On its way North, MARC E9 #64 pauses at Jessup, MD. The 64, which was purchased during a motive power shortage, began life as CB&Q 9939A and later was BN 9902. It survives at the St. Louis Museum... (more)
WSOR passenger special rolls past a static MILW-painted covered wagon permanently parked next to the old MILW depot & powerhouse in Madison. The Kohl Center is seen in the background, occupying l... (more)
The UP E units cross the Joso bridge into Washington with a railtour.
I made a call to the BN coachyard in Aurora before the E9s were retired. Glad I did.
About 20 minutes out of Sparks, NV, Amtrak E9 425, an ex-UP unit, is leading #6 East out into Nevada. Crossing Donner Pass the train was led by an ex-SP FP7, which was left in Sparks.
WSOR still has the holiday spirit in January as the wreath still adorns the nose of 10A on this special.
Due to the Nixon gas shortage, I was not able to get a lot of photos of the E-units while they were on the Zephyr but I did get this as the train passes thru Emigrant Gap and out onto Smart Ridge.... (more)
A year before they gagged trying to swallow the CNW, UP's business train makes an incursion nearing Clinton, IA on a bone-chilling January afternoon.
WSOR runs up to Lake Wisconsin from Madison with a holiday special.
Faces of beauty.
The San Joaquin heading to Bakersfield. The E units only lasted a few weeks on this train and were soon replaced with ex-SP FP7's.
UP Operation Lifesaver Special with 951/963 E9 A/B power passes East Bridge Tower on way to New Orleans riverfront
WSOR 10C soaks up the sun on an unseasonably warm new years day.
On the eve of Amtrak, we're in the cab of an ex-Burlington E9, on the point of the very last non-Amtrak combined Empire Builder/North Coast Limited/Afternoon Zephyr to Minneapolis and points west.... (more)
