The remnants of Hurricane Zeta have finally started to clear out of the area, leaving a nice sky behind L&N 796, which is on display at the Historic Railpark and Train Museum.

One of the many locomotives at NRE Silvis is Metra E8A #521. The engine was originally built for the C&NW in 1951. After being used in commuter service for RTA and eventually Metra, the unit was s... (more)

Three rows of engines sit at National Railway Equipment in Silvis, IL. With the facility closing, some of these locomotives will likely be scrapped sometime in the near future.

As passengers prepare to board for Hoboken, an Erie Lackawanna train from Port Jervis, NY, enters the station at Suffern, NY. An E8 leads a string of old Stillwell coaches that would soon be repla... (more)

A pair of Penn Central E8s, the first still in PRR paint, speed the Washington-Boston Colonial through Canton Junction, MA. Following the PC takeover of the New Haven, ex-PRR E8s quickly took over... (more)

A pair of ex-PRR E8s still in Pennsy colors lead a Penn Central Boston-New York train through Readville, MA, on a summer afternoon. The massive two-level ex-NH station here was destroyed by fire a... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

"Now where did I put that hammer?" Visitors to NCTM can view shopped equipment being maintained in the Bob Julian Roundhouse.

The "Salt City Express" heads South thru a thick Hudson River fog.

In its final year of operation, Rock Island train #6, the Rock Island-Chicago Quad Cities Rocket, makes its stop at Joliet, IL. Just two cars trail E8 655. Along with the Peoria Rocket, this train... (more)

A 6-car Conrail Officer's Special is seen rounding the curve at Whiting, IN. Tom Golden photo.

Sitting beside the diesel shops in Burlington Northern’s Interbay Yard is BN E8A 9947. As should be evident from its silver and stainless steel appearance, this locomotive is a former Chicago Bur... (more)

From inside the warm and cozy Burnham Tower, a Penn Central passenger train is seen passing by on a cold Chicagoland evening. Penn Central would outlast the tower which burned down in January 197... (more)