CB&Q's Golden 4-8-4 To celebrate the centennial of the opening of its Chicago to Aurora, Illinois line, the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy very temporarily painted its king of fan trips, Nor... (more)

E7A 9922B was subsequently scrapped. She was 19 years old and obviously not worth the repair expense. E9A 9987A at the right however was returned to service. For the details of this CB&Q/CRI&P wr... (more)

The Kansas City Chief A Roger Puta Photograph

An EMD intercity failure ends its days at age 10 downgraded to commuter service, not a good application of a train with few and narrow doors. There are actually three additional RI trains in the d... (more)

For the details of this CB&Q/CRI&P wreck see: http://railfan44.blogspot.com/2014/01/major-passenger-train-wreck-montgomery.html

The late Roger Puta's slide was scanned and posted by Marty Bernard.

A Roger Puta Photograph

The next unit over is 351A an F3A and the next is 370A an F7A.

To celebrate the centennial of the opening of its Chicago to Aurora, Illinois line, the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy very temporarily painted its queen of fan trips, Northern 5632, gold. The scen... (more)

651 was scrapped. For details of this CB&Q/CRI&P wreck see: http://railfan44.rrpicturearchives.net/archiveThumbs.aspx?id=23180

A Roger Puta Photograph

The Evolutrionary Step Between an Hood and a Geep.

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)

Built by GE in 1949. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Joe_(electric_locomotive)

I took this slide and filed it away with no information other than date and gross location. I was hoping somebody could fill in all the blanks. They did!