Amtrak is just a few days away as Penn Central train 427 between Boston and Albany, with an utterly minimal consist of an ex-NYC E8 and a single snack bar coach, accelerates west after clearing th... (more)

It's the night before Amtrak, and Penn Central train #8, the New York-Boston Merchants Limited, has completed its final run under private operation as it stands at the bumper in Boston's South Sta... (more)

A Boston-Providence commuter train operated by Conrail for the MBTA accelerates away from the stop at Canton Junction, MA. Conrail took over from Penn Central six months earlier and equipment owne... (more)

An ex-PRR E8 with a Penn Central Washington-Boston train pauses at Providence, RI, a year before Amtrak. The first car behind the engine is an ex-NH parlor/lounge. The distinctive Art Deco office ... (more)

Amtrak's Pacific International makes a small impression in a big scene having just exited Chuckanut Tunnel and is crossing Chuckanut Bay on a causeway. The train operated between Seattle and Vanco... (more)

One week before Christmas 1977, a single Rock Island E8 is seen pulling a long string of 1920s-built "Capone" commuter cars through cold, snowy Blue Island. Tom Golden photo.

Conrail Business Train. Conrail E8 #4020 leads a 4 car "Office Car Special" through the snow at White Haven, PA. The train is on ex Lehigh Valley rails, with the old Jersey Cent... (more)

With a burst of exhaust, the E8s on the point of an Amtrak Boston-Washington train accelerate out of Boston's old Back Bay Station. In the 1980s, the small but functional 1929 station building in ... (more)

Veteran E8 4268, built to haul the long distance limiteds of the Pennsylvania Railroad, finished out its career moving commuters in and out of Boston for the MBTA. On a spring afternoon the 4268 a... (more)

The last day..... Companion photo to 640628. CNW 5028A leads the Peninsula 400 out of CNW's Lakefront Depot on May 15th, 1966. CNW operations would move to the nearby Milwaukee Road depot the nex... (more)

The Indiana Transportation Museum's Polar Bear Express led by former CB&Q EMD E8 northbound on former PRR mainline tracks from Kokomo, IN heading to the North Pole, aka as Lincoln, IN, with a t... (more)

The Indiana Transportation Museum's Polar Bear Express northbound from Kokomo, IN heading to the North Pole, aka as Lincoln, IN, with a train full of children and parents.

The Indiana Transportation Museum's Polar Bear Express northbound from Kokomo, IN heading to the North Pole, aka as Lincoln, IN, with a train full of children and parents. The former CB&Q EMD E8 l... (more)

The Indiana Transportation Museum's Polar Bear Express northbound from Kokomo, IN heading to the North Pole, aka as Lincoln, IN, with a train full of children and parents.

The Indiana Transportation Museum's Polar Bear Express returning to Kokomo, IN. The diamond is the former crossing of the NKP and PRR railroads. The former NKP line is being pulled up and the dia... (more)