Stars Under The Stars. As a handful of stars begin to make their appearance in the sky above Southern California, three other stars have taken center stage on the grounds in front of Barn 7... (more)

Southern EMD E8 6910 and an E7A are westbound at Blue Ridge with the TENNESSEAN in my father's photograph. My color slide of this same train passing beneath the bridge is also on this website. The... (more)

On June 22, 1973, Amtrak’s California Zephyr is seen passing through Galesburg, Illinois with a CB&Q E8A in the lead. Original Slide. Harry M. Grossman Photo. Sam Foster Collection.

I can only imagine how fast they were going here. The stretch between Stockton and Faust on the Lynndyl Subdivision is flat and strait, a real race track. Not sure if the passenger speed in the la... (more)

One of CP's three E8's is in the St. Luc Yard roundhouse for some work and perhaps a cleaning before going back to hauling the varnish.

Former Metra EMD E8 521 (ex-CNW) is being scrapped by Lewis Brothers as NRE continues to purge the equipment at the Silvis facility prior to its closure this year. Former Metra E8 516 has been scr... (more)

Four Pennsy E8's on the lead of The General, shortly before the late afternoon departure time from Chicago's Union Station. From my collection, Photo by Walter Peters.

Restored PRR E8 Leading BM&R tourist train.

New York Central E8(A) leads an E8(A) - PA - E7(A) consist on a passenger train in Chicago in the 1960s. My father surely wished the PA was in the lead at the time, but it was an interesting cons... (more)

Wabash 1009 on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.

Southern E8(a)s 6900-6914-6904 depart Peachtree Station in Atlanta, Georgia with Southern #1, the Southern Crescent circa 1970/1971. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

Illinois Central E8 4028 leads an A-B-A set on a passenger train departing Central Station in Chicago, Illinois in the 1960s. R. T. Steinbrenner Photo

My father rode a fan trip from Montreal to Newport and back on the CP in 1972, led by E8 1800. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate. I recall that he told me that he had to have his film... (more)

What could be the "Seminole", bound for Jacksonville from Chicago, passes the northbound "City of New Orleans" somewhere around central Illinois in the 1960's...but in reality was a photo shoot in... (more)

'The City of Grenada' pauses in the rural town of Tillatoba for a couple photo run-bys on a NRHS Memphis Chapter & Iowa Pacific Holdings sponsored excursion. The super-elevated curve is very appar... (more)