Southern Visitor from Georgia

Southern E8A number 6901j is resting in front of Norfolk Southern's Roanoke shops as a heavy rain squall passes through the area. The unit belongs... (more)

Conrail's "Executive E's" are making track speed as they pull an office car special through Port Kennedy.

RTA #517 and train in the Kenosha yard before its morning trip to Chicago. The 517 was built as the CNW 5024A in July 1951 and retired on October 1, 1986

The Conrail office car train passes the still-operating Bethlehem Steel complex on a crisp December morning.

While touring NRE's Silvis facility with an escort and proper PPE, we were allowed to look inside the cab of former Metra E8 516. 516 was built as CNW 5029A and still has the CNW cab signal equip... (more)

The Rocky Mountain Rocket, almost exactly halfway on its 91-mile journey across the old Kansas Pacific from Denver to Limon, Colorado, passes beneath a cluster of cottonwoods, those ancient sentin... (more)

A little past 1 p.m. on a perfect May Day, 1965, the Rocky Mountain Rocket turns its back on the Rockies and heads east out of Denver behind two 2250-hp E8As. Though there are only five cars in th... (more)

Erie E8 on the Move

NS H02 is seen pulling ERIE 833 and its "dinner train" out of Port Jervis yard. While this seen may look promising, the train was only pulled from storage i... (more)

The water tank spout and sanding tower hoses are missing, but Wabash E8 and E7 units 1003 and 1017 didn’t need them anyway during their layover in Council Bluffs, Iowa, awaiting their 12-hr. 410... (more)

Evening at Chicago: BN 9901 is waiting at Union station for the next job

Southern Railway E8 No. 6900 and FP7 No. 6133 team up to recreate a typical late-era passenger train. Were it not for the "Crescent" markings on 6900, this could be a pretty convincing r... (more)

The Chicago Railroad Superindendants Association (CRSA) ran their annual excursion using Iowa Pacific equipment, shown departing Bureau Junction, Illinois on the return trip to Chicago. Steve Sm... (more)

Southern E8A 6900 and Southern F7A 6133 pull the NCTM passenger train past the Southern Water tower in Spencer on National Train day.

Hello Ma? It's me - I'm in Monticello!

Former Pennsylvania Railroad E8A, built by EMD November of 1952, sits undergoing restoration at one of Monticello Railway Museums shops. This form... (more)

The Iowa Pacific special passes the nicely restored Rock Island depot in Marseilles.