Despite the relatively short period of electric operations on Conrail, some E-33 and E-44 (and one GG1) were repainted blue. Here, blue E-33 4605 leads black E-33 4607 on an eastbound piggyback t... (more)

CNW 217 leads a train on the former Minneapolis and Saint Louis near Waseca, Minnesota. #217 was originally CGW #116A, one of two FP7s owned by the CGW. It is still in existence today in Oelwein... (more)

Maryland Department of Transportation had 5 former B&O F7s rebuilt into "F9PHAs" for commuter service in the early 1980s. Here MDOT #7185, formerly B&O #947, leads an AM commuter train to Washing... (more)

Conrail E44 #4411 leads two of its brethren past the station in Edison with loaded autoracks.

In 1983, looking for cheap power, NJ Transit acquired some CNW F7s. Unfortunately, these locomotives were more suited for the relatively flat Chicago suburbs and struggled on the hilly New Jersey... (more)

A GP9/F7B/GP9 set receives maintenance in the engine terminal as an eastbound led by GP18 1753 prepares to depart Mechanicville Yard. 1748 was one of 50 GP9s built for the B&M, but 1753 was one o... (more)

Rock Island Bicentennial E8 #652 hits the diamond at Joliet, Illinois with the Rocket. #652 is still around today preserved in its original paint scheme, but, sadly, the Rocket was discontinued o... (more)

GP30's 3003 and 3006 return to Denver with a short local.

Amtrak GG1s days of operation on Amtrak were drawing to a close in 1980, but one wouldn't know it from this view of two GG1's leading the Silver Star past Lane Tower in Newark.

Former Wabash F7s 3725 and 3657 sit on a train at the west end of Bison Yard. This is likely a train that will follow the former Wabash route on the CN Cayuga and Chatham Subdivisions to Windsor,... (more)

An eastbound NYSW double stack train led by three SD45s has just passed under Route 81 as it is photographed from the Route 171 bridge. Thanks to Tom Trencansky for inviting me along for this tri... (more)

GP35 #3532 in untouched C&O paint leads Chessie SD50 #8634 on a southbound coal drag on one of those typical east coast hot, hazy summery days. The SD50s were new in 1986 and this train had two m... (more)

Former Wabash F7 #3666 leads a westbound extra past the switch for the Southwold Spur to the Ford St. Thomas Assembly plant on the CN Chatham Subdivision. Sadly the Ford plant just closed on Sept... (more)

Reading FP7 #900 is now employed by SEPTA as it arrives at the station in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. This picture was taken after the formation of Conrail, but has yet to be renumbered or repain... (more)

In early Conrail days, Elizabethport was the "Mingo Junction" of RS3s. In this picture of the east end of Elizabethport yard are no less than 8 RS3s (in addition to two SD35s), and that cut of ca... (more)