The Fireman oils the bell of Rio Grande 2-8-2 K-37 No. 491 at it simmers on the turntable during the blue hour on the evening of November 17, 2014. The big Mikado (for three-foot narrow gauge, tha... (more)

As a result of a Chicagoland blizzard, the South Shore lost electric service along part of its territory from Chicago to South Bend. To keep commuters moving, the railroad borrowed several diesel... (more)

Amtrak No. 5, the westbound California Zephyr, cruises into the station stop at Fraser, Colorado, on January 13, 2001, and is meeting the Rio Grande Ski Train waiting in Fraser siding.

Five Burlington Northern six-axle units bring coal across the often-photographed Santa Fe bridge at Larkspur, Colorado. The Joint Line dates to World War I USRA control, when the parallel Pueblo-D... (more)

The early morning sun has just risen, illuminating the locomotive's motion, an area typically lost in shadow.

The R&N 425 and CNJ 113 are catching the last rays of a late November sun as they storm out of Cressona Yard, returning to Minersville.

In some of the last sunlight of February 7, 2006, Union Pacific 2-8-0 No. 618 thunders by near milepost 9 north of Deer Creek, Utah. This is a winter photo freight operated by the Heber Valley Rai... (more)

The sound of Nevada Northern's 4-6-0 steam locomotive #40 charging up the grade echos through out the valley on a cold February evening. With freight and passenger cars in tow, NN 40 shows her mus... (more)

Snowy Strasburg steam at sunrise.

Goodbye to you... With the upcoming final farewell to the AEM-7's, I dug out the most memorable photo I've ever taken of one, on a Strasburg Railroad charter.

The shot wasn't entir... (more)

Nearing end of career on the SOO, RS-1 2361 sits on the service track at North Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin.

Crossing Humanson Brook. A mixed freight behind WW&F Locomotive #9 charges across Humanson Brook Trestle en route to Sheepscot Station and eventually, Wiscasset.

The only bridge on the ... (more)

Deep in the woods of Maine.... Deep in the icy Maine wilderness, a WW&F Mixed Train runs southbound just above Humanson Brook (left), about 6 miles from its destination, the coastal town of... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

The 'Mountain Thunder' #734 with its freight train is entering the 914 ft long Brush Tunnel. A great Lerro Photography / Lerro Productions charter.