A pair of ex-Erie-Lackawanna SD45-2s pauses by SO Tower, which was virtually destroyed by arsonists in November of 2008 and razed shortly afterward. No. 6658 was built by EMD in November, 1972 as... (more)

Conrail's OI-16 has just completed a setoff at Port Reading. The train is waiting to receive permission to operate to Brown's Yard, in Old Bridge. The Woodbridge Fourth Street Park, in the foregro... (more)

Conrail Shared Assets train OI-16 races by NJ Transit's Perth Amboy station on the former Pennsylvania Railroad North Jersey Coast Line. This train is enroute to Browns Yard in Sayreville, NJ to d... (more)

CR 6661, a former Erie-Lackawanna SD45-2 suns itself outside Juniata Shops at Altoona, PA in October 1982. A recession in the U.S. had slowed rail traffic and there were a number of these units st... (more)

Eastbound Santa Fe Barstow to Texas train 805 climbs Goffs Hill eastbound into the sunrise on the first morning of a great trip and bringing up the rear are tweny one cabooses twenty of which are ... (more)

Eastbound Santa Fe Barstow to Texas train 805 climbs Goffs Hill eastbound into the sunrise on the first morning of a great trip.

Eastbound Santa Fe freight Devore Cajon Pass

An eastbound Santa Fe intermodal train ascends Cajon at Blue Cut in the early morning of a late spring day. For some unknown reason, two CF7’s have been added to the motive power consist of a pr... (more)

Eastbound Santa Fe mixed freight approaching Summit

CR 6666, a former Erie-Lackawanna SD45-2 is shown at Altoona, PA along with RS-3M 9937. CR 6666 features an extended range fuel tank preferred by the EL while CR 9937 has been rebuilt with an EMD ... (more)

NS 1702 and Erie Lackawanna Heritage NS 1700 cross the Raritan River after sundown with a train destined for Browns Yard.

Conrail's OI-16 has the Erie Lackawanna heritage 1700 as the trailing locomotive, with sister unit 1702 leading. The train is pushing back to the Garden State Secondary, before heading south to Br... (more)

"Erie Lackawanna" 1700 is once again assigned to Conrail OI-16 after returning from Enola where the unit received a new traction motor. OI-16 was relatively short on this quiet Sunday a... (more)

A Roger Puta photograph