A construction-related weekend power outage on Metro North's New Haven Line led to this sight of an HEP-equipped Amtrak E8 towing a pantographs-down AEM7 and its Washington-bound train through Mil... (more)

A CNW E8 crosses Scott Street in Fond Du Lac, WI with what is probably train #153. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.

E8's SLRG 515 & SLRG 518 are arriving at Saratoga Springs Station before heading towards North Creek for the first run of the day.

The Tennessee Central Railway Museum's excursion train is being put together for a long run East to Lebanon and beyond. The 1953 built E8 originally served the New York Central before serving the ... (more)

An inbound Burlington commuter train from Aurora brakes for the station at La Vergne, Illinois, on a summer afternoon. The modest consist of an E8, a single gallery car, and a coach/generator car ... (more)

Amrtak 236 leads a train thru Griffith, IN in August of 1974. Robert Bullermann Kodachrome from my collection.

An RF&P E unit sits in storage at the Roanoke yard lashed up with an old Conrail still in it's paint. I am unsure of the future plans for this locomotive, but hopefully it will one day be restored... (more)

Amtrak's Arrowhead from Duluth-Superior crosses the Mississippi River on the former NP bridge north of the Minneapolis station behind E8 no. 332. This unit was CB&Q 9940B, then BN 9933 before Amtr... (more)

Bennett Levin's E8s lead an excursion past the Pitcairn intermodal facility in route to Pittsburgh.

Hurricane Eloise's flooding of the Harrisburg substation has displaced the usual GG-1 on Train 30 with an A-B-B set of E-Units under the wires.

An ex-Pennsy E8 (left) is posed in front of the same "Safety First" emblazoned building that housed its K4s predecessors in the late 50s. Note the different nose striping.

Amtrak's SB afternoon Milwaukee-St. Louis train, the Prairie State, calls at the old Sturtevant depot on a beautiful spring afternoon. The 406 started life as the Milwaukee Road 30C.

BN 9977 stops at the Highlands, IL station with a commuter train in June of 1972. Robert Bullermann Kodachrome from my collection.

Streamliners on the Main Line

Arguably the best looking train to travel the PRR main line west of Philadelphia since the more prosperous days of the Pennsy was Conrail’s office c... (more)

Varnish at West Falls

Conrail’s Office Car Special traverses the former Reading bridge at West Falls, Pennsylvania. The train has left Philadelphia, and is entering the West Tren... (more)