This locomotive sure has a history. It started as Southern Railway 6913, then was purchased by NJT for commuter service. After a graceful run with NJT, it sat dormant for years before being purcha... (more)
In no particular hurry, Santa Fe’s 81 rambles along the Joint Line north of Castle Rock with La Junta-Denver train 28. Beneath the E8 carbody is a bit of diesel history: The 81 began life in 193... (more)
Along Colorado’s front range it’s never too late in the season for a spring snowstorm. On a mid-April afternoon, 1967, Santa Fe E8M 81 leads train 28 though a thawing landscape near Larkspur o... (more)
The last of a late snowfall is melting off and spring is promised March 26, 1965, as Santa Fe E8M 81 rolls along near Fowler, Colorado, with train 201, the daily La Junta-Denver accommodation. Car... (more)
While its competitors dispatched passenger trains behind fleets of E-units, Santa Fe preferred F-units geared for passenger-train speeds. The exceptions were a handful of E3s and E6s and a dozen ... (more)
There’s not much revenue on Rock Island’s eastbound Train 10, Corn Belt Rocket, originating across the river at Omaha, Nebr. and now leaving Council Bluffs, Iowa with only two coaches and an e... (more)
The Panama Limited
Seaboard Air Line No. 3, Passenger, Mail, and Express, is leaving double track D251 territory at Fetner led by E8A 3058 heading into the crossover from Southern Rwy to Seaboard's single track main... (more)
Early Amtrak passenger train departing Alexandria
How times do change.
Conrail E8 4022 leads 6108-6257, and is backing Mail 8 down into the lead for the Post Office at, Jersey City, NJ. 11/14/1977
A baggage-express car, a coach and a snack-lounge behind a lone E-unit: This is all that’s left of the once-great Rocky Mountain Rocket by late September, 1966. Hard-pressed Rock Island lopped o... (more)
Enroute to National Train Day 2011 in Chicago, Benett Levin's PRR trainset passes the windswept waters of the New Beaver Wetlands.
