The #927 runs under a double-pantograph order due to a snow/ice storm in February of 1976. GG-1s tended to have issues in snow, particularly the dry sugar-like variety, which entered the internal... (more)

A Bruce Van Sant original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

ASEA Demonstrator X995 with a test extra at Trenton. The success of the Swedish RC4 motor on these tests would lead to the AEM7 a couple years later. A Walter Schopp original Kodachrome slide fr... (more)

Race Street used to be such a neat place to hang out, with such variety of equipment. A Kim E. Piersol original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

The E50C is a variant of the E44, one of two built by GE in 1968 at the Erie plant, specifically for the MERR. It is a fully remote control unit, and apparently went over the road remotely, (USGS... (more)

An original Kodachrome slide from my collection; the photographer was not specified.

A Walter Schopp original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

I went after this slide for the interesting pantograph study between the #601 and the #605. The former is equipped with a Brecknell-Willis model 29500A high-speed pan, the only E-60 so equipped a... (more)

A Richard Lorntzen original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

This a is a more tightly cropped slide than I usually prefer to work with. However, it is a rather unique image, as the #4438 appears to have no method of collecting current. What is left of the... (more)

A John C. Benson original Kodachrome slide from my collection.

A pair of E44s lead a long string of MP54 coaches. Given that all of the MP54 pantographs are down, I assume this is an equipment move or a trip to the scrappers. It still is pretty unique to se... (more)

This is a helper set, heading away from the photographer. The caboose makes it obvious, but even without it one could tell based on the orientation of the pantographs. According to the Conrail E... (more)

This train is stopped, having just raised its front pantograph after encountering a mechanical issue with the rear one. Two other slides I was not able to acquire show both pans down, and then th... (more)