Helping the Illinois Central with a power shortage, a quartet of leased F7s snake through switches as they lead a northbound freight off the St. Louis line onto the mainline at Gilman, IL. The fir... (more)

Two of Wisconsin Great Northern's F7s relax on a quiet Sunday afternoon.

For many years the Boston & Maine ran a daily transfer job between its yard at Mechanicville, NY, and the NYC/PC at Selkirk. Here a returning transfer behind an F7/GP7 duo backs off PC's Selkirk B... (more)

A bleak winter day in Williamsport, MD, is enlivened by the passage of a Western Maryland freight behind an F7/RS3 lashup.

After a quarter-century pulling trainloads of black diamonds like the ones they’re rolling past, this pair of Western Maryland F7’s has been promoted to hauling varnish as a retirement gift. T... (more)

Before being sent to the B&O Museum in Baltimore, Western Maryland F7A 7170 was renumbered to its original number and repainted in its original fireball paint scheme. In 2002 it was repainted in ... (more)

An ex-NYC visitor in former New Haven territory, Penn Central F7 1774 lays over at Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven, CT.

If I had to pick one locomotive to symbolize first generation diesels, it would be EMD's F7, some 3,849 of which were built for service in the US, Canada, and Mexico. New York Central 1783, not ye... (more)

CNW 411 sits on display during a night photo shoot in Rock Island.

NS train 955 makes its way north as part of a deadhead move.

NS train 955 arrived overnight and is stilling in the middle of the yard if you look closely. Lots of other sights pictured here including NS 8520.

Penn Central F7A 721, former Rio Grande 5721. PC bought 10 D&RGW F units, F7A 5721 & 5754 and F7B 5712 & 5733 were mechanically sound and kept for service. The other units were sent to EMD for t... (more)

An impressive collection of Penn Central power gathers at Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven, CT, on a Sunday afternoon. The visible models include F7, RS3, RS11, U25B, U25C, and SW1500, and in the dist... (more)

Chicago & North Western F7A 254, F3B 329 and F7B 328 northbound on the former M&St.L main line at Albert Lea, Minnesota in August of 1972. Photo from my slide collection, no photograph informati... (more)

The outgoing with the incoming, all now gone. Shot in the old ACL Columbia Yard.