One week before Christmas 1977, a single Rock Island E8 is seen pulling a long string of 1920s-built "Capone" commuter cars through cold, snowy Blue Island. Tom Golden photo.

Conrail Business Train. Conrail E8 #4020 leads a 4 car "Office Car Special" through the snow at White Haven, PA. The train is on ex Lehigh Valley rails, with the old Jersey Cent... (more)

With a burst of exhaust, the E8s on the point of an Amtrak Boston-Washington train accelerate out of Boston's old Back Bay Station. In the 1980s, the small but functional 1929 station building in ... (more)

Veteran E8 4268, built to haul the long distance limiteds of the Pennsylvania Railroad, finished out its career moving commuters in and out of Boston for the MBTA. On a spring afternoon the 4268 a... (more)

The last day..... Companion photo to 640628. CNW 5028A leads the Peninsula 400 out of CNW's Lakefront Depot on May 15th, 1966. CNW operations would move to the nearby Milwaukee Road depot the nex... (more)

The Indiana Transportation Museum's Polar Bear Express led by former CB&Q EMD E8 northbound on former PRR mainline tracks from Kokomo, IN heading to the North Pole, aka as Lincoln, IN, with a t... (more)

The Indiana Transportation Museum's Polar Bear Express northbound from Kokomo, IN heading to the North Pole, aka as Lincoln, IN, with a train full of children and parents.

The Indiana Transportation Museum's Polar Bear Express northbound from Kokomo, IN heading to the North Pole, aka as Lincoln, IN, with a train full of children and parents. The former CB&Q EMD E8 l... (more)

The Indiana Transportation Museum's Polar Bear Express northbound from Kokomo, IN heading to the North Pole, aka as Lincoln, IN, with a train full of children and parents.

The Indiana Transportation Museum's Polar Bear Express returning to Kokomo, IN. The diamond is the former crossing of the NKP and PRR railroads. The former NKP line is being pulled up and the dia... (more)

The last day..... CNW 5028A leads what appears to be the Peninsula 400 out of CNW's Lakefront Depot on May 15th, 1966. CNW operations would move to the nearby Milwaukee Road depot the next day. It... (more)

The Kalamazoo, Lake Shore & Chicago Railroad acquired the former CSX branch between Hartford and Paw Paw, Michigan in August, 1986. In 1991, they made a second attempt to run a dinner train, usi... (more)

E8s through the weeds In November of 1985, the "Farewell to the Jersey Central" fantrip covered ex Jersey Central track prior to it being abandoned. As can be seen by the weeds, ... (more)

Amtrak's Pacific International is about 30 minutes out of King St. station, Seattle, WA as it glides along Puget Sound en route to Everett. Passengers headed to Vancouver, BC will get more water l... (more)

The UP regional train from Ogden/Salt Lake is tied up at the NP depot. It lasted up till Amtrak day.