A bit of Acne graces the face of BN 9943, an E8 in Amtrak service at North La Crosse, WI. The engineer is ready to go with the Chicago bound Empire Builder having loaded passengers and undergone m... (more)

On the final stretch into Chicago, Illinois Central train 28, the northbound Illini out of Carbondale, approaches the station at Homewood, IL, with ten cars behind a pair of E8s.

The Empire Builder led by a BN E8 and two former GN F7Bs slows to a station stop at North La Crosse a year into Amtrak. In addition to handling passengers and baggage, a hostler will wash the fac... (more)

An E8 of PRR origin waits for an assignment at Amtrak’s Ivy City engine terminal in Washington, DC. Today, the classic EMD is part of the collection at the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati.

E8-powered Penn Central train #16, the Duquesne running from Pittsburgh to New York, overtakes an eastbound coal train with rear end helpers on the climb between Cresson and Gallitzen, PA.

Iowa Pacific 518 with a mixed train at Alamosa.

An eastbound TCRM excursion bound for Watertown makes track speed approaching Mount Juliet station on a beautiful fall morning.

Late in the era of steam-heated passenger trains, MBTA E8 4264 pops off while waiting to depart Boston's South Station with a Framingham local.

During the year that Conrail was the contract operator of the MBTA's South Side commuter service, a couple Conrail-owned ex-NYC E8s usually supplemented the MBTA's own ex-PRR Es. On the final week... (more)

Tennessee Central Railway Museum's Train Robbery Excursion is seen crossing Rte 171 (N. Mt. Juliet Rd). TCRX 6902 former NYC E-8 4084 in the lead.Nashville to Watertown, Tennessee and return.

Tennessee Central Railway Museum's Train Robbery Excursion is seen heading for the main. Nashville to Watertown, Tennessee and return. Former NYC E-8 4084 in the lead.

Former CNW E8A #5029B runs around its charter train

Former CNW E8A #5029B has brought a High Iron charter from Chicago.

A crew change takes place at the head end of this OCS while executives are assisted aboard CR 10 on the rear for a run up the Corning Secondary.

It took a while for Amtrak to catch up with painting its various secondhand acquisitions.The E8 leading this westbound Northeast Corridor train into Providence, RI, has received its Amtrak 200-ser... (more)