) structure was actually originally built to a Milwaukee Road design. It protected ... (more)

A cold, rainy day greets rare SDL39 583 and FM H-16-66 549 parked together at Pigs Eye roundhouse, St. Paul. The SDL39 went to the Soo Line and Wisconsin Central. The FM was retired in April 1976.

The RDC pair making up VIA's daily Vancouver Island run over CP subsidiary Equimalt & Nanaimo has reached its northern terminal, and lays over at the sturdy old Courtenay station before returning... (more)

Soo Line 789 is crossing the BN at Tower MJ in Superior, WI in May of 1986.

Soo Line EMD SD40 No. 744 leads train No. 498 through Brookfield, Wisconsin, on a snowy January 25, 1990.