Former New York Central E8s assigned to Penn Central's version of Empire Service congregate at the Albany-Rensselaer station.

In Amtrak's early days, the Floridian was generally short enough to be handled by a single E, like this B&O hand-me-down getting its windshield cleaned. The train would grow for a couple years, t... (more)

In the summer before Amtrak, a westbound Penn Central train out of Boston approaches the station at Mystic, CT. All three PC components are represented in the consist of an ex-PRR E8, and ex-NYC b... (more)

Penn Central train 427 between Boston and Albany was Boston's pre-Amtrak connection to Chicago and points in between. With its usual modest consist of an E8, a coach, and a snack bar coach, train ... (more)

SLRG E8 #515 along with SLRG E9 #103 (former Wisconsin Southern) is seen here resting in Batesville, MS, on a late July evening

TCRX 6902 sits at the Tennessee Central Railway Museum on a hot summer day awaiting the next run.

EL E8 #825 leads the Port Jervis bound passenger train at Ramsey, NJ, May 1974

The last eastbound run of E8s and Stillwell coaches is led by EL 829, 816, and 825 at Ridgewood Jct, NJ on Sep 14, 1974 with 15 cars in tow. The train brought all the equipment from Port Jervis o... (more)

L&N E8A 796 rests at the Bowling Green depot while July 4th festivities continue in the neighborhood behind the depot.

A pair of Penn Central E8s working in MBTA commuter service await the evening rush hour at South Station in Boston. The reconstruction of the mid-1980s completely changed the look of this 1899 ter... (more)

A Conrail Office Car Special is about to duck under I-495 in the industrial east side of Wilmington.

Conrail's first executive E8 makes its first trip south on the Buffalo Line.

For a couple miles in East Haven, CT, the former New Haven Shore Line resembles a mountain railroad as it cuts through an ancient volcanic ridge with two short tunnels connected by a deep cut. Her... (more)

An E8-powered Penn Central commuter train operated for the MBTA between Boston an Providence pulls into the station at Attleboro, MA, where a good size rush hour crowd will exit. Meanwhile, my fri... (more)

An evening rush hour commuter train gets underway out of Boston's South Station, with Penn Central E8 4254 in charge of a string of ex-PRR P70 coaches. The signal bridges date to South Station's 1... (more)