On Thanksgiving morning, 1965, the Denver Zephyr hustles past Cudahy siding near the Denver stockyards, running a little late for its scheduled 8:30 a.m. arrival at Union Station. Today’s train ... (more)
E8 925 was originally a C&NW E7 which was wrecked by UP in 1951 at Wyuta, Utah. UP then purchased it and sent it back to EMD for rebuilding. UP sold this engine to the Rock Island in 1969. Here it... (more)
A cold, wet, gloomy November day greets the Rock Island and its commuters at La Salle Street Station, Chicago as E8 649 and another E wait for their next assignment. In addition to running commute... (more)
After making a Chicago Superintendent's Special from LaSalle Street to Bureau, Illinois and back, their classy passenger train heads down the Airline for Amtrak's Chicago Terminal.