Elimination of Rock Island passenger trains and shortage of working freight units has a pair of E8As leading an eastbound freight.

The days leading up to "Streamliners at Spencer" provided all sorts of colorful, wild, and unconventional locomotive consists. Such is the case here, as Southern 6900 retrieved Union Pac... (more)

Amtrak's Inter American is serviced during its layover in St. Louis.

The all-stops local on the St. Louis- Oklahoma City run for thirty years was the WILL ROGERS. It is shown here making its Tulsa, OK pause on February 3, 1965. Photo from my slide collection, no ... (more)

The Rock Island ceased operation 40 years ago today; less than two years earlier, the Peoria Rocket waits for its return trip to Chicago.

The Rock Island Lines Silvis Shop main bay was divided in half. East was called the ramp. This is where running repairs and FRA inspections were done. West was the back shop where heavy repairs an... (more)

Southern 6901 on display at Southeastern Railway Museum.

Frisco (SLSF) E8A 2018 "Ponder" on the head of the St. Louis-Oklahoma City WILL ROGERS at Springfield, Missouri in May 1967. Unknown photographer photo, from my slide collection.

This Penn Central E8 didn’t make it to Amtrak, and has now run its last mile. It is sitting the Altoona dead line waiting to donate its prime movers to the DeWitt Geep RS3 rebuild program.

For decades, an engine change at South Amboy, NJ, was a ritual for New York & Long Branch/North Jersey Coast Line trains headed to or from Penn Station. Once the crew conference is complete the Pe... (more)

The Delaware and Hudson's "Laurentian" starts its trip to Albany and on to New York City as it passes through the Lasalle Yard in suburban Montreal. In the winter the D&H leased four E8... (more)

Erie all the way. Erie 833 (E8A, ex-CR 4022, exx-EL 833, nee-Erie 833) is a static resident of the turntable in Port Jervis, NY as seen on the morning of Saturday, February 22, 2020. After a stori... (more)

Power for Southern Railway's Crescent sits among Amtrak power in the Ivy City engine terminal. Visible are Amtrak F40's 275, 278 (MU'ed with SDP40F 606), and 285, Southern Railway 6910, and a stor... (more)

Southern E8 6901 and Norfolk Southern F9 4271 at Juniata Shop

Built in 1953 as the New York Central 4076, the 4323 is seen here in 1982 at South Amboy. A GG-1 has just uncoupled, and the 4323 and a sister will take the train to its final destination.