Less than two weeks before the coming of Amtrak would put it out of its misery, Penn Central train 427 rolls west through Wellesley, MA, on the former Boston & Albany. A single E8 and a snack bar ... (more)

This train posing at the White River Junction station before dawn looks like the southbound Montrealer, but it's actually a deadhead equipment move. A derailment a day or two earlier had stranded... (more)

A successful 1st Annual Founder Day's come to a close, and the crowd has gone home, now its was a perfect time to get a shot of both the Southern Rwy E8A 6914, and Norfolk Southern's SD60E 911 sta... (more)

It's afternoon rush hour on an early summer day in 1979 and CNW prepares for its daily routine of heading thousands of Chicago area commuters home safely in three directions heading north, northwe... (more)

A Boston-Providence commuter train operated by Penn Central for the MBTA passes the old wooden tower at Mansfield, MA, as it slows for a station stop. The engineer's window of ex-PRR E8 4264 shows... (more)

eastbound National Limited

Southern Crescent, northbound near Hattiesburg.

A consist of mostly ex-PRR equipment follows ex-PRR E8 4261 to make up Penn Central Boston-Washington train 175, the Patriot, westbound at Mystic, CT, on a summer afternoon.

With four E-units and about four cars, this eastbound Penn Central Flexi-Van train was a bit overpowered as it rolled off the Connecticut River bridge and into the station at Springfield, MA. Usua... (more)

Within weeks of Penn Central's takeover of the New Haven, ex-PRR E8s began to take over Boston-New Haven passenger runs from the NH's own FL9s. A year after the merger, sets of FL9s and E8s in thr... (more)

Former New York Central E8s assigned to Penn Central's version of Empire Service congregate at the Albany-Rensselaer station.

In Amtrak's early days, the Floridian was generally short enough to be handled by a single E, like this B&O hand-me-down getting its windshield cleaned. The train would grow for a couple years, t... (more)

In the summer before Amtrak, a westbound Penn Central train out of Boston approaches the station at Mystic, CT. All three PC components are represented in the consist of an ex-PRR E8, and ex-NYC b... (more)

Penn Central train 427 between Boston and Albany was Boston's pre-Amtrak connection to Chicago and points in between. With its usual modest consist of an E8, a coach, and a snack bar coach, train ... (more)

SLRG E8 #515 along with SLRG E9 #103 (former Wisconsin Southern) is seen here resting in Batesville, MS, on a late July evening