When I was ten, in the "Roanoke Times" newspaper, I saw a shot of N&W steamers lined up in rows with sparks of acetylene cutters coming up somewhere. Here, in a contaminated field by a ... (more)

RISING FROM THE DEAD! ...I wish. This oddball factory rebuilt former New York Central 16-10 Slumbercoach was Amtrak's Vermillion Harbor that derailed in 1994 as part of the Lake Shore Limit... (more)

CNW's only DL-109, 5007A awaits scrapping in the 40th Street Yard in Chicago, IL in 1954. Russ Porter photo from my collection.

Old prime movers show the rust and weather effects of sitting in the elements for many years, while one of the five Providence & Worchester B30-7ABs suffers the same in Waycross, Georgia.

The sun has just began to rise as former Illinois Central 1439 sits with , PW 3006 and another P&W B30-7AB locomotive at the Locomotives Specialist facility, which is north of the CSX Rice yard. ... (more)

Conrail 7136 and CSX 7001 bask in the Georgia morning sun at the Locomotive Specialist / NRE facility, which is north of the CSX Rice yard and next to the CSX main lines. Photo taken with permissi... (more)

Former Union Pacific 1381 and "road slug" CSX 2215 bask in the Georgia morning sun at the Locomotive Specialist / NRE facility, which is north of the CSX Rice yard and next to the CSX main lines. ... (more)

A string of former Western Pacific GEs sits outside Union Pacific's North Little Rock shops awaiting disposition. Several of these units would be rebuilt to a Super7-23B for use on the Monongahel... (more)

End of the line for former N&W Alco C630 131. She and an unidentified sister are being cut up at Cycle Systems in Roanoke. The 3000 HP unit, built in 1966 and originally numbered 1131, spent her l... (more)

DM&E 6072 sits in NRE's massive Silvis shops' yard along with the many other locomotives NRE owns.

CNW 846 sure has seen better days. For years the 846's cab has sat on this locomotive body along with the cab of Midsouth 7010, tucked in the back of NRE's yard, but during the past few days NRE d... (more)

End of life for these 7 oldest French high speed couple engines which are waiting the death in Sotteville yards. All TGV engines have been coupled and placed head to tail to form a train which can... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

"The Final Resting Place" Built in October 1974, U18B 9501 has been a parts donor during it's time on the Pickens Railroad since 2002. All that remains now is for scrap prices in the market to ris... (more)

Farewell, Old Friend

The Lehigh Valley Railroad was the local mainline road when I was learning photography in the mid-1970's. While the newer GP38-2’s and U23B’s drew the hot... (more)