SAL E7 #3045 on train #3 at Raleigh, NC || May 1954 Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.
Seaboard passenger, mail, and express train No. 3 awaits its 4:15pm departure from Raleigh, NC in April 1966. The car inspector is walking the train as a couple of railfans look on.
It's 12:05pm. We are at milepost 153.9, Crabtree, NC and Seaboard No. 4, passenger, mail, & express has just crossed Crabtree Creek and is starting the uphill climb to Wake Forest, NC enroute Ric... (more)
Seaboard Air Line No. 8, The Sunland, has already reached 79 mph leaving Raleigh, NC approaching New Hope Church Rd. Three E units handle the train today, led by E7 3018, followed by Seaboard's o... (more)
Seaboard piggyback train TT-23 is heading into Cary, NC proudly led by E7(A) #3023 followed by 2 SDP35's and a GP30. Surplus passenger units were rarely seen in freight service by this late date ... (more)
An experimental paint scheme was adapted to SAL E7(A) units 3040 and 3041. In an effort to reduce painting costs, aluminum siding was fitted to both units. Today SAL No. 3 is awaiting departure ... (more)
Always playing second fiddle to ACL, Seaboard still managed a nice fleet of E units.
This Seaboard Air Line passenger train is carrying a Louisville & Nashville car, perhaps indicating some sort of joint service.