Missouri Pacific’s far western extension to Pueblo, Colorado, completed in 1887 as a sign of its transcontinental intentions under Jay Gould, disappeared a century later, gobbled up by all-devou... (more)

Boston & Maine F-3A 4228 is ready to start "The Ambassador" south to New York via Springfield. I had come up from Boston on the RDC train in the background and photographed some of the ... (more)

In memory of my father, Richard T. Steinbrenner, who passed on Friday, January 22nd, I am posting this picture. Many of you knew my father and many others are familiar with his books on Alcos and... (more)

Snow was a rarity in Central Texas in the winter of 1947, but so were steam locomotives on the Sunshine Special which by this time had been dieselized. The abbreviated consist was indicative of ... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

The Kansas City Chief A Roger Puta Photograph

Great Northern 99 works GN equipment at the King Street Station.

Lehigh Valley class AF-27, Alco C628, was the backbone of the LV’s latter-day road fleet. After purchasing eight of the six axle beasts new from Alco, the LV jumped on the opportunity to get ni... (more)

Forty years ago, it was common knowledge that the Lehigh Valley Railroad would cease to exist on the coming April 1. I made a commitment to capture as much of the Lehigh Valley as I could in the f... (more)

Southbound Florida East Coast Cincinnati to Miami "The Royal Palm" running on FEC and Southern Railway, FEC E8A 1032 and 1034 are taking on fuel and water at Fort Pierce, Florida August 08, 1... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

A Roger Puta Photograph

IC 8075 leads four Paducah Geeps and an un-rebuilt one on a southbound freight just leaving Markham Yard at Homewood, IL. An Indiana Harbor Belt switcher works interchange on the next traffic over... (more)

This is how a day of rail fanning would begin for me in 1977 - a parent would drop me at the Oradell train station and I would ride the Conrail passenger train off to wherever I was going. On this... (more)