Once part of a Tuscan fleet that pulled varnish on the Great Broad Way, this Penn Central E8 has now been stripped of many parts and languishes in Conrail’s Altoona dead line. As soon as its two... (more)

After receiving a fresh coat of paint after nearly 20 years of undergoing restoration, Southern E8 6914 sits proud along side Southern GP30 2594 and NC&St.L GP7 710 in TVRM's Grand Junction displa... (more)

Iowa Pacific Holdings E8s 518 and 103 sit in storage in Batesville, Miss. The engines sit among almost a dozen passenger cars that were being used for Batesville's "Train to Christmas Town&qu... (more)

CPR had three E8's. They were acquired in 1949 for use on passenger trains between Montreal and Boston jointly operated by CPR and the Boston and Maine. When ordered they were to be E7's like th... (more)

Diesels have always been banned from New York's Grand Central Terminal, but in the wake of a severe power shortage in 1983, Metro North was forced to borrow E8s from New Jersey Transit and Amtrak ... (more)

Built as CB&Q 9977 in 53', IPH 101 still rocks its former Illinois Central paint in November of 2018 at Kokomo, Ind. while being leased by the Indiana Transportation Museum. As the locmotive idles... (more)

HEP-equipped Amtrak E8 495 and three cars made up a northbound New Haven-Springfield train outside Wallingford, CT. The 495 was one of five ex-PRR E8s that received HEP generators to make them com... (more)

With Boston's landmark Hancock Building in the background, an Amtrak E8/F40 team is about to depart the open air platforms at Back Bay with a corridor train for Washington. Tracks in this area are... (more)

Once upon a National Train Day. May 10, 2014, Juniata Terminal E8A 5809 (ex-Conrail 4020, exx-Amtrak 315 [and others], nee-PRR 5809), was on display at Philadelphia 30th Street Station in Philadel... (more)

A pair of ex-PRR E8s lead a Penn Central Providence-Boston commuter train under one of the semaphore signal bridges that guarded the approaches to Boston's South Station. These lower quadrant sema... (more)

As the morning rush hour winds down at Boston's South Station, a long Penn Central commuter train that has turned on the loop backs into a platform while a GP9 stands by. Ex-PRR E8s and ex-NH GP9... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

Sunday morning at Bay Head Yard

Conrail OCS eastbound crosses former Erie RR Starrucca Viaduct built 1847-1848. The Conrail executive E8 is on "home rails" as it started out as Erie 833. The track under the viaduct is ... (more)