While going through some of my dad's pictures, I came across this one of RI E8A 649. His notations on the back was the last Rocket north out of Fairfield, Iowa dated only as 1971. Considering it's the last run, the crew looks happy posing for the camera. From the FJ Grizel collection.
Photos of North America's favorite First Generation locomotives. EMD, ALCO, Baldwin; essentially anything that represents the OG wide cab diesel locomotive
