Train with a GT-22-1 4631 + BB-33 7650 + two G-22-U e and slug. This pictures showes a difference between a metric gauge locomotives and a BB-33, that is a C-30-7 of standart gauge.
Northbound Auto-Train departs Sanford.
Brand new and just delivered to BC Rail, three SD40-2's numbers 764, 763 and 765 are being readied for their next assignment in the Lillooet roundhouse. While the red, white and blue color scheme... (more)
The rebirth of A9101 is coming.
The 473 switches an inbound train at the east end of the Durango yard. The boxcars were probably empties that would be spotted at the lumber mill for loading. Note the 473 is equipped with footb... (more)
The Colorado Eagle waiting to depart. In the distance is GM&O E7A 102 with Train 4, The Limited. A Roger Puta Photograph
Two of the three completed RTL III Turboliners sit in the Albany-Rensselaer yard on a freezing cold winter night. Note the frozen rain drops and icicles hanging off of the nose shroud of the 2158.... (more)
”When Empty Return To…” Well, maybe not this time. This Air Products and Chemicals liquid oxygen tank car is on a one-way trip to an appointment with a torch. The PC mill gon... (more)
After helping free a snow bound train north of Talkeetna the snow fleet with spreaders 8 & 9 and GP40-2s 3010 & 3007 were sent further north to clear sidings as far north as Healy. Seen here arriv... (more)
NS 9722, NS 098, pulls six export locomotives through Altoona and down to CP Works for a Recrew. These are GE CM20-EMP for Indonesia.
NYC second generation power heads into Nevins to pick up freight consist.. Brand new 1966 Dodge trucks on the left in the autoracks are probably all gone by now. In secret board rooms PRR and NYC ... (more)
I've had this photo in my head for a few years, but haven't made the time to head out to Moab very often. Since I first wondered if it was possible, I've seen the train framed through Corona Arch ... (more)
MILW caboose no. 992128 brings up the rear of a dead freight crossing Mine Creek Trestle on the west side of Snoqualmie Pass. Note the ballasted deck on this bridge. These bridges were built to la... (more)
Having physically breathed it's last breath only hours before, coolants and fluids have just been drained and shop forces are going through and making this old warrior "ready for burial". Sad, sa... (more)
C&O #614 pulls a consist, too many to count, w/o the assistance of a diesel. A steam starved crowd gathers to witness as this impressive 4-8-4 charges out of town enroute to Hoboken, NJ.
The 46 is the first of six locomotives that will celebrate Amtrak's 50th anniversary, chosen among five P42s already budgeted for overhaul and one new ALC-42 Charger. Get the full scoop here: http... (more)
A tropical scene on a below zero morning in Staples.
The Juniata was one of the few passenger trains that could reliably be seen on Horseshoe Curve during daylight hours. To see the westbound Juniata, Railroad: Pennsylvania RailroadLocomotive: EMD E8(A)Location: Altoona, Pennsylvania, USALocomotive #: PRR 5716Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: April, 1966
The main workshop of Hellenic railways. Repairing-recostructing works for many locos,Alcos A303-A201,MLWs A458-A462-A510,Alsthom 356 and narrow gauge Mitsubishi A9403
N&W 611 ventured out of the Virginia Museum of Transportation for the first time in years to help Norfolk Southern celebrate the 125th anniversary of Roanoke's East End Shops back in September 200... (more)
Built March 1952
Yes, it really is that green! DM&IR Consolidation Locomotive #332 passes the "green pond" in Palmers, MN, en route to Two Harbors with a freight train for photographers. The alm... (more)
Steam Siphon in Action. Fireman Martin Hansen checks the level in the water tank on Mt. Emily Shay #1, as the locomotive's steam siphon draws water from the Lytle Creek and pours it into th... (more)
Today in the "Au harbor" of Muttenz near Basel, the first six cars of the first doubledeck trainset for Aeroexpress (Moscow), built by Stadler Rail in Altenrhein/Switzerland, were loaded to the Rh... (more)
Aftermath of a staged grade crossing accident between a GP 40 and a Chevy Suburban for Warner Bros. production of “Lethal Weapon 4”. Accident was staged at the North Main Street crossing of th... (more)
Model Layout Nickel Plate 765 takes a spin on the turntable while preparations for the nights, night photo session begin.
The curve through Loachapoka is superelevated, which is great for southbounds running downhill at 50+, but tough on the lower, inside rail when northbounds drag up the grade at 10-12 mph. This so... (more)
Westbound freight train behind D&H 1216 at Waverly, NY in July 1975. Photograph by John F. Bjorklundmore)
Complete local freight is laid out before us. Engine to caboose just fit in fine. Though it is February most of the snow is gone as we were experiencing a mild winter the year I took this shot. I ... (more)
"Thunder on the Nortwestern" For the first time since 2002, Union Pacific brought its mainline steam power back to Chicagoland, and they did it in incredible style. Here, UP 4014 whistles past ... (more)
Westbound Erie Railroad train 5 The Lake Cities with in the lead Alco PA-1 856, with EMD E8(A) 823 in two-tone green Erie Railroad passenger colors,crossing the Nickel Plate Road tracks at Cresto... (more)
A friend of mine has managed to obtain a little bit of British Rail history namely a Cab from a class 50 loco. Hence 50 046 is seen sitting in Shropshire on a sunny December morning
On a windy winter day, CN 529 busts through a snow drift with a GE AC4400CW leading near the little town of Saint-Valentin, QC. This shot was really taken on the CN Rouses Point Subdivision, not o... (more)
Piedmont Division train 237 hustles south through Gainesville, Georgia, with the Central of Georgia heritage unit, passing Southern SD40 #3170. 237 moves intermodal traffic daily from Charleston,... (more)
NS 3052 and 716 glides train 975 north across Lake Pontchartrain as it runs from New Orleans towards Meridian with an Operation Lifesaver special. The train's consist includes two coaches equippe... (more)
At least they stayed upright. Just another reason why you should always take the camera with you. Luckily I had time to run home and grab mine.
A somewhat rare opportunity came to be in Webster as we chased in which we had no cars behind us. I immediately recognized this as perfect pacing conditions since we would not be hindering anyone ... (more)
CB&Q/CRI&P wreck. First train through the next morning on Sheep Yard lead track passing the combined Ak-Sar-Ben Zephyr and Royal Zephyr's baggage car. For details of this wreck see: http://railf... (more)
With a crescent moon shining over them, the crew of the ''Canton Cannonball'' works at sunset in LaHarpe, Illinois switching out a train bound for points east. Engineer Doug Henry will be on duty... (more)
The southbound Guadalupe Local passes through Emma Wood State Park during a brilliant sunset.
The hostler has cleaned the fire, dumped the ashes and is now washing the ash hopper. I saw about a dozen K-4's at Camden this day.
Taken from the cab of my fire truck while deployed from Illinois to help Katrina victims, Crews putting finishing touches on repairs to the 5.8 mi bridge.
Traffic is starting to get busy on a late spring afternoon at the top Palmer Lake on Colorado's Joint Line. On BNSF Main 1, a loaded coal train slowly grinds towards "The Sag"; the stop ... (more)
The sun was shining at the Apache Railway Shops and it was time to shoot some ALCOS! Apache 98 and 81 are building the outbound train for the BNSF at Holbrook, while other units sit around the pro... (more)
This retired high speed train build in 80's will be scrapped in few months and is parked on this old track from January 2015, now weeds have grown and this train is waiting death ! 50% of TGV SE a... (more)
CPR C-Liner 4104 is dead in consist as it heads east on the Laggan Sub for repairs in Calgary. The other 4 units are working hard up the 2.2% grade past Wapta Lake to the Great Divide at Stephen ... (more)
CN 9435 is in the shop to give some of its part to another sister.
One of the most recognizable railway views today. It`s also a rare place where we are glad that trains no longer run. This is Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp where trainloads of Jews arrived... (more)
The sun is beginning to set on another day along Norfolk Southern's busy Pittsburgh line as loaded coal train 650 departs South Fork, Pennsylvania behind an awesome consist of locomotives featurin... (more)
Inspiring - They call this "Inspiration Point" for a reason! The White Pass & Yukon's "rotary fleet" consisting of vintage snowplow #3 (Cooke - 1899) is marching upgrade trailed by twin ste... (more)
Penn Central GG-1 4898 (ex-PRR 4898) leads Amtrak train #441, the Washington section of The Broadway Limited, through the Capitol Beltway Station in Maryland on July 5, 1976.
BNSF 5764 & 5885 head empty coal from the South while UP full coal descends toward Bill with 6648 & 8272 as the lead units. Another BNSF empty coal is awaiting for coal loading at Anterope coal mi... (more)
Everyday power, 1963. Elizabeth, New Jersey was a great train-watching spot, with the Pennsylvania Railroad main above, and the Jersey Central main below. The Jersey Central had 13 Trainmasters, a... (more)
Train of empties hit a coal truck and derailed at Nolan, WV, just west of Williamson. The truck driver was killed. Some of the derailed cars came to rest blocking the eastbound lane of US 52.
BNSF 4560 has a conRAIL qualITY door.
The CSX Cumberland roundhouse is seen from above. Several units are seen in the photo including a couple of visitors.
New England Central continues to recover from last month's CN strike and traffic levels remain extremely high. Cold weather and snow cause some delays to switching, throwing the normally nocturna... (more)
An Alco helper trio (C420, RS-18, C420) drifts downgrade back to Packerton Yards on a damp March day. Scrappers had nearly finished removing the Jersey Central mainline tracks at left. All Jers... (more)
"Meet me in Las Vegas" An eastbound manifest meets a westbound container train in downtown Las Vegas on a 100 degree plus day in June.
Put out of business by FREDs Dozens of Union Pacific cabooses are stored near UP’s shop in Omaha, Nebraska, in July 1983. For most, their fate is not good…
CP crews pulled the 6055 out to get it ready for delivery to start its new life at Smart Sand Inc. near Oakdale, WI. Rumored to be ex-EJ&E 650.
The 20th Century Limited A Roger Puta Photograph
ELS #400 sits stripped and forgotten on the sight of the former Harnischfeger crane plant. Hasselblad 500C/M, Velvia 50.
A pair of Union Pacific GP7s, 119 and 114, assist a passenger train over southern California's Cajon Pass. The eastbound passenger train, most likely train #10, the "Domeliner" (Los Ang... (more)
Alco PA-1 No. 190, dressed in Nickel Plate Road livery, undergoes a from the ground up restoration at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, Oregon. The beautiful locomotive was built the 62... (more)
East bound double stack receives the last ray of sunlight as it navigates the curves at Ludlow.
Only C636 operating; D-L 3642 last worked for Delta Bulk Terminal. Former Conrail 6792, purchased as Penn Central 6342.
Rounding a twenty-degree curve on a 1.7% uphill grade, H802 with 2 AC's and 37 loads of coal are down to 3mph on wet rail.
Just days off the erecting floor at GE’sErie, Pennsylvania, plant, spotless U25B 230 with two older sisters leads a freight up the approach to the Harry S Truman Bridge at Birmingham Missouri. O... (more)
While folks dodge autos on busy 78th street, a Savage Bingham & Garfield work train takes a breather from laying new ribbon rail along what will one day become UTA's 'Mid Jordan' light rail line.
Put out to (urban) pasture
NW FM H24-66 #172 in Mullens, WV. [10/69]
Totally dude! With the beach and palm trees behind, the Santa Cruz Local makes a run down the Boardwalk on a scorching hot July afternoon. The boardwalk doesn't see much action anymore frei... (more)
NRHS 2005 Go By Train Convention double header heads back to Portland this time with 4449 in the lead.
C&O Hudson #490 Occupying a prominent spot in the B&O Museum's car shop exhibit hall is this odd-looking steam locomotive from the post-World War II "streamliner era." You are lo... (more)
Last of the DinosaursThe last two Conrail C39-8's on NS property sit in the DeButts yard deadline. I would have loved to see these beasts out on the rails, but I guess I am too late for tha... (more)
Reading EMD FT units 251 A, B sit at the company shops.
The cold temperatures have helped preserve the snow on the trees nearly two days after the storm. Another rough hike!
Built in 1898, Steam Rotary #1 was being pushed by WP&YR 73 and 40.
Some action at CN's ore dock 6 in Duluth as three light units are on the ore dock approach while three GEs led by 2104 cross over on BNSF track with ore cars for loading limestone at Hallett Dock.... (more)
Controls and instruments on the footplate of the steam locomotive B 3/4 # 1367 of SBB Historic in Airolo. Electrolocomotive Ae 6/6 # 11411 "Zug" is coupled in front, to pull the steamer ... (more)
On a day that most likely will be the last time we will see 6 Alcos lashed up together on the Apache Railway, under stormy skies they head north to pick up the remaining 50 blue coal hoppers of th... (more)
The caboose of a northbound C&NW freight gets a flyover from a United Airlines 747 landing at O’Hare International Airport at Bryn Mawr, Illinois, in August 1984.
How many Vandy tenders working these days? And with a vestibule yet. Yes, NWP. I've heard the story of why but have forgotten. Help! And with apologies to Jimmy Buffet.....I now know, I now k... (more)
