The weekday afternoon train to Chatham sets out from "North White" on a murky August day.

The head brakeman aligns the switch for a Chicago bound manifest freight, led by three E units, just east of Broad street in 1975.

Amtrak's Mt. Rainer passes under its namesake mountain as the train approaches Puyallup, WA on its way to a station stop at Tacoma. This train was one of the Seattle-Portland short haul trains tha... (more)

Well, it has been a long time coming, but the Rock Island E's at MAC have finally shown themselves in the sunlight outside of the shop. My grandpa worked on both of these engines when he was worki... (more)

This Penn Central train was basically the pre-Amtrak ancestor of the Boston section of the Lake Shore Limited. NYC/PC trains 427 and 428 operated between Boston and Albany, connecting at the latte... (more)

Bennet Levin's Pennsylvania Railroad E8 #5809 makes a late night arrival at Southern's Barber Junction Station in Spencer, NC. The Philadelphia based locomotive was positioned by the relocated 189... (more)

Bennet Levin's Pennsylvania Railroad E8 #5809 makes an arrival at Southern's Barber Junction Station in Spencer, NC. The Philadelphia based locomotive was on display during the NCTM's "Strea... (more)

The URHS (United Railroad Historical Society) of New Jersey's 1953 EMD built NYC E8(A) sits on display next to its 1948 built Pullman Standard 5 bedroom observation lounge which saw service not o... (more)

An engineer poses for a shot next to his locomotive - one of New York Central's unique "Century Green" painted E8's of which only a single A-B-A set ever ran in service. Meanwhile to th... (more)

There’s quite a variety of power to be seen in this 1992 view of the area outside of Conrail’s Juniata shops. Beside the front-and-center E8’s used on Office Car Specials, the Conrail model ... (more)

The Amtrak Empire Builder has made its station stop for passengers, crew change and minor servicing on a beautiful June morning in 1972. BN E8 9943, painted in full BN passenger colors, leads the ... (more)

Boston commuter trains of the mid-1970s featured an assortment of second- and third-hand equipment that the MBTA had acquired from Penn Central and the Boston & Maine. A minimally repainted ex-PC ... (more)

Wearing the flashy NJ Transit scheme, E8 #4326 rounds the big curve at Elizabeth with an express train bound for the Jersey Coast line.

It’s the 1986 Blue Mountain & Reading Railfan Weekend, and two trains are running all day long, with different power on almost every trip. In preparation for meeting a southbound train pulled by... (more)

One of the five ex-PRR E8s that Amtrak rebuilt with HEP capability for use on Northeast Corridor Amfleet consists leads two-car train 153, the Beacon Hill, out of South Station. This was a Boston-... (more)