A pair of GP30's as helpers are shoving on the rear of a westbound that originated in Philadelphia. CR2231 wears Conrail lettering instead of the usual CR initials that we would normally see on a... (more)

Canadian Wheat Board's SD40-2 #1002 sits quiet outside of the brand new elevator at the brand new super terminal just west of Bloom on CN's Rivers Sub.

The date says Conrail, but the scene is pure Reading. On the third weekend of Conrail’s existence, a lot of motive power has been shuffled, but the train patterns are still intact. Here a coal ... (more)

MTDA pig train eastbound

Working the Autosite.

The LSRC's predecessor Detroit & Mackinac was historically home to a fleet of Alco diesels. The LSRC carried on that tradition into the 2000s until the fleet (minus the 469) was scrapped in 2011. ... (more)

The one and only GP40P-2 (ex Southern Pacific 7600) on the Indiana Harbor Belt leads IHB 115 at CP 487 in Burns Harbor Indiana.

Not your typical long hood...AgRail 35 has a protrusion in its long hood which originates from its BM days, where the box held equipment to provide electrical power to the commuter trains it pulle... (more)

The newest addition to the SARM family, Seaboard Coast Line SD45 2024, backs three container flats across Blair Road.

Seaboard Coast Line SD45 number 2024 leads a container train through a curve over Oxier Creek near Blair, Tennessee.

The coolest shortline there never was (this version, at least-- see comment below). I wish I had better photo skills (and the will to photograph trains somewhere outside of Bennett Yard and SY To... (more)

A Tennken crew departs the yard at Dyersburg (running parallel to the CN-IC main) and makes their way across town to work PolyOne. TKEN rosters three former IC GP28's (built 1964) retaining their ... (more)

As the sun begins to settle below the horizon, the GLC OSTN throttles up and the venerable GP35's that ride on Alco trucks feel as though they have to smoke like Alcos with an Osmer bound with a 9... (more)

ICG GP11 #8720 at Dyersburg, TN || April 1989

A one-of-a-kind paint job on Amtrak 4316 (ex-PC nee-PRR) captured by Roger Puta in Harrisburg, PA in August 1971. The story goes that Amtrak needed something for publicity with its newly refurbish... (more)