A consist of mostly ex-PRR equipment follows ex-PRR E8 4261 to make up Penn Central Boston-Washington train 175, the Patriot, westbound at Mystic, CT, on a summer afternoon.
With four E-units and about four cars, this eastbound Penn Central Flexi-Van train was a bit overpowered as it rolled off the Connecticut River bridge and into the station at Springfield, MA. Usua... (more)
Within weeks of Penn Central's takeover of the New Haven, ex-PRR E8s began to take over Boston-New Haven passenger runs from the NH's own FL9s. A year after the merger, sets of FL9s and E8s in thr... (more)