Santa Fe FP45 #92 leads an eastbound past Joliet Union Station and tower JD crossing the Former Rock Island now Metra Line.

Here's SuperFleet action in the final days of the Santa Fe. It was tough when I spotted this loco in Kansas City a few years ago, rusting away in a deadline, yet thankful I saw it during the glor... (more)

Amtrak P42DC No. 1 leads train No. 2 through Stockham, location of much-used double crossovers in Tucson. The dispatcher has this morning's Sunset Limited on Track 2, where she'll be right to the ... (more)

Who Need a Delorean? Stepping onto the former Pennsylvania Railroad sleep/lounge "Colonial Crafts" is like stepping back in time to an era of train travel gone by. The rear vestibule is ... (more)

A pair of Dash 8-40C's lead westbound autoracks through Mance, Pa.

Four Union Pacific DDA40X Centennials stored with GP30B's/SD24A's and B's at UP's Yermo Yard, near Barstow, California.

It was a real treat to catch two Santa Fe cowl unit as the sole power of a train. SDP40Fu 5261 and F45 5956 round a big sweeping curve east of East Guam, New Mexico.

Although Hohman Interlocking was one of Chicagoland's busiest junctions, it had not seen passenger trains since Amtrak left the former Erie Lackawanna mains in the late 1970s. Due to a gas leak, ... (more)

An Amtrak F40PH leads a two-car train through Galesburg. Tom Golden photo.

Amtrak 281 pulling train 64 the Niagara Rainbow, paused for passenger stop at St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada on it's crossing from Detroit to Buffalo. The station is still there preserved. The double... (more)

Somewhere in Wyoming west of Cheyenne the City Of SF/LA roars by. Speculation this could have been the coach section with the Pullman section following, clues being the single dome and predominate... (more)

A blue U34CH. In 1993, SEPTA acquired a pair of ex Erie Lackawanna U34CH units from NJ Transit. They were used to provide extra service during a major rail construction project. One of t... (more)

From a viewpoint above the apex of Horseshoe Curve, a westbound freight crawls under the signal bridge at Kittanning Point approaching the curve.

A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph