Bygone days on the old NEC- my then 15-year old cousin is hanging out with me down by the depot as a northbound E44-powered freight rolls by.

E44 No. 4434 (GE, 3-62) is operating in the very long hood forward mode with a sister, southbound with a Truc-Train in the late winter of 1976-77. You can bet that the 4434's six 733 hp traction ... (more)

An eastbound E-44 running long-hood forward is awaiting clearance to proceed, near CP PORT.

Eastbound E44s are leading a manifest freight around the sharp bend near the west end of Shocks Mill Bridge. There are a lot less trains today, and the cat poles have been removed, except for the... (more)

Two E-44s led by the 1961-built No. 4418 are southbound with a manifest freight on No. 4 track, which was usually used by passenger trains. Daytime freights were fairly frequent here in the late ... (more)

Two westbound E-44s with a sister dead-in-tow are climbing the short, sharp grade from the Port Road to the Enola Branch. It's almost startling to see the graffiti-free boxcars of 40 years ago. ... (more)

With a hum of traction motors and a whoosh of blowers, a trio of Penn Central E44 electrics march through the station at Iselin, NJ, with a southbound freight. Only one of the two gentlemen waitin... (more)

E-44's are awaiting the call to duty on the ready tracks at the Meadows Yard servicing facility. NJT's Meadowlands Maintenance Complex was built on this site.

We're waiting on the American Freedom Train in the shadow of Cly tower, as two E-44s lead a mineral train west. Penn Central No. 4464, in the lead, was built by GE in July of 1963, 13 years prior... (more)

A Conrail E-44 electric, still wearing its PRR numbering on its cab side, stands in the servicing area at Enola.

Brick

Some of my friends have been known to refer to N&W/NS high-hood units as bricks, as they have the profile of a dark, nondescript rectangle. Perhaps the only locomotive more f... (more)

A pair of Penn Central E44 class electrics march south through Iselin, NJ, back when the Northeast Corridor saw heavy freight activity. Delivered between 1960 and 1963, the Pennsylvania Railroad's... (more)

The 2nd-to-last E-44 (built July, 1963) heads west on the Enola Branch, with a friendly wave from the fireman. Note the graffiti-free manifest trailing behind. Conrail will rebuild this line a y... (more)

In one of my first photos as a young teenage railfan, a pair of Conrail E44 electrics speed eastbound through a heavy snowstorm. The train is operating on the '"Trenton Cut Off', a 48 mile l... (more)

Wearing Conrail blue paint, an E44 electric goes solo with a westbound intermodal train. The train is operating on the '"Trenton Cut Off', a 48 mile line built by the PRR to allow trains bet... (more)