We are at or near the highest point (elev. 1676') on the Jersey Central (CNJ). The EMD SD35s with a westbound freight have just met a Lehigh Valley eastbound, and are beginning the steep descent... (more)

Train #21 from Detroit to Muskegon is shown arriving at the Birmngham station. You will note that the platform was level with the car floors and so passengers were not required to climb steps to ... (more)

Scheduled rail passenger service to Schuylkill Haven is 2 months from ending, but there still seems to be quite a few passengers boarding the lone RDC car. Today this line is operated by the Read... (more)

One E-unit was usually sufficient on the "Peoria Rocket" but on July 6, 1958, FP7 402 and FP7 409 are ready to depart Peoria for Chicago at 7AM with arrival scheduled at LaSalle Stree... (more)

Union Pacific GE U25B's 627, 626 with Alco RS27 677 and UP U25B 625. The U25B's equipped with high short hoods. Photo taken from my slide collection, no photographer listed on slide.

Great Northern Railway EMD F7(A) 313-C with GP7 601 equipped with a steam generator for local passenger and freight service. Photo part of my slide collection, no photographer listed on slide.

A Roger Puta Photograph

CB&Q (Burlington Route) #122-A (F3A-F3B-F7B-F7A) near Keenesburg, Colorado; October 18, 1963. Photo part of my slide collection, photographer Ken Crist

The Rio Grande Zephyr rolls into its station stop at Glenwood Springs, Colorado. This was one of the longer stops along the way from Denver to Salt Lake City.

Three Amtrak SDP40F hood units hardly two months old yank Train 3 the combined Super Chief - El Capitan up Raton Pass near Gallinas, Colo. on Sept. 2, 1973. AT&SF wound up buying some of the SDP... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

Milwaukee Road Little Joe No. E70 leads a 262 train at Drexel eastbound along the St. Regis River.

An ex-New Haven Alco Century 425 fronting a pair of U25Bs smokes things up a bit on a westbound freight at Milford, CT. This train, bound for the EL/L&HR gateway at Maybrook, NY, originated at Ced... (more)

In a scene repeated countless times over five decades, a GG-1 hustles south through Edison, NJ, with a Washington-bound Northeast Corridor train. Amtrak 904's fireman gave a wave as they sped by.

I was a California boy, and I had seen stuff like this only in pictures. When Uncle Sam gave me an all expenses paid trip to the East Coast, it was like a whole different world. The GG-1's were ... (more)